Comments on: Types of 911 calls I’ve answered tonight

By: D

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:42:02 +0000

Oh no kidding… My supervisor told me the same general thing when I started working dispatch. Of course I work for my college’s campus police, so the red section would probably be about 3/4 of the pie chart. Maybe more. Great graph!

By: English Ed Major

English Ed Major — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:54:23 +0000

Please… I can’t stand this misery any longer! Capitalize the beginning of sentences, proper names and the word “I.” Learn to spell “Anyone,” “irony,” “You,” “psychic,” “probably, “have.” For the love of God, at least refrain from using double negatives!

By: Ged

Ged — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:13:50 +0000

I know this is really late just going thru this in the my down time but I gotta say as a dispatcher I definitely agree with this except it should as have a slice for those calling to complain about how your not doing the job right or the officers didn’t do the right thing… Or how they know the laws of the city/jurisdiction better than the officer… love those ones

By: F U

F U — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:15:51 +0000

It doesnt say types of 911 calls you have answered tonight it says types of 911 calls I have answered…

By: mizzdee

mizzdee — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:10:42 +0000

Thompson…sweetheart…it’s called sarcasm =). I’m sure it made you feel all warm and fuzzy inside to correct someone’s grammar on the INTERNET, but it is obvious that it took him a couple more brain cells to purposely fudge up his comment, then it would have otherwise. Also, no one fails classes because they can’t spell; they call it “spellcheck”.

Before you smart off about someone’s “common sense and spelling skills”, check out your comma usage.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:32:48 +0000

I know this is old, but I’m a dispatcher and couldn’t agree with you any less. It’s such an easy job and isn’t really stressful. I’ve had a few OD’s die on me and feel kinda bad, but it’s not my fault.

By: Ringo

Ringo — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:45:47 +0000

Second

By: youwish

youwish — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:08:00 +0000

I used to work as a dispatcher as well….Graph is totally valid and so is calling everyone else who denies its validity an absolute moron…how the hell would you know when you haven’t been there???? Oh, or maybe you’re the f-ups that keep adding to graph…hmmmm….. cheers!

By: moheb

moheb — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:43:30 +0000

says crank calls

By: Schrottie

Schrottie — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:42:51 +0000

Hehe, I am an emergency dispatcher in germany: Same here, this graph is absolutely true!

By: cass

cass — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:17:55 +0000

I am a 911 operator and i can say this is very true! only we get more calls from kids playing with the phone

By: NoWindowsInDispatch

NoWindowsInDispatch — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:58:41 +0000

You’re seriously going to sit there and accuse this person of shirking their duties because they took a few minutes of down time to make a graph? You think that they would actually let an emergency line ring and ring without answering it? This profession is more than a job, it’s a calling. Not just anyone can do it. It’s rewarding but very stressful. The person who made this graph was just taking time to give an outlet to that stress. I know I’m just pissing into the wind trying to get you or anyone else to understand that, but it really annoys me that people think it’s some fluff job and any ‘Joe Slob’ can be a dispatcher.

By: 7t0ll3rz

7t0ll3rz — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:19:13 +0000

NE1 see the ironing of me being corrected by a guy that learned sentence structure from yoda?

By: Adhe

Adhe — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:48:40 +0000

HAHAHAHA defenestrate! That is an awesome word. I’m going to make it a point to use that at some juncture today. I will also make it a point to use sycophantic and ingratiate =) “His vexatious attempts to ingratiate himself with me makes me want to defenestrate that sycophantic douchebag!” Yay! I’m not sure why, but obsequious is on the MySpace list of moods; I’d estimate about 50 people on there know what it means haha. I use it just because I know it will confuse people and they’ll look it up =)

By: Thompson

Thompson — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:58:37 +0000

It’s you not “u” and have, not “half”.

Common sense and spelling skills, you seriously lack.

By: Thompson

Thompson — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:57:13 +0000

I’m an EMT, most of our calls are complete crap. It seems like 99.9% of them come in as “chest pain/difficulty breathing”. I know that SOUNDS serious, but it usually isn’t. Regardless though, we have to treat every case of indigestion just like it was a heart attack.

By: CrankyDispatcher

CrankyDispatcher — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:21:16 +0000

Ah, rural 911 lines… Cow in road… Cow…. Cow…. METH….. cow….. domestic violence…. cow.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:43:00 +0000

That’s actually pretty cool. e-high-five!

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:39:36 +0000

I love that word…obsequious…and ingratiating, and sycophantic, and…

By: somebody

somebody — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:05:26 +0000

Although, if there really are a bunch of cows on a busy road, that probably IS an emergency due to traffic obstruction, I would think. And you can’t assume somebody else has already made the call.

By: somebody

somebody — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:04:17 +0000

I would personally like to defenestrate Jingles, how about you?

By: somebody

somebody — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:03:27 +0000

The place I work changed the phone system so now it’s “7″ for an outside line, just for this reason-too many accidental 911 calls. Seriously.

By: somebody

somebody — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:02:01 +0000

It’s not the drunken idiots themselves that call when that happens. It’s the passersby that trip over them in the street.

By: Not Me

Not Me — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:01:37 +0000

Like, for example, I would never post the answer to a question before noticing that the answer was right below my post. Nuh-uh, never.

By: Not Me

Not Me — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:00:31 +0000

Businesses do it all the time, because they have to dial “9″ for an outside line, followed by a “1″ for long distance. If you’re in a hurry, it’s surprisingly easy to double-hit either or both of those numbers.

