English in an emergency

What you will learn / Qué va a aprender

What to say if you need the police, fire service, or an ambulance in Guyana. Print the bilingual emergency card and keep it on your phone.

The numbers

• Police: 911
• Fire: 912
• Ambulance: 913
• Police, non-emergency: (592) 225-6411
• Trafficking in persons, Spanish line: 624-0079
• Trafficking hotline: 227-4083 · 623-5030

What to say

• I need help. I speak Spanish. Necesito ayuda. Hablo español.
• Please call an ambulance. Por favor, llame a una ambulancia.
• Call the police, please. Llame a la policía, por favor.
• There is a fire. Hay un incendio.
• My address is ... Mi dirección es ...
• I am lost. Estoy perdido / perdida.

After you are safe

Print the emergency card. Leave the "my details" lines blank and write them by hand. Do not write your passport number or immigration status there. GuyanaHub does not store those fields.

More practice (free)

• BBC Learning English
• USA Learns
• American English