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Another caller rang from Birmingham's Broad Street to say a 32-year-old "couldn't walk from too much dancing".

yep happens in the U.S. too

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsbu ... 41760.html

Vernetta Geric won't soon forget the 911 call she received about the squirrel in the tree.
An operator at the Allegheny County 911 Command Center, trained to handle critical emergencies, she sometimes answers calls that border on the absurd.

It's a growing problem across the state and the nation, as more people call 911 for non-emergencies, viewing the dispatching centers as a one-stop source of information.

The caller said she needed a police officer right away.

"What's the problem?" said Geric, 46, of East Pittsburgh.

"I have a large tree in my backyard ... there's a squirrel stuck in the tree."

"Ma'am, this is a squirrel? In a tree? What's the problem?"

"It's been there for about an hour. It's crying; it needs help. There's a problem," the caller insisted.

"Ma'am, sorry, but this isn't necessarily a police issue. It's a wild animal, sitting in a tree. It's supposed to be doing that. The squirrel will be OK. It'll climb down when it's ready," Geric said.

"Are you telling me you're not sending me an officer?"

"Sorry ma'am, this isn't a police issue. An officer wouldn't be able to do anything. The squirrel will be just fine, really."

"But police officers help people in need right?"

"Yes, ma'am. Squirrels are not people."

"Well, never mind, anyway. You've spent so much time explaining why an officer won't help me, the squirrel left. Thanks."

yep happens in the U.S. too

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsbu ... 41760.html

Vernetta Geric won't soon forget the 911 call she received about the squirrel in the tree.
An operator at the Allegheny County 911 Command Center, trained to handle critical emergencies, she sometimes answers calls that border on the absurd.

It's a growing problem across the state and the nation, as more people call 911 for non-emergencies, viewing the dispatching centers as a one-stop source of information.

The caller said she needed a police officer right away.

"What's the problem?" said Geric, 46, of East Pittsburgh.

"I have a large tree in my backyard ... there's a squirrel stuck in the tree."

"Ma'am, this is a squirrel? In a tree? What's the problem?"

"It's been there for about an hour. It's crying; it needs help. There's a problem," the caller insisted.

"Ma'am, sorry, but this isn't necessarily a police issue. It's a wild animal, sitting in a tree. It's supposed to be doing that. The squirrel will be OK. It'll climb down when it's ready," Geric said.

"Are you telling me you're not sending me an officer?"

"Sorry ma'am, this isn't a police issue. An officer wouldn't be able to do anything. The squirrel will be just fine, really."

"But police officers help people in need right?"

"Yes, ma'am. Squirrels are not people."

"Well, never mind, anyway. You've spent so much time explaining why an officer won't help me, the squirrel left. Thanks."

999? Whats that? I mean I know 000, 112 and 911 but 999?  :D I'm guessing its the emergency number in the UK.

999? Whats that? I mean I know 000, 112 and 911 but 999?  :D I'm guessing its the emergency number in the UK.

Why 112 for ambulance and 110 for police in Europe?
Why 911 in the States?

However in the UK when the emergency system was introduced, it was found that telephones of the day could when faulty dial a "1" by themselves, thus being primed with a 1 or double 1 leaving the user to make their call with the potential to make an emergency call by adding one more number. 999 was right at the end of the dial and requires the user to remember one number and not two or more (remember there are people out there who would have to look in the phone book for  said number........."there is a squirrel in my tree" types). Also it was found that it would be easier to install the system that lets you make a fee call on a single number pattern than for example 911 or 112.

So again, why 911

Matt

999? Whats that? I mean I know 000, 112 and 911 but 999?  :D I'm guessing its the emergency number in the UK.

Why 112 for ambulance and 110 for police in Europe?
Why 911 in the States?

However in the UK when the emergency system was introduced, it was found that telephones of the day could when faulty dial a "1" by themselves, thus being primed with a 1 or double 1 leaving the user to make their call with the potential to make an emergency call by adding one more number. 999 was right at the end of the dial and requires the user to remember one number and not two or more (remember there are people out there who would have to look in the phone book for  said number........."there is a squirrel in my tree" types). Also it was found that it would be easier to install the system that lets you make a fee call on a single number pattern than for example 911 or 112.

So again, why 911

Matt

For exactly the same reason as 999 in the UK ...... you can also use 112 in the UK from a mobile (cell) phone.