peterose313

A very interesting article from a dispatcher's pov. http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/07/23/12907719-they-needed-help-and-they-couldnt-get-it-911-dispatcher-recalls-night-of-horror-during-colorado-movie-theater-shootings?lite

http://www.cambio.co...nk2&pLid=184808

Date: 7/25/2012 Time: Approx 0015 Location: 103 Boulevard Drive x Ken Oaks Drive and Lake Road Frequency: Danbury Fire & EMS Units Operating: Danbury Fire Dept, Danbury EMS (A-1, A-2, Medic), Danbury Vol. FD, Ridgefield Fire EMS, American Red Cross, Verizon Units on Standby: Engine 5, Engine 25 Weather Conditions: Clear/Warm Approx 69 deg F Description Of Incident: Heavy fire in a 1 story wood frame. Original dispatch: Engine 26 (First Due), Truck, Car, Vol. Engine 12, Engine 13 and Squad 6. Engine 26 was o/s with heavy fire showing. 0026: Engine 25 to respond to HQ for coverage. 0028: CL&P is en route, Tanker 13 is o/s Blvd Drive and staging. 0030: Down power line, CL&P notified and making a priority. Car 41 o/s 0031: Engine 13 Canteen to respond to 103 Blvd Drive. 0032: 1 more ambulance is needed o/s. They're transporting victims and another bus is needed. 0035: HQ - CMD Engine 5 is available for manpower if needed. 0037: Engine 5 to respond to HQ for coverage along with Engine 25 0038: HQ - Engine 5, change of plans. Cover own station. DOT is a 30 minute ETA 0039: CMD - HQ Squad 7 is needed o/s 0041: Ridgefield Fire EMS to stage at Moose Lodge 0043: Currently treating 4 patients. 1 pt transported via A-2 0044: Squad 7 to come around to Ken Oaks Drive and Lake Road 0048: HQ - CMD CL&P doesn't have an ETA yet but they do have units en route. Squad 7 responding 0049: CMD - HQ Red Cross is needed to respond with the van. Ridgefield is about 3 minutes away. Danbury will be transporting 2 shortly. 1 ambulance will be transporting 2 personnel. 0050: HQ-CMD asking if they'd like to hire back another truck. CMD turns down and feels like they'll be out of there fairly soon 0052: Squad 7 will be supporting Squad 6 as the air supply group 0059: HQ-CMD Red Cross is gathering a crew and responding 0102: Squad 7 o/s 0104: HQ-CMD Additional ff is en route to HQ 0105: Engine 13 en route 0108: Update: Fire is k/d and overhauling. 12 tanker is nurse tanker. Squad 7 is providing light. Gonna be a while longer. 0117: Engine 13 Canteen O/S 0118: HQ-CMD FF is at HQ awaiting orders. CMD: Still hot spots, switching to fireground. A-1 transporting 3 BLS and 1 ALS. CMD: FF has his instructions. 0120: Verizon will have someone o/s soon. 0126: CMD-HQ Tanker 13 to respond Code 2. Moving 12 pumper and Rescue 1 out of the way. 0130: Ridgefield Fire is about to be released 0131: CMD-HQ, where’s CL&P? Been a very long time and still not o/s 0132: HQ-CMD 4th call to CL&P and still no ETA. Dispatch did transmit unit(s). 0142: Car 2 is en route to scene. Reporters: peterose313 Original time is approx. Still updating. PM with info, not sure what specific rigs were o/s from Danbury and what exact mutual aid there was. 0145: going to bed. Anything after the last time posted, pm me with updates.

Paper had said they had 18 ff's. Is that what's considered the norm for WP or is that a lot?

In all honesty, I've thought they needed something along the lines of metal detectors long before this. I see very little to no security in Westchester theaters. R.I.P. to all those who lost their lives and thoughts go out to everyone effected by such a horrific tragedy.

