The first call to 911 was placed on February 16, 1968.  Danbury Fire Department marked the anniversary by noting that prior to that date, individuals needed to dial local 10-digit phone numbers to reach police, fire or emergency services. Last year, the Danbury 911 Public Safety Answering Point received over 55-thousand-500 calls. This resulted in 5,026 fire and service responses and an additional 6,176 “first responder” medical responses on top of all the calls for law enforcement requests.