Hatch Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7789236.stm I did once when I found a bin on fire walking home from the pub once at about 4am. But it seems everyone is these days, I read last week that an MP called the fire brigade on a 999 call because her boiler wasn't working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Martini Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 when I was 11 I called 112 once because our chimney was on fire. I forgot to dial a 0 to get the outside line. I was quite nervous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robsk II Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 I think I have, but only once or twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penfold Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 I never have. I should get out more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 I did when I was 5, I dialled 99 then 9 and quickly hung up, they phoned back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 I rang 112 once in Ibiza when was drunk to do a fake bomb scare. Im Cool Me too, but meant to dial that non emergency one 101. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baj Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 I read last week that an MP called the fire brigade on a 999 call because her boiler wasn't working. Whilst she was wrong, at least tell the story right. The boiler was sparking, shaking and she was convinced it was about to explode. Ok she was a bit dippy, but i'd be a bit ****ing nervous if i had a gas device sparking uncontrollably and shaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Bob Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 I've rung it a few times, the most memorable being when my car went up in smoke on the M27! The funniest one was when my missus rang 999 because she looked out of the kitchen window and saw a hooded chav trying to bolt crop the padlock on our shed door... at 1.30pm... on a Saturday afternoon... in the summer. She shouted at him and he pegged it. If that wasn't bad enough the police picked him up 20 minutes later in Millbrook, casually strolling down the street still carrying the large red bolt croppers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicko Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 I was behind a car that knocked over a motorbike Phoned 999 for ambulance, but the bloke was already dead when they arrived Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesaint sfc Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 (edited) After a night on the lash I was walking home past some chavvy council estates and I found a man who was about 70-80 who had fallen down about 30 steps. I phoned an ambulance. He told me to f*ck off and leave him alone coz' he was alright albeit being covered in blood. When the ambulance arrived he was put on a stretcher and called me an interfereing little c*nt just before they closed the doors. He was a lovely old chap. Never did hear anymore about that. Edited 18 December, 2008 by thesaint sfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robsk II Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 If that wasn't bad enough the police picked him up 20 minutes later in Millbrook, casually strolling down the street still carrying the large red bolt croppers. This kind of story is all too familiar to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesaint sfc Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 Oh, and when I was getting off a bus once the chap in front of me got decked over by a football sock full of stones. Looked rather nasty. When I phoned the police they said that it had already been reported so I continued on my way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabbageFace Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 I have phoned them a few times, for various things. I used to know the direct number to Hants Police southampton when i worked in the Highways dept, i had real power in those days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 This kind of story is all too familiar to me. Explain more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 Explain more. I wouldn't get to excited MB, I don't think Rob means he spends his time roaming the streets with bolt croppers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesaint sfc Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 I wouldn't get to excited MB, I don't think Rob means he spends his time roaming the streets with bolt croppers. That and because Robsk is incredibly boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 That and because Robsk is incredibly boring. That's true!! I called 999 because a lady fell down in the restaurant and broke her ankle - the jaunty angle of leg in boot was enough to convince me... The ambulance took just over one hour to get to her, in the meantime she was laying on the cold floor shivering despite the numerous blankets piled on top of her, with no pain relief. Shocking service IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robsk II Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 That and because Robsk is incredibly boring. Since when were you a bastard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 Since when were you a bastard? When she lost modship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesaint sfc Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 Since when were you a bastard? :grin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabbageFace Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 :grin: Lol@youtryingtoactcybercool, spammong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesaint sfc Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 Lol@youtryingtoactcybercool, spammong. If you ever speak to me again I will crucify you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabbageFace Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 If you ever speak to me again I will crucify you. Shut up, you are pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesaint sfc Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 Shut up, you are pointless. You look like a pile of hairy phloem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pip87 Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 I've called them three times, one of each actually. The first time was for an ambulance when I came home and my mother was vaguely crawling, mostly lieing, on the floor vomiting all over herself. She was drugged and drunk according to the ambulance man. The second time was when I was babysitting and I heard footsteps to the door and the door handle move, assuming it was the