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Re:75% of fire calls are false alarms. Is there a startup wo... by greenyoda on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @04:46PM (#23910815)
To investigate whether a fire call is real, wouldn't you need to be a trained firefighter? For example, you may have to enter a building that's possibly on fire to see if there's a fire. And a small fire isn't necessarily obvious by just looking at the building from the outside.

Also, if someone has to investigate before the fire department was dispatched, you'd lose a lot of valuable time, allowing the fire to spread. It could be a win if there was no fire, but a huge loss (burned buildings, dead people) if there actually was a fire.

Re:75% of fire calls are false alarms. Is there a startup wo... by sgillen on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @08:06PM (#23912354)
Yeah I was playing devils advocate I guess, I do agree with you. The best equipped people to investigate the false alarms is probably the fire department itself, and they are already the ones doing the investigating.