Saturday, February 29, 2020

re Wuhan flu

re Wuhan flu - Lookner reporting that approx 10 firefighters are in
quarantine in Kirkland WA area after assisting at long term care
facility

Oct 2019 video on YouTube

https://youtu.be/uf3hK7UhWxg

fdny audio from 5-0 app - streamed by guy in Minneapolis via YouTube -
FDNY radio audio is just a little scratchy

this YTer also has a video with 1 or 2 hours of Minneapolis PD radio
traffic - also Oct 2019

I suppose this is technically illegal since it might be illegal to
rebroadcast Broadcastify feeds - not totally sure about that though
keywords - live scanner audio - openness

Plant City live cam railroad

https://youtu.be/vXAjMcRsvYs

ambient audio - links to 2 Broadcastify feeds provided

feed by Virtual RailFan

keywords - openness - live scanner audio

Re: tehachapi loop rail cam

324 am - train went by in darkness - 328 am - last car went by with
flashing light - signal light flashing at left of screen - PST

On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 6:24 AM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
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> https://youtu.be/4cDO3PEh_Hg
>
> just saw some light go by - cam seams to be working live
>
> California - Kern County

tehachapi loop rail cam

https://youtu.be/4cDO3PEh_Hg

just saw some light go by - cam seams to be working live

California - Kern County

Friday, February 28, 2020

russia highrise fire - bodycam - 2019 - 15 minutes

https://youtu.be/U28sUARlWh4

had to walk up 16 flights - elevator was initially out

HT seemed to work OK

have smoke hoods that attach to SCBA - used 3 times to evacuate civilians

strange elevator - opens to exterior narrow balcony - I wonder if that
was a private elevator?

no real fire video - but lots of smoke - pretty good fire damage in
kitchen - looks like balcony was cluttered

fire rank was "1BIS" - approx 4 or 5 stations responded

russia fire video 2019 - bodycam

https://youtu.be/JQnGGXXubB0

engine company officer operating at small fire at shopping mall

HT seems to work OK - some feedback - some dispatcher heard also

up skinny stairs in toilet to interior boardwalk - that was weird

Russian firefighter - 1 day at work

https://youtu.be/InGhSNR-QeI

2017 - 3 minutes - engine driver - nice video - has 2 million views

2013 russian vfd training

https://youtu.be/4OQK41LNh4k

lay out of 3 inch and 2 inch attack line - not preconnected - looks
like quarter turn couplings of some type

short girl firefighter needs help with locker

quick layout of 3 inch line once all connected

Japan fire m uster 2013

https://youtu.be/TrAqIZqBxQs

always get a kick out of watching these guys

you know that every step has a reason

watch how they close the doors - not 1 slam - its a 2 part move -
maybe puts less stress on latch

watch them make up the squirrel tail on this video at the end

shuri castle burns in japan - 3 months ago

https://youtu.be/iZPPP0ypwc0

world heritage site

chief said fire was on left heading to main hall - then spread to other halls

Milwaukee shooter was a black guy

https://www.foxnews.com/us/milwaukee-shooter-17-year-electrician-workplace-dispute

he thought he was being discriminated against

17 year employee - maybe a long running feud with another employee -
electricians

victims per names seem to be white and hispanic

keywords - hate crime - racial crime - maybe - maybe not

Dawson County GA map

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1okEwh6fPproGbk7SHqRS2eF9_hA&usp=sharing

why in the name of god is this map in the trash? - and a worse map is
at SITES? - makes absolutely no sense unless some wanker at Google is
screwing with the maps

Got flu?

smart flu for smart people

https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1232888199707533313

Massachusetts has a shitload of flu

that's a medical statistical term

New scanner feed for MSP Troop C

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/32182

live scanner audio - Worcester County in Massachusetts - Massachusetts
State Police

channels - C Patrol 1 + 3 + 4 - also the STATEWIDE channel (MSP helos)

this is a P25 TRS in some very hilly terrain - Mt Wachusetts peaks at
2,000 feet - which is 1,000 feet of prominence - per
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Wachusett

Feb 13 - only 28 cases in South Korea

Feb 13 - South Korea only had 28 cases of Wuhan flu - per
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/world/asia/coronavirus-south-korea.html

Today - Feb 27 2020 - South Korea has 1,766 cases per
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/02/27/coronavirus-live-updates/

you still think that Donald Trump is a good guy?

New Bedford MA FD to close 1 station

https://wbsm.com/new-bedford-fire-dept-ending-controversial-rolling-blackout-policy/

costs $2.7M to operate one company for 1 year

seems kinda high

they operate 10 companies 24/7 - iirc it is 6 engines and 4 ladders -
from 6 stations - so they could change the ladders to quints and cut 4
engine companies - then their 'first company to building fire response
time' would pretty much stay the same - and response time to EMS calls
would stay the same - but backup would be slower to arrive - unless
they got Opticom or speeded up their dispatch process

Chlsea Mass FD radio test on Sunday

Sunday Feb 23 2020 - 470.0125R approx - tested Eng 1,2,3 Ldr 2 - plus
reserves - Car 4 - Eng 4 - Rescue 1 - Squad 1 - Ldr 3 - also called
Car 3 and Car 4 on Tac 1 and Tac 2 - no replys from Car 3 or Car 4
were heard on the Tac 1 and Tac 2 tests - probably because those are
different repeater channels and they are not linked to 470.0125 R but
the dispatcher does simulcast on 470.0125R)

The list of Massachusetts radio tests at
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1malZKJscaxRGO3Pjf8ApBrJXyrkbi40DfPwnLEpcXp0/edit?usp=sharing
was updated

New Russian defensive missiles

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russias-military-rolls-out-new-cruise-missile-killer-weapons-system/ar-BB10rkba

ranges up to 70 miles - seems similar to the Iron Dome system

how many years till every fire station in the USA has one of these?

