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    Reno Fire Department

    5.0 (2 reviews)
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    El Dorado Hills Fire Department

    El Dorado Hills Fire Department

    3.0(2 reviews)
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    This is a shout out to Medical 85. I was having severe back, chest pain and shortness of breath. My…read moreback hurt so bad I could barely move. My roommate helped me shower and dress myself and then I called 911. The Medical 85 from Station 85 came out in about 8 minutes or so. I was standing in the living room holding onto my dog's i-crate because I couldn't walk, sit down, or basically move. They were a great group of guys who knew what to do. After triage and getting me onto the transport guerney, I told them I wanted to go to Kaiser Roseville ER instead of to the Sutter Hospital in Folsom. The ride was longer, but the Roseville ER has all of my records. The EMT placed an IV in my forearm while we were on the road. Not an easy task. I was delivered to Roseville ER in fair condition. BP, O2, and pain had been addressed by the time we got there. First rate 911 ER response team.

    First of all this is not an issue with the people at the fire department who are fighting fires -…read morethis issue is specifically with their building and planning department in the hope that they can get their act together. We were doing an almost final inspection for a newly built home - all the sheet rock etc. is done, painted and everything is done. At this stage, they suddenly come back and say - you need a sprinkler under the stairs. Really - how long these people have been doing inspections - for the life of me, I can't fathom why they would not catch this in the very early construction phase when it is easy to install things in the house frame. And after going through just one construction, even I would be asking that question about sprinkler under the stairs. I would be asking questions - is it a closed stairs or open stairs during initial inspection itself and advising of the requirements. So are the guys incompetent or what? And they would not budge even though it was their mistake. So now we were left with no choice but to humor them and install something that is visible at a considerable expense, then take it out. Then we had to submit "as built" plans and they sat on them until I called them (when I called, they were approved the same day). So what was the point of all this? Are these people serving their community as they are supposed to be? Basically this snafu cost us a month of delay in getting the house completed. Don't get me wrong - I understand that NFPA standards are for the safety of the people/homes etc. and I am all for following the regulations but don't penalize the homeowner for the incompetence of the original inspector - particularly when the fix is not trivial and is a hack (in this case - the sprinkler head was not even on the loop and was visible eyesore). The other gripe that I have is that all the fire sprinkler heads are close to where light fixtures might get installed. We had not installed our chandelier to allow construction guys to freely move their ladders. They were checking to see if the Chandelier will interfere with the sprinkler flow. I fail to see the point again - if there is so much concern about such things, these things should be raised at initial install - not when the house is final. Fortunately, the chandelier was fine - but if it was not, I was not going to donate a $2,500 chandelier just because the initial inspector was incompetent. And then at the final inspection there was a concern that a vent that was 20ft away from the neighboring property might let some flames come through due to a fire at the neighboring property. While it is a valid concern - my question is why is this issue being raised at final inspection when the house is completed and there is no real remedy?

    Reno Fire Department - firedepartments - Updated May 2026

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