Firefighter thoughts and stories.

[AriaGirl77]

Funny, you have all of these coworkers and your sim is the only one putting out the fire. lol

Yeah, that part really doesn't seem right to me.  It should be that the rest of the group goes with you and automatically gets to work fighting the fire.  I really don't understand why they didn't make it that way.

[jmz95]

Funny, you have all of these coworkers and your sim is the only one putting out the fire. lol

Yeah I noticed that the other day when I put out my first fire. Oh well, more credit for me and I'm liked by the town more than anyone else! 

[Jimbob0i0]

Funny, you have all of these coworkers and your sim is the only one putting out the fire. lol

Yeah, that part really doesn't seem right to me.  It should be that the rest of the group goes with you and automatically gets to work fighting the fire.  I really don't understand why they didn't make it that way.

Especially since the later levels of the profession say things like "now you have more responsibility and need to rely on your team more than ever for these difficult fires" ... and yet it is still my sim on his lonesome battling against the locked doors and laughing at people needing to be convinced to run from a major fire when they are standing next to an unlocked door....

Having done level 10 fireman, PI and ghost buster I think I prefer the last one most so far ^^

Next up will be architect... then stylist and finally the revamp of the medical job into a profession from it's old career....

[Saltypaws]

See, I started whining because I was not getting any fires, so I got an earthquake.  My fireman worked until almost midnight, helping three households, turning gas leaks off, freeing sims from debri and breaking down doors.  That was pretty cool and he still managed, on two of them, to get an A.   Needless to stay, he stayed busy.  Now for a meteor shower, lol.

[AriaGirl77]

Wouldn't ya know, right after I complain that I haven't had any earthquakes or meteor showers I log into my game and BAM an earthquake!     It was pretty fun actually, now for the meteors...

[ik]

Wouldn't ya know, right after I complain that I haven't had any earthquakes or meteor showers I log into my game and BAM an earthquake!    It was pretty fun actually, now for the meteors...

Oh, so you mean all I have to do is complain so i will finally get something different than just small and large house fires? My level 10 firefighter is a week away from being an elder (normal lifespan) and so far has only had one gnome invasion and one emergency at the criminal headquarter, all other workdays were house fires . I meant to switch her to another career once she has seen some of the rare types of emergency, but right now it looks like she will be at the end of her life before that happens *sigh*.

Another thing that is bugging me about the firefighter career: Being level 10, she has her own fire engine and fire alarm at home which she keeps in shape, but the game still complains that the fire engine and alarm at the station are in bad shape, so I effectively have to go up to the station at least every other day to fix them. Plus her roommate tends to go off with her firetruck whenever he wants to go to into town, so she suddenly is at home without transportation, which does not feel right during work hours. Did anybody else notice this?

[jmz95]

Something I noticed just yesterday while I was playing my legacy: If you have a wish for putting out X amount of fires and you get a fire on your home lot and your sims puts it out, it counts as one fire put out. If that's confusing, here's what happened to me.

The wife was cooking breakfast and the husband was upgrading the toilet. Suddenly, the oven caught fire and the husband came over to put it out (he's brave so that's just his thing). Before putting out the fire, the counter for the wish I mentioned was at 7; after the fire was out, it was at 8. So apparently non-job fires that you put out count as well. When the NPC fireman came (I had a fire alarm installed so it was automatic), he said something like, "good job for putting out the fire before we got here" yet he still threw his little tantrum. Thought that was funny and I'd never had that happen before.

[bshag]

My first adventure into firefighting was when my sim met his current love interest when he had a fire at his home.  Being a daredevil, he put the fire out himself and met the firefighter, Marie, who happens to be the only non incredibilty ugly sim in Twinbrook.   Anyway, they got together on a Friday and she moves in.  I thought, great...I can now play the fireman's career.  She had no skills, so I sent her around town getting athletic, handy and cooking classes as well as getting the books so she would have some reading material.  She was up to lvl 4 handy, lvl 3 athletic when she returned to work on Monday.  The first emergency was a small house fire.  (Why does the fire truck have the same speed as the Twizy??)  I love the dramatic, alarm, music while you're on the way to the fire.  Really gets the adrenlaine to rushing there.   After all this, she rushes into the house where there is a small fire in a kitchen.  She puts out the fire and instead of getting an A, the music continues, 2 adult sims inside and 2 adult sims outside in the yard continue to freak-out.   I look for about 3 sim hours, til she's down to a D grade and still there is no fire.  She watches a little tv while all this is going on.  Never did find any more fire, so I guess there was a glitch.  Not real impressed with the firefighter career so far.   I got so disgusted I quit without saving.

She would probably make a real good PI.

