Ive called 999 twice.

First time, i was sitting on computer chair, and i could hear a voice.Stopped what i was doing and listened. Realised it was my mobile in pocket. Had a bit of apologizing to do.
2nd time it was same thing, but i felt i had pressed something in pocket and checked it, so i managed to get phone before it connected.

Was paranoid they were gonna come get me for time wasting

This was with my button lock on, yet it still dials 999.

I called 911 once. It was somewhat less exciting than I imagined, probably because 911 doesn't exist in Iceland.

*Points at saurok*

Just replace 911 with 112.

As for me I've never called 112 and I take it Exorince hasn't either. This little island we're on doesn't tend to be the setting of events that require people to call an emergency hotline, too calm here.

Still doesn't stop us from having criminals, they're just too 'high up' for people to report them

I hate dial tone !!!
I've never got anything more from that and I've never had the need to use 999

It's rather difficult to bring those criminals to justice, especially since they pretty much own our economy. <_<

Also, I have called 112 actually, a friend of mine collapsed during a friendly football game many years ago. Not the most pleasant memory I have, and I don't remember much about the call.

I once called 999 when I was a child as a prank. Didn't go down too well with my parents, especially my dad who works in the police.

American films/etc are the cause of why I say 911 instead of 999 in conversation

I've called 999 once. I found a weird looking package in an underpass underneath some train tracks. It had been there a few days.

I personally thought it was a bomb. I phoned up and told them where it was and then they asked me "if I had brought it back with me."

I facepalmed so hard after I heard that. What moron brings home a bomb?

I called once because there was a vehicle collision in front of my house. Of course, it took the ambulance about 15 minutes to get there and the cops took about 45.

The other time I called was because a drunk driver came over a hill and that resulted in me being involved in a head on collision. I was riding in my friend's pickup truck at the time so we were all fine. The drunk was not.

Well lets see.

I have been shot at, that was a call but I didn't call, someone else did.
One time I totaled my Mustang, someone else called.
I watched my buddy get rear ended by a camaro (he was in a older F-150.)

Thats about it.

After I seen how infective the police force is in general I started carrying a gun (openly) on my strong side. Its ready to rock with OIC, the only place I don't carry is it to work, but once I get a snub nose wheel gun I can hide easily ill carry at work too.
Silly work place restrictions, they are even against my state law, so I don't worry too much about getting caught with it.

Everyone should carry, a armed society is a polite one. :thumbsup:

In my society just about no one carries guns (not even the police, we just have one special squad that is allowed to carry guns) and just about no one ever gets shot. Yes crooks will find a way to get guns if they have the will and skill to do it but in 99% of cases said crooks don't have the will nor skill to do it in places where it's not made so easy for them to get guns.

My parents have been attacked by two drunk psychopaths that just suddenly attacked them out of nowhere, they were able to fight them off. If said psychopaths had been able to get their hands on guns then the first punch would have been 'the first shot' instead and I very much doubt they would have survived that as easily.

An armed society is a dangerous one. But that's off topic. However the fact that my aunt called the police after the incident with those two psychopaths is not I guess, at least if you can mention cases where it was not you yourself who made the call.

Yep its OT, but I would love to discuss the matter with you, I am sure it would be safe for a topic.
I did some digging on the topic of criminals and armed people, but every part of the world is different, nothing wrong with that.

The moderators usually close topics related to gun control because they get heated very quickly and usually verge into politics.

I meant via PM. :whistling:

On topic.

Calling 911 is, well depending on the person who answers, a strange phone call. More so if its under a stressful environment.

Never had to call 999 yet. Hopefully I never will :shrug:

Target practice is one of the best reasons to fire a gun. If you ever have to use a gun outside of target practice you better be sure you can aim it.


I've never had to call 911, but have had 911 called for me when I tripped, broke a glass, and a shard stabbed me in the temple.

Yes, if you are going to pack or have for SD/HD you better know exactly how to handle the gun you have, what it can and can not do as well as the ammo you are using.

Remember, 1 is none and 2 is one when it comes to carrying or SD/HD, if one jams or goes dry you have a backup ready to go.

I was visiting my girlfriend (now wife) during a college break. Suddenly these two kids run out of the neighbors house yelling to call 911 so we brought them inside and called. Apparently their sister had psychological problems and went after their mother with a kitch knife. Thankfully, I don't believe anyone was physically hurt.

Once we pass by a malfunctioning transformer that had a jet of sparks shooting out of it. That was cool - and also a good reason to call 911

I've called a few times because people who had broken down on the highway.

I was a college Resident Assistant for two and a half years and I never had to call emergency services but once a pair of real idiots on my hall brought a container of gasoline into their dorm room and that nearly caused a bomb scare. That pair was certainly something, one of them was twice reprimanded for dismantling the outdoor furniture - the first time he claimed it was art, I don't remember if he bothered with an excuse the second time.

