What if I do not know my address in English?
Do not guess and do not hang up. Give the street name by spelling it, add the number and the flat, then anchor it with a landmark or a junction. It's Bridge Street, B-R-I-D-G-E, number fourteen, opposite the pharmacy is enough for a dispatcher working from a map.
Do not guess and do not hang up. Give the street name by spelling it, add the number and the flat, then anchor it with a landmark or a junction. It's Bridge Street, B-R-I-D-G-E, number fourteen, opposite the pharmacy is enough for a dispatcher working from a map. Outdoors with no street, a postcode or a three-word address gives a precise point you can read out slowly.
Two substitutes work when there is no address: a postcode, which a dispatcher can type into a map, and a landmark a local would recognise, such as a named shop, a bridge or a bus stop. Give the building number and the colour of the door if it helps. If you are moving, say so and give the direction of travel, because the crew is sent to where you were.