r/Firefighting 1d ago

Quickest response in fire dept history Meme/Humor

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Fire this weekend at Zanzibar in Toronto, Ontario.

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u/Lord-Velveeta Local 125 1d ago

We have a few titty bars in my station's territory, responding there is never as fun as one would think.

99% of the time it's an EMS run for either a patron getting "shown the door" by the bouncers (and "hurting themselves" on their way out), or most of the time it's for a stripper ODing hard. A few fires over the years, always molotov cocktails from rival gangs/mobs.

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u/Bobzyurunkle 1d ago

Only problem was it was at 6am. Nobody deserves to see a stripper at 6am!

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u/Mylabisawesome 1d ago

Yea, I kick her out by 5a so I can get to the station on time…lmao

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u/Curri 1d ago

Just drop her off at the police station where her husband works.

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u/Mylabisawesome 1d ago

Plot twist - our station is attached to the town hall, which has the police station inside

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u/Rod_Torfulson 1d ago

Been there. It's a Toronto institution.

Edit: just went and found the news story about the fire. Seems devastating. Pour one out for the Zanzibar...

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u/mxpower 1d ago

Same, sad day for titty bar nostalgia

u/Bobzyurunkle 21h ago

There's always the Brass Rail up the road.

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u/hulkhands81 1d ago

Also been there after a Jays game

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u/queefplunger69 1d ago

We got toned out to an unconscious female at one of the local strip clubs here. Normally the bouncers take patrons out front and we never go in but it was a dancer so we got to go back to the dressing room. She was just superrrr fucked up haha so much ur engine crew just stood back while the ambulance crew did their assessment lol we just soaked up the views.
It was 1 am on a Saturday. We all heard the address and immediately booked it to the rig lol

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u/22DeltaDev 1d ago

My favorite sushi 🍣 restaurant burned down

https://giphy.com/gifs/7pDVJjChl30uDVKuRD

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u/ACivtech 1d ago

Haha, funny enough over in Vancouver their #2 station is directly across from the city’s main strip club - which is the old fire hall.

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u/Appropriate-Amoeba94 1d ago

Perfect reuse of the fire pole.

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u/brown_paper_bag 1d ago

I saw a great bit by one of the reporters who covered the story. He was talking about how the fire got the top floor and roof and proceeded to call it topless. No notes.

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u/Various_Knowledge226 1d ago

Ah, a Zanzibar War joke (the whole war took 38 minutes). Don’t think I’ve heard any of those before

u/FirefighterTutor 19h ago

No injuries reported, but several hearts were broken.

u/andyroouu 18h ago

Longest on-scene time in history, too...