Ok, so they are just making up an answer and speaking on behalf of the fire crew.
Nothing about this clown show was helpful, because you have now created an incident within an incident that diverts the most critical assets (command and control) from what they should be doing to direct the attack on the fire.
I get that he was probably a nuisance, I just think it is absurd that everyone here is speaking as if they have perfect certainty.
I guess the moral is never talk to cops, even if it would save lives.
If it can wait 2 minutes, then use the proper channels. This guy could have waited 2 minutes, if he had any useful information at all.
This isn't "don't talk to cops", this is more like "don't jump into a moving cop car to tell them something".
During his transmissions he was blocking any other transmission on that frequency, maybe an important message couldn’t be sent due to his „help“. Those frequencies are for emergency personnel only and it can‘t be used as a public tip line.
Imagine there would be more of his kind on those frequencies, all of them „helping“. Each one thinking that their help is essential, but none of them actually being in emergency response teams, just sitting in their lawn chairs giving helpful advise.
Or hell even just saying "break break, I am a civilian with life saving information" and waiting would have been acceptable in an emergency. The comms manager would have directed him to change to a backup frequency and taken the information. Instead he tried to "fit in" and play cool guy.
As a holder of multiple FCC licenses, he is obligated by law to know this stuff, which is why I am being overly hard on him.
He ignored them and deserves this fine.