JumpingJack Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Have you ever had the misfortune of having to dial this number? Does anyone know what the odds are of an individual actually having to make a call,(Not tempting fate!). What was the person on the other end like? If you want, add the emergency that was occuring when you dialled. P/S I hate the "Your thread lenght is too short blah blah etc" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brailz Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 I recently had to call an ambulance for a fellow colleage at work, luckily it wasn't anything life threatening just very painful. I found the operator to be 100% professional and the same goes for the crew when they arrived a few minutes later. 10/10 :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dupow87 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Don't know what the odds of calling are, i had to call 999 couple of montsh ago, few kids broke into my car and nicked my workbag, which had money in. I had only left car for 2 mins, so called 999, got police searching local park within minutes, they found my bag and some of contents, whcih they took some finger prints and found the kid who did it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upinwath Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Many times. I drive a lot and so I see accidents from time to time. I have also called them for several medical problems I have seem people have and a couple of break ins on industrial sites. One sticks in the mind. I was drinving towards wentworth when I saw an old guy stand bolt upright and fall flat on his face. I called 999 and after a while the medics rolled in. Problem was that the hospital discharged him while he was still confused. He walked down lane 1 of the M1 and got squashed by a bloody great lorry. It was a filthy dark rainy night and the driver had no hope to see a small bloke in the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpingJack Posted December 18, 2006 Author Share Posted December 18, 2006 Many times. I drive a lot and so I see accidents from time to time. I have also called them for several medical problems I have seem people have and a couple of break ins on industrial sites. One sticks in the mind. I was drinving towards wentworth when I saw an old guy stand bolt upright and fall flat on his face. I called 999 and after a while the medics rolled in. Problem was that the hospital discharged him while he was still confused. He walked down lane 1 of the M1 and got squashed by a bloody great lorry. It was a filthy dark rainy night and the driver had no hope to see a small bloke in the road. Poor Bugger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Adult Population? 48 million Calls to Fire/Police/Ambulance ... roughly.... 17 million (1m/10m/6m) in 2004 (although I have seen a suggestion that total 999 calls was 21 million in 1996!) So (very rough) national odds are that 1 in every 3 adults will make a 999 call this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoroughGal Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 So (very rough) national odds are that 1 in every 3 adults will make a 999 call this year? Unless it's the same people ringing over and over again, of course.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheff_minx Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 One sticks in the mind. I was drinving towards wentworth when I saw an old guy stand bolt upright and fall flat on his face. I called 999 and after a while the medics rolled in. Problem was that the hospital discharged him while he was still confused. He walked down lane 1 of the M1 and got squashed by a bloody great lorry. It was a filthy dark rainy night and the driver had no hope to see a small bloke in the road. That is so so sad Never had to dial 999 yet, although from what firends have said, the operators are 100% professional, very calming (especially in the case of fire/ambulance calls) and totally in control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bago Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 I had to dial 999 once. I wish I didn't, cos I was effectively told off for ringing up in a 'non-emergency' situation. (How the heck do you class one as ? As a citizen, I was never educated about this. Tut.) Anyway, the situation was that, a house-alarm went off on my street. (It often does anyway, when it's really strong wind. I don't know why I took more notice this time round. I have lived in the area for 10 years or so. So I like to think that I have an intuition to the area.) I went to one of the bedrooms in the front of the house and peered out. I thought I saw some shadows near there. I went out to check, but couldn't see anything. So I rang the police, thinking that I can get someone to check it out or something. When I got through, and was asked which emergency. I told them the police. Then the operator asked me what was the situation, so I told them an alarm went off, and I "think" I saw a shadow. So she then told me that, unless I saw with my own eyes that someone is indeed breaking and entering at that moment in time, she won't send a policeman to check it out ! i.e. she wants me to be basically a witness if this escalates. So she then said that I should ring a non-emergency number instead. (What the heck is one of those ?? ) I later found out that a non-emergency is one that the crime is not actually happening, but details would be kept for future references and crime-breaking. I was SO embarrassed by the situation, and kind of annoyed by it too. Cos even if I was a witness in the scene of the crime. How fast, or how efficient would the police be in sending someone out to check it out ???! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunzi Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 I've had to ring 3 times (though once was from one of the orange phones at the side of the road so I'm not certain that counts). The first was when I saw a car that had been set alight, the second was when I overheard a conversation while stood at a bus stop where someone admitted to their mates they had just mugged someone and invited the people they were talking to get into their car. Nothing ever came of it so I presume the Police didn't have another report. The third (as mentioned above) was when I saw a car overturned in a field in a very remote area. There were footprints leading away from the car but I wanted to ring and check it had been reported. Flat battery on the phone meant it had to wait till I got to the roadside phone. In each circumstance the operator was very helpful and I couldn't fault them. I've been the cause of two 999 calls though one wasn't in this country. I'm a type one diabetic and when staying with my Nan, when about 5 my blood sugar levels went really low. I woke up in hospital with a curvy brunette nurse bent right over me displaying her more than ample chest, feeding me ice cream (cue lifelong obsessions about curvy brunettes)!) The second time was when I went low again, in Santa Barbara. My mate panicked a little bit and didn't give the injection he'd jabbed me with time to work (you can get sucrose injections to increase blood sugar levels) so rang for an ambulance. I came round just before they got there though, the staff were very helpful, though essentially useless as once I came round I was capable of looking after myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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