How many times have you called 999?
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1. Some blokes grabbed me and my girlfriend then tried to get into my flat.
2. Saw a couple of lads trying to nick a car
3. Witnessed someone being nearly run over, then the car occupants bundled the person into the back of their vehicles.
3. Woke up to house being broken into and car being taken.
4. Got into an altercation with 3 blokes.
5. GP (on phone) told me to hang up and call an ambulance as she thought I'd had a stroke (she was right).
With the exception of (2) the response in each case was excellent.
2. Saw a couple of lads trying to nick a car
3. Witnessed someone being nearly run over, then the car occupants bundled the person into the back of their vehicles.
3. Woke up to house being broken into and car being taken.
4. Got into an altercation with 3 blokes.
5. GP (on phone) told me to hang up and call an ambulance as she thought I'd had a stroke (she was right).
With the exception of (2) the response in each case was excellent.
1, Report a car that was broken down on a dual carriageway in the dark on bend with poor sight lines.
2. Report a road rage incident where a driver ran me off the road on my motorbike because I had filtered to the front of temporary traffic lights.
3. Report a burglary on the doctors surgery.
2. Report a road rage incident where a driver ran me off the road on my motorbike because I had filtered to the front of temporary traffic lights.
3. Report a burglary on the doctors surgery.
A few times for debris on motorways, once for what looked like a jumper on a DC bridge, I also rang 101 for something on an A road and was told to ring 999 instead.
Once for a suspect subarachnoid haemorrhage but was told the ambulance (we're quite rural...) was busy so I was advised to get a lift.
Once for a suspect subarachnoid haemorrhage but was told the ambulance (we're quite rural...) was busy so I was advised to get a lift.
1. Reported a drunk driver whose driving was the scariest I'd ever witnessed
2. Fire brigade when smoke filled the flat I was living in - from the electric boiler at 2am. Was shortly after Grenfell, so the entire station turned up. The circuit board had shorted and had started a small fire. In hindsight I could've dealt with it myself, but at 2am with smoke everywhere you think differently.
2. Fire brigade when smoke filled the flat I was living in - from the electric boiler at 2am. Was shortly after Grenfell, so the entire station turned up. The circuit board had shorted and had started a small fire. In hindsight I could've dealt with it myself, but at 2am with smoke everywhere you think differently.
Twice:
Called an ambulance many years ago when it looked like my girlfriend was having some kind of seizure/fit.
Called the police when a head-on accident happened right in front of me where a dual carriageway changed into a single, and both drivers strayed into the cross-hatched area.
Messy, but nobody died. I stopped and gave a statement.
Called an ambulance many years ago when it looked like my girlfriend was having some kind of seizure/fit.
Called the police when a head-on accident happened right in front of me where a dual carriageway changed into a single, and both drivers strayed into the cross-hatched area.
Messy, but nobody died. I stopped and gave a statement.
(still took her to A&E though)About six times
Saw a man trying to get into a parked car, police arrived an hour later
Saw a neighbours house with smoke coming through the roof tiles, fire station is about half a mile away, fire engine took 20 minutes to arrive, they drove past the smoking house three times.
I had a heart attack in the middle of a Yorkshire town, I was lying on the pavement, ambulance service said that the wait was 2-4 hours and suggested I crawled into a nearby Lidl and see if they had a defibrillator. Instead I took a taxi to my doctors, they didn't want to treat me because I didn't have an appointment and called the ambulance service.
Found a naked relative who had died in their home, stone cold. 999 operator wanted me to try and revive her, hospital was less than a mile away and ambulance was on its way, when I said no she said that she would report me to the police, which she did. Copper said that I should just have called her doctor, it wasn't an emergency.
Got into work early at 5am, a big office building in Knutsford and the burglar alarm was going off, called the police on 999, they said I had to go in and see if there were any burglars and then call them back.
I was on the M25 in the middle lane, 50 average speed cameras, a lorry was behind me in Lane 1. He moved into Lane 2 and hit me, spinning me around 180 and now stationery. Phoned 999 for help, Police said they were not coming out 'because we cannot out to all incidents' Nothing else to do but a U turn on the M25.
