r/Firefighting • u/PhilosopherFull819 • May 29 '25

Ask A Firefighter Firefighter told me I shouldn't have called.

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.

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u/Elegant_Disaster_834 May 29 '25

We run on stuff like this all the time. I'm hoping the crew didn't really treat you like that and you are just embellishing to look for validation for calling because you feel embarrassed. If they did talk you in such a way that's not cool, bottle that shit up. Our calls are 90 % ridiculous stuff anyway.

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u/PhilosopherFull819 May 29 '25

Nope direct quote. I was shook lol. Didn't know what to say beside I appreciate them and to have a good day. I don't believe in bottling things up, gives you gas.

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u/fioreman May 29 '25

What did he say after you were polite? What did the other guys say?

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u/PhilosopherFull819 May 29 '25

Nothing they just left. I figure the other two guys were just as shocked as I was at the one's behavior but didn't want to add anything.