Fire department?

I miss police officers and firefighters as well. Roasted a sim accidentally before I caught on to the prevention system and wonky sim response dynamics. At the end of the day this game is the gurus'; we get what they think we need (although they give largely token efforts to make it seem like it's the consumers') and I can only hope they decide it's something their story needs.

Sprinkler system puts out the fire fast. Didn't you install the sprinkler? Lots faster than fire departments - besides no roads for fire trucks or police either so no point in having them if they can't get to your house or apt.

I remember grant mentioning last year in his tweet the only reason burglars weren't in the game was because they haven't made them yet. So I i hope this year we'll see them. :)

Only thing similar to the burglar in a way is the vampires that break into your sims home. Cept they're not stealing things and looking to get a 'bite' to eat. Tend to forget to lock most of the doors for some sims and the end result is not good. :#

Luckily with the sprinkler system and sims actually feeling the need to put the fire out autonomously my sim has never died by fire. Had a party one of the guests had went upstairs to turn on the fireplace for some reason ruined that room and the party. About two sims there put out the fire autonomously and they don't have the confident trait either. Guess it just depends.

@writing_reg It could work. If you ever played the sims urbz they had this one sim that would revive your sim when something went wrong (fire, etc.) by coming in on a line like they came from a helicopter. It was pretty silly, but appropriate for the sims. Always thought it was pretty funny but unique. :)

"Advarius9001;c-16938539" wrote:
The Fire Prevention System Utility Panel, when placed outside your house, can pretty much activate the sprinklers within a few seconds. Some suggest having the fire prevention system in the room where the fire risk is higher. I would be surprised that the fire prevention system hasn't been installed in the apartments. In real life, apartments have to have a smoke detector and a sprinkler system linked up.

It has to be outside? :open_mouth: I've always hung it on a wall inside. :open_mouth: Yikes.

In RL all dwellings must be equipped with smoke detectors

"Writin_Reg;c-16939286" wrote:
Sprinkler system puts out the fire fast. Didn't you install the sprinkler? Lots faster than fire departments - besides no roads for fire trucks or police either so no point in having them if they can't get to your house or apt.

Seems to me they only need come up the elevator or stairs to get to apartment to put out fire. They need no roads, they simply appear outside the elevator or stairs to do their business.

"Jalida;c-16939911" wrote:

"Writin_Reg;c-16939286" wrote:
Sprinkler system puts out the fire fast. Didn't you install the sprinkler? Lots faster than fire departments - besides no roads for fire trucks or police either so no point in having them if they can't get to your house or apt.

Seems to me they only need come up the elevator or stairs to get to apartment to put out fire. They need no roads, they simply appear outside the elevator or stairs to do their business.

Well they do not really have stairs or much of an elevator they have a door that teleports from outside to their apt door only.. It's not like sims 2 or 3 - you don't even see a lobby - you go in the front door and they are in the hall to go in your apartment or to knock on the door of the next door apartment - mostly to complain about noise. Nothing much like previous sims games.. I highly doubt firemen could even go into the apts. I knock on my neighbors door and they just stop noise - not invite my sim in. That teleport seems to have one function - getting your sims from the apartment to the festivales - period.

"Jalida;c-16939911" wrote:

"Writin_Reg;c-16939286" wrote:
Sprinkler system puts out the fire fast. Didn't you install the sprinkler? Lots faster than fire departments - besides no roads for fire trucks or police either so no point in having them if they can't get to your house or apt.

Seems to me they only need come up the elevator or stairs to get to apartment to put out fire. They need no roads, they simply appear outside the elevator or stairs to do their business.

They can't go into apartment unless your sim gives them a key and all they do is come in and eat all your food. Nothing else. Might have worked in previous sims games but not this one. Try it for yourself.

I doubt they will do that as they made it to allow friends to use your place when you give them keys (even though it is annoying to me - they are not known to change things in Sims 4 to make it like other games. It is just different and the sprinkler system does take care of fires with no one coming in as long as your sim places a sprinkler system. They made it pretty clear that Sims 1 is different than Sims 2, Sims 2 is different than Sims 3 - etc. They do not want the games like each other - obviously and seem to have no plans to change it.