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/TheAmishPhysicist Jan 23 '25

Had a call for a fire in a restaurant. It was a roasted chicken place that cooked over an open flame, that was visible from the street. The kicker was it was roughly 6 pm and customers were walking in and out.