If you are deaf, hard of hearing or have a speech impairment, there are six ways of contacting emergency services.

If you find yourself in an emergency which is either life threatening or where time is critical, you can contact fire services, police or ambulance:

• By TTY – dial 106.

• By internet relay – and ask for triple zero (000).

• By captioned relay – and ask for triple zero (000).

• By SMS relay – text 0423 677 767.

• By video relay – login to Skype and contact one of the NRS contact names.

• By ordinary phone – dial 1800 555 727 and ask for triple zero (000).