Key facts
Before you go
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- Keep 1669 for emergency medical services separate from Tourist Police assistance.
- Keep 191, 1155, 1669 and 199 together with their official service labels.
- Recheck the official sources before printing or storing an offline safety card.
Detailed explanation4 short sections
Match the number to the emergency
Call 1669 for emergency medical dispatch and 191 for an urgent police or general emergency. The Tourist Police official directory lists 199 for fire, accident and rescue.
Call 1155 for Tourist Police assistance, including the visitor-focused support described by the bureau. Do not delay medical dispatch by treating 1155 as a replacement for 1669.
Prepare the essential details
Use the number that matches the emergency and follow the call handler's questions. This evidence set does not prescribe a dispatch script or promise that a particular description format will work everywhere.
No response-time guarantee is made here. Device, roaming, language and location behavior can vary, so the numbers should be rechecked before producing any printed safety card.
Keep Tourist Police and emergency dispatch distinct
The Tourist Police Bureau documents 1155 for tourist assistance and translation support. That visitor-focused role is different from 1669 emergency medical dispatch, 191 urgent police or general emergency, and the directory's 199 fire, accident and rescue listing.
Choose the service-specific number from the nature of the emergency. Do not turn the availability of translation support into a reason to route every urgent incident through Tourist Police.
Treat the list as safety-critical information
All four numbers are dated official claims. Recheck the responsible official sources before putting them into a printed card or offline guide, because an evergreen page cannot guarantee that published routing will never change.
This answer identifies the official purpose attached to each number. It does not promise response time, coverage, language availability or a particular dispatch outcome.
Evidence
Sources
3 dated records support the material facts on this page.
- Thailand Tourist Police (opens in a new tab)
Tourist Police Bureauofficial governmentChecked
- Royal Thai Police public guide (opens in a new tab)
Royal Thai Policeofficial governmentChecked
- National Institute for Emergency Medicine (opens in a new tab)
National Institute for Emergency Medicineofficial governmentChecked