Re:Did Insurance Fire Brigades let uninsured buildings burn?
by monkmartinez on Monday December 19, 2022 @01:00PM
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Number one priority on any emergency scene. Life safety... my crew comes first, but I have taken some serious risk to save people. Once the humans and animals are safe, everything else is less concerning. Risk a lot to save a lot. Most "things" can be replaced. My crew takes great pride in saving homeowners animals these days as we now have some tools to help post smoke/heat exposure (Cyanokit and O2).
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Re:Did Insurance Fire Brigades let uninsured buildings burn?
by flandish on Monday December 19, 2022 @01:13PM
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Adding a second reply with same sentiment. I am also a firefighter, and my main “assignment” over the years has been search/rescue.
We’ll always risk to reward. But more and more the phase after life saving is trending toward “surround and drown” - not that I want to fight like detroit in the 2010’s, but yes we do make a call sometimes to stop risking when lives are all confirmed safe.
Re:Did Insurance Fire Brigades let uninsured buildings burn?
by elliottkember on Monday December 19, 2022 @01:24PM
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Thank you (both) for your service to the community.
Re:Did Insurance Fire Brigades let uninsured buildings burn?
by bombcar on Monday December 19, 2022 @02:20PM
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There’s also a point where a structure is a total loss even if the “damage doesn’t look so bad from out here” at which point letting it burn as long as other buildings aren’t in danger may be the safest thing to do.