I Called The Fire Department...

[Ron]

...tonight & it was a waste of time!

It was dinner time about 7:00 PM & my we all wanted the 15 piece family meal from the Colonel!
I went to get the food because, well I am the only one wi6th a drivers license.
As I was driving down the alley way, I saw some kids hunched down snickering & I was just glad I didn't hit them with the van because it is foggy out.
I picked up the food & turned into my alley & I saw the kids disperse like cockroaches in the light.
It was then that I saw something on fire.

It looked like a pile of papers or cloth & I knew the kids were playing.
I called 911

Operator: "911 Police Fire or Ambulance?"
Me: 'Fire"
Operator:"For what city?"
Me: "Vancouver"

I talked to the dispatcher & said what was happening & said it was in the 4200 block of Beatrice Street, East Alley.
A few minutes & I hear A siren.

I wait & wait & wait.

I call back 911

Me:"Where are you?"
911: 'The unit is there!"
Me: "I am here & nobody is around!"
By this time the fire is out.

I confirm the address but no one comes.

Emergency Dispatchers??????

What a waste of time!

[berkeley]

um, are you in a rural area? that u have to give the city??

[Cindy]

...tonight & it was a waste of time!

It was dinner time about 7:00 PM & my we all wanted the 15 piece family meal from the Colonel!
I went to get the food because, well I am the only one wi6th a drivers license.
As I was driving down the alley way, I saw some kids hunched down snickering & I was just glad I didn't hit them with the van because it is foggy out.
I picked up the food & turned into my alley & I saw the kids disperse like cockroaches in the light.
It was then that I saw something on fire.

It looked like a pile of papers or cloth & I knew the kids were playing.
I called 911

Operator: "911 Police Fire or Ambulance?"
Me: 'Fire"
Operator:"For what city?"
Me: "Vancouver"

I talked to the dispatcher & said what was happening & said it was in the 4200 block of Beatrice Street, East Alley.
A few minutes & I hear A siren.

I wait & wait & wait.

I call back 911

Me:"Where are you?"
911: 'The unit is there!"
Me: "I am here & nobody is around!"
By this time the fire is out.

I confirm the address but no one comes.

Emergency Dispatchers??????

What a waste of time!

They were looking for a FIRE and apparently there was only a fire.:D

[Ron]

um, are you in a rural area? that u have to give the city??

A Metropolitan area that shares 911 with about 15 cities.

[berkeley]

A Metropolitan area that shares 911 with about 15 cities.

That's a stoopid setup. llol