r/Firefighting • u/Peaches0k Texas FF/EMT/HazMat Tech • Jan 22 '25
General Discussion Reasons For Calls
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/mtcrabtree Jan 23 '25
Lady saw ducks stuck on a roof... called multiple times, didn't get toned as a call, but dispatch asked the BC to send a non emergency unit swing by so she would stop calling.
Did a quick aerial drill for a driver in training. Put up the stick, ducks fly away. Day is saved!