In the old days before computers they would have given it to the nearest compnay and they would have found it….

so sad.

Their CAD and GIS may not “work that way”, but a Fire Lieutenant with 45 seconds and a laptop hundreds of miles away still managed to figure it out. Imagine what I could do if I worked there and knew my district.

These days, people call 911 from the safety of their car with as few details as possible and without ever checking on their fellow man. This guy felt unsafe returning and perhaps I can appreciate that… But how many folks call to report a “bad accident” with people hurt only for us to find nothing. Most of these calls aren’t malicious — they’re lazy. People see a car on the side of the road and think they’re saving the day even though they don’t slow down long enough to see that the car just has a flat.

And speaking of lazy, it seems that all emergency services are so dependent on computers and policies that a growing number of people can’t think for themselves and do the right thing. The police dispatcher had at least one of the street names. I know that all of the BS callers jade dispatchers and call-takers, but decisions to respond or not shouldn’t be made in dispatch. They obviously had a vicinity to check. Chances are that if the dispatcher put the call out, an officer that knew the area would have said “oh, that’s Lovering.” Instead, no one got that chance.