howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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28 December 2008
23:0011588#1
yet again the police have released details of ridiculous 999 calls.
will a time come that they will release details of emergency calls not responded to?
i somehow think not, a recent report showed that a vast number of serious crimes are never even investigated.
29 December 2008
00:2011598#2
Not really suprising that some 999 calls are not attended, perhaps those stupid idiots ringing 999 to complain about stupid things like not being able to register their vote for strictly come dancing should think twice before they do, that way our vital services won't be tied up on pointless excercise and be able to concentrate more on the real 999 emergencies.
I cannot stress enough how brilliant ALL our emergency services are.
Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
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29 December 2008
01:3511599#3
I only use 999 if a crime is in progress or it is genuinely an emergency situation
In other cases where I want the police but it is not an emergency I use 01622 690690
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Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
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29 December 2008
08:3411602#4
A tip for anyone using a landline in the Dover area. Always call 240055. It's cheaper as all calls are answered in Maidstone anyway. By the time they've taken your date of birth, inside leg measurement etc it could be a long call.
Scrooge
ps I had another incident from the NFH on Saturday night. I haven't reported it as I can't prove it but I will appraise the PCSO and present the evidence this morning.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
29 December 2008
08:5111603#5
It certainly SHOULD be surprising if 999 calls are not attended. It is not up to the police to jeopardise people because of a minority of Planks who abuse the service. On the whole, the people running the telephones are able to tell which are the idiots and they then prioritise - so any 999s should have a response given their priority. Yes, the emergency services are overall great - my Father in Law was a Fire Officer! - and we have a duty to support them and not abuse the services. They in return have to take seriously any calls made to them and not risk missing something because they are (understandably) hacked off.
Guest 650- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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29 December 2008
16:0411618#6
We had an 999 emergency the evening before Christmas Eve, when two cars hit head-on outside our house. I couldn't believe how quickly the ambulance got there, closely followed by the police support. They were brilliant, as was the 999 lady. I find it hard to believe people can be silly enough to abuse this service.
(All congratulations too - though she'll be terribly embarrassed I've said this - to Susannah, who shot out to help, and cared for a nastily-hurt driver until the professionals arrived.)
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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29 December 2008
16:1911619#7
on 999 calls what about this for sillyness
Years ago i ran a youth disco where p;arents also attended, a lady had an epileptic fit (now i know she suffered for some time of them)
The disco flashing lights together with her not takin her medication set her off.
Having now taken first aid courses a few times over i know her husband was not treating her correctly (and this was one of the reasons i got some first aid knowledge cos this was the 2nd case i had seen in a few weeks and when you dont not what to do you feel helpless)
What was worse i called the ambulance who attended but they said they could do nothing because the husband didt want her going to hospital.
Iexplained to the ambulance driver that a number of those present are likely to have been drinking and she would have been safer to have recovered in hospital or takren home.
They said if the parent says no then they have no power to do anything.
That does raise serious questions dont it?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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29 December 2008
18:2911627#8
that is a serious problem that the paramedics were faced with keith, i suppose the para medics could have been prosecuted for kidnap if they had insisted on taking the prospective patient to hospital against the wishes of the next of kin.
getting back to the original point, i believe the police hierarchy are using the nuisance calls as a red herring.
i doubt that many squad cars and swat teams are sent to reheat a cold kfc dinner.
29 December 2008
20:0511633#9
exactly!
Ross Miller- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
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29 December 2008
20:2211642#10
But what it does do is clog up lines into the emergency switchboard and occupies an operator that could be dealing with a real call
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Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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29 December 2008
23:5811656#11
THINK ROSS SAYS IT ALL
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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30 December 2008
10:1511665#12
Its funny that this thread has been up and running for a few days and then blow me down on this mornings news it was reported that former page 3 model Linda Lusardi has been rebuked for calling 999 whilst stuck in a traffic jam and was so concerned at missing her curtain call in the local panto that she asked the police if under the circumstances she could drive using the hard shoulder of the motorway!!!The Police declined her request.
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
30 December 2008
12:2511675#13
None of this kind of thing is new - I remember being a telephone operator in the mid 70's and receiving many a call on the emergency line with a gruff voice asking "what colour knickers you wearing lady?"
The trouble is that political correctness requires that all such silly calls be given time; perhaps BT telephone operators on the emergency line should be given training and allowed to exercise some discretion as to what calls are actually put through to the emergency services. Once upon a time the local postmistress on her little switchboard would have pulled the plug on such calls without further ado!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#14
Guest 1033- Registered: 23 Aug 2013
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#15
The part about refusing to go to hospital has a flip side, you can insist on being taken even if your injury or illness does not appear to be too serious.
Picture the scene outside my local A & E on a christmas evening...this is perfectly tyrue...seven ambulances waiting for their patients to be admitted. I was in number 5, number 4 died, number 2 had burnt his thumb slightly on an indoor firework which needed no treatment. I was alright, I made it with 30 minutes to spare.
Guest 756- Registered: 6 Jun 2012
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#16
Hope they washed the toaster.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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#17
Yes well, aren't we humans all too human at times, and where would our free-press be without the freedom to rub our noses in our faults.
'Affording the utmost clarity.' Is a well deserved boast of the English Language, but easy-confusion is the flip-side of that same coin.
That human beings panic and equate such panic with 'an emergency' and then go on to associate 'emergency' with emergency-number seems quite straightforward, and pretty much par for the course.
I'm sure that such calls are easily dealt with.
I would leave my disapproval to be used for the far worse excesses;Hoaxers, and those who draw fire and ambulance crews out just to throw stones at them.
That...
"Lets warm things up first darling." can lead to thoughts of 'toaster' would be incredible, if it were not for the fact...that reminds me. Where did I leave my long fork?
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#18
call me old fashioned but why would a bloke wear a chastity belt?
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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#19
Howard.
How else could he be 'encouraged' towards the toaster?
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
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#20
ha ha
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