Crisis hotline
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A crisis hotline is a phone number people can call to get immediate emergency telephone counseling, usually by trained volunteers. The first such service was founded in England in 1951 and such hotlin
German postal stamp from 1998 advertising a crisis hotline
An operator for Sweden's Mind Självmordslinjen (suicide prevention hotline) at work.
Suicide prevention sign on the Golden Gate Bridge 2
Crisis Counseling at Golden Gate Bridge
Hotline
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A hotline is a point-to-point communications link in which a call is automatically directed to the preselected destination without any additional action by the user when the end instrument goes off-ho
Crisis hotline
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A typical non-dial red phone used for hotlines. This one is a prop which is on display in the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, erroneously representing the Moscow–Washington hotline.
In Finland there are still several signs marking the location of the Moscow–Washington hotline cable. This one is in Forssa. The text reads "Post and telegraph department".