"The Fire and Rescue, through its Operations Department, will always monitor phone calls such as these, and through the call systems, each conversation is recorded and can be used for investigations and for appropriate action to be taken," warned the department. "This is because at that same time, another emergency call may be made and disrupt the response for those that really need help, whether it is rescue or putting out a fire," said the department. The Fire and Rescue Department also issued an advisory to the public not to tie up the emergency 995 number unless there was an emergency. "Following the incident, the head of Operations at the Fire and Rescue Department has filed a police report regarding the false emergency call," they said. "Unfortunately the emergency call made was false and made with bad intentions," said the Fire and Rescue Department.
However, upon arrival at the scene, the four fire brigades, an ambulance and police were turned away by an irked homeowner.Ī statement from the Fire and Rescue Department said the alleged caller, who gave his name as Hj Khalid Abdullah called 995 at 12.01am, stating that a big fire was taking place at No 2 Simpang 490 of Jalan Kebangsaan Lama. The caller had stated that a home had caught fire at Jalan Kebangsaan Lama and needed urgent attention. The Brunei Times were contacted by authorities at 12.05am yesterday, notifying that an emergency response team had been deployed to attend an emergency call moments earlier. If found guilty, the offender faces a penalty of up to six months imprisonment and/or a fine of up to $4,000 (S$5,071.60).
Could you forgive me, and allow me to stay in this house, without sending me to jail? I promise that is never going to happen again in my whole life.AUTHORITIES yesterday warned against prank calls after they were left frustrated when they responded to an emergency call about a house on fire only to be met by a puzzled homeowner. I am very sorry for calling you all those times. "To the Police Department, the reasons why I called you 25 times are because I thought that it was funny to call you and try to send you to the wrong house to make you think that the people in that house did it and because I did not want to go to bed.
"As the two young siblings marched into the Fulshear police station with their sad faces and heads down, they promptly apologized and offered these letters of explanation." "We would like to share a story of two young elementary age brothers who figured out a way to relieve the boredom (of summer), although it was not the right way to relieve the boredom, it nevertheless, did the job," the department wrote in the post. Though a serious issue, the department made light of the situation and posted the letters to Facebook. FULSHEAR, Texas – Employees at the Fulshear Police Department got a laugh out of apology letters they received from two siblings who prank called dispatchers 25 times.