Exciting!

[eveglass]

Four fire trucks with lights flashing are parked across the street. They don't seem to be rushing, though. I hope it's nothing serious.

(I wonder if I should get dressed, just in case we're evacuated.)

Edited to add: Looks like less than five minutes after they got here, they're leaving again. Maybe they got the wrong building? (How embarrassing!)

Comments

[freya46.livejournal.com]

Not necessarily. It would appear that Montreal is copying TO in that if there's a 911 call, a fire truck appears as well. I think it's that. I remember my father saying something like that one time when I was visiting.

[daveamongus.livejournal.com]

Either that or some burned popcorn set off an automatic alarm. When I was working at a large assisted care and residential complex as a fire safety/security officer, I forgot to turn off an automatic reporting feature of one of our alarms while it was being tested. Even though the monitoring company called immediately, and I told them it was a false alarm, Grand Rapids FD sent a truck around anyway.

Most cities with large residential blocks have similar rules: better to send a bunch of trucks without hesitation than to let a situation get out of control because someone said "Oh, it's just burnt popcorn." Plus, every call-out is also a readiness test and training opportunity.