Laurie I live in California to. The city I live in is one of the only ones that allow fireworks. This year we have unfortunately been in the news way to much all for illegal fireworks. I got meds to help Sammy our dog through it but the cats and I touched it out. At one point the big boom and the light that followed lite up my whole front room.

As for the 911 operator she should be suspended. Our police and our firemen did patrols throughout the night. But they will tell you only call 911 in an emergency. It's lucky that they did patrols because some kids were doing firework races with illegal fireworks and one went off in the kids hand (he's 18 years old) he lost all of his fingers on that hand. It's a good thing that they had patrols out because calling 911 took a lot longer and he would have died.

Calling 911 in an emergency. Who can say what an emergency is to someone. I call 911 when a stranger hopped my fence and was in my back yard so I called 911 and they asked if they were still there and I said I wasn't going out to check and she told me she could not send an officer they were busy so I did the next best thing and called hubby. Hubby said to call 911 again and tell them I had a gun and if they didn't send someone out here then shoot the person. So I called 911 back and sure enough an officer became available. I would never shoot anyone nor handle a gun but it's sad that I had to resort to that.

I am glad you reported it.