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OT: Fire Department to the Rescue.... NOT!

ChuckdozerChuckdozer Posts: 453
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Ok... so, a friend was trying to toss their keys up to someone on the balcony of their three story apartment building. After several tosses and misses, the keys wound up on the roof of the building. After much puzzlement, it was decided the best thing to do was call the local Fire Department for help. The response from the Fire Dept? "We don't do stuff like that." So my friend says, "You guys mean to tell me that you'll come out for a cat stuck in a tree, but not for this?"  Response from Fire Department was "We don't do that either."

Now, personally, I thought they would come out for such a thing as long as the whole town wasn't burning down, and then send a bill later for the service. Just wondering what some other folks think?

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  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 14,713

    There is to much liability in doing extra these days. People are sue happy and police and fire have slimed down on extra activities. I was chief of police so I know all to well what I'm talking about.

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,844

    Hopefully your friend will use his brain a little more next time,

    Funny, I was stuck in an elevator last year (4 story apt buidling) and after talking to the maintenance guy on the phone figured he would be the one to get it open. Next thing I know the door opens and there were about 20 firefighters in front of me with several trucks and ambulances in the parking lot, LOL.

  • ChuckdozerChuckdozer Posts: 453
    FSMCDesigns said:

    Hopefully your friend will use his brain a little more next time,

    Funny, I was stuck in an elevator last year (4 story apt buidling) and after talking to the maintenance guy on the phone figured he would be the one to get it open. Next thing I know the door opens and there were about 20 firefighters in front of me with several trucks and ambulances in the parking lot, LOL.

    I was a her :)  Not going to add more to that... no, no, no...

    On the happy side, the Cable Guy just happend to stop nearby with a big ladder on top of his truck. He was more than happy to help :)

     

  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191

    I think, too, the smaller the town, the more likely the fire department is willing to come out for things like that just for the extra practice and ability to laugh at the silly key tossers!  I used to live in a small town where events like this were considered training exercises!

  • PetercatPetercat Posts: 2,321

    Well, I really can't blame them for not coming out for cats in trees. I love cats, but they're attention junkies sometimes.

    Has anyone ever seen a dead cat up in a tree?

  • ChuckdozerChuckdozer Posts: 453

    I just find myself wondering if they would rescue a cat that was stuck in a burning tree? Or would they just put out the fire and leave the cat up there? And what if there was a cat on fire in a tree?

  • Debbie911Debbie911 Posts: 98
    Chuckdozer said:

    Ok... so, a friend was trying to toss their keys up to someone on the balcony of their three story apartment building. After several tosses and misses, the keys wound up on the roof of the building. After much puzzlement, it was decided the best thing to do was call the local Fire Department for help. The response from the Fire Dept? "We don't do stuff like that." So my friend says, "You guys mean to tell me that you'll come out for a cat stuck in a tree, but not for this?"  Response from Fire Department was "We don't do that either."

    Since there was no emergency, why didn't someone call the apartment complex's maintenance department?  The employees could have accessed the roof and gotten the keys to the person much more quickly. 

    Debbie

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