Saw a man trying to get into a parked car, police arrived an hour later
Saw a neighbours house with smoke coming through the roof tiles, fire station is about half a mile away, fire engine took 20 minutes to arrive, they drove past the smoking house three times.
I had a heart attack in the middle of a Yorkshire town, I was lying on the pavement, ambulance service said that the wait was 2-4 hours and suggested I crawled into a nearby Lidl and see if they had a defibrillator. Instead I took a taxi to my doctors, they didn't want to treat me because I didn't have an appointment and called the ambulance service.
Found a naked relative who had died in their home, stone cold. 999 operator wanted me to try and revive her, hospital was less than a mile away and ambulance was on its way, when I said no she said that she would report me to the police, which she did. Copper said that I should just have called her doctor, it wasn't an emergency.
Got into work early at 5am, a big office building in Knutsford and the burglar alarm was going off, called the police on 999, they said I had to go in and see if there were any burglars and then call them back.
I was on the M25 in the middle lane, 50 average speed cameras, a lorry was behind me in Lane 1. He moved into Lane 2 and hit me, spinning me around 180 and now stationery. Phoned 999 for help, Police said they were not coming out 'because we cannot out to all incidents' Nothing else to do but a U turn on the M25.
Edited by E3134 on Sunday 28th April 13:48
Back in the 80s on a new year's day at 5-30am I came across a Cortina upside down in the roadworks on the A40 at Northolt . Wheels still turning,lights still on .
Livestock on a country road in fog .
Illegals climbing out of the back of a truck on the A20 . Got phoned back later by the police,they got 32 illegals and arrested 2 truck drivers .
11pm at night when a car ended up upside down in a neighbours garden .
8am at work when a car ended up buried in a nearby house .
Called police when a drunk driver crashed into street furniture in Tottenham Crt Rd , London.
Called police when following a slow moving Mercedes weaving all over the road . Middle aged driver had a liquid lunch at the golf course,he got stroppy with the police, banned for life as it was third time and given suspended 2year jail term.
That's without all the calls when doing security work and catching scrotes and shop lifters .
Livestock on a country road in fog .
Illegals climbing out of the back of a truck on the A20 . Got phoned back later by the police,they got 32 illegals and arrested 2 truck drivers .
11pm at night when a car ended up upside down in a neighbours garden .
8am at work when a car ended up buried in a nearby house .
Called police when a drunk driver crashed into street furniture in Tottenham Crt Rd , London.
Called police when following a slow moving Mercedes weaving all over the road . Middle aged driver had a liquid lunch at the golf course,he got stroppy with the police, banned for life as it was third time and given suspended 2year jail term.
That's without all the calls when doing security work and catching scrotes and shop lifters .
Four, I think.
1) 2015ish. Out riding my bike and saw a group of lads dump a car and set fire to it. Called Fire Service and they turned up in about 10 minutes.
2) 2018ish. Daughter fell down the stairs and smashed her head. Ambulance there in under 15 mins.
3) 2022. Dad heart attack. Called ambulance. Nothing available for three hours. Took him to hospital myself in under 20 mins. He crashed as we got in the door, narrowly survived.
4) 2023. Repeat 3)
1) 2015ish. Out riding my bike and saw a group of lads dump a car and set fire to it. Called Fire Service and they turned up in about 10 minutes.
2) 2018ish. Daughter fell down the stairs and smashed her head. Ambulance there in under 15 mins.
3) 2022. Dad heart attack. Called ambulance. Nothing available for three hours. Took him to hospital myself in under 20 mins. He crashed as we got in the door, narrowly survived.
4) 2023. Repeat 3)
Wow. Forgot the most important one. Son was 11 months old. I had him in my arms for a regular cuddle. He suddenly went rigid and his eyes rolled in to the back of his head.
Wife went to get St John's Ambulance neighbour and I called 999. Took ambulance 6 minutes to arrive. They put it down to a febrile convulsion but temp was regular. Blues and twos to RBH in Reading where he recovered well and then later to John Radcliffe in Oxford. They never did work out what happened.
