Emergency Services

[Man Of Kent]

Here's a tester for you.

If you dial 999, how many emergency services call you contact?

[JsT]

5?

police
fire
ambulance
coastguard
mountain rescue people?

[Miffy]

And cave rescue. Mountain and cave rescue are accessed via the police.

[Kermit]

Isn't it just the one...

[Randomgirl]

Don't just just go through to a call centre who decide what services you need? e.g. when you ask for an ambulance they often throw in a few cops for good measure. So ur... none.

[purplebutterfly]

5?

police
fire
ambulance
coastguard
mountain rescue people?

I would have said that as well, but I'm thinking it might be a trick question.

[migpilot]

Here's a tester for you.

If you dial 999, how many emergency services call you contact?

3

[Nikki*]

Don't just just go through to a call centre who decide what services you need? e.g. when you ask for an ambulance they often throw in a few cops for good measure. So ur... none.

Yeah I'd say that. When we had our car crash, we called 999 as we were quite drastically blocking part of a dark country bend... yet ambulances turned up as well, and apparently the fire services had been alerted as well, but the police called them off or something. I don't really know exactly details, but I'd agree with none.

[lea_uk]

None because they don't treat it as an emergency hehe.

[Man Of Kent]

No-one has got it right yet...

[I'm With Stupid]

The question doesn't make sense.

[Man Of Kent]

Why not?

[I'm With Stupid]

If you dial 999, how many emergency services call you contact?
:confused:

[Man Of Kent]

What doesn't make sense there, you dial 999. How many emergency services are available on that number?

[I'm With Stupid]

Yeah I get the question, it just looks grammatically incorrect to me.

Should I ring it and see?

[Magic.Emma]

im going to say 15 which i sort of got from wikipedia lol you can see i have a lot to do...
but doesnt it depend on where you are...?

[Man Of Kent]

Ah, my mistake. How many can you contact (not call)...

And no, don't ring them to find out.

[I'm With Stupid]

Oh, it's 7 by the way.

Police, fire, ambulance, coastgaurd, mountain rescue, cave rescue and nuclear emergency (and yes I did cheat and look it up).

[Bunnie]

Oh, it's 7 by the way.

and nuclear emergency

:eek: oh my god, thats not a nice sign :(

i would have just said the 5 from above.

[Flashman's Ghost]

:lol:

I can just imagine having to ring up nuclear emergency, "Er I've just seen a big mushroom cloud over Sellafield."

[Magic.Emma]

hmm im still going for 15 :P these are the ones that i found...

the fire service
for mass emergencies
emergency medical service
Ambulance service (cant see the difference between those 2)
the police
park rangers
emergency operations
public utility crews (?)
maritime search and rescue services such as the local coastgaurd
mountain rescue teams
mine rescue teams
bomb disposal teams
urban search and rescueteams, also known as earthquake rescue teams or heavy rescue teams
famine relief teams
emergency social services

ok now i read them properly maybe its not 15 some of them seem basically the same or just really random

[Flashman's Ghost]

If you were being really fussy you could have all different types of police such as the Met, various county forces, British Transport Police etc, etc

[Man Of Kent]

the fire service
for mass emergencies
emergency medical service
Ambulance service (cant see the difference between those 2)
the police
park rangers
emergency operations
public utility crews (?)
maritime search and rescue services such as the local coastgaurd
mountain rescue teams
mine rescue teams
bomb disposal teams
urban search and rescueteams, also known as earthquake rescue teams or heavy rescue teams
famine relief teams
emergency social services


Interesting list.

There are, in fact, only two - Police and Fire. All of the rest (including ambulances) are considered "essential" rather than emergencey services. Why is this important?

Well it's about the information which those people are allowed to see. For example when the police/fire attend any address they are allowed to have huge amounts of information about the address but no one else is. So, for example, the police may know that the house which the ambulance service is called to is the home to someone with a violent background who represents a risk to anyone who comes knocking. Tha Ambulance driver is not allowed to know this. All they get is notification that the police will also attend...

Useless factoid I know, and probably only handy for a pub quixz (like it'll ever come up), but I only found this out recently (when a nurse of mine went to a house and was asked if she'd "like to see my gun" and we found out that the police knew of this person) and I have to admit that I was shicked that we could be putting staff at risk like this...

[lea_uk]

I do love trick questions they really get the mind working.

[seeker]

For example when the police/fire attend any address they are allowed to have huge amounts of information about the address but no one else is.

Some questions,if you would be so kind. Assuming you know the answers, of course.

Who compiles that information ?

What is it based on (by that, I mean,medical records, criminal records, "incidents" etc.) ?

Is it only based on the address ?

How often is the information updated ?

[Flashman's Ghost]

(when a nurse of mine went to a house and was asked if she'd "like to see my gun"

I've used that chat-up line myself - don't knock it :blush:

[sav]

famine relief teams



Why would anyone dial 999 and ask for a famine relief team? Quite bizzare.

[Magic.Emma]

Why would anyone dial 999 and ask for a famine relief team? Quite bizzare.
lol good point.. i have no idea its just what it said when i looked it up

[Man Of Kent]

Some questions,if you would be so kind. Assuming you know the answers, of course.

Who compiles that information ?

What is it based on (by that, I mean,medical records, criminal records, "incidents" etc.) ?

Is it only based on the address ?

How often is the information updated ?

It works in the same way that This (http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html) does

[seeker]

It works in the same way that This (http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html) does

:confused: :confused:

Are you trying to tell me this thread was a joke ?

[Man Of Kent]

No, just giving you an indication as to how irrelevant I think your attempt to hijack the thread was :p

[seeker]

No, just giving you an indication as to how irrelevant I think your attempt to hijack the thread was :p

You can think what you like as far as I`m concerned, and I wish you lots of nice ones.

However, your knowledge of my actions ( intended or otherwise) is inaccurate.

I asked you, in what I thought was a polite way, a number of questions, (about something you claimed to have knowledge of), due to my own current ignorance on the matter.

Whilst I do believe that you do not owe me any answers to those questions, do you believe your reply was necessary ?

I`m off to read the thread on politeness.

[xsazx]

It works in the same way that This (http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html) does

hehe i sent it to mum and if you read the very last line of the link it says
Note: This page was posted for April Fool's Day - 2002.

[Man Of Kent]

I love that page, I remember it well which is why I thought that it was good for seeker.

[seeker]

I love that page, I remember it well which is why I thought that it was good for seeker.

:chin: :chin:

If I was paranoid, I may think you had been sneaking a peak at me on the Spine* and thinking you know best what to prescribe for me,despite me politely requesting something else.

That isn`t my idea of putting the patient first.

Such is life.


*(And then I guess you`d also know whether some medical "expert" considered me paranoid).