Who here has ever called 911, and what was the emergency?

Twice, both for car accidents... once was involved and once as a witness.

Once. I lived in Lafayette for a couple months and my apt got broken into.

This happened to me last night.

I left the gym and went to Kroger for chocolate milk. As soon as I walk in the door, there's a guy face down on the floor shaking with a puddle of spit on the floor. A couple of workers were just looking at him from about 40 feet away and one woman was on the phone. I said, "Are you calling 911?!" She replied, "No, I'm calling my manager." :sigh:

So, I called 911 and checked the guy's pulse. He was really hot to the touch (which was weird) and his breathing was pretty shallow. Pulse was slow. 911 answered and I told them what happened. They transferred me to the local police department. They answered, I told them the emergency, and they transferred me to the local ambulance service. I wait, on hold, feeling really scared for the guy. The ambulance service answered, I told them what happened, and the fire department showed up 20 minutes later.

frick my life if I ever need a competent emergency responder in less than 10 minutes.

Called them when I thought my daughter was dying. She was having a febrile seizure but it basically looks like a person isn't breathing or responding. Wasn't waiting for an ambulance so hopped in the car and hauled arse to the hospital.

Called when I witnessed/stopped to help during a bad wreck. Got out and got instructions from the operator for first aid on these folks who were bleeding from kissing the windshield.

Twice for work related accidents and once for a wreck that happened. All 3 times there were responders here within about 3-5 minutes.

Probably several times a year for different things.

We live in Metairie and every year there is always a string or two of house break ins in our area. It always puts us on edge so we see a suspicious person in the area we'll call it in.

About 18 months ago I woke up a car alarm going off. I looked out the window and a guy was bolting down the street. Cops came out and caught the guy hiding in someone's garden.

I once followed a drunk driver trying to direct the cops where to go but it must have been a high call night because I don't think the cops ever caught up with the driver.

Once for a block party a neighbor threw that lasted until 3 am during the middle of the week. He moved out within a week. I seriously hope he and every single person in his family died very slowly and very painfully.

A bunch of times. Once for a propane bottle left in an intersection. I thought it was suspicious, so I called it in. Took the police well over 15 minutes to respond. It apparently fell off of someones truck.

Another time for an amber alert kidnapping. I id'd the vehicle, and followed it while communicating with police. They caught the kidnapper... Which turned out to be the kid's grandmother who was in a dispute with her daughter. It was bull shite.

Twice. First time a crazy woman was yelling at traffic at a busy intersection, thought she was going to get hit and killed.

Second time trying to move a hot tub and a friend cut off part of his finger when it fell on top of it. He went into shock.

My roommate in law school called 911 when a big vanity mirror in my bathroom fell off the wall, shattered on my back and cut me up pretty good. Some off duty EMT happened to live in my apartments, so he got there quickly, but it took a while for the ambulance to show up