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Emergency services in France: numbers and helplines
Emergencies and emergency numbers
Healthcare Basics
Crises can be scary in any language, but don’t get caught out! Here’s which number and helpline to call in an emergency in France.
France is a relatively safe country. While it has a moderate crime rate, homicide rates are fluctuating, and forceful crimes are on the rise. The country is also considered to be at high exposure for terrorist attacks. Still, if you need the police, fire department, or medical care, the emergency services are there when you need them.
| Emergency service | Number |
| General emergency line | 112 or 114 for the hearing impaired |
| Ambulance | 15 or 112 |
| Fire brigade | 18 or 112 |
| Police | 17 or 112 |
| SOS Missing Children | 116 000 |
| Suicide prevention hotline | 3114 |
| Public services hotline | 3939 (toll number) |
| Airplane emergency | 191 |
Besides the above, France has a number of other emergency helplines you may not be familiar with:
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I’m a Gay Male Addict in Recovery
My identify is Lloyd and I’m a gay male addict in recovery. While I’ve always been gay, I haven’t always been in recovery!
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By Greg Bodin, MFT
Greg is a therapist at the Gay Therapy Center who specializes in sexual compulsion and addiction. He sees clients at the Union Square Gay Therapy Center in San Francisco, and worldwide by handset and Skype.
It’s getting easier to get laid. Geolocating social apps, messaging apps, and videoconferencing have made finding and having sex easier than it used to be. For some, this has been a great improvement – a faster way to connect new people, explore fantasies, and have lots of sex. For others the sexual digital age has started or worsened a problematic relationship to sex. Here’s an example:
John (not a real person) arrives at work, plows through his email, becomes stressed by an upcoming undertaking meeting, and decides he’ll get to it in 15 minutes. He pulls out his phone and looks at Tinder, Grindr, Blendr, Growlr or one of the many other available apps, depending on his preferences. Minutes change into hours as John searches for the right person, maybe someone downtown for a lunch casual relationship. He doesn’t notice the time and soon the 1pm meeting approaches. John’s anxiety skyrockets as he realizes that he