r/Firefighting • u/Peaches0k Texas FF/EMT/HazMat Tech • Jan 22 '25

General Discussion Reasons For Calls

Post image

Saw someone ask what all we do besides fire. Here’s a list the shifts add to for dumb calls. It was started a few months ago

1.4k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

223 comments sorted by

View all comments

14

u/fireslayer03 Jan 22 '25

Reading the fish tank one we just had a call the other week it was one of those flickering lights in a porch lamp. Neighbor called it in

10

u/Goat_0f_departure Jan 22 '25

Had someone call in a fire in the mountains. We get to their house to get more info and to see if we can see it from their vantage point because we couldn’t see shit from station. And you can’t miss the mountains, you’d see a fire for sure. Turns out it’s a plastic bag caught on a light pole, waving in the breeze. Not to mention this was at 0230.

2

u/CbusFF Got promoted Jan 22 '25

flickering lights in a porch lamp

My neighbor has one of those. Even though I know it's there, I still double take when I catch it in the corner of my eye.

2

u/Je_me_rends Staircase Enthusiast Jan 23 '25

Even those trees in the fall that have a greyish colour look a bit like light smoke from a distance. I always do a double take when I see them