Calling 911...have you ever done it?

Yikes I'm sorry you've all had to deal with this stuff!

No, never on purpose. A few times when my old friend's phone number started with 2911 and the "2" on my phone was stuck.

I've called them by accident....does that count?

It was April Fools day and my first day of work at my brand new shiny job at the bank.

I was calling one of my partners that actually worked at a satellite location in another bank. To dial out you had to put a nine in front of the number. Since she wasn't local, I had to dial a one in front of the number....then for some reason my finger twitched and I hit one again...

did you know that when you dial 911 at a bank, they won't let you hang up? They keep calling you back till you answer?

did you know that when you dial 911 at a bank you can't just say, "I'm SO SO SO sorry it was an accident"

did you know that they HAVE to send out a team to check every floor to make sure there isn't a hostage situation?

Did you know that that is probably the best way to memorably meet EVERYONE in the bank so that they remember you name? Walking around with three hot firemen assessing the place?

Did you know that your boss laughs hysterically when you call him to tell him what you did?

did you know that if the authorities feel that your call was indeed a prank they will charge your bank 40,000 dollars? (they did feel however that mine was an honest mistake and we were let off without charges but they did see the value in pointing out what the fee was.)

did you know that it happens a lot because most business' DO have 9 set as their call out number?

Have I ever had to call 911 for an actual emergency? No. But I have been in situations where they have been needed to be called and they have been called. By someone else. I'm usually in the thick of things stemming blood flow, assessing the situation etc (certified first aid responder via St. John's Ambulance)

Only once actually (well 999 here). I was a looking after my gran after she had a stroke, I'd gone to get some shopping for her and came home to find her collapsed over the sink, she'd had another stroke. It was terrifying, she'd been trying to wash up dishes and had collapsed forward in to the sink of water. Luckily I got her out before she drowned but sadly she never recovered from that second stroke.

It was so scary, I was there on my own with just my 2 month old baby. The person taking the call was brilliant talking me through everything and keeping me calm until the ambuance arrived.

yes but you do what you gotta do.

Several times. Car accidents, my daughter's seizures, son's broken femur, drunk drivers, suspicious vehicle in a neighborhood with several attempted kidnappings (truck fit description of suspect vehicle).

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Yep.

The first time my son had a seizure in the back of the car. Besides the fact that my son had never had a seizure before, one of the scariest parts was that we were out of town and in the mountains. I had no idea where I was. There was a car behind us and I ran to them while my hubby was trying to wake my son up. I told them to call 911 and then they started to hand me their cell phone and I was like "I have no idea where I am! You call!" But then I went back to my car and called myself, anyways. Once my son came out of it and started to wake up, I was able to tell the operator which ski resort we were heading to, which gave them a good idea of our location. But they had already received the call from the car behind us.

The second time I came home to a house fire. The crazy part about this one is that my dog was the cause of the fire. And yes, my dog, the cat and the fish all survived My house, though...that darn fire resulted in my family being displaced for about a year while my home was reconstructed. Thank goodness for insurance.

I have. Because my husband almost set our house on fire setting off fireworks on the 4th of July four years ago. Some very dry bushes caught fire, and they happened to be right up against the deck. Luckily, hubby also put the fire out himself before the fire department reached our house. They just checked it to make sure it was out.

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and once by accident because the area code here is 919. oops

....and once they made it a requirement to dial the 919 before the number a LOT of people were doing just that...several girls I know at work have done it, too...and our outside line # is a nine...9919...Surprised it hasn't happened more often.

I've not called 911 since... well... I'm in Australia =P

However I have called 000 (Aussie 911) 3 times. Once when my neighbour hit his girlfriend (cops), 5 mins later when she passed out (ambulance) and I saw a guy get beaten up across the road from my apartment building one night (cops and ambulance).

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I don't think it would work in England

Once when I was a kid because my mom was screaming in pain and told me to. Turned out the inside of her kidney was basically one big kidney stone. Fun stuff.

Other time was when some dude on the highway almost swerved into me, and when I looked at him he was downing a 40 while driving. Followed at a distance for a couple minutes, confirmed complete inebriation, got his plate number, and called the cops.

I've called them by accident....does that count?

my friend did that on 9/11. we had been watching all of the chaos of that day and decided we would order a pizza. he picked up the phone and dialed 9-1-1. hung up immediately after they answered. they never called back.


only time i have called was to intervene in a possible attempted suicide.

Once, after I saw a rollover accident, they already knew about it though.

In addition to some car accidents, I called when I was living with my sister and her husband was choking. She performed the Heimlich before the paramedics got there and he was fine.

I called when my ex-husband had his first grand mal seizure. I also called when working at a grocery store and a customer had a seizure.

I called at my house when we were having a party. My neighbor took a drink of his beer and then just passed out. By the time the ambulance showed he was awake and refused treatment.One second he was fine - the next he face planted on to the table.