And now - a word from your President

https://twitter.com/ReporterCioffi/status/1232826881529065472

no one asked him how South Korea went from 7 to 700 cases in 1 week
(or whatever the numbers are) - they had a big unexpected jump

Cherokee County GA - 2018 Annual FD Report

http://www.cherokeecountyfire.org/resources/File/2018AnnualReport.pdf

average response time to bld fire in 2017 was 7 minutes - in 2018 it
was 6 minutes - or 6 and 5 - I know it went down by a full minute but
ems did not go down by a full minute

switched to 800 MHz radio system in 2018 - per last page of report

they have some 2 man engines apparently - seek 3 people per unit

took over ems in approx. 2005 - aka - FD began to provide ambulance
service in 2008

run 23 engines plus 13 ambulances plus 3 ladders

cover 4 or 5 cities - with avg response times of 3 minutes to 7 minutes

they have 20ish staffed stations plus 4 volunteer stations

they started in 1999 - had 1 paid guy per station

online map on fd website shows all stations and all hydrants

Re 97 Weed CA to McDowell CA

https://youtu.be/OvEUQ_WEnlU

2 summits at 5,00 feet along the way

at beginning - pass Grass Lake USFS forest fire station

at end 23:00 pass USFS McLead Ranger Sta

this tt had no problem traveling the road at 60 MPH so probably USFS
could have 8,000 gallon water tenders at both of those stations - they
could have CAFS cannons or portable dump tanks for helos to scoop from

Siskiyou County near Oregon border

its either Shasta NF or 6 Rivers NF or maybe Klamath NF - or maybe
Siskiyou NF (nah that don't sound right)

why did 3 words just come out of my computer?

some guy said "a field bike" or something like that

only Edge is running - and the pages open are Gmail and
https://www.yourarlington.com/easyblog/entry/70-letters/2631-yourletters-19.html

is there some ad on there with audio that gets squashed by popup
blockers or something?

wth?

someone was knocking frantically at my hall door at 1140 am - tried my
door knob and then left - I thought it was food going to my neighbors
- but then they rattled my door knob - very strange - possibly went up
in elevator after - maybe went to apt above me

Rural radios for first responders

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USNIST/bulletins/27de90a

anyone remember when Worcester Polytech used to get $1M per year to
invent better fireground radios?

NYC - big tow truck makes big lift

https://youtu.be/CDYNDhGesOw

approx. 29:00 they start the lift

tractor trailer dump truck fell over while dumping a load and crushed a car

FDNY radio comms on this tape

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyQQm16mY2M

uses radio to talk to the guy on the other side of the window - 2:20 on the tape

$2.5B wuhan flu plan approved

http://www.ssiq.ca/article/incendie-avec-intervention-necessaire-au-1095-rue-fiset

where do you think they got the number "2.5 B" from? did someone say -
"what will sound good in the news reports?"

and when they come up with a new vaccine - will it be the same as the
sars vaccine - but with some extra paprika?

Quebec had a gas tanker fire

http://www.ssiq.ca/article/incendie-avec-intervention-necessaire-au-1095-rue-fiset

gas or oil

using my 40 year old French skills - reported initially as a truck on
fire - 1 pumper sent - then upgraded on orders of chief 123

haz mat trucks 313 and 813 also responded

1095 Fiset St was the location

208 brought the moose trailer - er - foam trailer

rescue truck 215 also responded

Station 2 territory - level 3 building alarm (sorta)

first engine arrived at 650 and reported "extinguishment required"

un jet = 1 hose

53 minutes - 40 firefighters - I think their standard staffing is 5
people per engine - yup - seems to match the response (8 rigs X 5
people each)

Running cards for Quebec City Quebec FD

http://media.ssiq.ca/2018/04/15/5ad3ff16a6d05.pdf

batiment = building

caserne = fire station

sauvetage = rescue

pour = for

repartition = response apparently

deplacements = move ups or coverage I suspect

Question - how many Wuhan flu victims are smokers?

Question - how many Wuhan flu victims are smokers? How many lived in
neighborhoods with high levels of air pollution?

Escambia County FL playing 2 in / 2 out game

https://weartv.com/news/local/escambia-county-fire-department-operating-on-minimum-staff-how-this-impacts-you

there is no way to know if a building is vacant unless you go into the building

over the last 20 or 30 years, how many firefighters have been saved by
the rule? how many blds have been lost? how has staffing changed?
where is al gore now?

afaik Escambia county is a rural county - but they have 20 fully
staffed stations

Monday, February 24, 2020

Spent fuel at Pilgrim Nuclear Station - Massachuetts

https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20200223/push-for-better-storage-of-spent-pilgrim-nuclear-power-station-fuel


I remember when they had a roof fire there - never heard so much
yelling and screaming in my life on the scanner - (except for the
Marathon) - 153.50 iirc

wuhan flu news overnight

maybe totally false - maybe not

https://twitter.com/zerg90/status/1232010301538787329

comments from the Agenda Free feed at YT

bomberos is action somewhere

https://youtu.be/Bd4SuO_wk_A

starts by following tanker to scene - bumpy road

3:00 - bulldozer plus 2 pumpers lus 1 tanker

looks like a sawdust fire in a field at a wood mill

not in English - maybe the owner was asked by reporters how the fire
started - calm answers

NetJets has 700 jets

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnnyjet/2018/07/13/how-much-does-it-cost-to-fly-on-a-private-jet/#7e350d0b4f40

cheapest private jets seem to cost $1,000 per hour

which seems odd - if you have 2 pilots - and they get $100 per hour -
then salary only costs $200 - where does the extra $800 go?

