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Jody Falconer's avatar

Very interesting! When I was a child my dad was an ambulance driver on the weekends (in addition to his FT job as a truck driver). I remember the ambulance calls came directly to our home phone number and we could not use our phone during the weekend because he might get a call (call waiting didn’t exist then). Also, the ambulance was parked in front of our house on weekends!

Justine Newcomb's avatar

I’m from Cape Cod and we didn’t get 9-1-1 service until the mid to late 90’s. I remember learning the local emergency numbers at school. Also, a fun fact, in Japan the emergency number is 1-1-9

Laurie Orr's avatar

That was an awesome article. I had no idea of any of this information and was born in 1953, so I should know this. Thank you.

Marcia's avatar

This is sooo interesting! Sharing it with others!!! Thank you always!