Tag:emergency=phone
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 emergency = phone
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An emergency telephone is a phone that anyone can use to contact an emergency service.  
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emergency telephone is a phone that anyone can use to contact an emergency service. Some places, usually train stations, university sites and highways, have outdoor emergency telephones where you press a single button to have a direct line with somewhere such as the security office or police. When you press the button, a light might also flash to alert people close by that there is trouble.
It should not be used for phones that only the police can use. However, in San Francisco some "police telephone" boxes (which require a key to open, for use of the police) have been mapped this way.
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See also
amenity=telephone– Public telephone for routine callshighway=emergency_bay– Emergency bay on roadwaysemergency=fire_alarm_box– A device used for notifying a fire department of a fire- Proposal:Emergency phone – Proposal but with more discussion (abandoned)