Re: Lockwood Valley has own emergency telephone number

yup - 2 deputies are assigned - their wives are employed as
dispatchers - per
https://www.venturasheriff.org/divisions/patrol-services/lockwood-valley/

On Sun, Feb 23, 2020 at 7:09 AM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
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> https://www.venturasheriff.org/contact/
>
> interesting - who answers the phone? - deputies wife? deputies kids?
> family dog? a random tarantula?
>
> Ventura County FD also has a summertime engine in the area - yup - a
> summertime only 2 man engine (last I heard)

Lockwood Valley has own emergency telephone number

https://www.venturasheriff.org/contact/

interesting - who answers the phone? - deputies wife? deputies kids?
family dog? a random tarantula?

Ventura County FD also has a summertime engine in the area - yup - a
summertime only 2 man engine (last I heard)

see the Verdugo listing

https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?ctid=201

473.3625 - e trigger reverse access

seems like radios are able to directly monitor the input to the E
Trigger channel - but its also the input to the mutual aid channel

interesting

e trigger = emergency alarm = mayday alarm = mandown alarm

Quite the story

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/02/19/marine-pilot-who-borrowed-helicopter-end-sniper-situation-has-died.html

New Orleans - 1973

iirc ap or up had a photo that showed firefighters hunkered down
behind an open cab ALF pumper

info about Monroe County NY fire radio system

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/monroe-county-fire-transition-to-p25-trs.398637/page-2

lots of good info here - MO3 - $ grants - buyin - 10 years - coverage - etc

and for the cherry on the top - F I R S T N E T - FIRST NET - ^$#* FIRST NET

Major crash in Chicago

per Chicago 5

BREAKING NEWS Friday, February 21, 2020
Several Ambulances Called to Fulton Market Crash
Multiple ambulances have been called to the scene of an accident in
Chicago's Fulton Market neighborhood, possibly involving pedestrians.
The crash happened around 4:30 p.m. near Randolph and Halsted, but few
details were immediately available. Video from the scene appeared to
show multiple vehicles crashed, one of which was on the sidewalk. At
least two people were on the ground

big rig live in glendora ca

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F9YiyEH7Rw

freeway is jammed

put resolution to HD - use gear icon

big mtns off to right side - no smog

Indonesia - phone numbers for fire departments

https://www.alatpemadamkebakaran.co/daftar-nomor-telepon-dinas-pemadam-kebakaran-seluruh-indonesia/

that list is a list of FDs in Indonesia - seems that Jakarta has 3 or
4 FDs - vs 1 big FD - I am not sure about that

Re: newhall ca quake

its minor - lapd and lafd comms are normal at this time

On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 8:47 AM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
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> la area

Re: photo of Jakarta fire truck

https://goo.gl/maps/oHcxvmm7HHNmVCnL9 - 2018 at fire sta - mom /
daughter / granddaughter - all on 1 scooter - no helmets

I wonder what their crash statistics are like

photo of Jakarta fire truck

https://goo.gl/maps/Z8vBrqZe4o6AyVP79

taken yesterday

inches on front is more common now it seems - might be a rescue truck

3.13.11 is station number I think - not sure what it derives from -
might be district/batallion/station

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Frozen berries have Hep A

FDA Sampling Frozen Berries for Harmful Viruses

January 22, 2020

As of September 30, 2019, the FDA has tested 339 domestic samples and
473 import samples of frozen berries.

Of the frozen berries sampled, the FDA found genetic material from
hepatitis A virus in five samples and genetic material from norovirus
in eight samples, using multiple-laboratory validated RT-qPCR methods
for the detection of hepatitis A virus and norovirus viral sequences
in soft fruit. These 13 samples were then further tested by another
method called Sanger sequencing to see if the viral material could be
further characterized by examining a separate, distinct section of the
viral genomes. Nine of the 13 samples could be further characterized
using this technique. When the FDA detected genetic material from
hepatitis A virus or norovirus in a sample, the agency notified the
firm of the finding(s) and worked with them to take appropriate action
to protect the public health.

Orange County CA - cops aided by public

http://www.ocsd.org/news/details?NewsID=6497&TargetID=88

how did the public find out about the robbery? scanners dont work in
Orange County

keywords - live scanner audio - openness

just got weird virus warning

microsoft number 833-662-0142 - that should be a texas number - unknown city

just firefox was running - just had broadcastify and gmail and google drive open

got firefox update at 7 am

there were no microsoft updates today - just defs for Defender

iirc got big Windows update a week ago

tried to make call on cellphone at 9 am - call would not go thru -
made later calls to bank at 1130 am approx

111 floor highrise being built in Jakarta

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

300 foot pilings

being built by China

note - Jakarta FD just has 4 snorkels - no aerials - maybe their
tallest snorkel is a 400 footer which will get you to floor 40 (kinda)

probably the real question is - how many helios do they have? do they
know how to use them? do they have good scba? do they have good fire
protection engineers? do they have good 2 way radios? do they know how
to use them? do they have drones? do they have a LZ on the roof?

most of their fire stations have just 1 pumper - and they seem to be 2
miles apart usually

2019 newspaper article says they need 100 more fire stations but there
is no land to build them on - because they have 1 million motor
scooter repair shops taking up all the land

many of their major roads are only 10 feet wide (outside downtown)

Basic structure fire game plan

where is the fire?

where is the smoke?

which way is the wind blowing?

where is the fire heading?

where is the smoke heading?

where are the victims?

where are the victim heading?

