Have you ever had to call the fire department?

You were lucky the fire did not spread and everybody was OK. I will always remember the fire in the student hostel, even it happened many years ago. The fire didn't spread but the girls in the room where the fire started suffered severe burns. I still have in my mind the smell of burned flesh and the image of the bloody footsteps of one on the burned girls who walked in front of me when the firemen evacuated the building.

I was doing some reset work at a grocery store when the sprinkler went off. The fire department was called and the building evacuated. We could not go back in because we were not employees and the store had to be shut down until all the water was cleaned up, etc.

Yep! On Thanksgiving several years ago, my sister's wall oven malfunctioned while she had the turkey in there. A small section of the element "popped" and created a flame and nothing would put it out. My brother in law tried their kitchen fire extinguisher and no success... the oven kept burning. My niece was very young at the time and my mom was with us too. My sister yelled at me, "Go!" and I took my little niece and mom out and we sat in the car. The fire department arrived and they were finally able to get the oven under control without a huge amount of damage to the rest of the kitchen. My sister was crying, more about Thanksgiving being ruined than her oven, and we ended up going to a local restaurant that was open to get a meal. My brother in law stayed home and cleaned up the mess. Later on, my sister and I were able to joke that the only good thing that Thanksgiving was that several of the firemen were really cute LOL

I have never had to call the fire department at work before thank goodness. The only time I have ever seen the fire department at my work was when they were coming out to do an inspection. I am glad that the fire did not spread and that everyone is ok.

When I worked in a restaurant, I was prepping food in the oven when the back of the oven started on fire. Someone had turned the oven onto 500 degrees, and I didn't check it because it was always set to the temperature I needed it to be. I turned the oven off, but the fire still lingered in the back of the oven. So, I used the fire extinguisher. Even that did not diffuse the fire. So, I called the fire department and they came and put the fire out. The fire had been so far in the oven that I would not have been able to put it out without hurting myself. Luckily we were not open at the time and did not have to evacuate, but we could not open the restaurant until the health department came out and inspected it. I had called my boss while waiting for the fire department and she asked how I could be so calm. I was calm on the outside, but freaking out on the inside. Needless to say after that time, I ALWAYS checked the temperature and still do to this day at home. I would have LOVED to have been at your work to watch the firefighters in their uniforms perform their duty But I am glad that everything is ok

Still getting used to you working in a bank! When I started to read the discussion, I thought that the burning smell was at Subway, and I just thought it natural as bread could have been burning. Anyway, I haven't been in a building that was really on fire. My last job did have regular fire drills where firemen would also go through the exercise of evacuating people, getting their ladder out, etc. And we have to stand outside with all of our 'important' stuff even if it was cold.

It's a good thing that no one was hurt...not even the building. I did have to call the fire departments once or twice (well my parents and brothers did), not because of fire but because of my seizures problem. I had been with these seizures problem for a while already and nothing had happened to me until those times they had to call the fire department and soon the paramedics. Luckily I was fine but it sure was scary as if there were a fire.

Wow that's lucky that you smelled it and got it taken care of early. I've never been in a situation where I've had to call the fire company for a fire. I hope I never have to. I bet it would be neat to watch the fire company do their job. I'm glad everyone was okay.

No. I think I would panic....I don't know if I saw smoke if I would be able to handle getting the fire department there! LOL...I know I probably would...but sometimes I get too excited to make sense. How's the job going?

No buildings on fire. Though we had to call a few yrs back when a SUV crashed thru several yards and landed in my neighbors bedroom if that counts for anything. Your first week is certainly turning out interesting isn't it.

Hope u are liking your new job. When i had my antique styore & beauty shop the fuse box caught on fire & i had to call the fire dept. Quite scary to think your building is going to burn. I had jerked the main fuse out & kept it from flaming & had to have a whole new box put in. It could have been alot worse than it was if i hadn't jerked the main out. Glad y'alls wasn't worse than what it was.

Hi Katsmeow1213, yes I had to call the fire department once. Not for me but for my neighbor. Whose house burned real bad. She lost most of her belongings. She moved out of the house and out of the neighborhood. The house was bought by another person who repaired it and sold it. That is how I got this crazy neighbor living next to me now.

That is good that the fire was contained early. I haven't been in such scene of place with fire. It is really scary when I think of it. I hope that our place would be safe of fire.

No, thank God, not even because my house never burned or no one that know house's ever burned. But when I lived in a building a mother didn't pay her electricity and left her 7 old boy and 4 year old girl alone in the dark at night and went to party, yes I know, what a bi**, they light a candle and set an accidental fire in the apartament. The fire departament was called, they were in the 7th floor and I lived in the 12th, it was hard for me to get down, the smoke was already on my floor and they didn't call me.

I did when we lived in AZ, and I managed to accidentally start a grease fire. Fortunately I got it before they even came by smothering it with a fring pan, but they came anyway, to make sure the stove was OK.

Wow crazy that a bird flying into that could cause problems like that. I'm glad that a fire didnt break out and it was just smoke. I think people can still die from smoke inhalation even if there isnt a fire and its just smoke so I'm glad they evacuated everyone even if you did all have to stay outside in the cold.

I dont had such kind of experience in my life.