Monday, December 31, 2018

Terror incident - Manchester UK

https://twitter.com/AgendaFreeTV/status/1079871301433536512

3 stabbed at railway station

BBC not reporting that perp yelled "Allah" but 2 other news sources
are reporting it

Northern Ireland FD gets 137 foot aerial

http://fire-ireland.com/

scroll down to photo

3 axles

42 meters = 137 feet

they are getting 4 aerials - not sure if all will be 137 feet

Cork City Ireland FD info

http://www.corkcityfirebrigade.ie/operationalbrigade/

lots of good info here

they have 4 platoons - some work 24 hour shifts - some work split shifts

HQ has 4 engines + 1 teleboom + 2 rescues + 2 comm vans + 2 snorkels +
1 water tender - I am sure that includes "reserve" apparatus

Sta 2 has 7 people on each shift - which probably means they run with
1 officer and 4 firefighters usually - the officer would either be a
'station officer' or a 'sub officer' I guess

rank structure info is here also

I dont see any mention of turnout times

80% are first responder trained - this is a 6 day course

Cork City FD has 2 stations - I think they are entirely surrounded by
the Cork County FD which might have 10 stations (but maybe no fulltime
firefighters)

Louisiana Jefferson Davis Fire District 2 feed

at noon time local today they tested primary and redundant radio
systems - bunch of long tones for pagers or alert radios - maybe
Jennings FD and Evangilene FDs were also involved - audio was loud and
clear but they talk fast so it is hard to get FD names - some "Station
2" was talking on the radio also

keywords - backup radio test

this is the feed right here - https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/29599

this is a rural area and the feed is mostly dead

Kerry Ireland - vols get 4 weeks of training

http://www.kerryfireandrescue.ie/workwithus.html

retained firefighters get a 2 week recruit course and then a 2 week
SCBA / fire behaviour class

County Kerry

Ireland - new FD radio IDs

Ireland fire engines got new radio IDs starting September 18 2018

there will be (or there is) a nationwide numbering / callsign / radio ID scheme

per the Ireland fire buffs website - the callsigns for the Dublin
appliances were changed on the website to reflect the new nationwide
schema / nationwide scheme

Re: Twin Mountain NH had a fire overnight

https://archive.org/details/NHTwinMtn201812302233389632139 - tape of
radio communication from Broadcastify saved at WayBack Machine - 30
minutes long - 2333 to 0003 hours

2333 hours - first alarm - Twin Mountain FD + Bethlehem FD + Twin
Mountain Rescue paged

2341 hours - first unit at scene and requests 2nd alarm for 3 story
vacant motel fully involved

2nd alarm was initially - Littleton Eng 3 to Bethlehem station - plus
Franconia Eng and Ladder to Twin Mtn station

also - on different radio channel - Whitefield E + R to fire plus
Jefferson Eng to fire - plus at 2351 Lancaster Ladder was sent to the
fire

it took Twin Mtn Eng 1 8 minutes to sign on - took Eng 2 9 minutes -
their station was 1 block from the fire apparently

"Twin State" is the dispatcher

scanner receiver is in Twin Mtn apparently - comms are simplex on
154.40 apparently

Twin Mountain FD is within the Town of Carroll - legally speaking

On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 7:45 AM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
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> https://twitter.com/RayBrewerWMUR/status/1079696464346054656
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> video clip of aftermath - had been vacant for a decade
>
> water main break hampered FD

Very nice article at Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_State_Mutual_Aid_Fire_Association

