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EMERGENCIES

The following services may be of help should problems arise. Remember that calls made from a public phone require a coin or prepaid phone card to be inserted, though no charge is made for the short numbers or those starting 800, which are toll free.

 Polizia (police) Tel 113

 For health-related emergencies, including ambulance service (ambulanza) and mountain rescue Tel 118.

 CAI Soccorso Alpino, the mountain and speleological rescue service run by qualified volunteers from the Italian Alpine Club, can be contacted on Tel 095-914141 or 095-643430 for the Catania area, and on cell Tel 339-3533513 for the Palermo region. The service is available to everyone, however those other than members of CAI and affiliated associations covered by insurance will be billed.

 The high risk of fire in the long, dry summer months means that open fires of any nature are totally banned throughout Sicily’s park areas, often on a permanent basis. Forest and bush fires should be reported to the Vigili del Fuoco (fire brigade) on Tel 115 or to the Corpo Forestale dello Stato (State Forestry Department) on Tel 1515.