ever accidentally call 911?

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ever accidentally call 911?

Postby katie » Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:29 pm

i have. today. it's sort of embarrassing.

ka"'911, what's your emergency?' 'i'm calling from the theater arts office looking to reserve an audition space?'"tie
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Postby roach » Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:57 am

haha. dork.
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Postby mere1975 » Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:00 am

It wasn't really a mistake -- I was calling about a car accident I saw, but hung up because I saw a cop car right away.

They called me right back.

"DID YOU DIAL 911? WHAT IS YOUR EMERGENCY? ARE YOU IN DANGER?"

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Postby eebs » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:28 pm

i wonder what would happen if you dialed 911 in the UK?

or 999 in the US of A?
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Postby eebs » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:31 pm

well nothing much if you dial 911. but we have a choice of numbers apparently. the 112 works on mobiles, handy to know.

United Kingdom 999 or 112

101 is now used as a non-emergency number for police and local authorities in several areas in England and Wales, and will be extended to cover all of England and Wales by 2008. However, some other numbers are sometimes classed as "emergency": 0800 111 999 for gas leaks, 08 45 46 47 for NHS Direct etc.
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Postby Dutch » Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:20 pm

101 is now used as a non-emergency number for police and local authorities in several areas in England and Wales...
I believe that's 311 for us Yanks.

Anyone care to correct?

Would sure be a good thing to know if I'm wrong. :)
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Postby monet2u » Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:43 pm

101 is now used as a non-emergency number for police and local authorities in several areas in England and Wales...
I believe that's 311 for us Yanks.

Anyone care to correct?

Would sure be a good thing to know if I'm wrong. :)
here in SF 311 is the local city info line not the cops etc. if you come to SF and need SF info call it and they'll answer your question. it's pretty cool actually. I use to report trash thrown on the sidewalk (big trash) so the city will come and clean it up.
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Postby ifihadahifi » Sat Dec 08, 2007 3:27 pm

I think it's 811 for non-emergencies.

We have to dial 9 to call out at work and my first week there I accidentally dialed 911. I stayed on the line to say "Oops. Sowwy."

Then our building security called me to find out why I just dialed 911.

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