Emergencies in Belgrade

Good to Know

• Save 192 (police), 193 (fire) and 194 (ambulance) directly in your phone — locals still rely on these more than 112, and doing so avoids any confusion if the 112 routing sends you to the wrong first responder.
• If you don't speak Serbian, it helps to have your address/location written down or ready to show, since English-speaking operators aren't guaranteed outside of major hospitals or central Belgrade.
• There is no confirmed official Serbian government safety app for tourists — general international travel-safety apps or your embassy's app are a more reliable backup.
• For serious/major trauma, ambulances in Belgrade generally take patients to the Emergency Center (Urgentni centar) at Pasterova 2, the country's main trauma and critical-care referral point, rather than the nearest hospital.
• Private facilities like Bel Medic have their own 24/7 emergency departments and English-speaking staff, but will stabilize and transfer genuinely critical trauma cases to the public Emergency Center or the Military Medical Academy.
• The Military Medical Academy (VMA) is open to civilians despite being a military hospital, and is well-regarded for trauma and neurosurgical emergencies.
• Serbia does not use a formal Level I-IV trauma center rating system like some other countries — 'trauma capability' here is described functionally rather than by an official tier.
• The national ambulance emergency number is 194.