Backup systems Power/Radio

[cas2383 22]

What kind of back up power systems do your firehouses have out there? Is the whole place supplied by generator? What about for Radio communications?

[sueg 77]

Our three firehouses have generators, plus at least one of the four cell towers has one, and the Dispatch/PD has its own generator (they had to replace it after it gave up the ghost during one big storm). The CAD system still goes out on occasion, more frequently than it really should, so cannot always get numbers and times right away for NFIRS Reports, but communications have been pretty steady and reliable during the bad weather and power outtages. Individual pagers and radio charging when homes are out are being done at the firehouses since they have the "juice" to share.

[grumpyff 1,159]

Both our firehouses have generators, our substation powers the radio, lights in the bay, and the door openers. Our main station the generator powers almost evrything, except the airconditioning. However the generator runs offf the diesel we also use to fuel the apparatus si we need to keep an eye on the fuel level or else we would not be able to refuel apparatus as needed.