In the United Kingdom, it connects to the caller's local distribution network operator, and is primarily marketed for reporting power cuts.
In Belgium, the telephone number is used to reach the Belgian Red Cross ambulance service.
Industry research following winter storms in 2013/2014 showed that most people in the event of a power cut would contact their electricity supplier (who sources or generates the electricity and bills the consumer) rather than the network operator (who is responsible for delivering power from the National Grid).
In 2021 the New Zealand Police added 111 emergency and 105 non-emergency to the side of their new vehicles livery to promote the use of the 105 number.
[8] The non-emergency ambulance service of the Belgian Red Cross can be reached by dialing 105 in Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels.