Firefighter told me I shouldn't have called.

[u/PhilosopherFull819]

The smoke detector was going off from the car port underneath the garage apartments behind the 4plex I live in. I walked outside and saw no smoke or fire and found the detector. I mulled over reaching up and disabling it myself but I opted to err on the side of caution and report it. A truck pulled up minutes later and I showed the guys what I saw. The tallest one reached up and pulled it off and took out the battery. Another one got angry and said that I should "grow up" and "feel embarrassed" for calling. To which I replied I didn't want to turn off the alarm without confirming there was no danger that I couldn't see myself and thanked them and told them to have a nice day and they left. I imaging he was stressed and tired but can't help feeling like I did something wrong.

[u/an_angry_Moose]

He was wrong in his approach, the public should always be treated with respect.

That said: use common sense. Smoke absolutely stinks. If you smell and see no smoke, and a detector is going off, the detector is the problem. Clean it (with a vacuum), replace it, or the batteries, and move on. There is no need to bring a whole crew of adults when the adult making the phone call can handle this themselves.