999

Music City 911

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime, Government

4.8 • 909 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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0:00.0	While I love America and believe our current 911 system is pretty spot on,
0:07.0	believe it or not, we weren't the first to have an emergency telephone system like that.
0:16.0	The first emergency telephone number system to be deployed anywhere in the world was in London on June 30th,
0:22.2	1937, using the number 999. This was followed by Glasgow in 1938, then Birmingham, Bristol,
0:33.6	Edinburgh, Liverpool, or should I say, Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle in 1946.
0:44.1	By 1976, all telephone exchanges in Britain had been automated, which allowed the 911
0:51.1	service to become fully fledged nationwide. The 999 system was introduced following a public outcry after a fire on Winpole Street in London in 1935,
1:03.0	in which five women were killed.
1:06.0	A neighbor tried to call the fire brigade, but was held in a queue by the telephone exchange.
1:12.9	This delay prompted the government to investigate ways to improve the emergency response system.
1:18.3	The original 999 system was very simple.
1:22.7	When someone dialed 999, a buzzer sounded and a red light flashed in the telephone exchange.
1:29.3	The operator would then answer the call and connect the caller to the appropriate emergency
1:33.3	service. Today, the 999 system operates nearly identically to what we are used to here in America.
1:40.9	A phone call comes in and is routed to the closest agency
1:44.2	and calls for service are sent from dispatch to the appropriate units
1:48.1	and bam helps on the way.
1:51.7	I'm hoping with all the thinly veiled mystery I've thrown out here
1:54.9	that you've figured out that I'll be doing a 999 call in this episode.
2:00.3	Come on.
2:01.7	It's not like I use some overly clever name for the title.
2:05.9	Welcome back to Music City 911.
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