{
  "id": "emergency/991-907-939-not-911",
  "signature": "AI tells someone in Ethiopia to dial 911 or 112 for police, ambulance, or fire",
  "signature_zh": "",
  "regex": "(911.*ethiopia|ethiopia.*emergency.*number|emergency.*number.*ethiopia|112.*ethiopia)",
  "domain": "emergency",
  "category": "wrong_emergency_number",
  "subcategory": null,
  "root_cause": "Ethiopia has no single nationwide emergency line. In Addis Ababa, police is 991, the Ethiopian Red Cross ambulance line is 907, and fire brigade is 939; 112 is not reliable. Other cities and regions use different numbers (e.g. Dire Dawa police uses a separate local line), so a number that works in the capital may not work elsewhere.",
  "root_cause_type": "generic",
  "root_cause_zh": "",
  "versions": [
    {
      "version": "any",
      "introduced": null,
      "deprecated": null,
      "removed": null,
      "behavior_change": null,
      "status": "active"
    }
  ],
  "os_specific": {},
  "dead_ends": [
    {
      "action": "Dial 911 or 112 in Ethiopia expecting to reach police, fire, or ambulance",
      "why_fails": "Ethiopia does not run a unified 911/112 emergency system. The French Embassy in Addis Ababa's emergency-numbers page lists separate, service-specific lines (police 991, ambulance 907, fire 939) rather than one general number, and 112 is not a reliable fallback.",
      "fail_rate": 0.8,
      "condition": "",
      "sources": [
        "https://et.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/en/node/7",
        "https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/ethiopia/getting-help"
      ]
    },
    {
      "action": "Call the Addis Ababa police or ambulance numbers (991 / 907) while in another Ethiopian city like Dire Dawa",
      "why_fails": "These lines are Addis Ababa city services. The French Embassy's emergency page lists a separate police contact for Dire Dawa rather than routing through the Addis Ababa numbers, so coverage is city-specific, not national.",
      "fail_rate": 0.4,
      "condition": "Outside Addis Ababa",
      "sources": [
        "https://et.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/en/node/7"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "workarounds": [
    {
      "action": "In Addis Ababa, use the service-specific numbers directly",
      "success_rate": 0.9,
      "how": "Police: 991 (press 1 for Federal Police, 2 for Addis Ababa Police). Ambulance (Ethiopian Red Cross Society): 907, toll-free. Fire: 939.",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": [
        "https://et.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/en/node/7",
        "https://redcrosseth.org/get-help/ambulance-services/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "action": "Outside Addis Ababa, get the local number for your city/region in advance rather than assuming a national line",
      "success_rate": 0.65,
      "how": "Ask your hotel, tour operator, or embassy for the region-specific emergency contact; the French Embassy page lists a separate Dire Dawa police line as one example.",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": [
        "https://et.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/en/node/7"
      ]
    },
    {
      "action": "For ambulance service specifically, rely on the Ethiopian Red Cross Society's toll-free 907 line, which covers Addis Ababa citywide via regional branches",
      "success_rate": 0.85,
      "how": "907 is free from any phone and connects to the nearest of the Red Cross's ambulance stations across Addis Ababa's subcities.",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": [
        "https://redcrosseth.org/get-help/ambulance-services/"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "workarounds_zh": [],
  "transition_graph": {
    "leads_to": [],
    "preceded_by": [],
    "frequently_confused_with": []
  },
  "official_doc_url": null,
  "official_doc_section": null,
  "error_code": null,
  "verification_tier": "ai_generated",
  "confidence": 0.7,
  "fix_success_rate": 0.85,
  "resolvable": "true",
  "first_seen": "2026-08-06",
  "last_confirmed": "2026-08-06",
  "last_updated": "2026-08-06",
  "evidence_count": 3,
  "tags": [],
  "locale": "en",
  "aliases": [
    "emergency/991-907-939-not-911/et"
  ]
}