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I had a passenger who was a wildland firefighter. He'd tried city firefighting, but said most the calls were medical, and he wanted to fight fires. He also didn
by taxicabjesus 9y ago
I had a passenger who was a wildland firefighter. He'd tried city firefighting, but said most the calls were medical, and he wanted to fight fires. He also didn't like having to shave twice a day to keep his beard from breaking his mask's seal.
> It would seem that assisting at auto accident scenes now constitute 95% of actual calls firefighters make
A Mesa firefighter told me how they have "busy" stations, and stations for firefighters who are close to retirement. A common cause of fires around one busy station was electrical shorts from 1950's bathroom ventilation fans.
Chandler and Phoenix have an agreement to share responding to calls on their section of I-10 (part of the border between the cities): https://www.google.com/maps/search/fire+stations+near+i-10+and+baseline/@33.3215407,-111.9760362,12z https://www.google.com/maps/search/fire+stations+near+i-10+a...