Wife went to get St John's Ambulance neighbour and I called 999. Took ambulance 6 minutes to arrive. They put it down to a febrile convulsion but temp was regular. Blues and twos to RBH in Reading where he recovered well and then later to John Radcliffe in Oxford. They never did work out what happened.
Puggit said:
Wow. Forgot the most important one. Son was 11 months old. I had him in my arms for a regular cuddle. He suddenly went rigid and his eyes rolled in to the back of his head.
Wife went to get St John's Ambulance neighbour and I called 999. Took ambulance 6 minutes to arrive. They put it down to a febrile convulsion but temp was regular. Blues and twos to RBH in Reading where he recovered well and then later to John Radcliffe in Oxford. They never did work out what happened.
I was visiting my sister (a highly qualified and experienced nurse)Wife went to get St John's Ambulance neighbour and I called 999. Took ambulance 6 minutes to arrive. They put it down to a febrile convulsion but temp was regular. Blues and twos to RBH in Reading where he recovered well and then later to John Radcliffe in Oxford. They never did work out what happened.
When her the 4 year old daughter had pretty much the same as you described. They never did find out why . She is now a mom herself in her late thirties and no health problems.
Slowboathome said:
E3134 said:
About six times....
Sorry but some of these made me no laugh out loud.Edited by E3134 on Sunday 28th April 11:33
Particularly the driving past the smoking house and can you crawl into Lidl.
The smoking house, literally was all about smoking. Turned out that there was a cannabis farm in the roof and it overheated or shorted out, Smoke was coming up through the tiles for about 30 minutes, then the flames took hold and wrecked the place, The fire engine found the house due to the flames. The house was derelict for two years because the insurers kicked off about it being rented out and they hadnt been told.
Many many times.
A caller wanted the West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) to resuscitate a dead pigeon.
Someone phoned 999 to apologise for being a pest caller the day before when he rang the same number numerous times.
While one caller wanted to know what the temperature was outside.
One man rang because he could not find his trousers.
An 18-year-old felt unwell because they had a drag on a cigarette.
‘There’s a hedgehog in my garden’.
Staff at a care home phoned for an ambulance because they wanted one to take them to a job interview at a hospital.
‘Can you call me a cab, I’m out of credit on my mobile phone.’
Another person rang up because they had a hurt toe.
‘I’ve put some money in this vending machine and they’re refusing to give me the money back and I need that money to make an emergency call.’
One keen gamer rang to complain their eyes hurt after playing on a games console for six hours.
Greater Manchester Police received a phone call from someone complaining that they had been waiting for a pizza delivery for 45 minutes.
While the North West Ambulance Service were called because someone had snot in their throat.
Someone wanted an ambulance in the West Midlands because their feet were bleeding after wearing new shoes.
And the same service took a call from a man who ‘couldn’t walk after too much dancing’.
A caller wanted the West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) to resuscitate a dead pigeon.
Someone phoned 999 to apologise for being a pest caller the day before when he rang the same number numerous times.
While one caller wanted to know what the temperature was outside.
One man rang because he could not find his trousers.
An 18-year-old felt unwell because they had a drag on a cigarette.
‘There’s a hedgehog in my garden’.
Staff at a care home phoned for an ambulance because they wanted one to take them to a job interview at a hospital.
‘Can you call me a cab, I’m out of credit on my mobile phone.’
Another person rang up because they had a hurt toe.
‘I’ve put some money in this vending machine and they’re refusing to give me the money back and I need that money to make an emergency call.’
One keen gamer rang to complain their eyes hurt after playing on a games console for six hours.
Greater Manchester Police received a phone call from someone complaining that they had been waiting for a pizza delivery for 45 minutes.
While the North West Ambulance Service were called because someone had snot in their throat.
Someone wanted an ambulance in the West Midlands because their feet were bleeding after wearing new shoes.
And the same service took a call from a man who ‘couldn’t walk after too much dancing’.
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