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It
must be a challenge to be responsbile for 911 emergency
calls.
And things like this can make it even worse!
Here are some actual transcripted calls that came into the Memphis 911
Facility:
Dispatcher : 9-1-1 What is
your emergency?
Caller: I heard what
sounded like gunshots coming from
the brown house on the
corner.
Dispatcher: Do you have an
address?
Caller: No, I have on a
blouse and slacks, why?
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Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What is
your emergency?
Caller : Someone broke
into my house and took a bite
out of my ham and cheese
sandwich .
Dispatcher : Excuse me?
Caller : I made a ham and
cheese sandwich and left it on
the kitchen table and when
I came back from the bathroom,
someone had taken a bite
out of it.
Dispatcher : Was anything
else taken?
Caller : No, but this has
happened to me before and I'm
sick and tired of it!
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Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What is
the nature of your emergency?
Caller: I'm trying to
reach nine eleven but my phone doesn't
have an eleven on it.
Dispatcher: This is nine
eleven.
Caller: I thought you just
said it was nine-one-one
Dispatcher: Yes, ma'am
nine-one-one and nine-eleven are the
same thing.
Caller: Honey, I may be
old, but I'm not stupid.
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Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What's
the nature of your emergency?
Caller: My wife is
pregnant and her contractions are only
two minutes apart
Dispatcher: Is this her
first child?
Caller: No, you idiot!
This is her husband!
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But this one takes the
cake.....
Dispatcher: 9-1-1
Caller: Yeah, I'm having
trouble breathing. I'm all out of
breath. Darn...I think I'm
going to pass out.
Dispatcher: Sir, where are
you calling from
Caller: I'm at a pay
phone. North and Foster.
Dispatcher: Sir, an
ambulance is on the way.
Are you an asthmatic?
Caller: No
Dispatcher: What were you
doing before you started having
trouble breathing?
Caller: Running from the
Police
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