Westchester Fire Trivia

[TR54 239]

Correct White Plains.

60 Control Radio question.

Back when KED-281 was first located on Dana Rd ,,,the dispatcher would make a daily annoucement stating ALL the Frequencies the county was assigned to transmit on. What time was this done?

[RES20CUE 40]

Time is 0001 hours on Wednesday, November 10, 2004. This is Station KED-281, Radio Station for the Westchester County Department of Fire Services located in Valhalla, NY. Operating on the assigned frequencies of 46.26, 46.14 and 46.42. Operators ____, ____, and _____ standing by.

The answer - 0001 hrs. (How's the blurb??)

[TR54 239]

The radio message I was thinking of was discontinued about 10 plus years ago. It would Sometimes include wake and Funeral infomation.It was done earlier than midnight.

[RES20CUE 40]

The only other times I remember was at 1930, when they tone tested all the Departments the county dispatched.

[TR54 239]

At 20:30 hrs ,,, with no alert tones,,, just a long Transmission about licenced to operate on assigned freq.

Good enough.

Back when only one dispatcher was on duty.Such as 602

[TR54 239]

New question December 21, 2004 Outside temp 31 .grrrr brrrr

What month and Year was the Port Chester Fire at Sealand Store on N. Main Street that left ice at least 6-8 inches thick?

PCFD members got any photos ? I believe it was in Firehouse Mag.

[Guest]

YONKERS--MV--EASTCHESTER--NR--WP--

[dc2t 80]

When Fire Control was located in the county police Hqs, what was the name of the Sgt. who did most of the radio work during the day??? :-k

[BFDCAR5 0]

I think January 85 or 86 for the fire on N. Main St Sealand building, very cold night,, I heard some stories from my uncle's who were there that night. I believe chiefphil has some pics from that night.

[Stench60 29]

Sealand fire ..... Corner N. Main St. and Adee St.

January 1985....... very, very , very cold!

[Steve 78]

This one is for the old timers.

What is the meaning of "101 - Division One".

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MOUNT VERNON, YONKERS, WHITE PLAINS, HARRISON, EASTCHESTER, IRVINGTON, PELHAM MANOR, MILLWOOD, MOUNT KISCO, PURCHASE, POUND RIDGE, HASTINGS, MILLWOOD, ELMSFORD

[Remember585 815]

? ? ? ? ?

[CAM502 6]

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MOUNT VERNON, YONKERS, WHITE PLAINS, HARRISON, EASTCHESTER, IRVINGTON, PELHAM MANOR, MILLWOOD, MOUNT KISCO, PURCHASE, POUND RIDGE, HASTINGS, MILLWOOD, ELMSFORD

Hey cpage What ?? are you answering?

[doug_e 0]

I seem to remember Yonkers using codes like that, also Division numbers. Back in the pan o' meat days... :wink:

But for the life of me I can't remember what it is.

If I had to take a stab I'd say 101, Division one today means 10-4, Batt 1....

[Steve 78]

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Doug, Congratulations, you are correct.

Yonkers used to refer to the Battalions as Division 1 and 2.

101 was there code for 10-4. This was prior to Yonkers having 10 codes. This goes back to the late 1970's.

[doug_e 0]

Okay, my turn, I guess....

(CAM502 and KEE404 can't play on this one, it wouldn't be fair)

Keeping with the dispatching thread let's go east a little, to Mount Vernon, during the same era the 70's:

Answer either question A or B

A) In Mount Vernon, on the radio (KEE404) if you heard Car 2 call "Give me a 31" or "Signal 31, the box,"

What did he mean?

What would he get?

OR

When the FDMV used fire horns at 0700 if they blew 9-9-9-9

What did that mean?

Good luck...

[Remember585 815]

Snow day for the schools?

[EJS1810 7]

Westchester starts with Dept 201. how did the come up with this system?

[doug_e 0]

WE HAVE A WINNER!!!

Remember585 - Good job...Figured it was fitting for the coming snow even if there is no school tomorrow.

By the way Signal 31 was a full assignment. Back in the day pull boxes got a 1 & 1 and Car 2 & 3. A 10-75 got 2 & 1 with the Rescue - and a boat load of volunteers.

Others were:

Signal 11 - False Alarm

Signal 26 - All Hands, 36 - Second Alarm, 46 - Third Alarm

You next...

[Remember585 815]

Believe it or not, it was just a guess. But I figured it had to be something like that if it was at 07:00...

I will have to come up with a question for y'all.

[doug_e 0]

I lived for that sound when I was a kid!

[Guest DFFD227]

In Dobbs 9-9-9-9 Means air-raid ... Hope to never hear that.

[Remember585 815]

On April 16, 1988 the Croton Fire Department had a triple-fatal structure fire. Can you name the Incident Commander of this terrible blaze?

[DMA327 12]

ooo oooo oooo.... I know LOL

[CFD320 35]

Hint: Just a few hours into his term

[Firemn2742A 14]

JM said

April 16, 1988.

I remember because it was only 3 hours after my Father's first term as Chief.

The mother and 2 kids did perish.

ANSWER

Chief G. Mun

Found answer in Worst Fire Thread .

[Remember585 815]

WRONG.......

Gerry (Dad) went out of office at Midnight. His successor was the Chief for this call.

Hint: He's an "academic" kind of guy.