Think about it

Or when you are in one and you get all the calls to stand-by

My Dad was a fireman and he told me during the summer when there was a burn ban he would just sleep in his full outfit on the truck some days because he would get endless calls. One time he got a call to a fire because a guy lit his burn pit and set his field on fire. When it was all out and safe and my Dad FINALLY made it back to the firehouse the guy that answers the phones said turn around and go back the house next door they did the same damn thing except this time he set his HOUSE on fire due to him setting fire to his burn pit.

Or if you dispatch! :)

Couple days ago my neighbour's house caught fire from something in the garage (its still undetermined) and 4 different firestations in the neighbourhood (out of 5) dispatched firetrucks. We do live really close to one of them, and because of their super quick response, none of the other houses were damaged. Had they been 2 minutes late, our house and the other side wouldve had damage as well.

I've lived next to one.... it was about once every 4 hrs. This was in Texas in a suburb.

I live one house away from the firestation and I still have no idea.

Lived behind one and never heard them be called. We lived in the middle of a small city but still.

Untillllll