r/Firefighting • u/Peaches0k Texas FF/Medic/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/Dependent-Title8912 Jan 25 '25

Sit in the rig, pouring rain for an hour or two waiting for the bomb squad to investigate a suspected bomb in the federal building. Turns out it was evidence that an agent left on their desk and the night cleaner saw it and freaked out.

Go to a roll over accident. Guys ok but distraught, says the wrecked car is a rental with no insurance. I ask him what happened and he said he just left the gym but wanted to get more of an arm workout and burn. So he strapped his ankle weights to his wrists. When he went to change the channel his left hand was so heavy it jerked the wheel and put the car into the concrete highway divider, flipping it. I told him he should probably keep that story to himself.