Does it come with turbo? ;-)

Seth, I don't know how much help it will be to you but I know Croton Point Park has a section for rv's and campers with electric hookup. I'm not certain about water though. Sorry to hear about your health and financial situation. I hope that your health improves and you are able to make a full recovery. Best of luck to you in your health, finances and in your future. Edit: it does have water hook up as well as electric. Here's a little info on what it offers, while it may not necessarily be at an fd/ems dept, it's something? Not sure if it's of any help to you or not. http://rvparkreviews.com/regions/New_York/Croton_on_Hudson.html

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Firefighter+injured+after+being+fire+truck/6931648/story.html http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Montreal+firefighter+battles+life+after+being+fire+truck/6931685/story.html

Just heard Ossining won Best Overall. Congrats to Holla Hose. p.s. Nice to see you finally got yourself a working camera.

You know how you fix that? Buy a bigger card! lol I have 8 and 16 gig cards. I just shot over 600 images in RAW on my 16 gb while attempting to do a panorama.

nice shots, any idea who won?

Checking it out now, thanks for the heads up.

hmm news to me. Go figure. The bulk of the 5-0 is 60 anyways. It's really just late at night that it becomes primarily ems calls.

I know but that's what is listed on radio reference in the short version. Was too lazy to pull the full but since you pointed it out here's a full listing from radioreference.com Left Channel 476.2125 WCDES Trunk North Zone; All WCDES Fire / EMS Talkgroups Right Channel 151.5350 Lewisboro Volunteer Ambulance Corps (LVAC); North Salem VAC (NSVAC) Westchester Emergency Medical Service (WEMS) Dispatch 453.9875 West Co. Fire Ground 4 463.6750 LVAC mobile units 452.8750 NSVAC repeater link to 151.5350 453.3500 Fire 33.96 UHF repeater link 453.5620 Fire 46.26 UHF repeater link 453.9750 Fire 46.06 UHF repeater link 46.2600 60-Control Dispatch (F1) 33.9600 60-Control Dispatch (F2) 46.42 Fire Ground (F3) 33.96 Fire Ground (F4) 468.2750 New Westchester EMS 468.2875 New Westchester EMS 460.2375 Katonah FD 154.2200 Somers FD District-wide 463.0000 Stat-Flight (ground to air) 468.0000 Stat-Flight (air to ground)

Don't they all do that? Even radio reference splits it. The EMS frequencies on the right are: Lewisboro Volunteer Ambulance Corps (LVAC); North Salem VAC (NSVAC) Westchester Emergency Medical and the frequencies on the left are: WCDES Trunk North Zone; All WCDES Fire and EMS Talkgroups* *Pulled from Radioreference.com

Pulled from the Washington Post article I linked above.

http://www.washingto...ToOW_story.html The manufacturer filed for bankruptcy in April. Oops, I think I hit MultiQuote there by accident. lol

I have mine set to 500 before it alerts me. It sends me an alert for Chicago Police around 10 pm every night. lol Scanner Radio is a fantastic app. I even found the local fire/ems scanner for where I am currently in the middle of nowhere Ontario, Canada.

The frequency for Yonkers is Yonkers AND Southern Westchester Fire. It's primarily Yonkers Fire though on radio reference.

Give it time for Yonkers. The feed for that frequency has been having major issues for over a month now. It was down for quite a while too but the person is supposedly working on trying to repair it.

I agree with everyone else. I don't have an iphone but have some friends who do and use that app. Works very well, you can also tune into anywhere in the world. I, personally, have an android and use a similar app that's slightly better that's also free.

That topic was started and closed long before I joined this site. I didn't even know that was ever a topic. Someone from PCFD told me it was an '82. *Mods, if this has been posted before then please delete this thread. It sounds as if there is an archived/closed thread on this topic already.

Brooksville Engine and Hose Co. Engine 62. *The pic was a still image pulled from the video of the Yorktown Parade, otherwise I would have framed it better for more detail. I also don't have much info on it other than what I have posted.

http://www.nycaviation.com/2012/07/air-force-c-130-hercules-firefighting-plane-crashes-south-dakota/ http://www.argusleader.com/article/20120701/ARGUS911/120701005/Update-3-people-from-C-130-crash-taken-hospital?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CHome&gcheck=1&nclick_check=1

What iso/shutter speed are you on?