The Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (IRM) issues a weather warning. The Interior SPF therefore temporarily activates the nudemero 1722.
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The Federal Interior Service decided to reactivate the number 1722 on Wednesday evening, due to the bad weather warning issued by the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (IRM). This number is dedicated to non-emergency firefighters interventions and is activated during bad weather to discharge the emergency number 112.
The number 1722 is intended for non-emergency response when no life is potentially in danger but firefighting intervention is required. When a life is in danger, the emergency number 112 remains applicable.
During its last activation between Saturday evening and Wednesday morning, the operators recorded 60,653 calls to 1722
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