When was the last time you dialed 911 for emergency?1

[Zeze]

I have never dialed 911 in my life. :\

I guess that's a good thing.

 

[mmntech]

Once when a car accident happened behind my house. Saw it from my upstairs window. Looked like people were hurt so I called.

 

[FoBoT]

3 times i can remember, maybe there was 1 or 2 others i forgot
car accident on I-24 in tennessee several years ago
car accident I-75 between atlanta and macon about 1999
around 1995 or 96 i called because we thought we heard a burglar in our basement in the middle of the night, officer came and checked it out, turned out a pile of boxes tipped over

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Twice in my life. Once witnessed a pretty severe auto accident, the other was a neighbors car caught fire at about 2am. Last one was more than 10 years ago.

 

[DrPizza]

Never. I've always used the 7-digit non-emergency number.

 

[ch33kym0use]

Once for a mate in the last two years before he got banned for being a douche bag.

 

[sao123]

twice both in 2004...

Wife collapsed while standing in the kitchen.

Someone attempted to break into our apartment.

 

[SKORPI0]

Thought a female neighbor was being killed since I heard loud moans of "Oh my god, oh my god" for about 10 minutes. Told the operator "False alarm". :sneaky:

 

[halik]

Several drunk driver calls - always floating lane to lane on the highway.

 

[coldmeat]

I've pocket dialed it a few times with my latest phone, but I've never called it on purpose.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

December 2, 2004. I was studying for law school final exams when my mom called. She could barely speak. All I could understand was "come over now." Drove to her house to find her lying on the floor in her office, covered in her own vomit. She had been throwing up every 5 minutes for ~ 8 hours by the time I got there, and was so dehydrated that she couldn't move.

At that point, my EMT insticts kicked in and I knew I needed help. So I called 911. One of the few times I was glad that I knew the head of the county fire department, as his crew was at our house in just under 3 minutes.

In the end, my mom was fine. Still is. She just had a nasty case of diveritculitis (same thing that almost killed Brock Lesnar) and had to have bowel surgery.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Never, but I almost did. The other guy in the car did first.

We were on the receiving end of road rage but thankfully it didn't turn out in some fiery crash or anything. We evaded and the cops paid the guy a visit later.

 

[Scouzer]

Quite a few times... nothing too serious, though. Small city, so the same people answer the emergency or non-emergency lines. Most serious was a drunk driver who ran me off the road into the ditch by driving down the wrong side of the road.

 

[coldmeat]

December 2, 2004. I was studying for law school final exams when my mom called. She could barely speak. All I could understand was "come over now." Drove to her house to find her lying on the floor in her office, covered in her own vomit. She had been throwing up every 5 minutes for ~ 8 hours by the time I got there, and was so dehydrated that she couldn't move.

At that point, my EMT insticts kicked in and I knew I needed help. So I called 911. One of the few times I was glad that I knew the head of the county fire department, as his crew was at our house in just under 3 minutes.

In the end, my mom was fine. Still is. She just had a nasty case of diveritculitis (same thing that almost killed Brock Lesnar) and had to have bowel surgery.

Not that I'm trying to be a dick, but

I don't think it was EMT instincts that told you to call 911, but rather common sense

And I'm sure if it was anyone else's mom they would have taken their time and strolled over.

 

[Nik]

came damned close last week while jumping in between two assholes who'd rather fight than walk 10 feet back to their respective apartment front doors

 

[Bignate603]

I was in a car accident once, lady coming the other direction turned right across my lane of traffic and I T-boned her. I climbed out of the car and dialed 911. I thought I was ok and the woman also seemed alright, but after a 45 mph accident on a busy intersection with both cars disabled it seemed like the correct thing.

Cops showed up inside almost immediately, checked us out, and had the intersection cleared in less than 10 min (seems like the dispatcher must have also called two flatbeds, I have no idea how else they would have got there so fast).

 

[dennilfloss]

Couple of days ago. Fire alarm in the building went off due to someone's cooking.

 

[BabaBooey]

Last night....some vato a block over was shooting his gun a few times,there was at least 10 squads,they looked for hours even on foot with dogs and shot guns and a MP5 looking unit.

 

[bhanson]

I've never called 911.

But I have called the local police department using their regular number to report drunk drivers.

 

[Xcobra]

12/31/2008... lady behind me got rear-ended badly which in turn hit me. She looked badly injured.

 

[zoiks]

Saw a car on fire on the side of the road after which I dialed 911.

 

[yhelothar]

Two weeks ago... the ma gave signs that she'd od'ed to commit suicide.
When the paramedics arrived, turned out she was just calling for attention.

Sucks that she could never figure out how to make a relationship work.

 

[ichy]

I've called it four times. Once for a car accident, twice for my then-girlfriend having seizures, and once for a car on fire on the side of the road.

 

[lokiju]

I don't think I've ever called 911.

I've called *FHP when I lived in FL to report a wreck to the Florida Highway Patrol.

 

[Anubis]

never have