From Tuesday, 10 November 2026, the European Single Emergency Number 112 is scheduled to become active in Irpinia, covering the telephone districts of Avellino and Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi.
The activation concerns the areas with prefixes 0825 for Avellino and 0827 for Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi. Calls to 112 are free and can be made from both fixed-line and mobile phones for urgent requests for assistance.
What changes for callers
Instead of deciding immediately which emergency service to call, residents and visitors in the two districts will be able to dial 112. The call is answered by a Centrale Unica di Risposta, the single response centre that handles the first stage of the emergency call.
According to the official 112 service, the response centre receives the caller's number and location, collects information about what is happening, and then transfers the call to the competent service — police, firefighters, coast guard, or health emergency.
The official guidance asks callers to be ready to provide three essential details:
- where they are,
- what type of emergency is happening,
- their name.
The operator then passes the call to the appropriate emergency-service centre.
What does not change
The activation does not abolish the existing emergency numbers. Numbers including 118 remain active, a point confirmed by both local and national reporting on the Irpinia launch.
In practice, people can use 112 as a single entry point, while callers who dial a familiar specialist number will still reach emergency assistance.
Second stage of the Campania rollout
The Irpinia launch is described as the second stage of the rollout of the Numero Unico Europeo in Campania. It follows activation in several Salerno-area districts on 27 October.
The reported plan for the rest of the region foresees further extensions to Caserta and Benevento on 24 November, followed by the Naples district on 9 December. Those later dates were reported as planned stages before implementation, so readers outside Irpinia should check for confirmation as each stage is completed.
For people in the Avellino and Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi districts, the practical message is simple: from 10 November, 112 is available as a free, single number for emergencies, alongside the emergency numbers that remain in service.
