I Found A Solution To The Firefighter Issue...
It's been two years since I've played the firefighter career the best one in ambitions in my opinion but as a lot of you know or have experience there is a horrible glitch where the emergencies cancel out and your Sim is not able to do their job. I was flat out determined to figure out how to resolve this matter even if it was just temporary. Long story short after spending time testing different situations it turns out that this glitch is more then likely a lot space issue. Remember a couple years ago when certain rabbit holes in Lunar Lakes and Monte Vista where no longer open to Sims because it was 3 square tiles or less towards the edge of the lot (although that glitch was later fixed in a patch). Well I think this is something similar so what I did was I bulldozed a 60 x 60 lot and placed a fire station there. Yes it does look silly on such a huge lot. But when the first emergency came it actually worked!
Now I didn't stop there I did a few tests by activating the testingcheatsenabled true cheat to spawn a firefighter job according to his level one career by clicking on a residential lot and the spawn job option. Now the first time when I did this the action did click off when my Sim tried to do it but this lot was a lot where all the residence were out of the house so I tried it a few times on homes that had Sims currently there. Occupied and at home and my Sim did his job every single time. What I recommend is that you do place a fire station on a much bigger lot. I'm only recommending 60 x 60 because that's the one I used and tested on but I'm sure the same thing would work on a 50 x 50 and make sure the fire station is not on the edge of the lot on the street. I keep my station centered where there's plenty of room and it's been working just fine. I'm even putting screenshots of this test at the bottom to get you to see that it is possible. Up until today I had always assumed that it was the career outfit glitch that was the source of the problem but it seems like a spacing issue to me. Whatever the reason this has and is continuing to work and so far my Sim "Salty Goodness" is now at a level 2 and I highly recommend you try this out. When you start your first day at a fire station when you place a fire station on a bigger lot and don't want to wait for the first emergency remember to perform the cheat mentioned above and click on the lot of only the homes that have Sims actually at the lot at the time as that will more then likely work then clicking on an occupied lot with Sims outside at the time.
On a note everyone has a different computer which mean obviously results may vary. I posted this to give new hope and a new way to possibly help over come this glitch and while it was possible for me keep an open mind it may not work for everyone. I simply wanted to give new ideas on what you should do if you are suffering this same glitch. Let me know if this has worked for you or feel free so share your career screenshots. I hope this helps the people that are prevented from enjoying the firefighter career cause this career truly is an awesome one to experience...Here are the screenshots now of my Sim after placing the station on a 60 x 60 lot....
http://i.imgur.com/XltujUE.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Abr09Mv.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/O65EHA4.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ixZmncD.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vzvKsww.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/HhauAV9.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/xaoaYSR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/w0l9enG.jpg
Now I didn't stop there I did a few tests by activating the testingcheatsenabled true cheat to spawn a firefighter job according to his level one career by clicking on a residential lot and the spawn job option. Now the first time when I did this the action did click off when my Sim tried to do it but this lot was a lot where all the residence were out of the house so I tried it a few times on homes that had Sims currently there. Occupied and at home and my Sim did his job every single time. What I recommend is that you do place a fire station on a much bigger lot. I'm only recommending 60 x 60 because that's the one I used and tested on but I'm sure the same thing would work on a 50 x 50 and make sure the fire station is not on the edge of the lot on the street. I keep my station centered where there's plenty of room and it's been working just fine. I'm even putting screenshots of this test at the bottom to get you to see that it is possible. Up until today I had always assumed that it was the career outfit glitch that was the source of the problem but it seems like a spacing issue to me. Whatever the reason this has and is continuing to work and so far my Sim "Salty Goodness" is now at a level 2 and I highly recommend you try this out. When you start your first day at a fire station when you place a fire station on a bigger lot and don't want to wait for the first emergency remember to perform the cheat mentioned above and click on the lot of only the homes that have Sims actually at the lot at the time as that will more then likely work then clicking on an occupied lot with Sims outside at the time.
On a note everyone has a different computer which mean obviously results may vary. I posted this to give new hope and a new way to possibly help over come this glitch and while it was possible for me keep an open mind it may not work for everyone. I simply wanted to give new ideas on what you should do if you are suffering this same glitch. Let me know if this has worked for you or feel free so share your career screenshots. I hope this helps the people that are prevented from enjoying the firefighter career cause this career truly is an awesome one to experience...Here are the screenshots now of my Sim after placing the station on a 60 x 60 lot....
http://i.imgur.com/XltujUE.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Abr09Mv.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/O65EHA4.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ixZmncD.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vzvKsww.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/HhauAV9.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/xaoaYSR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/w0l9enG.jpg
