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/rodeo302 Jan 22 '25

My favorite was last night. I hit my life alert because I wanted to see what your response time was like.

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u/TotalPollution6988 Jan 24 '25

Same, “just wanted to see if it worked in case something were to happen” -96 y/o m who said he plans to go up to the mountains next week ON HIS OWN (ridiculously hard of hearing too)

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u/rodeo302 Jan 24 '25

Gotta give him props for wanting to stay active I guess? Lol