Hi there, The last time I played ambitions with a firefighter a few years ago, I noticed the alarm would come but then when my FF would go to respond to them the action would drop and I couldn't go respond to this. I remember finding a fix. (I think it was that a certain firehouse type had to be installed on the lot but I can't remember?) I haven't tried to play again to see if the issue still exists in my game, but has anyone had it before or lately and found a fix for it just in case I get into that bind as I'm planning to make a new FF when I finish all this reinstall business. _____________________ List of Towns, Problems, and Work AroundsIsla Paradiso - Emergency call gets canceled when you click 'go to'. Instead: drive to property, enter the lot, only then choose put out fire. After that everything works the way it should.Moonlight Falls - Small fires tend to drop, large ones do better. Try the tips below. Twinbrook - No known issues yet. ______________________If the emergency “drops” after you try to respond to it, try the following tips - When the bell rings I send my sim to the lot where the fire is supposed to be. Make her really enter the property and then choose 'put out fire' - Wait a few sim minutes to respond to fires. For whatever reason this sometimes is helping. - Place a lot without a foundation ( like a garage) in every lot because often fires don’t spawn on elevated rooms.

I'm playing the career at the moment and found a way around the cancelling. When the bell rings I send my sim to the lot where the fire is supposed to be. Make her really enter the property and then choose 'put out fire' (or whatever it's called in English ;)). That works. I must add I play the career in IP, apparently it matters in what world you're playing. I believe in Twinbrook there are no issues at all with the career?

I have heard different towns have better luck than others. Often my small house fires in moonlight falls but I was able to go to some big ones later. I tried the trick where I wait a couple sim minutes to respond and it did help. Can we make a list of what towns have issues and what they are? @JoAnne65 Twinbrok - No known issues Moonlight Falls - Minor issues, but still playable. Isla Paradiso - No known issues

Good idea! But maybe we can name the issue and what to do about it.Isla Paradiso - Emergency call gets canceled when you click 'go to'. Instead: drive to property, enter the lot, only then choose put out fire. After that everything works the way it should.

Moonlight Falls - Small fires tend to cancel easily, but on both it's easier if you wait a few minutes before responding to keep them from dropping.

Placing at least one room without foundation (e.g. a garage) on every residential lot should also help preventing this bug. For some reasons small fires can't spawn in elevated rooms.

Still a problem with Fire/Ambitions Calls Canceling?

astridentanja
8 years ago
I'm playing the career at the moment and found a way around the cancelling. When the bell rings I send my sim to the lot where the fire is supposed to be. Make her really enter the property and then choose 'put out fire' (or whatever it's called in English ;)). That works. I must add I play the career in IP, apparently it matters in what world you're playing. I believe in Twinbrook there are no issues at all with the career?
Beck1590
8 years ago
I have heard different towns have better luck than others.

Often my small house fires in moonlight falls but I was able to go to some big ones later. I tried the trick where I wait a couple sim minutes to respond and it did help.

Can we make a list of what towns have issues and what they are? @JoAnne65

Twinbrok - No known issues
Moonlight Falls - Minor issues, but still playable.
Isla Paradiso - No known issues
astridentanja
8 years ago
Good idea! But maybe we can name the issue and what to do about it.

Isla Paradiso - Emergency call gets canceled when you click 'go to'. Instead: drive to property, enter the lot, only then choose put out fire. After that everything works the way it should.
Beck1590
8 years ago
Moonlight Falls - Small fires tend to cancel easily, but on both it's easier if you wait a few minutes before responding to keep them from dropping.
kusurusu
Oracle
8 years ago
Placing at least one room without foundation (e.g. a garage) on every residential lot should also help preventing this bug. For some reasons small fires can't spawn in elevated rooms.
astridentanja
8 years ago
Maybe you could add the different solutions per world in the OP, as an easy reference source?
Beck1590
8 years ago
@JoAnne65 Done! Please keep adding as we find towns with issues and the work arounds. Likewise if you're not having issues with these towns or have -different- issues let me know. The more info we have the better.
Sigzy_29
New Spectator
8 years ago
I never play this career because the fires almost always get put out before my sim even get's out of the station xD
astridentanja
8 years ago
"Sigzy05;c-15842903" wrote:
I never play this career because the fires almost always get put out before my sim even get's out of the station xD

Try the tips we gave here, so far it works for me. I love the career!
igazor
7 years ago
"Asnov;c-16262567" wrote:
Sunset Valley has issues with Fire Fighters. A big problem is the Fire Station itself. It contributes in large to the glitch, I deleted it and replaced it with the Fire Station from Twinbrook, but after reaching level 3 I had the same problem come back up.

This question has been answered over and over on this thread just above and on many different threads throughout the years.

Sims can and will put out small house fires on their own before the firefighter can respond, especially if the lot is on a foundation as has been said as the small fires won't spread that way. Don't "respond" to the small fires, instead send your firefighter sim over to near the lot or across the street, have them enter the affected lot, and then direct them to put the fire out from there. Or just wait it out, the bigger disasters that come at the higher firefighter career levels don't tend to resolve themselves.