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Tonight was the third time I managed to catch onto a burning electrical system before the alarms did.

Five firetrucks. Five! And a chief!

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Date: 2010-06-09 01:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rubynye.livejournal.com
I really hope the rest of your week is quiet and sedate and a little boring. This is sufficient excitement for awhile.

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Date: 2010-06-09 12:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rabidsamfan.livejournal.com
Oh, yeah...

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Date: 2010-06-09 06:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com
Must be something going on this week -- I heard a pop and smelled melted plastic and smoke on Saturday when I replaced two light switches in my bathroom.

I only got ONE fire engine, though the three guys were very nice looking (I think it's in the regs). They made sure I didn't have any sparks smoldering in the insulation waiting for me to go to sleep, and suggested getting a circuit tester before attempting to re-attach the switches. (So I'll be showering by candlelight for a few days.)

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Date: 2010-06-09 12:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rabidsamfan.livejournal.com
This is the second time one of our ancient AC units has died with smoke etc. We keep saying they need replacing with something that frickin' works...

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Date: 2010-06-09 09:19 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] med_cat
Goodness gracious! Good for you...not too much damage from the fire, I hope?

O_o

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Date: 2010-06-09 12:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rabidsamfan.livejournal.com
Just a dead AC unit. Those things are beasts!

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Date: 2010-06-09 05:29 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] med_cat
Ah I see ;)

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Date: 2010-06-09 12:32 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] shirebound
Was this in your apartment???

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Date: 2010-06-09 12:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rabidsamfan.livejournal.com
No, at work, and if it happened on a regular night we wouldn't have known anything about it till we came back in the morning.

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Date: 2010-06-09 03:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ansostuff.livejournal.com
Go you!

We had fire training at work today and I extinguished all the fires that I had to attempt getting out.

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Date: 2010-06-11 01:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] clevertoad.livejournal.com
You must have gotten good 'smell' genes. Lucky for the library!

I'm always the last to smell anything in the room -- not good when you're talking scorching electrical wire, but sometime a benefit in past jobs with a pungent work environment... (Hot cooking oil, anyone?)

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Date: 2010-06-24 05:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rabidsamfan.livejournal.com
My lungs noticed as much as my nose!

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Date: 2010-06-24 12:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] frankymole.livejournal.com
Woah! Heroism walk with you!

I'm a "floor liaison officer" for fire and bomb (etc) alerts for my building at work, which means a plastic hat and lots of extinguisher-checking and getting disabled people out when ever able-bodied bugger runs for it and leaves us in the lurch (or hiding in the basement if we're being mortar-attacked), but I've never had more than two fire trucks even in a real fire. You did great!

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Date: 2010-06-24 05:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rabidsamfan.livejournal.com
I am lucky in that I work in a small building, because the Library never much practices fire drills, except for the big central building downtown.
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