She Fell!

When a baby falls from a standing position (on the floor) on to that same floor (especially when it's carpeted) they'll be fine. And to top it off they have NO signs of being injured... AT ALL? If you're a grandparent, you should know that means they're okay, having raised the child's mother! What did you do before, when your kid fell? You used common sense. I guess 911 is like artificial common sense you don;t have to use yourself...

I Need A Band-aid!

If you are dying, someone else is dying, you are in an accident, or see a fire, please call 911. If you just need something out of our "Rolling First-Aid Kit" so you don't have to spend money, or leave the house, don't call. If you do, expect to need a ride to the E.R. Especially if you do it in the middle of the night!

A Quiz

You see a thin wisp of what you think might be smoke coming from the roof of your neighbor's house. What do you do? Would you:

A) Knock on the door to see if someone's home and be ready to call 911 if they were not.

B) Just call 911 anyway and assume they're not home.

C) Do nothing, because it's probably nothing.

If you guessed 'B' then you need to take a deep breath and drink less RedBull. 'A' is the best option, but 'C' would have been just fine in our case. A firefighter thought they saw smoke, got excited and started to beat open the door with our tools. Luckily the wielder of the tool was weak and did little damage before the homeowner opened the door from the inside, wondering what was going on. Nice one!

And that "smoke"... steam from the dryer.

Thank you. I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waitress.