Twin State Mutual Aid Dispatch

includes link to Broadcastify feed

radio frequency also listed - 154.40

live scanner audio - openness

Twin Mountain NH had a fire overnight

Twin Mountain New Hampshire - on Route 3 - the old motel next to UPS

at 2343 hours - Whitefield FD was paged for engine and rescue to 2nd
alarm - Jefferson FD was paged for engine

at 2351 hours - Lancaster FD was paged for ladder to fire

Sunday, December 30, 2018

Re: Jakarta rooftop landscape - 360 view

Jakarta has many many problems - and the population is skyrocketing

https://www.humancities.co/2017/01/jakarta-urban-challenges-overview/

only 25% of population has access to clean piped water

Re: Chicago FD scanner feed at YouTube Live

berwyn fd + cicero fd + mabas 10 are also being heard via this feed

On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 7:13 PM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
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> https://youtu.be/Cn9lIsrwaV8
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> started dec 27 2018 - 2 viewers now at 712pm est - has text tags
>
> live scanner audio

Chicago FD scanner feed at YouTube Live

https://youtu.be/Cn9lIsrwaV8

started dec 27 2018 - 2 viewers now at 712pm est - has text tags

live scanner audio

Apache rocket attack - with radio comms

https://youtu.be/k0Vq6XU7T0s

Iraq War probably

not sure if all of the radio comms were included here - probably some
messages were edited out - along with dead air

Bank robbery video from 2017 - USA

https://youtu.be/5_l-fVxU8e4

18 million views - 17,000 comments

bank robber killed by security guard

Alpine Bank, 20 January 2017 per comments

1. surprised to see a bank with an armed guard

2. surprised to see someone barge into a bank waving a gun around

Video from inside FDNY fireboat 2013

https://youtu.be/ActdJg-SFUo

didnt I see world trade towers? maybe video was from 1999 approx

on Marine 9 while underway in the harbor - inside engine room and
living quarters etc

Desperate search for shot cop

https://www.modbee.com/news/local/crime/article223648015.html

Newman California

reporters used dispatch recordings to confirm neighbors statements

keywords - openness - live scanner audio

Clamp on attack line - Maryland

https://www.statter911.com/2018/12/30/claims-of-attack-line-purposely-clamped-brings-pgfd-workplace-violence-investigation/

If 826B was running out of tank water, maybe he was going to use the
833 attack line to refill his tank

"pick up the line" = connect pumper to hydrant and pressurize the supply line

Gorse fires in Ireland - 2017 & 2018 photos

http://www.fire-ireland.com/Gorse-Fires-Page-2

helos

no federal forestry units seen

military and coast guard provided helos

excavator dug a pond for a helo to scoop from

I saw 1 unicorn with 2 black ears

dublin has 1 more super tankers with foam guns - called Foam and
Environmental Units

FEMA daily ops briefing - no red flags today

FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for December 30, 2018

Significant Activity – Dec 29-30

Significant Events: None

Tropical Activity: Western Pacific – No activity affecting U.S. interests

Significant Weather:

Rain and thunderstorms possible - Gulf states
Snow and strong winds - Pacific Northwest/Northern Rockies

Declaration Activity: None

Bridge from Ireland to UK - will it ever happen?

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23672538

2013 article

I think that Massachusetts is spending more on casinos than this
bridge would cost

Firefighter statue near Belfast Ireland

https://goo.gl/maps/VEMNBDBFCJR2

carrying rescued baby

that is a FD office bld - maybe is department wide dispatch center also

Northern Ireland

CenturyLink says that "network event" has been fixed

https://twitter.com/CenturyLinkHelp/status/1079095168194744320

the very first reply Tweet says - "are you sure about that?"

keywords - massive nationwide 911 failure - 911 failure - 911 crash -
nationwide 911 crash - 911 USA down - USA 911 down

No Red Flags Today

FEMA Daily Operations Briefing for December 29, 2018

Significant Activity – Dec 28-29

Significant Events: None

Tropical Activity: Western Pacific – No activity affecting U.S. interests

Significant Weather:

Heavy snow and freezing rain possible - Pacific Northwest to the
Northern Rockies
Snow and rain/snow mix - portions of NM; Winter Storm Warnings remain in effect

Declaration Activity: None

Cork Ireland - 4 to 8 minute turnout times

https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/cork-fire-brigade-units-too-slow-383447.html

