London, Aug 18 ( ANI ): Police in Britain have revealed that members of the public have been misused the 999 emergency services number to report incidents such as hamster bites and hangovers.
What does 999 stand for?
999 stands for Emergency Services Number (UK)
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It also took four hours for an air ambulance to arrive as none of the party knew the emergency services number or could find a mobile phone signal.
His wife called the emergency services number, and he continued cardiopulmonary resuscitation as he carried his daughter to meet the ambulance.
Watch manager Paul Kaye, from Croxteth fire station, said: "He was very anxious and in a great deal of distress, but he obviously knew the emergency services number and knewwhat he had to do.
The survey also revealed that a third of all people did not know the emergency services number of any foreign country.
The survey also revealed that a third of all people did not know the emergency services number of any foreign country.
A Dutch priest, however, tried to stop her from performing in Amsterdam by calling in a fake bomb threat to an emergency services number.
The 54-year-old, who is waiting to be sentenced, admitted being a public nuisance by persistently using the emergency services number.