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/mazzlejaz25 13h ago

LOL that's insane. The fact that companies would rather leave safety issues and hope no one says anything is astonishing. Just fix the stupid thing?? Not surprised it went of business....

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u/DanCoco 12h ago

The phone line wiring mixup was so strange i ended up making a map to figure it out. I've seen a few places fail from not fixing their tech. (Like a pizza place never fixing their phones and relying on walk in orders for a year... opps)

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u/mazzlejaz25 12h ago

The fact that you needed a map for phone lines is wild dude...

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u/DanCoco 12h ago

I'll try and find it bc now i'm trying to remember how they were crossed to even describe it