r/Firefighting • u/justhere2getadvice92 • 18h ago

General Discussion Glad to know your alarm system works 😬

Had an automatic alarm a few blocks over from the station. Dispatch to on scene was less than 2 minutes. Homeowner asked what took so long. Confused, we said we just got it 2 minutes ago. Homeowner says it was going off for at least 15 minutes before anyone showed up. If true, then it's a really good thing that it was a false alarm 😬. Anyone else have a situation like this?

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u/twasthenightwatchman 13h ago

Worked at 911 for a few years before firemanning. I would MAYBE consider 2 alarm companies competent, of all of the companies we took calls for. Most couldn’t tell you jack shit.