- Security, Surveillance & Survival
- By Sebastian Pop
- February 13th, 2014
New Sensor System Will Help When Someone Collapses
Especially useful for seniors who can't get back to their feet after a fall
- Oddiverse
- By Alexandra Botezatu
- December 16th, 2013
School Considers a 6-Year-Old's Severed Finger Not Important Enough to Call 911
The child was comforted by the nurse while her finger was placed in a plastic bag with ice
- Oddiverse
- By Alexandra Botezatu
- December 6th, 2013
911 Caller Arrested After Requesting Officers to Push Her Around the Mall
People don't seem to understand what a 911 emergency is actually about
- Oddiverse
- By Alexandra Botezatu
- November 28th, 2013
Man Calls 911 Because One-Night-Stand Was “Snoring like a Train”
Drunk man called the police demanding the removal of his snoring adventure from his bed
- Oddiverse
- By Raluca Anghel
- September 16th, 2013
Active Shooter on Washington Navy Yard, Police Officer Among Four Injured
A man opened fire inside the headquarters of the Naval Sea Systems Command
- Oddiverse Blog
- By Raluca Anghel
- September 9th, 2013
Mt Diablo Fire Caught on Cell Phone Camera
A resident offers a view of the area on the east side of the mountain
- Oddiverse Blog
- By Raluca Anghel
- August 27th, 2013
Toledo Sinkhole Swallowing Car Creates $100K (€75K) Cost for City
The city hired a private contractor for the job, a main pipe line broke
- Oddiverse
- By Raluca Anghel
- August 21st, 2013
Flight Diverted When Passenger Tries to Open Emergency Exit
He was detained and nobody was injured on the flight
- Oddiverse
- By Raluca Anghel
- August 16th, 2013
Woman Calls 911 on Wedding Day After Dress Gets Stolen, Operator Offers Hers
A Kent 911 dispatcher saves a bride on her wedding day
- Oddiverse Blog
- By Raluca Anghel
- July 19th, 2013
Idyllwild Fire a Few Miles Away from Palm Springs
The blaze has spread over 23,000 acres (9,300 hectares)
- Oddiverse
- By Raluca Anghel
- June 24th, 2013
Bensalem Tower Fire Prompts Pole Demolition
Nobody was injured as the tower caught ablaze during welding works
- Oddiverse
- By Raluca Anghel
- June 1st, 2013
Four Firefighters Die on the Job in Houston Hotel Blaze
The victims became disoriented and were crushed when the roof collapsed
- Oddiverse
- By Raluca Anghel
- April 26th, 2013
36 Die in Mental Hospital as It Catches Fire Near Moscow, Only Three Survive
A nurse and two patients have survived the blaze at the Russian clinic
- Oddiverse
- By Raluca Anghel
- March 6th, 2013
25 Hospitals Turn Dying Man Down in Two Hours in Japan
The resident of Kuki, Saitama Prefecture died on the way to the hospital
- Oddiverse Blog
- By Elena Gorgan
- February 27th, 2013
Man Calls 911 for a Cheeseburger 9 Times, Is Arrested
52-year-old Indiana man is booked for abusing emergency line
- Oddiverse
- By Raluca Anghel
- January 28th, 2013
Egypt Declares a State of Emergency in 3 Cities, Enforces Curfew
A 9.00 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew was set in Port Said, Ismailia and Suez
- Behavior/Humans
- By Cristina Macari
- November 26th, 2012
Full Moon Does Not Have an Influence on Our Psychological Condition, Scientists Reveal
It has been proven: humans mental imbalance is not caused by lunar phases