also

for a highrise - top floor is a bad place - neutral plane will decide
if smoke blows in or out of bld

for hospital / nursing home and prisons - victims cannot be evacuated "easily"

for industrial complex - hazards of explosions and large scale
structural collapses and hazmats and large scale fluid releases

for structures under construction - watch out

for modern structures - what fire control features are in place? -
blowers - sprinklers - fire doors - PA system - detectors - etc

yadda yadda

Jakarta - funky command post thingy

https://goo.gl/maps/1SVZDWoBKL4icdC76

maybe there are similar things at a couple of other fire stations

it might be a truck that tows a trailer

thats one solution

https://goo.gl/maps/Qez9HMnkndo4rgdKA

Jakarta - new fire HQ

imagine if the barrel was not there and someone drove the $2M snorkel
over the post

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

2 als calls today

2 als calls today - FD asking for ALS ETA - ALS was coming from Woburn
both times

unknown why no ALS available in Arlington

Boston MedFlight radio traffic

listening to 461.45

dispatcher just mentioned "Company" after some helo said something

I wonder if the dispatcher was telling the helo to switch over to the
'Company' Channel - whatever that is

or maybe the dispatcher was answering on the 'Company' channel

and now the dispatcher just said OK Med 5 after a 1 minute pause

if I had to guess - I would guess that Med 5 and the dispatcher both
just switched over to the 'Company Channel' for a quick chat - I
wonder if it is 130.45 or something at 130 Mhz

many airlines have 'Company' channels at 130 Mhz

Jakarta police motorcycles

https://goo.gl/maps/AYmyxonk51kbEbAm7

maybe at presidential office building

at least 1 person has a portable radio

Jakarta neighborhood ambulance

https://goo.gl/maps/B6ZinYbHC2d9vrP89

2018 street view

that minivan might be too big for that neighborhood - many of the
streets are only 5 feet wide

Re: richmond va has a fire

615 pm - priority traffic - shut down the hydrant - they told us they
were ready for water

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wildland fire has 10 watchout situations - one is confusion on firescene iirc

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Airline operator report to your apparatus

notify utilities they will have runoff

(any hazmat?)

need to put some water on rubble pile so it does not get away from us - 619 pm

richmond va has a fire

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/24242/web

opening up Truck 3 now

1 guy in bsmt in mask

605pm est

13A charge that line

walls look bad maybe

Engine 11 driver to engine 12 driver - can you increase the pressure

gonna standby for a par check

truck 2 are you ready for water? truck 2 is ready, send it

tires exposed - need water dept for more pressure

Eng 6 PAR 3 - driver on school st

Eng 10 par ?

mayday eng 17 bravo mayday received 608pm - accountability to eng 17
officer? - accidental, already reset

maybe new TGs in RRDB MA 800T

https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=7127

franklin county - hampden county - hampshire county - F Patrol 1 - F Patrol 3

OpenMhz no longer has DCFD feed

OpenMhz no longer has DCFD

I wonder if this is related to Dave Statter using OpenMhz tapes to
show how bad the DC 911 system works

openness - live scanner audio - not any more!

worcester area traffic heard via https://openmhz.com/systems

heard today and yesterday via https://openmhz.com/systems

MSP helos heard via STATE channel - 1 helo was going to a search near
Worcester but had to cancel because they could not confirm that fuel
was available at Worcester - Lawrence Air reached an apparent
answering service who said that fuel was available but the fuelers
were somewhere out of touch on the airfield - helo had already turned
around at that point and it was reported that the party had been
located

TG 2541 - 1003 pm - 2/17 - "Worcester on" - labelled as Mid State
patch - nothing else heard

TG 4589 - labeled as "Worcester PD tie to MSP Holden" - "State
Headquarters Framingham" plus "State Logan" heard testing with
"Worcester" on the "Tie"

TG 2509 - 905 am - 2/18/2020 - "Fitchburg Fire conducting Mid State
test" - multi agencies replied - at end 4 short honks were heard -
sounded like an emergency alert from a HT - no other traffic after
that

TG 4589 - "...Ops, Worcester Regional" - test of the tie by someone -
1447 pm 2/18/2020

Maine has 2 feeds at OpenMhz now

https://openmhz.com/systems

state police in portland area

local police and fire in kennebunk area

update on daytona race crash

driver has non life threatening injuries

former racer / espn writer just spoke on npr news at 420 pm est

racing had many needless deaths before earnhart died (superman)

following that death - neck protection - stronger roll cage - softer
wall - all were mandated - they had been available before earnhardts
death

daytona crash was same as earnhardt crash - right front fender into
wall - outcome was very different

I still dont know why that leaking liquid didnt go up in a ball of
flames - it was only 1 or 2 feet from open flames at the corner of the
chassis

Blue Ridge Pkwy uses both analog and digital

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/blue-ridge-parkway.401938/

2 repeater sites are usually analog - 3 repeater sites are usually digital

??????

National Park Service - Vrgina

Braswell GA has PD but no FD

https://goo.gl/maps/dc8wPu9mAWDPcaU87

no schools - no churches - 1 store - 1 gas station - maybe 50 homes - weird

Monday, February 17, 2020

Look at the CDC headings

https://www.cdc.gov/

look at the drop down menus atop the CDC homepage - they dont even
mention unintentional injuries nor suicides

WTF?

they dont even mention the first and 4th leading causes of YLL

what the hell is going on at the CDC?

