A bad haircut, a broken dishwasher or a hornet buzzing around the house may feel like a crisis at the time — but they are not ...

FORT COLLINS, Colorado -- A 911 dispatcher was able to lend a helping hand when 10-year-old boy called for help -- with a math problem. "Hi, this isn't an emergency, but I'm 10 years old and I'm ...

IRVING, Texas — On July 11, Louie Bradley needed help. He had fallen in his shower and used an emergency pull switch to call for help. And while his neighbors called 911, help didn't arrive until it ...

E-Comm has released its annual list of the most unusual reasons people called for help in what were clearly not emergencies.

“No matter how absurd a call might be on the surface, we have to treat every 911 call as an emergency, until we can confidently determine otherwise,” Bailey Mitchell, police call taker at E-Comm, said ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- When we call 911, we rely on them to quickly connect us to the help we need. During a 911 call placed last week, the caller says he was placed on hold for about three minutes, then ...

A 911 dispatcher whips out his calculator to help division-challenged boy. A 10-year-old Colorado boy called 911 for help with his math, and it paid off. Fort Collins police have just released audio ...

Starting Dec. 20, residents in King County can now text 911 for help. King County is the 12th county in Washington State to offer the service. The technology boost is designed to work when it isn’t ...

E-Comm, the company responsible for handling 99 per cent of B.C.’s 911 calls, is reminding residents to use the emergency ...

WEST PARK, Fla. — A 62-year-old woman called 911 for help in West Park, and Broward County Sheriff’s Office deputies ended up arresting her, according to records released on Tuesday. Deputies met ...