On 19/03/2018 12:44, Andy Burns wrote:
AlanC wrote:

A fire engine turned up the other week to replace their smoke alarms.
Seemed a bit OTT.

The crews do that sort of job while waiting between fire calls, saves
employing staff just to do it, they won't go outside the "patch" they
would be covering from the station anyway, so they can still be
mobilised to a fire call from the house.

Why not? It attracts attention to what they are doing and gets the job
done.

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Adam