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

General Discussion Reasons For Calls

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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

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u/FederalAmmunition Jan 22 '25

Structure fire that turned out to be a fish tank light reflection on the wall

I love the fire service

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u/lostinthefog4now Jan 22 '25

Had a reported structure fire that charged an entire 2500 sq ft house with thick black shitty smoke. Turned out to be the plastic light /hood structure over a huge fish tank, probably a 200 gallon tank. Did not extend into the structure at all-just the plastic lid. Serve-pro had some cleaning to do….

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u/Chicago_Avocado Jan 26 '25

200 gal is a pretty big tank. Normally that would need the floor reinforced.

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u/lostinthefog4now Jan 27 '25

Finished basement-concrete floor.