The Dumbest Predicaments Firefighters Rescued People From

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Jan 4, 2020 2:00 PM EST

Someone on AskReddit asked for firefighters to share the absolute dumbest predicaments they've had to rescue people from. It is alarming to think about what some individuals would do without the saving grace of some clutch firemen. 

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    Text - LTBT • 109d S 1 Award A motorist had a bad alternator and the car died while she/he was driving. The electric lock control stopped working. We were dispatched for a person trapped in a motor vehicle. On arrival, the advice was given to manually lift the lock knob. You can easily tell the ones who will not survive the first 24 hours of the zombie apocalypse.
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    Text - The_Phantom_W•109d 3 1 Award It wasn't really his fault, but we had an old guy in a nursing home get his balls stuck in a shower chair.
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    Text - stabbyrum • 108d i was the dumb call. my cat got her paw stuck under the dishwasher, and was screaming bloody murder. I couldn't move her paw and I couldn't lift the machine, so i sat with her while my husband called the fire department. She chewed right through one of my favorite blankets in her stress. Fire fighters arrive, not in full suits but heavy boots and pants. Soon as they came around the corner to the kitchen our cat miraculously was able to free her paw and take off to hide in
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    Text - John_Wick_Detroit • 109d Dumbass tried to cross a raging river in zero degree weather about a 300 foot span on a snowmobile. He lived but didn't make the crossing and the machine was recovered days later.
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    Text - John_Wick_Detroit • 109d Two bikini clad girls had to be rescued from a swift moving river in a canoe. Neither girl brought a life vest or a PADDLE
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    Text - FountainofR • 108d I once had a firefighter tell me he almost died in a house fire while going back into the house to look for the owner. A neighbor was concerned about why the firefighter was still in the residence so he asked another firefighter. This is about how the exchange went: Neighbor: Why is that fireman still in the house? Firefighter: He's looking for the owner of the home. Neighbor: He is right over there with the video camera. Turns out the owner did not think it was importa
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    Text - Ken_Thomas • 109d I'm not a firefighter, but I used to do a lot of disaster response work. Hurricane Floyd. Eastern NC. I had a farmer with a large family that refused to evacuate his house. Stubborn bastard. River had broke loose, floodwaters were coming up fast, and the police had given up on changing his mind. I drove my truck right up into his yard, rolled down the window and asked him to dress his kids in something orange or bright yellow. He asked me why and I said "So body recovery
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    Text - zictomorph • 109d Just asked this question of a firefighter friend. He saved a guy who was siphoning gas out of someone's car by sucking gas towards his mouth to start the siphon. The would-be-thief was also smoking while doing it. Burns happened.
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    Text - Horizon317 • 109d We needed to close the main connection through a forest over the winter because the trees were falling faster on the road than we could remove them due to way to much snow falling. Also the redirection was more than an hour longer due to the snow. Some cars thought that they would come through but turned around as soon as they saw the trees on the road. One semi also thought he'd get through. He drove up to the trees and called the fire brigade and complained why we didn
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    Text - RobertBorden • 109d Had a fellow who was running from the police. He decided to climb on board a chunk of ice that was flowing down the river. I am sure he thought he was a genius at the time, but the issue is that there isn't really a whole lot north of our town for a few hundred miles, so his long term planning wasn't great. Eventually we found him hiding in a small icy overhang on the side of the river suffering from hypothermia. After a brief stay in hospital he ended up being arreste
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    Text - FrankieFillibuster • 108d Former firefighter/EMT. Easily the dumbest person I encountered was a mother of 4 who decided it would be an awesome idea to get a Facebook/Instagram worthy picture of her kids (all under age 10) sitting in a rowboat. Mother untied it from the dock and thought she'd just pull them back with the rope... That she forgot to hold on to. They floated a half mile down the river before the two oldest boys managed to grab a branch hanging over the bank. It was really sur
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  • 12
    Text - probandaidputeroner • 109d Former Fire and Rescue Firefighter here - Have helped release several dogs and children stuck in the mechanism part of a recliner chair. Also a bird stuck in a tree, go figure.
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    Text - medicgenius • 109d I was called to a home to get a pie out of the over before it caught fire. The lady went to the store and was delayed for some reason. she called 911 to have the fire department take the pie out of the oven and place it on the stove. The call came in as " Something stuck in over and unable to turn off stove". Still #1 call in 32 years :)
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    Text - -Words-Words-Words- • 109d Obligatory "not a fireman" but they were most definitely involved. I used to work in a NYC public grammar school over the summers to pay for college back in the 90's. One of the full time employees was a nice guy but stupid. And I don't mean he was slow or anything, he just did dumb shit because he was careless. One time he loaded up a trailer with like 25 gallons of gas and was driving it back through the main school parking lot. He didn't realize that containe
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