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One of the airconditioners in our house had a short circuit and caught on fire after iftar today . we quickly turned off the electricity and got the children out. we called 999 and told them we had a fire so they transferred us to civil defense department and told them we had a fire and the answer we got was what fire no speak arabic. it took us more than 15 mins of yelling for them to understand what we wanted and get a rough idea of our location which is in a very central part of city by which time we had put out the fire ourselves , so they decided there was no need for them to come at all. such an episode after the tragedy the happened at villagio is completely unacceptable.
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coxtown_rajan said
All the glittering are not ...All the glittering are not gold !!!!!!!!!!
All the ( small ) fire are not ( BIG ) fires !!!!!!!!
Only a casuality or injury case is considered as serious.
The rest are nothing. God bless them........
YAZLEB said
I suggest u learn the arabic ...I suggest u learn the arabic word for FIRE!
AN EMPTY MIND ........IS THE DEVILS PLAYGROUND
YAZLEB said
BTW just to clarify......I am ...BTW just to clarify......I am from the birth place of " health & safety " UK .....but if an arabic/indian family called 999 back at home & spoke in arabic/indian to the operator they wouldnt understand either! You live in an arabic country try to learn the basics for these situations also for hospital/doctors
AN EMPTY MIND ........IS THE DEVILS PLAYGROUND
AngelinaBallerina said
Mmmm Yazleb looking at the ...Mmmm Yazleb looking at the post I would guess that the author is actually Arabic... C
Shaktimaan said
Her ...Her profile says she is PAKISTANI. So ofcourse language problem. Problem with civil defence who do not have qualified english speaking staff.
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dawood khan said
strange case 999 not knowing ...strange case 999 not knowing the meaning of FIRE in english after such a big accident at villagio but ALHAMDULILLAH you and yr family safe
"God has perfect timings; never late. It takes a little patience & faith, but it's worth the wait."