2016 info

Ireland's average is 6 minutes

goal is 5 minutes

keywords - rsponse times - response time - shout times - shout time -
mobilization times - mobilization time - activation times - activation
time

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Feb 2018 - Indiana State Police - rookie cars

https://youtu.be/q8Y5jjGvjiM - cars are assigned to new state troopers - 25 minute video - ceremony

Tuesday, December 25, 2018

June 2018 video - Indonesia

https://youtu.be/61VTVh9GpX8 - 11 minutes - motorocycle cop escorts fire truck to call - came very close a couple of times to hitting vehicles - near end, firefighters riding on top of an engine

Do I have this right?

We are improving border security by forcing all the border guards to work for free?

Do I have that right?

its like when the nurses go on strike to improve "patient safety" or the teachers go on strike for "the children"

I suppose the problem is - the rich guys have more money to buy politicians than the middle class does - maybe

I wonder how much total wealth is held by the top 1% vs the other 99% ?

but the middle class should wake up at some point and stop voting for guys who just make the filthy rich filthier - not matter how much the rich guys spend on buying politicians

Friday, December 21, 2018

The World of Explosives - 2016 video

https://youtu.be/VV71ZmCUJsE

per the comments - all explosive come from nitroglycerin - different fillers are used to create various types of charges - some more stable than others - ish

Thursday, December 20, 2018

Invest in the Stock Market ! ?????

if my calculations are correct - the stock market has seen HUGE growth over the last 40 years - way above the rate of inflation of consumer prices

http://www.in2013dollars.com/1978-dollars-in-2018?amount=1000 - , $1,000 in 1978 is equivalent in purchasing power to $3,865.61 in 2018

Dow Jones Industrial Average - Dec 22 1978 - 808.47 - Dec 14 2018 - 24,100.00

S & P 500 - Dec 22 1978 - 96.31 - Dec 14 2018 - 2,599.00

it looks to me that consumer costs are up 4 times higher - but stock market values are 24 or 25 times higher (actually maybe 6 times higher)

Not sure if I am interpreting this correctly. 

Maybe I have to say - if I bought $1000 of stock in 1978 I would have to use $4000 of 2018 dollars - but the worth of the stock (now in 2018) would be $24,000 in 2018 dollars - the 2018 value of my stock is up 6 times (4K to 24K)

Another way to look at it is - if I earned $1000 in 1978 and stuck it under my mattress - it would buy 4 times less stuff in 2018 - if I put the $1000 in 1978 dollars in the stock market in 1978 it would now be able to buy ? $24,00 worth of stuff

????? still confused

Sunday, December 16, 2018

Wikipedia article about Oct 2018 attempted mailbombings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2018_United_States_mail_bombing_attempts

Sayoc in Florida was caught based on DNA and 1 fingerprint

none of the devices exploded - possibly none had functioning activators

Boston Globe article about 6 suicides in 2 years

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/12/16/communion-sorrow/MYpGPXjdUoIBaJwxi8h98N/story.html

Acton and Boxborough in Massachusetts - rich suburbs - teens and preteens with mental health issues, headaches, depression, etc

Gun deaths at highest levels in USA in 40 years

https://www.ajc.com/news/gun-deaths-highest-level-years-cdc-says/vgcdQWPITScDYEdpHrswBP/

40,000 gun deaths in USA in 2017 - 23,000 suicides - 14,000 murders

( most / many ) suicide victims have drugs or alcohol in their system

the 877 telephone number might be for florida or atlanta only

Saturday, December 15, 2018

The Universal Constant of Kids & Parking Lot Tickets

there is a parking lot outside my window, and a machine that dispenses tickets - put the money in and the parking ticket comes out

universally - the parent puts the money in the ticket machine - ticket comes out - parent gives ticket to kid - parent takes one kid hand - the other kid hand holds the parking ticket - off they go back to the car

I always thought that the kids would want to put the money in the machine - but apparently I was wrong

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corollary - if there is a low wall nearby - kids will walk on top of the wall instead of on the sidewalk

apparently - a little danger is a good thing

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Interesting article - racists working in public safety

https://www.statter911.com/2018/12/12/what-about-whataboutism-the-hole-in-the-defense-of-racists-working-in-public-safety/

what about elitists? Communists? Chineesists? sexists? disablismists? geritricicistists? economists? pacificists? Quakers? Shakers? Bootie Makers? antiDisEstablishmentIsts? chaoticists? rightists? leftist? oldest? youngists?

