While most the great unwashed see the substance of a true hand brake , there are still those who remain a little confused . In all-embracing term , blast , crime , and harm are all good reasonableness to dial 911 . Being bummed about a bad haircut is not .
E - Comm , an emergency brake dispatch servicing in British Columbia , Canada , recentlyreleasedits list of the most puzzling 911 nuisance calls in 2023 . None involved any kind of ruinous upshot ; most failed to warrant any kind of intervention at all . Among them :
E - Comm had antecedently madenoteof the most onerous non - emergency calls of 2022 :
Are these comic ? Sure . But these types of shout can have some serious consequences . “ pain calls never go on emergency line , but it ’s exceedingly concerning how often callers know their non - pressing concerns are n’t an appropriate reason to call 911 , ” dispatcher Mark Kolomejac say in 2023 . “ We regularly get callers express , ‘ I hump this is n’t an pinch , but I did n’t know who else to call . ’ ”
911 was firstdevelopedin the U.S. in 1968 in an effort to streamline emergency responses . Previously , multitude had to lie with the numbers of local police and fire departments and hope someone cull up . The first call was made by Senator Rankin Fite , who dialed 911 from Haleyville , Alabama , to show off the country ’s first call centre . The digit were select in part because they were relatively easy to dial on a rotary telephone .
Many residential area in the U.S. have implemented an urgent - issue choice to 911 dubbed 311 . Even then , calls can be inexplicably unnecessary . In New York City , operators havefieldedqueries about the best manner to boil a springy poulet and who wonAmerican Idolin 2007 . ( It was Jordin Sparks . )
[ h / tGlobal News ]
