European 112 Day

It was introduced by the European Union and aims to promote the existence and appropriate use of the Europe-wide emergency number 112.

Since December 2008, the emergency call services can be reached from all fixed and mobile networks and free of charges with the common telephone number 112.

[2] The overall necessity of increasing the awareness level of the European emergency number has been confirmed by the Flash Eurobarometer 228 from February 2008: Only 22% of all respondents, on EU-average, knew that the emergency telephone number 112 is valid and available in the entire European Union.

[5] A lot of actions are taking place around Europe every year to celebrate European 112 Day.

[6] In Germany, the supercentenarian Edelgard Huber von Gersdorff, who is 112 years old and currently the oldest German woman, became honorary patroness of the campaign "One Europe – one number!

Stuttgart Airport (Germany): Pupils of the music schools Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Schönbuch and Stuttgart are playing the European anthem at the occasion of European 112 Day on 11 February 2014.
Edelgard Huber von Gersdorff, 112 years old, was honorary patroness of the campaign "One Europe – one number!", which aims at raising awareness for the European Emergency Number 112.