Emergencies · Health
call the emergency services
request urgent help
To call the emergency services means to contact the police, fire service or ambulance service for immediate help.
This vs that
Call the emergency services.
Call an ambulance.
Hear it in real life
There's smoke coming from the flat upstairs.
Get outside and call the emergency services.
If you smell gas, leave the building and call the emergency services.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
This is the standard phrase when it is not yet clear whether police, fire or ambulance help is needed.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I called to the emergency services.
Say: I called the emergency services.
Call takes the service directly as its object.
Say it together
Whole chunks natives use with it.
call the emergency services
Call the emergency services if anyone is trapped inside.
He called the emergency services as soon as he saw the fire.
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about emergencies.
call for help
Call for help if anyone is trapped inside.
get to safety
Everyone managed to get to safety.
Emergencies words
Health · Emergencies: the words around “call the emergency services”.
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Your turn: say it out loud
Call the emergency services.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
call the emergency services
request urgent help
“If you smell gas, leave the building and call the emergency services.”
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