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Written by Matthew Haughey on 2025-01-31 at 14:30

Earlier this week our house smoke alarm went off in the night, we awoke to smell something burning, so we called 911 to get it double-checked by the fire department. In the end, it wasn’t a live fire and everything was ok, just issues with our HVAC

But here’s the weird part…

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Written by Matthew Haughey on 2025-01-31 at 14:33

Around 9am someone knocks on our door. A guy says he’s from a fire company and my spouse thought it was an alarm company rep. I say “but we don’t have an alarm company account.”

We realize it’s an ambulance chaser from a disaster cleanup company…

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Written by Matthew Haughey on 2025-01-31 at 14:37

4hrs after the local fire department left our house, a pushy salesman from Servpro was at our door dropping pamphlets and trying to get hired.

Do these fuckers listen to police scanners? Then send out reps?

What a disgusting business model, trying to seem deeply caring while aggressively chasing customers

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Written by Matthew Haughey on 2025-01-31 at 14:41

I’m honestly wondering how they took 911 calls and turned them into sales leads. How does Servpro get access to 911 call logs? Are there public feeds of 911 requests?

Moral of the story: Servpro is a disgusting company that uses invasive sales tactics and should be avoided.

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Written by Jon Gilbert on 2025-01-31 at 15:46

@mathowie I don't know about your jurisdiction, but here, FD dispatch and radio comms are done in the clear, and anyone with a tuned handset can listen. Even if that weren't the case, the stations themselves have speakers that announce the dispatch before the truck rolls.

They do this because hindering access to communication in a disaster is never good, as they've found out a couple of times.

It suuuuucks that ambulance chasers like the ones you describe exploit it, tho. They're the worst.

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