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Where United Kingdom citizens in Senegal get consular help.
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British Embassy Dakar · Dakar, Senegal
Police 17: UK FCDO lists 17 for police. Source: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/senegal/getting-help. Verified 2026-09-29. Ambulance 15: UK FCDO lists 15 for ambulance. Source: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/senegal/getting-help. ITU-T E.129 (updated 2023-11-14) does not list 15. It lists 1515 as the medical and emergency assistance service, stored separately, and confirms police 17, fire 18 and gendarmerie 123. Verified 2026-09-29. Ambulance 1515: ITU-T E.129 lists 1515 as Medical and Emergency Assistance Service (updated 2023-11-14). UK FCDO lists ambulance 15. ITU's 2023 update confirms police 17, fire 18 and gendarmerie 123, and does not list 15. Source: https://www.itu.int/net/itu-t/inrdb/e129_important_numbers.aspx. Verified 2026-09-29. Fire 18: UK FCDO lists 18 for fire. Source: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/senegal/getting-help. Verified 2026-09-29. Gendarmerie 123: UK FCDO lists 123 for the gendarmerie, who may be more responsive in the countryside. Source: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/senegal/getting-help. Verified 2026-09-29.
Local UK consular office listed by GOV.UK for Senegal.
To call us in an emergency or send us an online enquiry use our contact form: https://www.contact.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/posts/senegal/british-embassy-dakar Office access Important information about accessing the British Embassy in Dakar. Security regulations Please be aware that all visitors to the British Embassy will have to pass through Embassy security. While we aim for this to be as light-touch as possible, it does require a search of bags and pockets. The British Embassy in Dakar security regulations, in line with all British Diplomatic Missions world-wide, do not permit visitors to enter the embassy with mobile telephones, laptops, PDAs or any other similar electrical devices. We prefer that you arrive at the Embassy without them. If this is not possible we can retain them at the entrance during your visit. Weapons (including pepper sprays), or any object that our Security Staff consider could be used as a weapon, are also forbidden. These will not be retained by our staff. Should you arrive with such an object you will not be grante
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