[AriaGirl77]

My first adventure into firefighting was when my sim met his current love interest when he had a fire at his home.  Being a daredevil, he put the fire out himself and met the firefighter, Marie, who happens to be the only non incredibilty ugly sim in Twinbrook.   Anyway, they got together on a Friday and she moves in.  I thought, great...I can now play the fireman's career.  She had no skills, so I sent her around town getting athletic, handy and cooking classes as well as getting the books so she would have some reading material.  She was up to lvl 4 handy, lvl 3 athletic when she returned to work on Monday.  The first emergency was a small house fire.  (Why does the fire truck have the same speed as the Twizy??)  I love the dramatic, alarm, music while you're on the way to the fire.  Really gets the adrenlaine to rushing there.   After all this, she rushes into the house where there is a small fire in a kitchen.  She puts out the fire and instead of getting an A, the music continues, 2 adult sims inside and 2 adult sims outside in the yard continue to freak-out.   I look for about 3 sim hours, til she's down to a D grade and still there is no fire.  She watches a little tv while all this is going on.  Never did find any more fire, so I guess there was a glitch.  Not real impressed with the firefighter career so far.   I got so disgusted I quit without saving.

She would probably make a real good PI.

It sounds like those people inside you were supposed to "convince to run" or whatever that action is.

[AriaGirl77]

Another thing that is bugging me about the firefighter career: Being level 10, she has her own fire engine and fire alarm at home which she keeps in shape, but the game still complains that the fire engine and alarm at the station are in bad shape, so I effectively have to go up to the station at least every other day to fix them. Plus her roommate tends to go off with her firetruck whenever he wants to go to into town, so she suddenly is at home without transportation, which does not feel right during work hours. Did anybody else notice this?

You could buy another vehicle for the other family member, and then have him make the other vehicle his preferred vehicle.

The alarm at your house is connected to the one at the fire station, so you only need to maintain one and it takes care of both.  The fire truck at the station will need constant repair I'm afraid.  Although recently I discovered that once the station truck reaches 0% you stop getting those silly messages.

[Saltypaws]

My first adventure into firefighting was when my sim met his current love interest when he had a fire at his home.  Being a daredevil, he put the fire out himself and met the firefighter, Marie, who happens to be the only non incredibilty ugly sim in Twinbrook.   Anyway, they got together on a Friday and she moves in.  I thought, great...I can now play the fireman's career.  She had no skills, so I sent her around town getting athletic, handy and cooking classes as well as getting the books so she would have some reading material.  She was up to lvl 4 handy, lvl 3 athletic when she returned to work on Monday.  The first emergency was a small house fire.  (Why does the fire truck have the same speed as the Twizy??)  I love the dramatic, alarm, music while you're on the way to the fire.  Really gets the adrenlaine to rushing there.   After all this, she rushes into the house where there is a small fire in a kitchen.  She puts out the fire and instead of getting an A, the music continues, 2 adult sims inside and 2 adult sims outside in the yard continue to freak-out.   I look for about 3 sim hours, til she's down to a D grade and still there is no fire.  She watches a little tv while all this is going on.  Never did find any more fire, so I guess there was a glitch.  Not real impressed with the firefighter career so far.   I got so disgusted I quit without saving.

She would probably make a real good PI.

It sounds like those people inside you were supposed to "convince to run" or whatever that action is.

I was talking to Bshag, her fire was a small house fire and the interaction to "convince to run" is if you have the fires that you have to save people or break their door down. She did not get the that interaction at all. I guess we can add this one to the list of more bugs.

[ik]

Another thing that is bugging me about the firefighter career: Being level 10, she has her own fire engine and fire alarm at home which she keeps in shape, but the game still complains that the fire engine and alarm at the station are in bad shape, so I effectively have to go up to the station at least every other day to fix them. Plus her roommate tends to go off with her firetruck whenever he wants to go to into town, so she suddenly is at home without transportation, which does not feel right during work hours. Did anybody else notice this?

You could buy another vehicle for the other family member, and then have him make the other vehicle his preferred vehicle.

Why did I not think of that? Thank you so much for the suggestion, he will get his own vehicle asap.

[bshag]

Okay, another addition to my story.  

I made another of my sims a firefighter in Sunset Valley and she put out her first small house fire successfully in under an hour.  Whoppee!  It works!  

My other sim will become a Private Investigator...I can't handle any more unsuccessful fires.

[jmz95]

The other day when I was playing, I got my first large house fire. However, it took me over 6 hours to complete! Does anyone know a fast way to finish large house fires? What I did was put out the window fires to get inside, and there were 3 people to convince to run. I guess the thing that slowed me down was the fact that it took me three tries to break down one door, and overall I had 3 failed door breaking attempts. I got a C on the emergency, but does anyone know the maximum time to get an A on a large house fire?

On another note, for some reason my job panel thing that tells me what I have to do at an emergency has disappeared. I used to get the box coming from my firefighter's picture with little check boxes that told me how many people to save and such; now it won't appear. Is it because I already have an uncompleted opportunity?

[AriaGirl77]

I know that if you hover over the grade it will tell you the times you need to reach certain grades.  I think it's under 3 hours to get an A on a large house fire.

Some things you can do to speed up your time.  Upgrade your fire engine to speed up how long it takes you to get to the emergency.  And upgrade your fire extinguisher, you can do this by clicking on your Sim.  The option will come up when you have a high enough mechanical skill.

I think if you work on your athletic skill it will become easier to break down the doors.