r/Firefighting • u/aidan_rico • 15d ago

General Discussion “Cancel the balance” meaning

What does this mean over the radio?

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u/Mediocre_Daikon6935 15d ago

It is basic English transmitted in the clear, I’m not sure what the confusion could be.

Cancel any units not currently committed but that were automatically dispatched based on the run cards. 

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u/llama-de-fuego 15d ago

Confusion can be from it not being a common phrase in your department. I've been in 17 years and never heard it until this thread.

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u/HazMatsMan Career Co. Officer 15d ago

Heard it once on my department from someone trying to sound like FDNY.

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u/quattro725121 14d ago

Yeah we also have people in nearby departments doing the same thing. Every time it happens, dispatch has to ask for clarification and the whole thing takes twice as long as it could have if they just asked for whatever they needed like a normal person.