A few times for accidents that I was involved in (twice I was rear ended while stopped at a red light), once an oil truck backed into me while we were stopped at a red light, twice hit a deer. A few times for accidents that I’ve witnessed or cars broken down on the highway that might need assistance or people walking on the highway or other stuff like that.
Once about 20 years ago, a friend was calling from my landline phone, and instead of dialing 9–1-4 he dialed 9–1-1 and hung up when he realized he dialed incorrectly. The police showed up about a half hour later. I’d just come out of the shower, not a clue as to why the cop was knocking on my door. I told him the truth and said do you want to talk to the person that dialed the phone? and the cop said no, it was fine, and he left.
Once I put lambchops in the oven on “broil” and I had the pan up too high, so the sputtering fat hit the heating element and caught on fire. I called 911 and the guy told me to get every living thing out of the house, so I threw the cats outside and then I shut the oven off, and the fire went out. The house was smoky. I called 911 back and told him the fire was out, and he said the Fire Dept had to come anyway. I tidied up and the state trooper showed up, and the fire truck came with the guys in their fire gear. There was a guy who said he had to record the brand of the stove, for statistics. I told him it’s not the stove’s fault, it’s my fault but he said he had to do it anyway. It was a pleasant visit with the firemen and the trooper.