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Dowm here in Maryland, we can be dispatched to a reported building/structure/whatever fire, and units will call it a working fire if everyone's going to work. Just as our communications center won't call a person who is unresponsive and not breathing a cardiac arrest, they won't call a reported incident a working fire; that's not to say that they can't pass on information from people on the scene ("multiple callers reporting fire through the roof" sort of thing).
So, to summarize - the report of a building fire is what we're dispatched to. A working fire is what we confirm once we know everyone's going to work.

Dowm here in Maryland, we can be dispatched to a reported building/structure/whatever fire, and units will call it a working fire if everyone's going to work. Just as our communications center won't call a person who is unresponsive and not breathing a cardiac arrest, they won't call a reported incident a working fire; that's not to say that they can't pass on information from people on the scene ("multiple callers reporting fire through the roof" sort of thing).
So, to summarize - the report of a building fire is what we're dispatched to. A working fire is what we confirm once we know everyone's going to work.

Dowm here in Maryland, we can be dispatched to a reported building/structure/whatever fire, and units will call it a working fire if everyone's going to work. Just as our communications center won't call a person who is unresponsive and not breathing a cardiac arrest, they won't call a reported incident a working fire; that's not to say that they can't pass on information from people on the scene ("multiple callers reporting fire through the roof" sort of thing).
So, to summarize - the report of a building fire is what we're dispatched to. A working fire is what we confirm once we know everyone's going to work.

I call the added description a "size-up." There should be a size up for any fire...even the 2.5 story wood frame ones.