What are firefighters doing when there's no fire? (reddthat.com)

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I was walking past my local fire station recently which always looks a bit mysterious because of the darkened windows and there never being any visible activity inside. So it got me thinking, what are the people inside doing when they're not heading out to fight fires?

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[-] hellinkilla@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

Once i found a website that used data published by a municipality to show graphs of what firefighters were doing.

Mostly it was responding to non-fire related calls. In some places if you dial any emergency services they all show up.

Of the fire calls, most were false alarms.

this post was submitted on 27 Jan 2026

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