Did you know you can now contact the Emergency Services by text message?

Emergency SMS is a free service that allows you to use SMS (text messaging) to contact any of the UK 999 services (police, ambulance, fire & rescue or coastguard).

It is available for anyone who finds making a voice call difficult, has communication difficulties, is deaf and includes members of the autistic community or individuals who might need to contact emergency services discretely.

To use the service, you need to pre-register your phone on the website.

For more information or to register your number visit: www.emergencysms.org.uk/