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https://twitter.com/egavactip/status/1073245992261218306 - Virginia EMT suspended without pay

Russian gets apparent plea deal

https://twitter.com/jamiedupree/status/1072162170937466882

holy crap - she shilled him questions in 2015 about Russian sanctions

Russia and China have been driven together - really? I have never
heard of the Russian military and Chinese military doing joint drills
- have you? Have Russia and China conducted joint cyber attacks on the
USA? I have not heard of any. Do Russia and China cooperate to create
weapons of war? I have never heard of that either. So if Trump is full
of BS on that score - what is the question and answer really all
about? Is it all about a fleabag hotel?

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https://twitter.com/pdacosta/status/1072180636125933569 - Mother Jones article

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https://twitter.com/_raypeterson/status/1072287242016632832  - her life is in danger apparently

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she really got around

https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1074330659362099201

https://twitter.com/erikhalvorsen18/status/1072499751009030146

https://twitter.com/pdacosta/status/1072176879090761728

https://twitter.com/pdacosta/status/1072177052428763138

https://twitter.com/pdacosta/status/1072178066162630656

Saturday, December 8, 2018

Reviewing Boston Marathon 2013

based on info at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Marathon_bombing

2002 - cockroaches moved to USA and sought political asylum

early 2011 apparently - Russian cops asked USA for info about the cockroaches

Jan 2011 - 2 FBI counterterrorism agents interviewed cockroach

Summer 2011 - FBI sent info to Russian cops saying that they could find no evidence against cockroaches

Sept 2011 - triple murder in Waltham MA - 3 Jewish victims - 1 cockroach was best friend with 1 victim

April 2013 - bombing

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What did the FBI do between Sept 2011 and April 2013?

Thursday, December 6, 2018

Reel Truth Science Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZSE95RmyMUgJWmfra9Yx1A/videos

approx 40 videos here - each approx 45 minutes long - all uploaded
within last 6 months - topics are civil engineering and trauma centers
/ medevacand surgery and history of science

includes south pole airport and earthquake proof bridge and bullet
train and much more

Malibu residents not happy after Woolsey Fire

https://la.curbed.com/2018/12/5/18126879/malibu-residents-fight-fire-evacuations-woolsey

Question 1 - did the FD do a good job?

Question 2 - did the homeowners adequately prepare?

Question 3 - should homes be rebuilt in the area?

volunteer FD is recommended

Lexis Nexis introduces new fire dept rating system

to firealertusafirefirerad2firerad2massfiremassfiremainefiremainefire
https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/technology/lexisnexis-unveils-new-fire-data-scoring-system-117757.aspx

oh baby oh baby

fire insurance losses up 22% in 2017

LexisNexis Fire and Disaster Response Score incorporates advanced
geospatial technology, historic fire department responses and loss
data, true drive times from responding fire stations, and other data
sources to more precisely model fire risks. It also determines the
risk level at the location area.

problem - dispatch times range from 15 seconds to 3 minutes - turnout
times range from 30 seconds to 3 minutes - some FDs try to run all ops
on 1 radio channel - some major FDs have no idea what mutual aid is -
many engines are tied up all day long handling nonsense EMS calls -
many dispatchers are simplex - many TRS use ruthless preemption -
there is no legal duty to act by FDs - there are caps on all lawsuits
against FDs - most of the general public is scared of their own shadow
- etc etc etc