911

Always a pleasure to read these at the end of the year:

Dealing with several thousands of calls a day, E-Comm is bound to get some calls that aren’t actually emergencies. It is important to stress that they don’t want to have to release a list like this every year as calls like this take time away from necessary emergency duties. Every year E-Comm has to remind people to call 9-1-1 for Emergency reasons only. More details in their release here.

2015 top ten reasons to not call 9-1-1:

1. Requesting the number for a local tire dealership
2. Reporting an issue with a vending machine
3. Asking for the non-emergency line
4. Because a car parked too close to theirs
5. “My son won’t put his seatbelt on”
6. Coffee shop is refusing to refill coffee
7. Asking if it’s okay to park on the street
8. “My roommate used my toothbrush”
9. Asking for help getting a basketball out of a tree
10. Reporting that their building’s air system is too loud and they can’t sleep

 

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