alt Hacker NewsI hope this anecdote is intended to demonstrate the unreasonableness of the average person, rather than the unreasonableness of firefighters.
A fire that can be put out by an extinguisher doesn't stay a fire that can be put out by an extinguisher. The same for suspicious smoldering in a wall.
If you want to deal with a fire in a calm manner yourself, then deal with it yourself, right? When you call the fire department, you've declared that there is a situation bigger than you can handle. It's only reasonable for them to assume it's growing.
The only downside is a few extra truck rolls.
Yeah I hit the middle of the night microwave fire with two different extinguishers after the smoke detectors woke me up. No joy.
Did it need two additional fire trucks to assist my town? Don’t know. I’m not a professional in that field.
There was even an T apparently assigned to babysit me as I was underdressed when I left the house for mid-Jan.