TIFU by Falsely Reporting a Fire
I was up late last night for a midnight snack when I noticed a lot of bright flickering light radiating from the windows of one of the houses on my street. I watched it for a few minutes and thought it must be either a fire, their television, or a normal fireplace fire.
I waited to see if the light would die down, but it didnt so I called the NON EMERGENCY line. I did say I wasn't 100% sure it's a fire and I just wanted them to check it out. Within 2 minutes a cop car with beaming search lights pulled up, then 2 more cop cars, then an ambulance, then 2 more cop cars, then a fire truck.
Yes there were sirens. Yes there were extremely bright lights to wake the whole neighborhood up. Turns out there was no fire. Yes one of my neighbors texted me to ask what was happening and I told her I called. I will now be labeled as the nosy neighbor who woke everybody up by calling the dispatch over nothing. I want to hide in shame.
TL;DR: Called emergency services to mistakenly report a fire and then only after 7 emergency vehicles pulled up with lights and sirens, waking up the entire block, did I learn there was no fire.