Norfolk VA - kids saved from fire

https://youtu.be/dv0Hyn8YIjc

( were the kids home alone? maybe I should have watched the full report )

the big guy gets emotional - he heard them kids screaming - I am sure
it was pretty bad - luckily things turned out OK

Re: Expressway fire station in Madrid

https://goo.gl/maps/B8Y4bZDp8RWbiU8X6 - 30 Base - another expressway
station with blue pumper and blue ramp truck

pretty word that a huge city with only 12 city fire stations also has
4 expressway fire stations

actually - there might be more xway stations

On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 4:54 PM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
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> https://goo.gl/maps/ywz3p91AFVEDJxRs5
>
> this is the 2nd one that I have come across
>
> both have pumper plus ramp truck - this one might have an ambulance also
>
> I have found 2 stations within a mile of each other - I wonder how
> many they have?
>
> I remember one other city were I saw an expressway fire station -
> maybe it was Moscow - maybe 2 or 3 stations - 200 or 300 numbers maybe
> - ???

Expressway fire station in Madrid

https://goo.gl/maps/ywz3p91AFVEDJxRs5

this is the 2nd one that I have come across

both have pumper plus ramp truck - this one might have an ambulance also

I have found 2 stations within a mile of each other - I wonder how
many they have?

I remember one other city were I saw an expressway fire station -
maybe it was Moscow - maybe 2 or 3 stations - 200 or 300 numbers maybe
- ???

Re: corpus christi - big fire

RTFC = refinery terminal fire company = private FD that handles petro
fires in the area - Foam 3 - Chief - "Pawnee" - etc (Captain Pahnee)

CCFD = corpus christi FD

On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 10:31 AM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/28708
>
> pipeline vs apt bld

Illegal immigrants did not kill 10,000

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/immigrant-homicides-us/

info is a little soft but MAYBE illegal immigrants accounted for 3% of
all murders in USA - not 60%

Trump - an international embarrassment Level 5

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/times-fact-check/news/fake-alert-donald-trump-makes-fake-claim-of-him-having-more-likes-on-facebook-than-pm-modi/articleshow/74149071.cms

whats the point of Trump going to India? obviously his word means nothing

maybe thats the point - maybe Trump i afraid to go to India and wants
Modi to cancel the meeting

of course I have no idea who Modi is - is he a hate mongerer? if so -
you would think that Trump would love him

1992 report on fire prevention in UK

https://www.nao.org.uk/pubsarchive/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2018/11/Fire-Prevention-in-England-and-Wales.pdf

36 pages

700 fire deaths in 1992

FIRE PREVENTION IN ENGLAND AND WALES Summary and conclusions

1 In 1990, fire brigades in England and Wales were called to over
400,000 fires, with more than 700 people killed and some 12,000
injured. The main aim of fire prevention is to reduce the incidence of
fire and so protect people and property. This involves complex tasks
and many different organisations.

2 The Home Office role in fire prevention stems from their
responsibilities for aspects of safeguarding life as reflected in a
wide range of legislation, especially the Fire Precautions Act 1971.
They also have overall responsibility within central government for
the Fire Service. However, it is important to recognise that there are
limits on how directly the Home Office can act in areas which are
predominantly the responsibility of fire authorities and brigades. For
example, they cannot direct fire brigades to devote resources to fire
prevention or enforce fire precautions. They therefore have to rely on
persuasion and issue advice and guidance. In meeting their
responsibilities the Home Office co-operate not only with fire
authorities and brigades but also with other government departments
and with private sector bodies such as those representing insurers and
manufacturers of fire prevention equipment.

3 The Home Office themselves spend approximately fl5 million a year on
fire-related matters. But the bulk of fire prevention expenditure is
incurred by the Fire Service on the inspection and certification of
buildings such as hotels, offices, shops and factories. Even so, fire
prevention receives only a small percentage of the El.2 billion spent
annually on the Fire Service.

4 This report examines the incidence and cost of fire and the
arrangements for fire safety and prevention in different types of
building.

The main findings and conclusions are: (a) Fires, fire casualties and
fire losses are increasing. There were 120,000 fires in 1960 compared
to 401,000 in 1990. Over the same period deaths rose from 430 to 740 a
year and injuries from 3,100 to 11,600 a year. Insured losses from
fires were more than .Cl billion in 1991 (paragraphs 2.1 to 2.5 and
2.8).

Saturday, February 15, 2020

Friday, February 14, 2020

CDC has no info on flu vaccine effectiveness


seems weird - middle of February and we have no idea at all how effective the flu vaccine is - after 14,000 deaths

Re: Waterboro Maine has a working fire

dropping bomb down chimney 604pm

releasing units not a scene - 604pm

On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 5:45 PM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:

google sites is spazzing out big time

aint working worth crap - cant add pages - cant delete pages - cant add text - etc - pages show up in weird places - almost like Opus Dei or MOSUD or Stazi is trying to kill the site

Century Link in Minnesota

https://www.solwaytownship-mn.gov/vertical/sites/%7B88201423-44CF-4BE9-8F7C-BC9A0910BBD4%7D/uploads/V26-1NEWS.pdf

putting internet pods at intersections - then via copper telephone
wire, Internet goes to homes - much better than dial ups and
satellites

near Duluth MN - Jan 2020

I am going to guess that this is related to low earth orbit satellites
- or maybe it is related to point to point microwave links - this is a
rural forested area

ABCNews Live Prime - live now

https://youtu.be/_bSStgODrFY

1,600 watching via YouTube

Dr Todd Ellerin from South Shore Hospital in Massachusetts just spoke
about the wuhan flu - he basically said we have 2 incidents underway -
wuhan flu in wuhan - and influenza in USA

