Idiots calling 999 for stupid reasons

[Danoil]

Surely the point there is that if the dog owner wasn't stupid enough to leave the dog off the lead around livestock then none of it would have happened at all.

Perhaps he was Chinese....

 

[Mw Roofline]

Have a look at these videos

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e58_1381252667

 

[Bodgeitandleggit]

Another idiot to join the ranks of the idiot brigade

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-25858527

 

[Safety First]

In a better world, the (sorry) people making these calls would know someone nearby who they can call on for help.

I got to know an elderly lady two doors down and assured her that I would be happy to change her light bulbs etc- she was about 4' tall. She had nobody local who could help out.

I did a number of short-notice, utterly straight forward but impactful tasks for her, the last of which was put out a fire in her kitchen. She soon after went into a home.
If people were more connected they could be relied upon to help each other out.

 

[EddieM]

A £100 penalty would discourage people from ringing in genuine emergencies until they are sure, costing lives in the process. ie is the house on fire or is it a bonfire in the garden or chimney, or is has that car run off the road or just been parked in a bad position. If people had to wait for doubt to evaporate, they would likely carry on with their business and ignore it. Look what happened in china when a judge ruled that if you take an injured person to hospital you must feel guilty (and therefore have caused the accident) - it resulted in people ignoring a child who had been run over by a van (who died btw).

Best course of action is what they do, from time to time publish the silliest ones to remind people. The control room can cope with turning them away, its not like 3 appliances turned up to get that womans teeth out the road is it?

So is a chimney fire not a 999 call?

 

[JBR]

Another idiot to join the ranks of the idiot brigade

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-25858527[/QUOTE]

I suppose it's not unexpected to find a few of the feeble minded within the football supporter fraternity!

 

[jockscott]

So is a chimney fire not a 999 call?

I believe, in the days of coal fires,, chimney fires requiring fire brigade attendance , could be charged to the householder, as they were avoidable (by having the chimney swept regularly)

In Ireland, householders are charged 300 euros for fire brigade attendance at chimney fires.

 

[longdogs]

The ad on the radio says that A&E is for life threatening accidents and emergencies only. So the next time you break your leg, you're gonna have to drag it to you GP when they can next fit you in.

 

[jockscott]

The ad on the radio says that A&E is for life threatening accidents and emergencies only. So the next time you break your leg, you're gonna have to drag it to you GP when they can next fit you in.

Ahh, but a broken leg, can have serious complications. The broken bone could cut an artery, or block a vein. You just can't tell.

 

[Dextraneous]

The ad on the radio says that A&E is for life threatening accidents and emergencies only. So the next time you break your leg, you're gonna have to drag it to you GP when they can next fit you in.

Ahh, but a broken leg, can have serious complications. The broken bone could cut an artery, or block a vein. You just can't tell.

Indeed - breaking a leg might disable you from getting to the fireplace to snuff out the fire which might subsequently cause a chimney inferno, especially if there's a couch stuck in the doorway which you can't get past.