dakota.potts
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Today, sitting on my back porch, I saw huge vertical clouds. It was late at night and they looked like smoke. I also smelled burning wood (I now think it was a neighbor cooking something over a wood fire). I called the local fire department dispatch and they came out, took a look at what I was talking about, and told me it was just a cloud formation that happened to look like smoke and that smoke of that size would mean enough fire to light up the sky. They still went to take a look at it.
I understand this isn't firearms related (and would understand it being closed), but as it relates to public safety officials in general -- cops, firefighters, EMTs -- when do you call when you have a hunch? I personally am terrified of the stories of people getting raped while everyone watched thinking somebody else would call 911. People there said they didn't want to be a part of it and figured somebody else would call, and I heard the same responses from my family. I want to break that trend of complacency because I know it kills.
But, at the same time, calling at the drop of every leaf takes valuable people out of commission when they could be dealing with something that is actually life threatening.
Where is the middle ground? How much fact vs. hunch do you balance personally when deciding whether or not to call authorities?
I understand this isn't firearms related (and would understand it being closed), but as it relates to public safety officials in general -- cops, firefighters, EMTs -- when do you call when you have a hunch? I personally am terrified of the stories of people getting raped while everyone watched thinking somebody else would call 911. People there said they didn't want to be a part of it and figured somebody else would call, and I heard the same responses from my family. I want to break that trend of complacency because I know it kills.
But, at the same time, calling at the drop of every leaf takes valuable people out of commission when they could be dealing with something that is actually life threatening.
Where is the middle ground? How much fact vs. hunch do you balance personally when deciding whether or not to call authorities?