Not that *I’ve* ever done that. Oh no, not me! I’m a commenter on a blog; I’m perfect!

By: lulu

lulu — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:01:03 +0000

Well no wonder they curse you. The high is MUCH better when you’re dead…

By: Benny

Benny — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:48:42 +0000

when my cat was a small kitten she got up on my desk one night and while walking across the big button phone managed to dial 911. For real.

By: Cube Dweller

Cube Dweller — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:44:40 +0000

So there were no drunken idiots having actual emergencies? You’d think there’d be some overlap there.

By: 7t0ll3rz

7t0ll3rz — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:41:46 +0000

how did you know i failed “Graph Spelling 101″?

u must be psykick. if i hadn’t not have failed that class i prolly would have had my mba bye now.

oh well, life can be cruel sometimes. I wish you had been around then to help me. Perhaps I could half had a better job right now.

By: mistiangel

mistiangel — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:24:09 +0000

i =did= call 911 by accident trying to call a number (back in the 7 digit days) that was 931-1xxx (which in those days was the setup for most local radio contest lines)…I hung up and they sent the police to see what the emergency was!!

By: brinnann

brinnann — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:18:14 +0000

*blushes* I called Information once to get the number for our local volunteer fire department because there was a herd of cows dangerously close to a fairly busy stretch of I-10 outside of Houston. But at least I didn’t call 911!

By: the_original_shortright

the_original_shortright — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:17:58 +0000

around where i live there are a lot of numbers that follow 991-XXXX, if you’re not paying attention it could end up as a 911.
not saying that’s how, but it’s a possibility.

By: Adhe

Adhe — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:00:39 +0000

I said don’t be a HUMOR snob. I personally enjoy linguistic snobs. (How’s that for grandiose verbiage?) Also, people say “albeit” all the time. At least people who passed 5th grade do. It’s not like I used “banal minutia” or “sequacious” or even better “obsequious”. I have a literacy win. You should try it.

By: Phizzle

Phizzle — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:01:29 +0000

Isn’t “PRANK” the actual word, not “crank?” Unless kids are calling to brag about the size of their cranks.

By: mechacaro

mechacaro — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:28:21 +0000

Don’t forget about crotchety old folks who will repeatedly call 911 to complain about something that is definately not an emergency. This happened where I work…and I guess it could’ve fit under the “drunken idiots” portion.

By: CO911

CO911 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:37:42 +0000

I am a 911 dispatcher. I laughed at a lot of the comments on here. I get a lot of kids that call mostly by accident. I do get some from kids in emergencies, they are better listeners than adults are and get the info we need for responders. IF you ever call 911 by mistake, just stay on the line and do what the dispatcher tells you then hang up when they say its all good, please don’t just hang up or say “oops, wrong number” and hang up.

By: Kookaburra

Kookaburra — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:32:58 +0000

I’m currently in the EMT program at my college, and that’s what my instructors say. It’s all fake emergencies that get the ALS lights and sirens treatment, then when there’s an MI that happens, there’s no paramedic units left.

Oh, or it’s drug overdoses, where the pt starts cursing you after you BRING THEM BACK FROM THE DEAD (no breathing/no pulse) for ruining their high…argh.

By: Zira

Zira — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:14:59 +0000

My 18 month old son called 911 by accident a couple weeks ago. I was so embarrassed when the dispatcher called me back. D: He doesn’t get to play with the phone anymore.

Though when I was 2, I apparently called 911 when my mom collapsed due to an ectopic pregnancy.

By: Casey

Casey — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:10:59 +0000

Ten-digit dialing, simple. Say you live in area code 912 or 913, and dial quickly- how easy would it be to hit 911-xxx-xxxx instead of 912-xxx-xxxx? The “911″ completes the call, with no regard to the other 7 digits.

By: lolnoob

lolnoob — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:52:23 +0000

i was wondering that too. i lolled at that, i was gonna comment, but alas, you got to it firsties.

By: lolnoob

lolnoob — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:51:22 +0000

judging peoples snobbiness based on proper word choice. You is snob. Douchbag win.

By: lolnoob

lolnoob — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:49:16 +0000

none…?

By: lolnoob

lolnoob — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:48:31 +0000

I’m not a douchey fail zor. Neither are most people. you are. you fail.

By: Steanne

Steanne — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:36:09 +0000

There’s gotta be some overlap there. Actual emergencies caused by drunken idiots?

By: Becca

Becca — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:19:22 +0000

Oh yeah. The world albeit is totally snobby. WTF.

By: erin911

erin911 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:15:13 +0000

that would be the “calls i received TODAY” graph – during the day the idiots are sometimes more sober.

By: erin911

erin911 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:06:36 +0000

Oh yes, and so very very true. Except that i would replace some of the “actual emergencies” with false police alarms.

By: erin911

erin911 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:05:35 +0000

How does someone call 911 as a wrong number? First they dial 9 to get an outside line. Then they dial 1 as a prefix for a long distance call. Then they accidentally hit one again. Then the poor 911 call taker has to listen to the “beep beep bloop beep” super loud in the ear whilst screaming “911! What is your emergency!”

By: Jingles

Jingles — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:03:16 +0000

You threw an “albeit” in there, and you’re calling someone else a snob? Douche bag 4 win.

By: Miz

Miz — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:01:32 +0000

What about the classes you didn’t pass because you can’t spell graph?