Excitement

The kids were in bed, Jon was relaxing after working on the deck all day yesterday and all of the sudden we smelled something burning in the family room.  This wasn't one of those where you wonder where its coming from or what it could be. This was a run upstairs and get the kids because the house is on fire kind of smell.
We searched the house top to bottom looking for flames or smoke, but didn't find anything.  The kids were fine and the smell was slowing getting better.  Because it was so strong, I called the non emergency number for the fire department, told them what was happening and asked how concerned we should be or if we should do anything.  They said they would come out and check it out for us.  A couple minutes later we had 2 firetrucks in front of our house with their lights on.  A bunch of firefighters in full gear (thermal cameras, axes, hose etc) came in the house searching for hot spots and funny smells.  They also checked the outside of the house, air conditioner and furnace, but found nothing.  I felt terrible for calling them out for nothing, but it was great to get the peace of mind that our house wasn't going to burn down while we slept! Ben and Zach were still awake and came down to check things out.  Ben was a little freaked out, but calmed down quickly. They talked through a couple possibilities for the smell, but really had no idea as to what caused it.  They took our information and were gone.  Never a dull moment over here!