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/Je_me_rends Staircase Enthusiast Jan 23 '25
Funniest one this year so far was "I almost crashed my car".
Paged to a MVA possible person trapped. Arrive at the paged address with nothing but normal flowing traffic. Can't find the wreck so we get caller details and give them a ring.
Younger woman answers saying "Oh no no I almost hit the car in front of me. I'm in next jurisdiction over" WHY DID YOU CALL 000 FOR LITERALLY NOT HAVING AN ACCIDENT!?
B. Ruh...