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I called the non emergency line for a break-in I saw the end of. The person on the other end must have had a bad day or something, they were pissed off "Well i

by corobo 5y ago

I called the non emergency line for a break-in I saw the end of. The person on the other end must have had a bad day or something, they were pissed off "Well if it's no longer in progress why have you called?" Well shit, good point. Why am I being a grass? Let the people that had their stuff taken from them figure it out Emergency isn't much better, was actively being mugged and managed to get a call out. They were more interested in getting my personal details (no, not my location, they had that)... I'm actively running from a guy that wants to kick my ass, can I maybe give this to the officer I later found out was literally round the corner? Honestly it's a call and hope sort of service. I wouldn't rely on it for anything police related anyway. Not had to use it for medical/fire luckily

dazc 5y ago
'Not had to use it for medical/fire luckily' Anecdotally, fire service will always attend at speed. For an ambulance, unless 'patient is not breathing' you'll have to go through the usual call-centre questionnaire process.
mytailorisrich 5y ago
Usually they ask you those details after you have described the situation and location and they have dispatched someone (if they have decided to do that), which sounds reasonable.
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- corobo 5y ago
  > I'm actively running from a guy that wants to kick my ass, can I maybe give this to the officer I later found out was literally round the corner?
ben_w 5y ago
I’ve called once each for fire and ambulance, without problems. The fire call was “the detectors in my building are going off, while I can smell smoke it might just be a neighbour’s cigarettes, there is no visible flame”. This produced a fire engine, flashing lights but no sirens, and free replacement fire alarms. The ambulance call was “A cyclist bounced off the kerb, fell off their bike, then had a grand-mal seizure”, which produced an ambulance, and as this was during rush hour there were also several random nurses who just stopped their cars and asked if they could help.

by corobo 5y ago

dazc 5y ago

'Not had to use it for medical/fire luckily' Anecdotally, fire service will always attend at speed. For an ambulance, unless 'patient is not breathing' you'll have to go through the usual call-centre questionnaire process.

mytailorisrich 5y ago

Usually they ask you those details after you have described the situation and location and they have dispatched someone (if they have decided to do that), which sounds reasonable.

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corobo 5y ago
> I'm actively running from a guy that wants to kick my ass, can I maybe give this to the officer I later found out was literally round the corner?

ben_w 5y ago

I’ve called once each for fire and ambulance, without problems. The fire call was “the detectors in my building are going off, while I can smell smoke it might just be a neighbour’s cigarettes, there is no visible flame”. This produced a fire engine, flashing lights but no sirens, and free replacement fire alarms. The ambulance call was “A cyclist bounced off the kerb, fell off their bike, then had a grand-mal seizure”, which produced an ambulance, and as this was during rush hour there were also several random nurses who just stopped their cars and asked if they could help.