First call:

While in the dining hall kitchen, a coworker (who was an off-duty EMT) dove for the bag valve mask stored in the wall mounted first aid kit right in front of me. "Call 911, 40 yo male, 250#, in the dining hall, dropped uncouncious, no pulse." As he's telling me this, the AED alarm goes off. I call 911, give them the details. As I'm giving them the details, a runner comes back to say that the patient was shocked, but no response...pass that on to 911 (call was placed roughly 30 seconds after he dropped, shocked roughly 1.5 minutes? after dropping). Hang up, and call the main camp office as protocol; it was a kids' camp with known false calls, so 911 checkes for veracity. It also starts the camp's emergency response. Unfortunatly, the secretary misunderstood "patient was shocked" for patient was "shot." Luckily the sheriff didn't roll (more on that later)

I check in with the responders, they're good - dash out to the groups on the field and tell our staff to do their stuff elsewhere. (5th graders and their teachers might react in interesting ways if they see an ambulance roll up). Hunt down the visiting group's lead teacher (on 150 acres), return with her to see ambulance driving away wiht the patient on board. About 15 minutes after I made the call and the patient dropped.

Notes: On a 450 acre camp, the patient dropped 30 feet away from an AED, in a building that an off-duty EMT was passing through. The patient was revived on the 2nd or 3rd shock, alert and oriented by the time the ambulance arrived, and was offering to get on the stretcher unassisted. Later report from the school was that there was minimal heart damage. :thumbsup:

About that whole sheriff thing...two days later the camp went into lockdown due to an armed bank robbery 2 miles away with the getaway car being found 0.25 miles away from a remote part of the camp. Nothing like telling kids "nothing to see here" while SWAT rolls around in full battle-rattle right outside the window :rolleyes: Later saw news images of the camp with SWAT sniper teams deployed on the property. Car was a decoy with one stolen a day earlier found 400 miles away.

It was a busy week!

Two other instances that I didn't call in:
1) Participant hyperventilates and passes out while in the harness on a climbing wall
2) Instructor has a brain anurism while on a climbing wall, group lowers him, and he was already unconcious with labored breathing. Dead before the ambulance arrived.

Rember folks...camp is a fun place!

Two minor calls:
1) After a T-storm, called in a sparking power line behind our property.
2) Called in large dangerous debris on a rather blind curve.

Does anyone know what the response time for the services in your area? (correct use of your? I get confused lol)

I know in town its 4-10Mins, out where I live its 30-80 minutes for any kind of response. Silly I know, but what can you do about it.

Home = 4 minutes?

Depending on where I'm at in the field at my current workplace (phone reception, how fast runners can run, how far in the responders need to walk, etc., anywhere from 10 - 40 minutes.

If I'm leading trips (rarely now), 0.5-12 hours depending on commo ability and remoteness (never tried it).

My most recent one was a few weeks ago, when my neighbors were having some kind of crazy fight. I called the cops on them and they have been quiet since then. Had to do it in French too. Bad neighbors are just so so annoying. You really don't want some crazy cruel over-emotional idiot to decide you are his enemy, but on the other hand you can't just let them stay out of control.

My first time (well, 999 in my case since I'm in the UK) was when a friend was staying round and decided it was a good time for her to OD. <_< Prescription meds, that is, but the outcome could obviously have been quite bad. Then the buggers blamed me for not keeping an eye on her!

Didn't I see that one on an episode of 911: Emergency?
That was you? :blink:

Nice going! :goodjob:



I had to call 112 a number of times to have my ex removed from the premises because she was going bat-crazy and posed a possibly threat to our son (and I knew that if I resorted to any form of violence that the poop would really hit the fan)

First time I called they didn't even want to roll because it was only a possible threat, and nothing had actually happened yet.

no kidding.

I asked if I should call back in five minutes when a steak knife was finally sticking out of my sons head?

dispatcher:
Are you threatening with violence, sir?

Not me, you bonehead, HER!!!
can I please just have some [censored] police assistance here?!?

They showed up fifteen minutes later, with my ex throwing furniture through the living room, and me standing out front.

"She's in there, and all yours, officers.. and gee thanks for the timely response." :dry:



second time it happened, all I said was

"It's me, this is my address ........., same [censored] as last time, now ROLL!!!" ..and hung up on them.

They pulled up in two minutes flat

:facepalm: They really shouldn't employ idiots like that. Well, any sort of idiot, really.

Yep, I've only ever shot a gun for target practice and competition, I guess the better point would be "If you're going to shoot a gun, a gun range or a rural property makes a much better place than a suburban house"

My dad called the police today when he found a couple kids tagging while out walking the dogs. The dog patrol turned up, and my dad had to lead them to where they were, so I imagine the kids got a bit of a fright when a cop and a dude covered in tattoos showed up with three dogs.