Have you ever rang 999?

Naid23 · 28-02-2013 11:47AM

Have called it twice.. Once when I was a kid, my neighbour knocked in screaming that her baby grandson had stopped breathing so I rang 999 while my mam went to help. She managed to save his life cause the same thing happened to me when I was a baby so she knew what to do to get him breathing again but I had no clue what to do on the call to the operator- think I was only 10 at the time.

Pretty freaked out by it but was a happy ending thank god

Teyla Emmagan · 28-02-2013 12:06PM

Rang an ambulance for a lady who had tripped on a broken bollard and smashed her head off the pavement and the fire brigade for a couple of times. Once they told me the fire had already been reported, but the second time I was the first who called in - about a building in the middle of town that had smoke coming out of it for 20 minutes. Too many people assuming someone else had already rung in I guess.

28-02-2013 12:22PM

Had to ring it years ago when I was 13. My older brother went up to the attic for me. I had beaten him in Going For Gold (I got more questions right as we played along to the telly programme) and my prize was that he would go up to get me a jumper that he had put up there years previous. When he got up there, he tripped and held on to the light fixture to steady himself but his other hand went into the water tank and he was electrocuted. I was at the top of the ladder looking in. I jumped down and ran downstairs but in a blind panic couldn't seem to ring 999.

Every time I tried I kept getting the incorrect number tone. It was back in the olden days pre everyone having touch tone phones where you dialed the number and had to wait for the circular dial to go back to the original position. I suppose I was trying to ring the number too quick. I ended up having to run to a neighbours house and call the ambulance from there.

The ambulance guys couldn't get access to the attic and needed the fire brigade.

I dunno, I keep thinking that perhaps if I had managed to call from my house or if I had properly explained the logistics of what had happened maybe they might have arrived sooner or had the correct equipment needed to help him in the attic, he might still be alive.

sink · 28-02-2013 12:30PM

I rang it once when I was suffering from an appendicitis and I was home alone with no one to take me to the hospital.

Jason Todd · 28-02-2013 12:37PM

I had to call it once for my flatmate who got stuck in the lift in our building. It was a Sunday and there was noone around, I tried the callout number on the lift door, tried our letting agency but no-one was in on a Sunday obviously so rang 112 and got the Fire Brigade to come out.

They were sound out and got him out of the lift in no time, something about a manual release for lifts on the roof. They had a set of keys I've never seen the likes of, had a key for every kind of lock I'd imagine.

The original call was a strange one as I was speaking to someone two counties away and then had to describe how to get to our building over the phone to her for some reason.

Jen Pigs Fly · 28-02-2013 12:51PM

Yea, ambulance was out to us in under 20 mins was a very fast response.

mackeire · 28-02-2013 01:09PM

had to ring an ambulance for my nanny who was having a seizure in her bed. that was less than a week ago and she's still in hospital.

about 9 months ago i found a lad lying on the ground in dun laoghaire, up one of the side streets and rang an ambulance for him. i was still sitting in my car when i rang 999 and the operator asked me to check see if he was still alive. he was but there was blood coming from his head and on the ground. i think he was locked and fell over.

rang 999 a few other times aswel, once for a fire, once cos me aul lad had mad pains, and once cos i saw a lad overdose on drugs!

i think thats all.

Ihatecuddles-old · 28-02-2013 01:26PM

I've only had to do it once, hopefully never again. Been there for other instances where I've told others to do it.

My son had a stroke at 5 months old. My family were all abroad and I was in my parents house at the time. Scariest day of my life!
I called 112 though.

I was performing CPR on a lady while someone else called 999.
I was helping a girl who was having a seizure while someone else called 999.
I was chasing after a man who had just mugged a lady, and My friend called 999.

chakotha · 28-02-2013 01:35PM

ashers22 wrote: »

I ring it all the time, unintentionally. I have a ****ty fone that dials sos when it unlocks itself in my pocket. I feel absolutely terrible about it and apologise profusely, god only knows what the poor operator on the other end thinks is happening to me as I do my weekly shop in tesco. If you're an emergency operator and reading this I am truly sorry, I will buy a new fone soon I promise.

(actually had to ring once in real life for my uncle who thought his house was on fire, it wasn't but they came anyway)

Same here. LG phone. 2 knocks in the same place will dial 999 even from locked. I've done it 3-4 times now. It's a serious nuisance.

Boo2112 · 28-02-2013 01:43PM

chakotha wrote: »

Same here. LG phone. 2 knocks in the same place will dial 999 even from locked. I've done it 3-4 times now. It's a serious nuisance.

My first phone had an emergency button! I remember I hit off it one day and hung up as soon as I heard a voice in my pocket. Cried and turned the phone off for about 2 weeks cause I was convinced they'd track me down and arrest me for wasting their time

DylanII · 28-02-2013 01:52PM

I had to a few times.

The first time was as a child when a neighbours house was on fire.

Another time when my grandad was having a heart attack.

Another when I seen a doing somersaults in the middle of the night.

Once a random, drunk person was asleep, naked in my bed when we came home.

Another time when I was in a bad accident myself.

Again when someone robbed me when I stopped my car.

On two separate occasions when I seen a fire in an industrial estate in the middle of the night.

When I seen a school on fire in the middle of the night. - Someone else was already there when I seen it, at that stage all you could see was the flashing lights and sound of the fire alarm, but they were afraid to call incase they get stung with the fire brigade fee if it was a false alarm. (I drive a lot late at night when there is no one else around)

Karona · 28-02-2013 03:47PM

I rang them three times.

Once when my sister was in an accident, another time when the chemist across the road from me was being robbed and the third time someone had thrown a petrol bomb into a car across the road from me.

Have you ever rang 999?

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