Tug@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoIf a 1 L lama is a holy man and a 2 L llama is an animal, what is a 3L lllama?message-squaremessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up165file-text
arrow-up165message-squareIf a 1 L lama is a holy man and a 2 L llama is an animal, what is a 3L lllama?Tug@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square30linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJason@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoSo do people in the US rank the size of your fires in “alarms”??! Like a bin fire is a 1 alarm fire? But a house fire is a 3 alarm? Do you say, “quick, evacuate the neighbourhood, there’s an 8 alarm fire heading our way” I’ve never heard of this before today.
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoThe number of alarms is (I think) how many different departments, or possibly fire engines, are needed to fight the fire. So yes pretty much. It’s often how they are described in news articles.
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoIt’s firefighter “units,” generally — kinda a mix of your two guesses.
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 hours agoHey thanks, I’m in the 10,000 today. Unit count does make sense. I wasn’t aware of the terminology for firefighting teams/groups/trucks.
So do people in the US rank the size of your fires in “alarms”??! Like a bin fire is a 1 alarm fire? But a house fire is a 3 alarm?
Do you say, “quick, evacuate the neighbourhood, there’s an 8 alarm fire heading our way”
I’ve never heard of this before today.
The number of alarms is (I think) how many different departments, or possibly fire engines, are needed to fight the fire. So yes pretty much. It’s often how they are described in news articles.
It’s firefighter “units,” generally — kinda a mix of your two guesses.
Hey thanks, I’m in the 10,000 today. Unit count does make sense. I wasn’t aware of the terminology for firefighting teams/groups/trucks.