No Longer Able to Extinguish Fires

MHsimsFan · December 2018

Is there suddenly an issue with sims being able to extinguish fires? I can click on the fire and select extinguish but it always X's out and the sim waves his or her hand as if there's a routing issue (this has happened at more than one location and one house so there is no routing issue). Also, every single time I try to use the fire pit there is a fire. It's starting to get annoying to watch every sim at a party run to the street and waves there hands in distress because there's a fire and you can't do anything but wait for it to burn out. Is this a new bug?

Yardenro · December 2018

Someone else had mentioned it already, so i'm guessing it is a sort of a bug...maybe @rosemow would know?

Jordan061102 · December 2018

Yes same for me.

rosemow · December 2018

Hello
You may like to start a thread on the AHQ EA site and post feedback there
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/bd-p/The-Sims-4-Bugs

MHsimsFan · December 2018

Glad to hear it isn't just me. I'll post in the Feedback area. Thanks.

AriaMad2 · December 2018

I had a fire yesterday and everything was fine.

VentusMatt · December 2018

I had 3, all on the same day and no extinguish issues. That was some Summerfest though. So many fireworks

MHsimsFan · December 2018

I've noticed that if the fire is on only 'one square' so to speak of the game that you can't put out the fire. If it moves to cover more than one square the option doesn't cause the issue I mentioned above.

I've never had an issue with fires before, but lately it's getting ridiculous.

Winifred_Willow · December 2018

I've had this issue before but it corrected itself. I know I had several fires during game play the other day and was able to put out all of them fortunately. *As a side note: I didn't realize your Christmas tree will catch fire. Made for an exciting Winterfest.

GG1954 · February 2019

i had a backyard fire last evening and literally had to quit out of the game and go back 4 hours...(silly me didn't save as often as I normally do). Why won't my sims extinguish it? What happened to the fire dept coming out when one had a smoke alarm installed?

Simburian · February 2019

No problems here. Caused by a mod? My Sim has just extinguished Izzy Fabulous who set himself on fire when trying to cook on a barbecue. Unfortunately now Izzy is going round in the nude in Granite Falls. Is that a bug!

Stina1701A · February 2019

I just had a fire last night from a barbecue and my Sim had no problems extinguishing herself or the barbecue. She was quick about it too. The barbecue wasn't totalled either.

Pamtastic72 · February 2019

The easiest way I have found to extinguish a fire, once you get the notification, right click if needed to focus on the sim who "discovered" the fire. Then cancel out Fire! in your queue then click the fire and select extinguish or extinguish self (first priority of course if your sim is on fire). I italicized the cancel Fire! because this panic command is what hampers extinguishing the fire. If you wait for it to time out it may be too late.

GalacticGal · February 2019

I think you're experiencing some kind of bug. Not that long ago in RT, I had a fire. As you can see by this image, my Sim was able to extinguish it, or at least make a fair attempt to do so.

Mylita · February 2019

gaelgrove wrote: »

i had a backyard fire last evening and literally had to quit out of the game and go back 4 hours...(silly me didn't save as often as I normally do). Why won't my sims extinguish it? What happened to the fire dept coming out when one had a smoke alarm installed?

Unfortunately, TS4 has no firemen, no police, no burglars. I install both alarms and the sprinkler usually puts out the fire.

Mylita

GG1954 · February 2019

hmmm...where are the sprinklers found?

catloverplayer · February 2019

gaelgrove wrote: »

hmmm...where are the sprinklers found?

In electronics under misc I believe.

GalacticGal · February 2019

gaelgrove wrote: »

hmmm...where are the sprinklers found?

Yes. There is a smoke alarm and next to it an ugly utility-looking box. That is the sprinkler unit. I just try to hide it away in the utility room of my house.

GG1954 · February 2019

thanks!!!

sunblond · February 2019

The sprinkler system will work if you put it on the outside of the house, its easier to hide that way.

February11 · February 2019

GalacticGal wrote: »

gaelgrove wrote: »

hmmm...where are the sprinklers found?

Yes. There is a smoke alarm and next to it an ugly utility-looking box. That is the sprinkler unit. I just try to hide it away in the utility room of my house.

It is ugly, I hide mine, too, within a wall out of sight.

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