Big discussion about radio encryption

https://communications.support/threads/16156-The-public-use-of-ENCRYPTION

4 pages of posts

technical info - at radio technician level

keywords - openness - transparency - secrecy

Radio on when in charger

https://communications.support/threads/17164-Radio-on-while-in-the-charger

interesting discussion

maybe Li-ion batteries are different than others in this regards

Forum for radio repairmen

https://communications.support/forum.php?s=4603f1bbfbe380a6aaf0f80bd0fd7d11

very active message boards - seems to be catering to radio installers
or radio repairmen - vs system engineers

Mendocino County - request for air ambulance

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/30829/web

309 pm est - at covello firehouse - male 70 on blood thinners with a laceration

command on ?Blue? - tac is CalCord

Re: NL - someone doing robocalls

its Google doing the calls

actually River of Ponds NL (not PortAuChoix) that has the audio -
clearly is google - 1215 local time

On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 3:04 PM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://edispatches.com/call-log/index.php
>
> 1215 local - someone doing robocalls for a phone directory - setting
> off FD alert systems apparently - 4 at 1215
>
> PortAuChoix vfd has the audio

NL - someone doing robocalls

https://edispatches.com/call-log/index.php

1215 local - someone doing robocalls for a phone directory - setting
off FD alert systems apparently - 4 at 1215

PortAuChoix vfd has the audio

Apparently wuhan flu is not spreading in Mass

https://www.wcvb.com/article/public-health-chief-coronavirus-risk-low-in-mass/30894521

think about it - kid flies from china to boston - goes to Boston
clinic - is diagnosed with wuhan flu - no one else catches the wuhan
flu - is that a miracle or what?

Hunterdon County NJ - interesting radio channels

https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?ctid=1780

fire uses med UHF channels

unique - one of a kind - odd - special - innovative - keywords

Raritan FD is RIV for 12 FDs

http://rtfc21.org/apparatus.html

see upper right - they are riv for 12 FDs in 2 counties - on level 3 box alarms

unique - special - one of a kind - keywords

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they also have a station with just 1 quint - thats pretty rare for a
VFD afaik - how many volunteer stations have just 1 vehicle? how many
have just 1 quint?

sta 2 just has 1 aunt per
https://fire.fandom.com/wiki/Raritan_Township_Fire_Company

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Williamsburg Mass - Fire SOPs

https://williamsburgfire.com/files/Williamsburg_Fire_Department_SOG_7-1-2016.pdf

all onscene comms are on the DPW channel - 154.04

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probably all nearby FDs follow the same procedure - onscene comms are
on the local DPW channel

Civil Defense - 155.28 - ???

SC fire mutual aid channels - 2019

https://www.state.sc.us/forest/mutaid.pdf - 1 page

I think these are all brand new channels

its sorta weird - if FD has own radio license, they can use for any
purpose apparently - if FD uses state license, the freqs can only be
used on a incident where State Forestry is involved

so at a huge building fire on a rainy day - some FDs maybe could not
legally use these 6 freqs

South Carolina

2018 - Hammond Ranch CA - document

https://bosagenda.co.siskiyou.ca.us/323504/323525/327822/327823/327830/5327830.pdf

their tanker went to a fire on the Klamath Natl Forest - 2 people put
in 6 hours of work each

some freqs listed

basic stats on tanker given also

West Oregon - Douglas County - 2019 - wildfire response plan

https://www.fs.fed.us/r6/fire/incident-business/documents-2019/20190520-exhibit-b.pdf

many state radio freqs are listed

when they activate 'Extended Dispatch' - air ops move to Orange channel

I think this coop fire protection assoc is a joint state/private
organization - and maybe BLM also

its the Douglas County area

re wuhan flu

comments on YT at Agenda Free

Doctors in China tote the party line or disappear, make no mistake.

The superspreader infected most of the UK cases. Maybe Ireland hasn't
got a superspreader, but also no doubt as it takes a while to show -
then there may be people who don't know they (are ill)

Mendocino County CA escaped controlled burn

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/30829

being dispatched at 247 pm est

covello fire sent - vegetation fire / escaped controlled burn -
greater than 1 acre

rock IC - cmd 8 - cdf tac 2

1148 am - covello chief signs on - forest hwy 7 - bower ranch

Lancaster County PA - zerg90 map of fire stations

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Sgo98VjqGDLHaX_mh7kilUeiuzpPbKni&usp=sharing

Lancaster City is getting 2 new stations in 2020 - 1 of their old
stations is now a recycling center

apparently State Forestry has no crews in Lancaster County - but there
are 2 or 3 local forest fire crews

1 mill in Lancaster might have a fire truck

a couple of FDs have merged in the last 10 years

radios - everyone is on 800T apparently with some TGs still patched
to lowband - per RR

Amish country

1 FD wants more radios -
https://lancasteronline.com/news/regional/east-cocalico-gets-new-assistant-manager-fire-chief-seeks-new/article_20b92728-4c80-11ea-b0ea-efe326d310e6.html

Lancaster County PA - vs Broadcastify

https://www.lcwc911.us/agency-resources/radio-system

interesting last question in the FAQs

Broadcastify is mentioned but the voice of gawd almight says - police
comms are encrypted and cannot be monitored

keywords - openness - live scanner audio

tis is Amish country

Wuhan flu will decrease per Trump / Xi BS

timesofisrael.com/trump-expects-coronavirus-crisis-to-go-away-in-april/

Times of Israel does not buy Trump / Xi BS on Wuhan flu

maybe there is more moisture in air in Spring and airborne virus does
not travel as far because of it

Monday, February 10, 2020

Re: Wuhan flu - over 1,000 deaths

actually lookner has updated to -

China Virus: 1,013 Dead, 42,729 Cases - LIVE BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE

brand new volunteer station in Tokyo

https://goo.gl/maps/qffobFrbZ3d9cS7U7

you can click on 'street view' to see that in 2018 it was a park

next to a temple and community center

I wonder why they built a fire station there?

