In a previous life, he was a dalmatian

I live a block from a fire station -- Fire Station number 2, to be exact.

After the first few nights, I learned to sleep right through the sirens.

But, when awake, I always take note of the sirens. Those guys go out a lot. And, especially when all the equipment would roll at once, I always used to think, "Gee, I wonder where they're going?"

But several years ago I put aside the wondering and discovered the Seattle Fire Department's real-time 911 log. It updates once a minute. I keep it open in a tab in Safari and anytime I hear the trucks roll, I can look and see where they are going. If it's an actual fire in the neighborhood, I can drop what I'm doing and go have a look. But most of the time it's just an aid call.

The SFD also has the 911 log for previous days. That is less interesting.

Posted: Wed - July 27, 2005 at 11:59 AM

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