Ever have to dial 999?

bluto63 · 28-11-2009 04:52PM #1

Just curious, have any of you had to use this number? I've never once dialed it. I've never been in a such an urgent situation that would require me ringing emergency services.

28-11-2009 04:55PM

No, I put out the fire myself!

brummytom · 28-11-2009 04:55PM

Only once or twice, nothing major.. dickheads smashing up our fence was the last one.

Once, trying to set it is a speed-dial on the phone by accident (was about 8).. they asked to speak to mom and dad. I hung up. Picked the reciever up again and they were still on the line!!
Had to disconnect the phone

DazMarz · 28-11-2009 05:06PM

Once or twice in work mostly. Attempted robberies, dodgy looking bastards hanging about, the usual. Couple of times to get an ambulance for family members:(, never pleasant.

InKonspikuou2 · 28-11-2009 05:08PM

Once. I was getting beat up by 6 fellas so i whipped out my phone and called 999. An ambulance came and gave me a shot of adrenaline. And then i kicked the fúck out of the 6 fellas.

Min · 28-11-2009 05:09PM

Yes, for a road accident I came across.

Creamy Goodness · 28-11-2009 05:09PM

yup once when my dad just collapsed.

it's one of the most nerve wracking calls you ever have to make, and i have great admiration for the operators.

Elessar · 28-11-2009 05:11PM

A few times a week.

Mint Sauce · 28-11-2009 05:13PM

just the once

Run_to_da_hills · 28-11-2009 05:14PM

A few times, once from a CIE bus when I saw a horse loose on he main Limerick to Shannon dual carriageway.

Poor Uncle Tom · 28-11-2009 05:16PM

Once for a road accident, I remember thinking they were really fast, I had to help the Ambulance man get the guy out of the van and I knew him, he was really bad but made a recovery, it wasn't very nice. Peculiar thing though, he was killed in a car accident two years to the day later.

Tellox · 28-11-2009 05:16PM

Just once, and not with fantastic reason really tbh - Paddy's day, girlfriend got punched in the face, and a few other friends got kicks off a travelling group having left the pub. No real reason - as far as I know it started with a "what the **** are you looking at?" from one of their often-thinking group members.

Anyway, me being full of beer and not the brightest spark in the bulb, I walked up and punched one of them straight in the face. Following this very sobering experience, I promptly ran for my life. Belted it off and rang 112, as I didn't have the local station's number. Explained what happened and they forwarded me straight to the local gardaí. In hindsight had I have run in the opposite direction for around 3 minutes, I would've been right outside the station - which made me feel a bit at ease, since by this logic the gardaí would arrive to apprehend said group within 3 minutes.

45 minutes later they arrived and took a statement. I had gotton an additional few boxes to the face myself at this point.

jape · 28-11-2009 05:19PM

NO BUT ONCE I DIALLEDED 666 AND THEN SOME UPSIDE DOWN POLICE MEN CAME TO MY HOUSE

KatCookie · 28-11-2009 05:20PM

How do they know where to go anyways? like if you live in a really rural area?

DarkJager · 28-11-2009 05:22PM

I've had to ring them twice, both occasions in the early morning, thanks to scumbag joyriders abandoning the stolen car on the ****in dual carriageway. Kill yourselves lads by all means, but don't put my life at risk because of your stupidity.

Simply Red · 28-11-2009 05:26PM

Just the once, after someone had an accident in work.

NothingMan · 28-11-2009 05:26PM

I worked in a petrol station in Jobstown and called the Gardai many a time, but generally called the Tallaght station directly.

Was in my living room one night and I heard a creak of a door, went into the hall and there was a guy standing there, he was trying to steal my moped. He ran when he seen me but he had my helmet and I (stupidly) chased after him. Gave up the chase when he dropped my helmet and kept running. Realised a few days later 2 Witnness tickets were missing! ARGH!

I have been in way too many situations when the gardai had to be called but generally someone else made the actual call.

ejmaztec · 28-11-2009 05:27PM

jape wrote: »

NO BUT ONCE I DIALLEDED 666 AND THEN SOME UPSIDE DOWN POLICE MEN CAME TO MY HOUSE

I did that and the four horseman of the apocalypse showed up. There was no fire to start with, but there sure was one when they left.:eek:

citizen_p · 28-11-2009 05:30PM

i did because somthing happened to my dad. but it took them nearly an hour and a half to find the house wtf!"!!!
it was a load of ****e....get a bloody sat nav for an ambulance.

monellia · 28-11-2009 05:31PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWc3WY3fuZU

Alun · 28-11-2009 05:36PM

Yes, a couple of times, but not for fire, ambulance or gardai. Both times were for Mountain Rescue, not for me I might add, but for people I've come across who were injured, once here in Ireland and once very recently over in the Lake District in England. Very professional, and they're all volunteers too.

Rylan · 28-11-2009 05:45PM

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

Once for a road accident, I remember thinking they were really fast, I had to help the Ambulance man get the guy out of the van and I knew him, he was really bad but made a recovery, it wasn't very nice. Peculiar thing though, he was killed in a car accident two years to the day later.

Final destination style.

jd007 · 28-11-2009 05:46PM

jape wrote: »

NO BUT ONCE I DIALLEDED 666 AND THEN SOME UPSIDE DOWN POLICE MEN CAME TO MY HOUSE

THATS REALLY FUNNY BUT WHY ARE WE SHOUTING??

itac · 28-11-2009 05:54PM

Several times, a few times from work(restaurant) with people collapsing and having fits and the like. Think the weirdest one was after I witnessed a shooting once, and my second thought after "WTF just happened?!!" was "dial 999".
Rang for an ambulance, yer man got taken away to the hospital by others on the scene, and I was still kinda in shock, so rang 999 again asking them to "cancel that ambulance I just ordered...":rolleyes:
needless to say the operator hadn't a clue what I was on about, so that was a bit of a random chat...!

Kudos to the operators though, they're good at calming you down enough to get the essential details (in my experiences anyways..)

Biggins · 28-11-2009 05:56PM

I've had cause to make use of emergence services many, many times but not necessarilly by dialing 999.

copperfacegaz · 28-11-2009 05:59PM

Yes all the time .... but im just ringing into work

Run_to_da_hills · 28-11-2009 06:01PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

I did that and the four horseman of the apocalypse showed up. There was no fire to start with, but there sure was one when they left.:eek:

Speaking of horsemen, do mounted Gardai ever get prosecuted for their horses crapping on pedestrian walkways in the city?

ejmaztec · 28-11-2009 06:01PM

Biggins wrote: »

I've had cause to make use of emergence services many, many times but not necessarilly by dialing 999.

Perhaps you should give up cooking.:eek:

Biggins · 28-11-2009 06:03PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

Perhaps you should give up cooking.:eek:

LOL True. Smoke signals.

ejmaztec · 28-11-2009 06:04PM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Speaking of horsemen, do mounted Gardai ever get prosecuted for their horses crapping on pedestrian walkways in the city?

Perhaps you should start another horse-sh1t thread and find out.:p

o1s1n · 28-11-2009 06:10PM

Once when a load of scumbags were trying to smash in my front/side door after a fight between them and my mates in the front garden. A police van came about 20 minutes later. Bit late lads!

Three times for an ambulance. Once was for an illness I have, second was when I dislocted my knee cap, most recent was when I broke my leg in two at a concert. (Okay so the last two were dialed by someone else on my behalf!)

I've been rushed to the hospital in an ambulance three times.

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****!

Ever have to dial 999?

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