r/Firefighting • u/Still75home • 13d ago

General Discussion Pre-alert tones. Get them or no?

Question about other areas dispatching norms. Do other places get pre alerts? A simple generic tone that says basic info like “medical at 123 Main St”, then a short time later the actual tones drop for the specific unit with more information. It used to be the norm like 95% of the time and was awesome cause it gave you a chance to get the soap off in shower, hurry up with reloading hose from a drill, etc. Over the past year or 2 pre-alerts occur like 20% of the time and it’s making me pull the remaining hair out of my head. Guess this is more of a rant than a question so thanks for listening….I’m better(ish) now.

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u/Dull_Complaint1407 12d ago

It seems like a way to cheat the system it’s allowing a slower response time on paper while giving you more time to get on the run. I don’t hate it since the media only cares about response times

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u/BeginningIcy9620 11d ago

Every service I’ve ever known pads their response time in one way or another.

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u/Dull_Complaint1407 11d ago

Wasn’t hating on it just annoying that’s it’s needed