FOUR, i mean FIVE, i mean FIRE

FrostedNipple

FrostedNipple

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My mates dishwasher set on fire lol. He told me on msn and asked if i had a fire extinguisher. He called the firemen and withing 2-5 minutes there was 2 fire engines (full of sexy firemen) for what was a slightly smoky dishwasher, i found this quite amusing, but had to not laugh, because i know they didn't know it was only slightly smoky and i didn't want them using their pneumatic cutters on me :p They pulled the dishwasher away from the wall then carried it outside, then crowbarred the front door apart. The insulation in between the door was on fire you see.

Overall a top notch service, they were quick to respond, and weren't hesitant to cause damage to resolve the problem quickly :p , perhaps an argument to the thread about what we pay our taxes for ;)

Unfortunately this thread is made of instant fail as i left my phone at my home while it was all happening :(
 
On saturday there was a bin on fire, this was put out by someone with a kettle from a nearby shop. About 20 minutes later the firemen came and sprayed loads of water into the bin that was obviously not on fire :p

And I recognise the thread title from somewhere... Futurama or Family Guy?
 
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Nice to see that we are appreciated. Causing damage to resolve the problem quickly is a far better option than taking our time only to see that the fire has spread and caused more damage. Appliances going on fire, while not being a common occurance, does tend to happen more than you would think with tumble driers being the biggest culprits. Be careful with those appliances kiddies.

On another note (and I do need to vent my spleen here) with the Police demanding a 15% pay rise, a member of their federation was interviewed on Radio Scotland and asked why they thought they should get 15% when Nurses and Firefighters where getting much less and especially since we had been demonised for our 15% demand (and the Police made like bandits with all the overtime). His response really annoyed me -

'Let's not confuse things here and not compare apples with apples, after all, we work a 40 hour week'

Well big deal, try working a 42 hour week like I do. Apples for apples!!! You couldn't make it up .... oh hold on, he did. :rolleyes:

Anyhoo, sorry about that and let's get back to the original topic.
 
it was probably on channel 4 advertising it or something

edit-- oo a fireman on the forum :p Yeah, i was genuinely impressed with the service, and the fact you get less money than the police has surprised me quite a lot!
 
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Our dishwasher blew up the other day too. Big bang and smoked coming out from under the work surface. The funny thing was that when we pulled it out, we saw that the plug socket was black and cracked, but couldn't find the plug anywhere. Eventually we found it - buried in the back of the dishwasher, completely mashed.

Boo hiss, no firemen though!
 
We had about 5 firengines put our campfire out a few years ago because it was on a public field, which we had used dozens of times in the past and the police had no problem with us being there.
It's stupid really, I could have ****** it out with the help of a few mates.
 
Our dishwasher sometimes doesn't inject water in so gets a little smokey when the filaments heat up!
 
Hey if they opened the dishwasher and hosed it down at least your plates are clean :D

Only time I've had recent experience of the local fire service was a false alarm at the supermarket where I work.

They showed up in about 10mins from a quarter mile down the road....
 
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