Funny and Ridiculous Calls

Hey guys. Just wondering, what was maybe one of the strangest or most rediculous calls uve ever been on??

for me, id have to say around a year ago, a little girl was home alone and she tried a ring on her finger. she couldnt get it off, so she called 9-1-1. i thought it was humorous myself.

i attached a recording of a call that we (tri comm) had mar 9, 2008 at 0817. i guess the student was sleeping hard (so they tell me) lol. i tell ya, thats either a good way to get out of skool o rhe just wanted a lot of attention.

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Permalink Reply by dee houston on November 9, 2009 at 9:02pm

oh how cute...we had a call for a trucker with a toothache...um...i'll get the jaws out ok

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Permalink Reply by Alan Shaw on November 10, 2009 at 1:32am

I can think of two, both EMS calls.

First one, comes in as an adult male in cardiac arrest, possibly DOA. For some reason the senior man that night decided that his partner could handle the call with me since I am an EMT, so he stayed back. The two of us get to the call, and are met by a man on the front lawn telling us we can cancel the call. When I ask him who the patient is he says it is him. Then he tells the story, the real patient is apparently the family cat. The man I am talking with is a single father, he has two young daughters, the cat fell over unconscious and his youngest ran out of the house screams "he's dead, he's dead". The next door neighbor who knew she lived with her dad, called 9-1-1 to report the father dead, prior to running over to help. So I cancel the ambulance, but advise dispatch that we will be remaining available on scene. I come into the house and there is the cat, alive but to make a really bad pun catatonic. We stayed on scene long enough to help him ind the number of the emergency veterinary clinic two towns away and called them for him while he took the cat there.

Number two came in as an allergic reaction to a bee sting. 16 y/o female, on the football field at the local high school. We arrive pretty quickly and find the girl and her mother sitting calmly, however this is after mom has used the girl's epi-pen on her. The girl lived across the street, so a fellow cheerleader ran and got her mother and she came running with the medicine. Now I start asking about the bee sting, which occurred during cheer leading practice. The girl is very embarrassed to tell me that the bee flew up her (short) skirt and stung her right next to her.....you guessed it. She was in a great deal of pain. I was not about to try and remove the stinger prehospitally on this one, even with mom right there. EMS transported her. But the best part was when I returned to the station, met there by other members who had responded. One was my Chief's son, a junior member and classmate of the patient. When he found out what the call was he was actually visibly disappointed that he didn't get to see the injury.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Davis on January 28, 2010 at 8:08am

A few years ago, one of the stations in the county got a call for a "structure fire" at a construction site in their first due. That was exactly how it was dispatched. Turned out the structure was actually a porta-potty. When the engine arrived on scene, the officer radio'ed to dispatch the following "Engine -- to Howard, on location with a single story, single seater, well involved...the engine will handle."