Does 911 work in Mexico (Cancun Area)?

No, it won´t work. We have no emergency services here in Mexico. It´s every man for himself. Even if you do figure out how to call someone, no, they won´t come, because, again, this is a backward, underdeveloped, uncivilized country that is hundreds and hundreds of years because even a country as backward as Haiti. read more

Looks like the 911 for Emergency is Active now on the State of Quintana Roo, Cancun is part of the State of Quintana Roo. You have to know that this 911 is connected to the Mexican Emergency Services, not the U.S. of course. Not sure if some one will be able to help you in English. read more

The number for a new national emergency phone line will be 911, the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) announced this week. One single number for all emergency calls was announced last November by President Enrique Peña Nieto as one of a series of measures in response to the Iguala-Ayotzinapa events of September 26 and 27. read more

The first 911 system in North America was set up in Winnipeg, Canada in 1959 and, nine years later, Alabama and Alaska followed suit to bring it to the US. It wasn’t until the 1980s that 911 became a standard under the North American Numbering Plan. read more