Have you ever phoned 999
 

Have you ever phoned 999 and if you have, why did you?

Yes

There was a fire

Yes, for my neighbour a few months back her husband fell on the stairs and she was in a panic.

..yeah, many years ago..it was the fire service, also my son when he was very small accidently pressed 9999999999999..etc..on the phone and a police officer turned up at my door....

I rang it once years ago when I lived with my mum and dad and I came home early to find the house being burgled. The burglar was still upstairs but heard me come in and legged it. I rang and it took the police 3 hours to come.

Yes.

Yup. Once when my grandmas house was on fire

Once when my mothers partner was trying to kill her. Took the police about half an hour to get there..luckily I had a knife to HIS throat by that point. Unusually, they never questioned me officially on that, but that may have been because they could clearly see that my mother had been badly beaten.

..wow, Vicky that's awful...your poor mum and it must have been terrifying for you so well done for taking control of the situation...

Was more bothered about getting my brother and sister out of the way..my brother was only like 5 at the time. No kid should see that :(

The guy is dead now though. I dont know how he died but his best friend told my mum he died in germany. The twat can rot in hell tbh.

no but i have had 999 phoned on me a few times coz i'm hardcore

:laugh:

Yep, a few times. I've rung them a couple of times for fires breaking out in houses/building near me. I've rung them once when sheep had escaped a field and where all on the railway track and I've one dialled 999 by accident on my phone when it was on my pocket. The only reason I noticed is because they rung me back to ask if everything was okay.

..do you think it had a long term effect on your brother, Vicky..?...

No, he doesnt remember it at all. Well. He remembers the guy throwing his vodka bottle across the room but thats because I locked him (and my sister) in their rooms pretty much immediately then went back downstairs :/

...aww, so well done for not panicking and taking care of your siblings as well as your mum, really Vicky you are someone that anyone would want to have around in an emergency...are you a really cool and controlled person in general with everything..?...

Usually yeah. Problem is I have a habit of letting my temper take over things sometimes..and going too far :S

Twice.

Once when me and my mates were kids, and there was a drunk guy collapsed on the pavement.

And the 2nd time when my brother broke my leg.

Bloody hell, what will you ring them for next, when a hen gets out of its coop?

:laugh: I now have visions of ben being one of those people who ring the police because they burnt their toast :D

..that was probably a good thing with that incident though because it would have helped you take control of the situation once your brother and sister were ok and keep him from hurting your mum more..also from hurting you, sometimes it's good to have a temper and it wasn't extreme because you didn't actually hurt him or worse, which would have had consequences for you, even though it kind of would have been understandable as well....it sounds as though you had the perfect balance of anger and calm, Vicky....

Yeah I guess. The police advice for if the same thing happened in the future though..was not to do what I did as I apparently put myself and my mum in 'more' danger. To try and get my mum out of there instead..

Because that would have worked brilliantly eh? Why didnt I think of that :rolleyes:

Many times, In the main for an ambulance.
I did for my Grandmother when she collapsed while I was out with her.

Also for ambulances for a good friend who was severely brain damaged in a car accident years ago, he often had seizures that required urgent hospital attention so 999 was the way to get him there as near immediately as possible.
We lost him though a couple of months back.

Have also called 999 for the Police and fire service too for others.

..that's a 'perfect theory' though and what you did was just as effective and yeah, maybe the police aren't allowed to praise you for it because there are lots of potential dangers with it but none of them happened and you effectively did get your mum, siblings out of danger, so for you and them, it was perfect....your mum and all of your family must be really proud of you...

..aww, I'm so sorry about that Joey...this is turning into a bit of a thread...

It was very sad but 2 ways of looking at it really, nothing was going to change and he was many times greatly distressed and frustrated at the things he now couldn't do.

I learned a great deal from him though as to realising the little problems that turn up in my life were nothing compared to all he went through and still he tried his best to carry on and give a smile too.