[RightWhale]

This happens all the time. Sometimes people are shocked to learn in this way that they are not inside city limits, although when it came time to pay property taxes they were highly cognizant of the slightest detail on their tax statement.

[coloradan]

The Niles department was dispatched to the fire because the 911 call was made from a cell phone, and all cell phone calls go to the Ohio State Highway Patrol in Southington. The patrol dispatcher mistakenly notified the Niles department about the fire because Robbins Avenue also runs through Niles.

Firefighters from Weathersfield's Station No. 40, who were eventually called about 1:10 p.m., put out the fire.

You talk about people being cognizant of every detail on their property tax statement ... sounds like the 911 dispatcher and the State Highway Patrol (which depend on tax revenue for their existence) could be held civilly liable for the loss. And it also sounds like it's just too bad that there wasn't a private fire company that the person could call, who was their client, and who would come put out the fire - instead of depending on multiple levels of government functionaries to do so.

[PurVirgo]

How about these apples - I was robbed at gunpoint when I worked at a convenience store.

The way the town I worked in was drawn, some parts are city of Houston, and the rest is Harris County.

From previous experience, I knew that 911 goes to city, but that we are in county.

So, when I called the Sherriff's office, they told me to hang up and call 911 so they could have me on record.

When I told them why I couldn't, they said "well, then, it is just going to take longer for us to find you"

Thank God I wasn't hurt.

But it was a good lesson that 911 doesn't always work

[Ben Chad]

A Dallas area firefighter died fighting a fire outside his jurisdiction. His city refused to pay death benefits to his family. That being the case I don't blame these guys.