I called 911 because there was an ubercrapton of smoke from the pantry, will they charge me?

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Ok, so some potholders in the pantry smoldered (I have no clue how...), and it created a crapton of smoke. Due to the massive amount of smoke, I called 911, and said 'There is a fire in the [pantry]! My address is ***** ***** ****'. It turns out it was just smoldering potholders, and my dad managed to remove them from the house and toss it outside. 3 minutes later, 3 honkin' firetrucks came by, full suits and everything, and ran (well... more like jogged...) into the house... it was literally just a bunch of 'hot air'. We just had a smokey house...

Will we be fined? It was a legit reason... better safe than sorry... Obviously, the fire department kind of 'overkilled' the situation, although they did expect a fire, so they brought the right tools and people in. I didn't exaggerate, although I did assume. Is this fine?

clcprodigy · Accepted Answer

Now what would we have 911 for if not for an incident as you described.  After saying that, we all hear the horror story of 911 calls on the cable networks. So if by so unreasonable happenstance, they bill you.  I'd first call my local paper, and then a cable network. 

I'd say the chances are almost nil of your being bothered at all.

capecodscrapper · Answer

You're fine. I would have had them find out what caused the smoldering when they were there tho. It could have been something in the wall. Bring them cookies :)

? · Answer

I think you are okay. I think the FD would rather you call when it looks like an emergency but is not, than not call at all.

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I called 911 because there was an ubercrapton of smoke from the pantry, will they charge me?

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