While in Croatia, whether you are a visitor or a long term resident, it is important to know who to contact in case of an emergency. There are also a few other national services that could prove helpful during your time here.

Let’s start with the most important one.

For emergencies, call 112.

Here is a list of the other numbers to call depending on what you need help with.

• 192 – Police
• 193 – Fire Brigade
• 194 – Ambulance
• 195 – Search and Rescue if at sea
• 1987 – Road Assistance
• 01 6611 999 – HAK (Croatian Automobile Club)
• 11888 – Telephone Directory
• 18166 – Weather Forecast
• 18981 – General Information
• 11802 – International Telephone Directory
• 0800 0800 – Brave phone – SOS line for abused and neglected children (for parents)
• 116111 – Brave phone – SOS line for abused and neglected children (for children)
• 18095 – Exact time
• 18841 – Sports information
• 18100 – Waking service
• 116 000 – Dissapereance of a child
• 116 006 – Phone line for victims of crime

The above numbers are listed as you would dial them from a Croatian number. If you are a visitor and need to call from a foreign number, precede the number with +385. +385 is the country code for Croatia. When calling a Croatian number from a Croatian number, remove the “+385” and add a “0”.

When you see phone numbers listed starting with a “0”, that version is only to be used when dialing from a Croatian number. That is why the “0” is commonly put in parentheses like this “+385 (0)1 4640 800 to note that it is optional.

For example, to call the Croatian Automobile Club from a Croatian number, you would dial 01 6611 999. To call from a foreign number, you would dial +385 1 66 11 999.

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