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#Firefighting_general-chat:reddit.com · channel c2_gzx

The chat channel attached to r/Firefighting ran for 613 days before Reddit removed chat channels entirely. This is the surviving record: 5,192 messages from 1,304 people.

16 Mar 2024opened18 Nov 2025last message
613 days · 8.5 msg/day
5,192Messages
1,304People
140Images
933Reactions
469Replies
439Deleted

Every day the room was open

The room's busiest day was in its first fortnight. Everything after that is decline.

Peak was 97 messages on 27 Mar 2024. Colour marks activity: solid is a busy day, grey is a quiet one.

16 Mar 202418 Nov 2025
busiest days middling quiet

What was actually being said

The room's own vocabulary

These are the words this channel used far more than the rest of the archive did — the in-jokes, names and shorthand that only make sense if you were in here. Median message length: 65 characters.

TermUses
fire624
emt194
department320
firefighter181
academy237
departments158
cpat54
ff153
firefighters87
volunteer130
firefighting61
work234
MeasureValue
Median message length65
90th percentile243
Total words44,344
Messages asking a question21.4%

Messages by hour, UTC

When the room was awake

A 5.9 to 1 swing between the busiest and quietest hour — mostly one region, with a scattering elsewhere.

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Arrivals, departures and bans, by month

October is the crossover

October is the month it started losing people faster than it gained them.

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933 reactions

How the room responded

upvote
646
care
156
joy
116
wave
3
cry
2
facepalm
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scream
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dizzy_face
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2 stickers

And what it sent instead of words

downvote1snoo_cry1

Reddit's chat reaction and sticker sets were removed with the feature. These are preserved copies.

Who was in here

1,304 people passed through. A handful carried it.

The top poster sent 514 messages. Below them the curve collapses: 644 people posted once and never came back.

ParticipantMessagesShare
Ding-Chavez mod5149.9%
Underscythe-Venus1242.4%
Elegant-Nebula-7151851.6%
TheCockKnight761.5%
eyanr661.3%
[deleted]631.2%
BeamLK561.1%
BlipProtogen55XD541.0%
Toast3r_Bath541.0%
secondatthird521.0%
[deleted]480.9%
aa1234567890zz420.8%

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18 Nov 2025 · the end of the log

The last thing anyone said here

No announcement, no goodbye. The archive simply stops. Nobody in this conversation knew it was the last one.

Ding-ChavezJust remember it's a team event. You're new and there to learn. So take it all in. Criticism goes both ways. Dial it in and see how everyone can do better.
bomer5100% , there's definitely things I know I could have done better, thanks!
NoAd3438I agree the open drain should not prevent get water, unless it's the suction side and you are drafting from a drop tank, instead of getting pressure from another engine or tender. Open drains just wet the ground. If you were dealing with a volunteer department it's likely they aren't as familiar the valve levers.
xdarkn3ssEngjneer here - if you’re pumping from tank water or a hydrant an open drain wouldn’t prevent you from getting water. I can only speak to the apparatus i’m familiar with but i’ve never seen any set up in a way that an open drain would do that unless they were drafting for a water supply. However, I wouldn’t make any acccusaruons. It’s in how you word this that is most crucial. If you say “hey what took so long to get me water” you’re going to get a much better answer than if you say “i heard an open drain caused a delay”
xdarkn3ssEngjneer here - if you’re pumping from tank water or a hydrant an open drain wouldn’t prevent you from getting water. I can only speak to the apparatus i’m familiar with but i’ve never seen any set up in a way that an open drain would do that unless they were drafting for a water supply. However, I wouldn’t make any acccusaruons. It’s in how you word this that is most crucial. If you say “hey what took so long to get me water” you’re going to get a much better answer than if you say “i heard an open drain caused a delay”
anonymouspdx36Spelling like a true engineer.
Tradenoob88lol and delivery of this message.. try to come across as inquisitive, I had to call for water multiple times, what happened? Is there anything I can do next time to help speed up the process?
Tradenoob88Accuaxyz
anonymouspdx36Acccusaruons
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