What are the emergency numbers in Morocco (police, ambulance)?

Keep this short list in your phone and on a slip of paper: police is 19, and from a mobile you dial 190 — both reach the urban police. For an ambulance or any medical emergency, call 15, which is the SAMU emergency medical service and also covers fire and rescue. Outside the cities — on rural roads, in the mountains, on the highway — the Gendarmerie Royale on 177 is the force you want, as they patrol those areas.

A practical reality I always share: emergency dispatchers in Morocco primarily speak Arabic and French. Many will find someone with some English, but if you only speak English, it helps enormously to have a few words ready, your location in French if you can manage it, or simply to hand the phone to a nearby Moroccan — people step in to help without hesitation here, in my experience.

In the major tourist cities — Marrakech, Fes, Casablanca, Agadir, Tangier — there is also a tourist police unit specifically for visitors, used to handling theft reports, lost documents and disputes in languages you can navigate. Your riad or hotel reception will know the nearest one and can phone on your behalf, which is often the fastest route when you are flustered.

My honest advice: program these numbers before you arrive, and add your accommodation's direct line too. Nine times out of ten, the quickest help is the front desk of where you are staying or your Serenity driver, who can interpret, drive you straight to a clinic, and skip the language barrier entirely. The official numbers are your backstop, not usually your first call.