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/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

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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.

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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