Mighty cop car trashes trash truck

Norwood Mass

http://whdh.com/news/police-cruiser-trash-truck-crash-in-norwood/

FBI vs black extremists

https://web.archive.org/web/20171120223236/http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/2017/11/fbi_report_on_black_extremists_raises_fears_of_targeting

Amazon scanner prices today Nov 17 2017

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=police+scanner

I have no idea if these are good prices or bad prices - or good scanner or bad scanners

I have no idea of other Black Friday deals are better elsewhere at Amazon - I did not notice any Black Friday deals for scanners under the Black Friday ad

Uniden 436 HP (Home Patrol) - $422 - 70 off

Uniden 365 CRS - $71 - 20 off

BC 125 AT - $83 - 50 off

BC 355 N - $85 or $ 83

Uniden BC 75 XLT - $67 - 10 off

WS 1025 - $81 (Whistler)

WS 1065 - $220

BCD 436 HD - $420 - 70 off (maybe same as top item actually)

WS 1040 - $230

BCT 15 X - $152

BCD 996 P2 - $340 - 50 off

Home Patrol - $211

Uniden Home Patrol 2 - $439 - 60 off

BCD 536 HP - $496

BCD 325 P2 - $390

Pro 107 store demo - $96 - (Radio Shack AFAIK)

BC 345 CRS - $82 - discontinued model

A Proposal for a Nationwide USA Public Safety Radio Scheme

https://sites.google.com/site/usapublicsafety/home/misc/proposal-for-a-usa-wide-radio-plan

UK student dies after 90 minute ambulance wait

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5071345/Student-dies-waiting-nearly-90-minutes-ambulance.html

4 of 13 ambulances were on 1 hour breaks

maybe they need to stagger their 'start of shift' times if they are going to give  "hard" 1 hour breaks after 5 hours of duty

you know that if the crews knew that someone was dying, they would have left their break early - but that all gets lost in bureaucracy and uncertainty

FBI vs Texas shooter's iPhone

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-shooting-apple-fbi/fbi-may-have-lost-critical-time-unlocking-texas-shooters-iphone-idUSKBN1D833F

Sure - Arlington Mass can handle anything

https://www.yourarlington.com/arlington-archives/town-school/selectmen/13790-prepare-110117.html

if you want to believe that pablum - go for it

the radio system will fail bigly - dispatchers are not duplex - backup
systems are never tested - primary channels probably have dead spots
thrughout town - no one ever tests for dead spots - especially from a
prone position - radio operating procedures are haphazard

no units carry tourniquets or blood clot kits

cops have no experience - they will shoot themselves or each other
with machine guns

there is no MCI trailer - Mass Casualty Incident

hazmat team will take 1 hour to respond - vs Cambridge hazmat which
can respond in 10 minutes

SWAT team will take - ? 2 hours to respond

there are never disaster drills

Arlington FD has not raised an aerial at my building in 20 years - we
are a 14 story highrise with 150 disabled residents

no one offers free CPR training nor trauma training

paramedics have been using a broken radio for the last year - it
transmits static 50% of the time

medics have 100 hours of training vs Seattle medics whch have 2000
hours of training

'if the 911 center is funded for 10 disatchers why do i never hear
more than 8 dipatchers on the radio?

when was the last time anyone released any response time statistics in
Arlington? or any save statistics?

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UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE

 LETS ADD THE GOOD STUFF RIGHT HERE - 11/7/2017 - 205 PM

http://kingcounty.gov/depts/health/emergency-medical-services/~/media/depts/health/emergency-medical-services/documents/reports/2017-Annual-Report.ashx

Seattle area saves 2 to 3 times more cardiac arrest victims than other
cities - per page 3 of 69

This is a 69 page report chock full of interesting stuff 

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dispatchers have zero experience in dealing with disasters - then can
barely deal with parking complaints or barking dog calls

when was the last time a medevac helo landed in Arlington? 20 years ago?

