Emergency Services

[Tussauds!]

Who actually thinks the emergency services are any good in the UK?

I mean, you ring 999 for the police they turn up 10 minutes later.

You ring 999 for an ambulance and it turns up 30 minutes later - When someones having an asthmea attack!? [I am not exadurating the slightest bit.. Took 3 minutes to be connected to the ambulance on the phone.. Them LIVES people came in about 2 minutes though]

You ring 999 for the fire brigade and they are there in about 2 minutes

I think it's rubbish but heh..

What do you think?

[Lubricant]

Yeah fire service are quick. Two weeks ago, at work, there was a fire in the factory part and the fire trucks came about 3 mins after we all got out of the offices. I lived ;]

[:Hazel]

I dunno (touch wood) I've never had to use them.

[Tussauds!]

I dunno (touch wood) I've never had to use them.
Thats so lucky..

I've used them loads of times, mostly for ambulances.

[clarissa !!]

theyre awful.

[Marsquake]

actually, when I had a fit in like June/July the ambulance was here in like 5 mins.... I think its good.

[Tussauds!]

actually, when I had a fit in like June/July the ambulance was here in like 5 mins.... I think its good.
ye but ambulances round here after midnite go and wait in between 4 places (boston, lincoln, grimsby and mablethorpe) and when they get the 999 calls they go from there..

and my dad just so happens to have asthmea attacks at like 3-4am

it just so happens to be 20 miles away and if you need an ambulance after midnite it usually means 20-30 minute wait :|

[Casanova]

Erm yeah they're okay. They're hard worked and few and far between, you forget that.

I called the police while my mate was getting jumped and they turned up an hour later. Last night, an ambulance came in 10 minutes and it was a friday night at 11pm. And he was okay drunk, so it wasn't serious. But then again the police called that :rolleyes:

I think they try their best!

[clarissa !!]

they come at the most pointless times, when its actually important they take forever.

they used to always come two or three times EVERY night when my sister lived here.

[Casanova]

they come at the most pointless times, when its actually important they take forever.

they used to always come two or three times EVERY night when my sister lived here.

Why? Or did they fancy her or something...

[clarissa !!]

Why? Or did they fancy her or something...
lmao. my sister was um.. disruptive? i dunno why they used to come though, when they did come they didnt do anything..

i think it was to scare her or something.

[Casanova]

That made me LOL sorry. i don't get it though.

[summer]

it's pretty poor.

[clarissa !!]

That made me LOL sorry. i don't get it though.
they used to come, check she wasnt killing anyone, breaking anything ect. then go.. then repeat an hour or so later.

[Ostinato]

Like I said before - the times can vary!

They have a system in which they prioritise their calls by emmergency rating, for instance if there is someone getting murdered that they know of (lol) they would obviously go to that call first, rather than someone who had their house egged.

No what I mean?

Although you may class your problem as an emmergency, theres always people worse off than you out there - and there might be a case in your area which is far worse than yours. Just be glad we do actually have an emmergency service that does help.

[JamesRouale]

It depends on your area status, if you are located near the department requested then you will have the advantage of a greater response time. Although traffic and other conditions will apply.

[Alan.]

well the ambulance service is amazingly good where i live [uk]. my grandad was taken ill (and died later) but the ambulance was there within 3 minutes. and we wernt particularly near the hospital.

[Eamonn]

Ambulances are great, they our really quick where I live, you only have to wait about two minutes, police cars are rubbish where I live seeing as we have the worse police force and fire engines are really quick also.

[uh huh her]

never had to use them, so i dont know [:

[Kardan]

Only had to call for the fire brigade :)

They came within 2 minutes :)

[Vulnerable]

They could be better.. I agree with Ostinato though.

The fire, ambulance and police station are down the same road where I live, so they take around the same time. Although, saying that, police vans patrol quite often so they're relitivaly quick..

[Charlie]

I've never used them before, and i hope i never will.

But, a little girl did get knocked over outside my house, and the police/ambulance were there pretty quick.

[Dan2nd]

My Dad once had to call the police because a bunch of chavs were hurling stones at our house I think that counts as an emergency to bad it took them 2 hours to get here

[hindu]

i've never dialled, so I wouldn't know tbh

[Seatherny]

Its totally crap. Well the police is anyway. From my experience, Ambulance and Fire Service are good, but the police is totally crap. My mate got robbed in the park a few months ago, he rang 999, and the police said they will be there in 2 mins, and he waited for 40 mins and they didnt come.

[Tussauds!]

Its totally crap. Well the police is anyway. From my experience, Ambulance and Fire Service are good, but the police is totally crap. My mate got robbed in the park a few months ago, he rang 999, and the police said they will be there in 2 mins, and he waited for 40 mins and they didnt come.
Yeah they say the police will be with you in a few minutes, yeah right..

Try like, 30 years.

[simon!]

Makes me chuckle actually, because just imagine if there's a disturbed man in your house with a knife or a weapon and is threatening to stab you, what do you do? Ring the police wait for 10-20 minutes for them to finally arrive at your house in the meantime he's slashed your guts out. But if you don't you have the job of trying to pry the weapon out of the mans hands, it's a tricky society we all live in to be honest. Anybody noticed that they're always at the pub if something goes wrong? It's because they get a free drink with it!

[massacre]

they're ok i guess?

i remember a few months back a boy got runover and the nearby hairdresser owner called the ambulance and they came in like 10 mins? i have no idea what the usual time is but i guess thats ok.

[alexxxxx]

I was on the bus and this woman had a fit. The ambulance came in 2 minutes.

Sorry. Double Post. =[
edited by exposure!(forum moderator): posts merged, as had lag.

[brapbrap]

I got burgled and me mam said their still in the house, they came 2 Hours and 45 Mins later, the burgulars had gone but i was still scared to sleep ( I was only 11) and had SATS the next day, then when i got jumped they came in like 3-4 minuites and caught all of the 27 boys that jumped me (27 No exxageration).