Re: Tokyo - 3 on a bike - no helmets

https://goo.gl/maps/KXZdR6LAXHRiobFA8

maybe a different crew but these kids have helmets but mom dont

On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 1:52 PM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://goo.gl/maps/P5Ko43ouaS1THuXL7
>
> mom and 2 kids - or dad and 2 kids - probably mom
>
> there bike death rates are probably 10 times lower than USA

Tokyo - 3 on a bike - no helmets

https://goo.gl/maps/P5Ko43ouaS1THuXL7

mom and 2 kids - or dad and 2 kids - probably mom

there bike death rates are probably 10 times lower than USA

RR moderators really are strange

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/new-bill-addressing-enc-agencies-in-colorado.401486/#post-3253289

I dont understand how milf can be so strange. If everything is
encrypted, then Radio Reference goes away, and Lindsay Blanton II
(owner of Radio Reference) loses his job. Unless Lindsey doesnt care
if he loses his job. Maybe he has an inheritance or something.

When I did some Internet research I seem to remember finding that
Lindsay was / is the son of a former Texas politician who moved to
Montana to open a restaurant. Anyone know if that is true or not?
Anyone know if Lindsay is married with kids or anything?

Maybe I can find something on the Texas Secretary of State website.

Rochester NY FD info

https://www.cityofrochester.gov/article.aspx?id=8589968958

firefighters can begin to take promotional tests after 4 years on the job

salary for FFs is 45k to 78k

shift s 3 ten hour days followed by 3 14 hour nights

all FFs are required to live in the city

Online info about USA FDs

many USA FDs seem to have moved their online presence to Facebook

websites have not been updated in 5 to 10 years

there is never any notifications that the website has not been updated
in 10 years

trying to find out if a FD has any substations is ridiculously hard on
Facebook - one usually has to scroll backwards thru photos until a
fire station appears

Facebook does usually have good map locations of most FD HQs - that
seems to be mandated in the sign up process - apparently Facebook
requires a street address for a FD HQ - or they require that an icon
be dragged to the map location

Facebook usually has a business phone number for each FD HQ also -
sometimes it is the only way to find the address and/or phone number
of a FD HQ via the Internet - many FD websites have very scant info
about HQ locations or sub station locations - its kind of funny -
there will be pictures of every firefighter, vehicle, station,
funeral, party, etc - but many times there is no mention of sub
stations nor their addresses

Bottom line - you can search Google using "location name" or "FD name"
and the word "fire" - (ie - 'Boston Fire' - 'Los Angele Fire' - no
need for quote marks when searching) - typically websites and
facebook pages will pop up - and many times links to
firedepartment.net and home town locator also appear - plus yelp
listings

recently I have come across a half dozen rural fire stations that were
built in the last 2 or 3 years - yet they dont appear on the FD
websites/Facebooks nor at hometownlocator nor at firedepartment.net -
usually this info pops up in searches of assessors databases and news
media articles - searching Google for "new fire station" and a
community name or a county name might be worthwhile

Butte County CA - 8 AM test

fire - "Oroville" does 'daily quick call test and morning report' - 8
am local - 11 am est

approx 10 digi trains (4 dtmf tones within 1 second each) plus 1 or 2
two tone pager signals (1 sec plus 1 sec maybe or 2 plus 2)

list of on duty battalion chiefs - each chief covers 2 battalions
typically - today 2102 2111 2112 2116 and others are on duty

==========

1120 am est approx - engine ?55? and "company" ?64? just got paged to
wires down - Eng ?55? signed on the air within 1 minute

1125 am - company ?64? has not signed on yet

Butte County CA FD radio protocol

they use the 'pick up the mike and just start talking" protocol

Eng 41 - "Engine 41 available in response area"

Dispatcher - "Engine 41 756" (time is 756 local)

Engine 41 - "Engine 41"

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maybe the only agency in eastern Massachusetts that has field units
give their ID at the end of a conversation that they started is North
Andover FD

maybe you could call this a "field user centric radio protocol" versus
a "dispatcher centric radio protocol"

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radio traffic heard via https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/32067/web

FEMA Daily Ops Brief - no red flags today

National Current Operations & Monitoring

Significant Incidents or Threats:
• Novel Coronavirus
• Heavy snow possible - Upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes
• Freezing rain possible - Middle/Upper Mississippi Valley, Ohio
Valley and Great Lakes

Declaration Activity: None

============

per https://www.weather.gov/ - no red flags - no blizzards

Live Rescue! promoted on Twitter

https://twitter.com/AETV/status/1226490936655405057

tweeted at 8 am est

keywords - openness - transparency - hero porn - privacy issues

Tautology - a definition

Tautology - repeating an idea over and over - and then believing it
because you have heard it over and over

like a perfect phone call

or an acquital

or "I know more than anybody"

Saugus Mass incident

https://www.itemlive.com/2020/02/07/victim-suspect-dead-following-saugus-shooting/

"police scanner transmissions" are referenced in the article giving
the description of the perps vehicle

openness - live scanner audto

Friday, February 7, 2020

wuhan flu info

staying inIt's when the ALOCHOL DRIES on your hands that the virus
particles are inactivated


from lookner feed at YT

trumps pupils

https://twitter.com/saradannerdukic/status/1225902051286188035

Drugs that cause pupil dilation: SSRI antidepressants, amphetamines,
MDMA, psilocybin, LSD, ecstasy, cocaine and mescaline.

