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LeektheGeek t1_jeeoh8e wrote

Reply to comment by Brickleberried in Chick-delayed by Brave-Cream391

Once you start doing it everyday all day, the sense of urgency to run naturally diminishes because of routine.

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Brickleberried t1_jeey13w wrote

Still, they are emergencies. They should be urgent.

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DeliMcPickles t1_jeeztnl wrote

They're not emergencies though. They're 911 calls and it's a totally different thing.

Source: I'm a guy who responded to a 911 call because a man said his "Jumbo shrimp weren't big enough."

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Brickleberried t1_jef084s wrote

I've seen them respond to reports of fire at my building extremely casually. They didn't know that there wasn't an emergency yet.

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Brickleberried t1_jeg7qxe wrote

> The process has been explained several times above. You're either not reading it or just don't care enough to listen to people who know what they are talking about.

No, none of you can distinguish between the scenarios that I'm talking about.

> Also, there's a difference between a fire alarm going off and a report of an actual fire.

A fire alarm going off can be a serious emergency though. I know that it's less likely to be an actual emergency, but it can be. They should act with urgency until they know that it's not an actual emergency.

I have no fucking clue why you and so many other people here seem to not understand the basic fact.

Until emergency services know that an emergency call isn't an actual emergency, they should act with urgency.

Edit: So apparently, nobody thinks that emergency responders should act with urgency when they receive emergency calls, so I'm not sure why anybody is mad at the story in the OP. They're doing exactly what you all want: not acting with urgency.

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capcityff918 t1_jegbjha wrote

Again… running around in circles doesn’t make it more urgent to us. We have extra information that you do not have. We are strategic on how things are done.

What do I know though? I’ve been a firefighter isn’t he city for years but I’m sure you can do a better job. Maybe just leave this job to those of us who have dedicated our lives to it.

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DeliMcPickles t1_jeg081y wrote

Is it an automatic fire alarm? Yeah, those are really routine. you know what gets blood pumping? When you get dispatched for an AFA and then you get 2 follow on-calls for a fire at the location.

That's the shit.

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LeektheGeek t1_jef0cwi wrote

Not everything EMT and firefighters respond to is an emergency though. You’d be surprised how many causal and bs calls they respond to.

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Brickleberried t1_jef2l2c wrote

Yes, but when the call is for a claimed actual emergency, I expect urgency, not casualness.

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Brickleberried t1_jeg7asp wrote

Again, I know that not all calls to emergency services are actual emergencies, but when the call is claimed to be a real emergency, I expect urgency.

If someone called 911 and said that their dad was having a stroke, I would expect sirens and quickness and not casual walking up to the door.

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