Editor's Review
Australia's Triple Zero call is only as good as the location you can give the operator, and people ring for help from places they cannot name: a fire trail, a beach, a stretch of highway between towns. Emergency Plus exists to close that gap. It comes from the national Triple Zero awareness group with the emergency services behind it, and it puts your coordinates on screen while it dials.
What it actually does: the home screen shows your latitude and longitude, and a what3words address, taken from the phone's location services. Buttons dial 000 for police, fire and ambulance, 112 from a mobile handset, 106 for the text-based service used by deaf callers, and non-emergency lines such as the SES and the Police Assistance Line. You read the location out to the operator; the app does not transmit it for you.
Where the limits sit: it needs a location fix and a working mobile signal, and neither is guaranteed in exactly the terrain where the app matters most. Accuracy also depends on the handset and on whether GPS has settled, so the figure on screen can drift during the first few seconds.
It is free, it is backed by the services that answer the call, and it is relevant only inside Australia. On those terms it deserves a home screen slot for anyone who drives, walks or paddles beyond street addresses.
Features
Latitude and longitude displayed for reading out to an operator
what3words address as a spoken alternative to raw coordinates
One-touch dialling for 000, 112 and 106
Direct buttons for SES and Police Assistance non-emergency lines
No account, sign-in or personal details required
Pros
Backed by the Australian emergency services rather than a third-party publisher
Coordinates and what3words remove the guesswork when there is no street address
Separates genuine emergencies from the non-urgent assistance lines
Free, with nothing to buy and no registration step
Cons
Useful only in Australia, since every number it dials is an Australian one
Depends on a location fix and mobile coverage, which remote areas often lack
Questions people ask
Does the app send my location to the operator automatically?
No. It displays your coordinates and what3words address on screen so that you can read them aloud. The call itself is an ordinary phone call to an ordinary call taker.
Will it work outside Australia?
The numbers it dials are Australian emergency and assistance lines, so it has no practical use abroad. Travellers should look up the local emergency number for the country they are in.
