I've been to so many fire alarms lately that I could just scream!! We had one the other day at a 55+ apartment complex nearby the station. Turns out someone burned some popcorn in the lobby kitchen so we were out of there within a minute and headed off to the grocery store. We get all loaded up and of course drop a run for a house fire with a truck full of meat and ice cream. Luckily It wasn't too far away but it looked as if we would be a close tie to second in so I give ol' Rand McNally directions and started putting my gear on. A ladder truck made location first with nothing showing, which was great news so we could get back with our food. We pulled into the neighborhood shortly after and came down the street until blocked by a fucking ambulance who decided they wanted to stop in the middle of the road, blocking every other suppression unit from getting to the house. I put my hand on the radio mic to say something when the fire was tapped out so we just followed the ambulance through the scene and got the hell out of there.
Later on back at the station while cooking dinner, one of the firefighters was outside and heard what sounded like a fire alarm in the distance. What do you know, it's the apartment complex again from earlier. You know, the one we went to right before the grocery store? I recognize the sound because they have the loudest alarm known to man. No kidding. When you are inside this place, your teeth and brain actually shake. Absolutely horrible. I tell the crew that we are about to get a run and the dispatch comes through about 5 seconds after.
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