How many times have you rang 999?

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Only once when I was about 8 for a bit of a joke.

Once I think, last year.
Girl was being beaten up.
Took I think 8 mins to get through after the initial call handler asked which service.

Six or seven for emergencies.

A couple of fires, once when someone had been knocked off their bike, once when a relative was ill, once when a guy had been stabbed and knocked on our door for help and once when someone was trying to kick our front door in.

Twice. First time was when I saw a bloke climbing in through a neighbour’s window. Turned out to be innocent but better safe than sorry. Second time was when a skip caught fire and was very close to a parked car. Fire Brigade dealt with it quickly.

A few. A couple of cars being torched and a fight outside my house!

Never

Twice. Old lady had fallen in town - Mam nursed her head while I rang. Security guard told us off as she does it all the time and is know for carrying a knife.

2nd time 3 weeks ago for a student in the middle of a long seizure. I knew she has epilepsy but I'd never seen an episode and was utterly traumatised.

20 plus times for ambulances as I worked in district nursing.

Once only, when my son was choking on a grape. Most terrifying experience of my life.

Once when my daughter had a fit. Paramedics came very quickly thankfully.

Once when the house across the road was on fire.

More times than I wish to count. SN DC who can be violent towards me
Lack of help and services means the police are often the only help available

Lots of times at work (as a mental health nurse, we still need an ambulance for a medical emergency), only once out of work for a motorbike accident.

Once, to help a drunk man who looked like he was about to fall in to a deep river.

3 times. Twice for DC (one head injury where they were unresponsive and one serious burn)
Once when a man was behaving dangerously erratically in foot in the middle of an A road shouting at cars.

Three times out of work.
1st someone being glassed
2nd someone threatening with a knife
3rd domestic violence

Multiple times at work

Once for ds when he was 3

Twice. Both the fire brigade.

The first was when I was 7/8 and set the kitchen on fire by grilling roast (!) and the second was last week when dd locked me in the back garden and I couldn't get round the front or through the front door.

Once for DD having an asthma attack. Lovely lady got the first responder to us within minutes, shortly followed by the ambulance.

Dh rang when I had a very quick labour. Nobody believed I was about to deliver- including the paramedics. There was a panic when I shouted she was out and one of the paramedics burst into tears.

*toast a roast would have been extravagant!

Four times - two for fires (both arson - someone tried to burn a pub down and one recycling bin in a car park). One police for a fight, one ambulance for a poor guy who had fallen (drunk) in the street, hit his head and was unconscious. Sounds like a lot when I think about it!

SentimentalKiller, that's very sad.

As for me, twice I've called 999.

Once many years ago, when a bloke was being beaten up outside my flat.

Once about six weeks ago, when I started haemorrhaging after my hysterectomy.

Maybe 15, 20. I work in mental health. I've rung them when patients have taken overdoses of medication, and I've rung them for support when patients have been violent or aggressive ( I'll be honest though the 'help' we have received from police has generally been poor and we have had responses from police such as ' not our problem, you should be dealing with this yourself' 😔

Never until.18 months ago when we found my elderly father collapsed on the floor. Over the next 6 months I had to call 99 for ambulance at least 8 times for my parents. Always had to wait over over an hour including almost 4 hours with my mum who had a broken femur

999 not 99

Several times at work. I work in a school and had to once ring for a child who said they had taken an overdose and a few times for PE neck and back injuries.