Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!bu.edu!telecom-request From: forrette@cory.berkeley.edu (Steve Forrette) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: A Reference to the Fire Brigade Message-ID: Date: 23 Mar 91 06:14:42 GMT Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 23 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 227, Message 3 of 13 David Wilson writes: > Looking at the 1990 Melbourne White Pages (Area Code 03) I find that > the emergency services now have individual numbers in addition to the > standard 000 (US 911) "ask operator for service required" number. The > numbers listed are: > Fire Brigade 11441 > Police 11444 > Ambulance 11440 A couple of years ago my mom had the occasion to call 911. Her new neighbors were from Australia, and had somehow started a small electrical fire in the breaker box. When the dispatcher answered and asked what the problem was, my mom responded: "I don't know, really; my neighbor keeps yelling for the Fire Bridage!" The dispatcher reportedly laughed slightly, apparently having heard this occasionally before. Steve Forrette, forrette@cory.berkeley.edu