Mobile phone emergency calls

[sigma]

When making a call to emergency services on a mobile phone, who and where recieves the call and how do they know which fire,police or ambulance station to connect you to as they don't know your location?.

[CheekyChops]

Erm, don't you tell them the location?

I don't think you get to speal to the actual fire station / police station or whatever, you speak to an operator at something a bit like a call centre and they log the call for the appropriate force from the area you are in.

[sigma]

Yes eventually but when you phone from a call box it goes to the local exchange. Where does the mobile call go to

[jenky]

Mobile phones are connected to the local 'cell' when you are out and about, so if you dial the emergency number (112 is one int. default) - it will know to connect you to the operator centre local to that cell.