Emergency contact numbers for Paris attacks

People concerned about loved ones in Paris can contact the British Foreign Office in London on 020 7008 0000.

Paris. Image by Navin Rajagopalan / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs also has staff on hand in Dublin to take calls from concerned families on 01 408 2000.

Facebook has customised its safety check feature to let users know whether their friends and loved ones are safe: https://www.facebook.com/safetycheck/paris_terror_attacks/

The US Embassy in Paris advised official US personnel and US. citizens to shelter in place due to the terrorist attacks. And the US State Department issued the following information:

See the State Department’s travel website for the Worldwide Caution, Travel Warnings, Travel Alerts, and France Country Specific Information. Enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive security messages and make it easier to locate you in an emergency.

Contact the U.S. Embassy in Paris, located at 2 Avenue Gabriel 75008 Paris, at +(33)(1) 43-12-22-22 or by email at Citizeninfo@state.gov. After-hours emergency number for U.S. citizens is +(33)(1) 43-12-22-22.

Call 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the United States and Canada or 1-202-501-4444 from other countries from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).

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