On a Friday night we got a call from the sisters across the street saying their CO (Carbon Monoxide) detectors were sounding. They have been having a lot of furnace troubles lately so I took the news a bit more serious than I otherwise would have. After I checked a few things, we decided the best thing to do was to evacuate and call the fire department. Well, about 30 minutes later (the fire department is less than a mile away, they said we gave them the wrong address and we probably did) they finally arrived. But, there was something strange about them. They were a bit, shall we say, slurring their words and staggering a bit. Yes you guessed it. As I got a bit closer to them I could smell alcohol on their breth. Two of the 4 who came out had been drinking. It is not as bad as it seems, however, they are a volunteer fire department and it was Friday night. I am only glad we did not have a real big emergency. We learned it was not the CO detectors at all, it was a smoke detector that was sensing some smoke from the furnace in the basement. Seems the serviceman had spilled a few solvents in the process of cleaning the furnace that morning and that is what set off the smoke detectors. All is well now.
See the happy firemen.
1 comment:
That just makes me laugh!!!!! I'm glad they are just volunteer.
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