Emergency services and alerts in the United Kingdom

Emergency numbers

112 European emergency number for fire, ambulance and police

Other national numbers

• 999 – Emergency services (source)
• 101 – Police (non-emergency) (source)

Only numbers that appeared verbatim on an official government page on 2026-10-23. Numbers may change; 112 always works.

Official alert channel

Emergency Alerts – verified on an official page (2026-10-23) (source)

Official warnings come through this government channel, not through this app.

What the app shows for the United Kingdom

• Fire stations: OpenStreetMap (snapshot, ODbL)
• Wind: Open-Meteo (model)
• Water levels: Environment Agency
• Weather now: Open-Meteo (model)
• Forecast: Open-Meteo (model)
• Air quality: Open-Meteo / CAMS (model)
• Pollen and UV: Open-Meteo / CAMS (model) (pollen only in Europe during the season)
• Sea (waves, sea temperature): Open-Meteo Marine (model) (coastal points only; not a tide table, not for navigation)
• Flood warnings: Environment Agency (England only) (under the water specialism; not an alert)
• Burnt area (satellite): EFFIS (MODIS) (under the wildfire specialism; satellite estimate, not a confirmed incident)
• Weather warnings: MeteoAlarm
• Earthquakes: EMSC (Europe), USGS (worldwide) (EMSC: M2.5+ in the past 72 hours in Europe (27-72°N, 32°W-45°E), max. 200; USGS: M4.5 and above in the past 7 days and M2.5 and above in the past 24 hours; preliminary seismological values, no confirmed damage)
• Tsunami: NOAA tsunami bulletins (PTWC and NTWC) (bulletins of the NOAA tsunami warning centres PTWC and NTWC, latest bulletin per centre, not full coverage of all oceans; not a warning from this app)
• Tropical storms: NOAA National Hurricane Center (Atlantic, Eastern and Central Pacific basins only; not a forecast by this app)
• River discharge: Open-Meteo GloFAS (model) (model forecast of river discharge for a point, not a measurement and not an official flood warning)
• Emergency service messages: no open source included (no P2000 equivalent; public events are on the Messages page)
• Events (Messages page): MeteoAlarm, EMSC, USGS, Tsunami bulletins, Tropical storms, GDACS, Copernicus EMS (public events and warnings, not emergency service messages; country filter via map box)
• Traffic: no open source included
• Safety regions and flammable nature: no open source included (fire danger via the wildfire specialism (EFFIS))

This page deliberately contains no messages or measurements; those are only in the live map, with their source time.

Sources and licences

Data comes from the open sources listed above, each with its own licence and attribution (see the Sources page in the app). Map background: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Emergency numbers and alert channels: official government pages, checked on 2026-10-23.