parents I said hello and prompty heard running away, so i called the police. I don't think that was totally necessary as he obviously ran away when I said hello. The third one was when I came down the stairs to an awful lot of smoke, went in the kitchen to find the microwave on fire, so i called the fire brigade. They were very nice and even fitted us a new fire alarm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 Back when I was in boarding school, a few kids thought it would be hilarious to ring up the fire service as a hoax. Little were any of us to know that a former pupil, an expellee nonetheless, would torch the staff room. I'm actually suprised the fire crews showed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 Shut up, you are pointless. Like a broken record eh? Or should that be broken pencil? ROFLing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 You look like a pile of hairy phloem. Phlegm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 Phlegm? The ex Mod needs seeing to and you are the man to do it Ponty, BOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 I did call the Fire Brigade once. I was 8 months pregnant and I'd locked myself out. There was no way I could crawl in the one, very small, window on the first floor that was open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 I did call the Fire Brigade once. I was 8 months pregnant and I'd locked myself out. There was no way I could crawl in the one, very small, window on the first floor that was open. You didn't think to call a locksmith? Preferably one who wouldn't have the possibility of attending your 'disaster' while someone burned to death unaided elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 The firebrigade wastes millions of pounds and man hours each year answering pointless calls, while they should be attending saving a family etc, although there is plenty of pumps to go round wasting government money is not a good idea. Think before you dial. I see the Ambulance service is struggling, and now the fireservice hass to reduce there expenditure massively before 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 You didn't think to call a locksmith? Preferably one who wouldn't have the possibility of attending your 'disaster' while someone burned to death unaided elsewhere. It was in the days before mobiles were common. I had to use a coin box and I didn't have any money with me. Also I had my son with me (he was 2 at the time). I did say that I understood if it took a long time for them to attend. They were very kind and I made them a cuppa once we got inside - so obviously they were in no rush to go elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 You don't think it was a gross misuse of the emergency services then? In that case, I stand corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 tbf they aint always overly busy.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunty Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 The ambulance took just over one hour to get to her, Shocking service IMO. Called an ambulance for my dad 2 weeks back, and it arrived as I put the phone down! Turns out they were at traffic lights at the top of the road when I called. Truly amazing service IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 tbf they aint always overly busy.......... You never know when they might be though... hence the word 'emergency'. If it was the pre-planned fires sub-department then it was, of course, different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 You don't think it was a gross misuse of the emergency services then? In that case, I stand corrected. Not at the time and in the circumstances I didn't, and obviously nor did they. I suppose I could have tried to get in / break in myself, having tethered my toddler to a tree, and taken the chance that I didn't go into labour and have to call the emergency services....... Oh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crouchie's Lawyer Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 Once for an ambulance for a lady involved in a car accident outside my parents house when I was living there (its a particularily nasty bit of road). She was fine in the end but taken to hospital for shock anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 Sorry BTF, it's indefensible IMO. You carry on though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 You never know when they might be though... hence the word 'emergency'. If it was the pre-planned fires sub-department then it was, of course, different. i am fully aware yes. but often they fill their days doing home fire safety visits, or speaking to the elderly/single parents about fire safety and installing fire alarms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 Sorry BTF, it's indefensible IMO. You carry on though. Well, since the circumstances are unlikely to arise again, it's all water under the bridge. For the record, they did tell me at the time that they normally charged for this service but, given the circumstances, they'd waive it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um Bongo Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 Sorry BTF, it's indefensible IMO. You carry on though. Hampshire Fire and Rescue service. There not all about fighting fire's you know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 Hampshire Fire and Rescue service. There not all about fighting fire's you know! Nope. There's cats up trees to get too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um Bongo Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 Nope. There's cats up trees to get too. And pony's to free from ditches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 And pony's to free from ditches. And children to free from stair bannisters - maybe we should just leave them there unless there's a fire :smt102 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 maybe they should leave the animals to die then? No, thought not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 maybe they should leave the animals to die then? No, thought not Maybe they should, the all new, fight fires only brigade... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 Maybe they should, the all new, fight fires only brigade... So you now want them to do less? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 18 December, 2008 Share Posted 18 December, 2008 So you now want them to do less? Not me. I'm happy with the fire and rescue service. There are others on here that seem happy to drop the rescue bit though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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