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Rick:
Quote from: 7Priest7 on May 20, 2014, 09:25:42 am
Quote from: aopisa on May 20, 2014, 04:39:06 am
You are correct! It sounds like you have thought of every conceivable type of emergency.
I know of no emergency that would allow me to dial 911 yet prevent me from stating my location.
I'm healthy and not at risk for the two health related emergencies you listed.
Nothing about a fire would prevent me from talking.
I once had a house fire, I escorted my pets outside, proceeded to drown the fire with my dogs water bucket and the faucet, then called the non-emergency number. The time it would've took me to call 911 and wait for a fire truck to arrive, would've meant the house would no longer be there.
Anyone with common sense knows you dial the fire department, THEN consider fighting the fire. You were very lucky.
vadr:
Quote from: aopisa on May 19, 2014, 07:36:01 pm
A heart attack. A stroke. Losing consciousness after you dial.
If you think that 911 will actually rush to timely save your life... you must be young.
Here's some material that perhaps will open your eyes a little. You can google these headlines, so you have a better perspective of the possible consequences of your contacting 911.
Wichita Police Officer Orders Grandmother to Stop CPR on Drowned Boy Despite Alleged Signs of Recovery — The Boy Dies
CHARLESTON, WV – The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal discrimination lawsuit on behalf of the surviving family members of a Welch man who died of a heart attack after the police chief physically prevented his friend from performing CPR. The police chief blocked the CPR because he falsely assumed that the man, who was gay, was HIV positive and therefore a health risk.
Just Dial 911? The Myth of Police Protection
Woman Calls 911 For Diabetic Fiance, Police Shoot And Kill Man Upon Arrival
"Also, 911 tapes were released that show the teen was calm and things under control for 10 minutes but then the boy was shot about 1 minute after a police officer from Southport showed up on the scene."
Deadly 911 Calls: NYPD Kills African Immigrant Student Inside Home After Mother Calls for Ambulance
She Calls 911 to Help Fiance; Cops Kill Him
Father dies after police stop daughter's CPR
dircom:
Do you work for the National Enquirer?
aopisa:
Quote from: vadr on May 20, 2014, 11:14:32 am
Quote from: aopisa on May 19, 2014, 07:36:01 pm
A heart attack. A stroke. Losing consciousness after you dial.
If you think that 911 will actually rush to timely save your life... you must be young.
Here's some material that perhaps will open your eyes a little. You can google these headlines, so you have a better perspective of the possible consequences of your contacting 911.
Wichita Police Officer Orders Grandmother to Stop CPR on Drowned Boy Despite Alleged Signs of Recovery — The Boy Dies
CHARLESTON, WV – The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal discrimination lawsuit on behalf of the surviving family members of a Welch man who died of a heart attack after the police chief physically prevented his friend from performing CPR. The police chief blocked the CPR because he falsely assumed that the man, who was gay, was HIV positive and therefore a health risk.
Just Dial 911? The Myth of Police Protection
Woman Calls 911 For Diabetic Fiance, Police Shoot And Kill Man Upon Arrival
"Also, 911 tapes were released that show the teen was calm and things under control for 10 minutes but then the boy was shot about 1 minute after a police officer from Southport showed up on the scene."
Deadly 911 Calls: NYPD Kills African Immigrant Student Inside Home After Mother Calls for Ambulance
She Calls 911 to Help Fiance; Cops Kill Him
Father dies after police stop daughter's CPR
911 emergency services take over 240 million calls a year. I don't even want to calculate the minute percentage that your handful of sensational examples represents.
You and 7priest7 are absolutely correct. 911 and e911 are for losers. It's much better to handle the situation whatever it may be entirely by yourself. By that extension police and fire services are completely unnecessary. As long as we all have buckets, garden hoses and few band-aids in the medicine cabinet we will be OK!
Thanks! I feel so much better now that your thorough examinations have put this troublesome menace to society to rest!
7Priest7:
Quote from: aopisa on May 20, 2014, 02:01:36 pm
You and 7priest7 are absolutely correct. 911 and e911 are for losers. It's much better to handle the situation whatever it may be entirely by yourself. By that extension police and fire services are completely unnecessary
Neither of us stated that 911 is for losers.
Police can and do cause more trouble than they fix in many cases.
He stated that cell phones provide a great free outlet for 911 calls.
I stood by that statement.
Now you are putting words in our mouths.
911 has its place, It doesn't need to be paid for.
Your voip based 911 is less reliable than my cell based 911.
You can lose it through power outage/internet outage.
My cell based 911 needs no extra power and has no need for internet.
Let bigones be bigones, if you want to pay for 911 then do so.
Not all individuals benefit from paying for 911.
Many of us are healthy.
With the text to 911 service now becoming available nationwide, you could setup a cell phone to send a text with your address with a single press.
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