when was the last time that AFD had any Jaws of Life training? or
actually used the Jaws at a serious incident? 5 years? 10 years?

when was the last time that AFD had any plane crash training?

why is AFD so inpatient on the radio? there are only 2 dispatchers on duty

why is the new opticom system so crappy? yesterday the rte 60 opticom
did not activate for Rescue 1 till they were at the Bank of America -
which is only 100 feet from the intersection

does anyone ever inspect the assembly places in Arlington when they
are occupied? Knights of Columbus? Sons of Italy? etc

why are the medics always 1 or 2 minutes behind the Rescue? anywhere
in town - even right at Armstrong HQ

Does anyone in APD or AFD have any real world experience dealing with
real serious emergencys? Like a real shootout or hostage taking. Or a
serious fire in a critical building (like a fully occupied school)

Note - you can substitute ANYTOWN for ARLINGTON in 90% of this

BTW - who the hell is the 911 Center Manager? You can go thru 20 years
of Town Reports and not come up with any names. Totally bizarre.

Random drug tests for all town employees - really random - more for
police and fire than others - but needed for all - even teachers -
police and fire should probably be tested monthly or bimonthly

Great NYT Article

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/world/americas/mass-shootings-us-international.html

USA has more mass shootings because USA has more guns

My initial thoughts are

- guns provide lethality at a distance - vs knives and fists which require close contact with the victim

- only in the USA can a 16 year old kid buy a car or motorcycle and drive 3,000 miles without anyone giving it a second thought

- what is the abortion rate in the USA vs other countries?

- USA has a great melting pot culture - no other countries have that

- USA has a pretty good 911 system (as a general perception) - so maybe shooters think - "I will shoot people but 911 will save them - or let them die"

- USA does not blow up 100 people at a time nor have sinking ferrys nor malaria nor endless civil wars - which kinda lends credence to my belief that there is a set number of useless stupid deaths that wll occur in every country - no matter what you do

BFD 2nd Alarm at Logan Airport

from Oct 29 2017

https://archive.org/details/201710291437403146497Logan2nd - radio tape

https://twitter.com/AndreaWBZ/status/924728173417385984 - 1 photo

https://twitter.com/UrgentAlertNews/status/924726772469559297 - tweet jumps the gun a little

https://twitter.com/ScottLaPrade/status/924722426373722113 - fire happened while in the air ?

https://twitter.com/doogs1227/status/924722161729884162 - was Alert 2 initially?

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337 PM radio tape from Broadcastify -

339 PM - box 646 sent

340 PM - 2nd alarm box 646 sent

341 PM - E5 & Car 1 at North Gate

342 PM - dispatcher reports fire on rear of plane

343 PM - 2 tone pager signal on Ch 1 - 2nd alarm box 646 announced

344 PM - Channel 2 announced as fireground channel

344 PM - Car 1 reports smoke condition on plane on tarmac - awaiting orders from Massport FD

345 PM - E9 at scene 

347 PM - E39 at scene

349 PM - E50 at scene

351 PM - R2 moving up to R1 - R1 and L3 at scene - "1551"

Chelsea E2 went to the box also per a Tweet - https://twitter.com/ChelseaScanner/status/924722973965209601

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Bottom line - all Boston FD and Chelsea FD responding units went to the staging area at the North Gate at 204 Prescott St in East Boston - except that BFD Marine Unit probably took a position off the runways - unknown if USCG responded

Bottom line - I dont know who ordered the 2nd alarm - neither Car 1 nor C6 ordered the 2nd alarm on the radio tape - perhaps it is SOP for the dispatchers to make box 646 a 2nd alarm very quickly

If you want to be invisible - just call 911

Bourne Massachusetts

person fell - bump on head

radio comms - 950 AM ish

Ambulance - 'we are in the area - does your map show a driveway?'

Dispatcher - 'my map view does not show driveway at this time, the house is at the corner'

Ambulance - 'we are on location, driveway is off XX street'

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the tax man knows how much property you own down to the square foot - but when you call 911 you are invisible

openness