I'm no doctor, but in a bright room lit for TV cameras yesterday,
these are some VERY dilated pupils

Twitter having problems

and Vidman just got the bums rush at the White House

Arlington Mass crash with fire vehicle

Arlington MA - crash - maybe on Peabody St - fire vehicle involved -
official Fire plate A959 - wonder who that is? - maybe no injuries -
civilian vehicle also involved

blocked

THE MAN TOO STRONG

1660 - the establishment said that universe circles the Earth - but
the scientists said - 'we are seeing retrograde motion' - in 1992
Catholic Church apologized to Galileo

Chicago - 2 released from hospital

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-couple-with-coronavirus-discharged-from-hospital-release-statement/2215182/

maybe 21 being monitored

so far so good

wuhan flu

no mention of any new cases nor hospitalizations in Chicago area in this article

FEMA Daily Ops Brief - no red flags

National Current Operations & Monitoring

Significant Incidents or Threats:
• Novel Coronavirus
• Heavy snow possible - portions of Northern Intermountain to
Northern Plains and Central Rockies; Central Appalachians to Northeast
• Freezing rain possible - Central Appalachians to Mid-Atlantic and Northeast

Declaration Activity: None

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this is all the full report says about wuhan flu

National Current Operations & Monitoring Significant Incidents or
Threats: •Novel Coronavirus

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per weather.gov - no red flags - no blizzards - but there is a tornado
warning at 958 am est -
https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=usa&wwa=Tornado%20Warning
- philadelphia area

near Hastings Nebraska

https://www.facebook.com/usmarcfiredept/

usda marc fd - have pumper and brush truck

no ID info on truck nor facebook page

but sutton, clay center, and glenvil are near hastings nebraska

been looking for this clip a long time

https://youtu.be/l_BkZZATe-0

a classic!

from SOAP - Billy Crystal - Robert ?Mulligan? - Bob pays for drinks at bar

keywords - dummy pays for drinks at bar - just for fun

360 view of Pelican Alaska - from 2017

https://goo.gl/maps/P5E6oAwEun14RC3Z7

they have a vfd with a 1952 pumper - had a big boat fire in 2017 -
clinic and ems squad handle ems - clinic has RN and PA - per google

I suspect that the ems system is - throw person on luggage cart - drag
to pier - load in float plane - because there is no way to reach a
hospital via boat in under 2 hours from the looks of things

FEMA Daily Ops Brief - no red flags today

National Current Operations & Monitoring

Significant Incidents or Threats:
• Novel Coronavirus
• Mixed Precipitation with Freezing Rain - Southern Plains to the Northeast
• Severe thunderstorms and Heavy Rain - Southeast to the Mid-Atlantic

Declaration Activity:
• Amendment No. 1 to FEMA-4472-DR-NY
• Amendment No. 2 to FEMA-4473-DR-PR

==============

per https://www.weather.gov/ - no red flags and no blizzard warnings

Needham Mass getting new fire station

per http://firenews.org/news-current.html

Needham, Mass Fire Department- Station 2 closed on January 16th and
moved to a temporary station at 28 Glen Gary Road off West Street.
Station 2 (built 1949) will be demolished to make way for a new 3 bay
fire station located at the same site (707 Highland Ave).

Cherryfield Amb - Maine - info

https://www.facebook.com/cherryfieldems/photos/a.949514615202665/1329323683888421/?type=3&theater

1974 emergency telephone number was someone home apparently

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they have a scanner feed now - but the noon test from Machias was not
heard - maybe the real freq is 154.145? or they have a PL on 154.19?

they might have a repeater (FB2) - and they might have a MO3 on the
ambulance also - when I listened to the feed they seem to have a tail
on field unit messages - they are dispatched and followed by
"Washington"

per facebook - they got a new ambulance in 2019

WHO says to wear mask if you are sneezing or coughing

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/when-and-how-to-use-masks

(everyone sneezes or coughs once in a while - ?????) - maybe they mean
to say 'if you are sneezing or coughing repeatedly" - or more than
normal

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typical flu or cold victim is contagious 1 day before symptoms appear

comments on grenfell fire and tehran

https://www.fire-engine-photos.com/picture/number38031.asp

london highrise fire

I dont agree with the last comment - blaming "others" is no good - the
FD should have known about the cladding - there must have been other
similar major fires around the world before this one - there is video
of the first outside line going into operation - they were almost able
to kill the fire but maybe the stream was 5 feet short iirc

Wuhan flu kills by really messing up your lungs

https://youtu.be/okg7uq_HrhQ

11 minute video - everyone can understand this lecture - no math - no
biology - no physics - no chemistry - just plain talk from a MD

keep in mind - there is lots of stuff going on at the cellular level I
am sure - this video does not get into that

acute respiratory distress system can be treated by - putting patients
on belly + sedating + low tidal volume respirator

low tidal volume = little air in and little air out - (as compared to normal)

FEMA Daily Ops Brief - no red flags today

National Current Operations & Monitoring

Significant Incidents or Threats:
• Novel Coronavirus
• Winter Storms – Southern Plains to the Northeast
• Heavy Rain and Flash Flooding possible – Gulf Coast Region

Declaration Activity: None

============

per https://www.weather.gov/ - no red flags and no blizzards today -
no CEMs either

============

https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USDHSFEMA/2020/02/05/file_attachments/1373434/FEMA%20Daily%20Ops%20Briefing%2002-05-2020.pdf
- just 1 sentence mentions the wuhan flu in the full brief - been like
that for a week now ish

cold and flu info

https://www.medicinenet.com/how_long_is_a_cold_or_flu_contagious/article.htm

usually / sometimes people are contagious 1 day before they have symptoms

well aint that a kick in the pants

people stay contagious for 1 or 2 weeks