Monday, November 30, 2020

Re: [sme2] Chelsea Mass FD having radio problems

update on Chelsea - maybe Chelsea FD "Channel 2" is working

to recap - apparently the Chelsea FD dispatcher has just 2 working
channels right now - Chel Ch 2 and Metro White

Chelsea Massachusetts

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Chelsea Mass FD having radio problems

maybe just Chelsea Tac 2 and Metro White is working

Re: USA is a shithole 3rd world country

https://goo.gl/maps/SKJ1igKNvW5PYDpY9

yup - 3rd world shithole country

jakarta training bld - 5 story collapsed office bld

USA is a shithole 3rd world country

https://goo.gl/maps/Wp8gDRnDeGd77fL18

jakarta fd has a tank on a lowboy

its official - the usa officially sucks now

just as a point of info - Jakarta has opened approx 10 new temporary
fire stations in the last couple of years - they put a red mobile home
(the size of a big horse trailer) up on jacks on a street corner - and
park a pumper next to it

they have probably cut response times in half to 500,000 people by doing this

I misjudged the Jakarta FD earlier - I was thrown off by the fact that
their stations mostly look like huts and they have only 4 or 5 aerials
- but they are very similar to Tokyo - probably 75% of their streets
cannot be entered by an aerial - nor a full size pumper - so most
Jakarta statins have a quick attack truck (on a pickup truck chassis)
- and either a small pumper or a medium sized pumper

so they could be running 100 more aerials - they have the manpower -
but they really cant use them

drafting with suction hose and ground ladder

https://goo.gl/maps/1yd4Qc6JAc96vLox8

why would you do that?

Jakarta FD - multi purpose pumper

https://goo.gl/maps/iV5cyR3kuAUXieqs7

at top of windshield - multi purpose pump

I wonder what is in box in back?

there are 3 others of these parked at the NW fire station by the
International; Airport

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the fire sta up the street has 2 old cab pumpers out front on display

Jakarta - interesting taxi

https://goo.gl/maps/NhXwoFwNLvRTVfjE9

looks like longitudinal bench seats in the back

like a jitney from Manila

another jakarta amb - white minivan

https://goo.gl/maps/rvterpEkmYpVdMsm7

fire sta off to right

jakarta fd photo

https://goo.gl/maps/g53nXUs7q1sKMWov7

partial view inside initial attack truck

4 or 5 jakarta ambulances here

https://goo.gl/maps/K5gxNmy6K4Q7WYjE7

maybe at a hospital

all are minivans

Jakarta - several police trucks at town hall

https://goo.gl/maps/XxNEXVjTKP1yBN4KA

small dark green trucks

ambulance and street sweeper also there

another jakarta amb - 2020

https://goo.gl/maps/nwy4eiTDjyk9r4UF6

green and white minivan

maybe at small village hall

Sunday, November 29, 2020

Tokyo FD pumpers - info

https://www.tfd.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/eng/ts/sa/firefighting.html

actually - this info shows that Tokyo has 3 types of pumpers - pumper
with 250 gallon tank - pumper with 500 gallon tank - pumper with no
water

pumper with no water has 2 hose carts - 1 is motorized

I wonder if each fire station has 1 big pumper and 1 small pumper in
general - based on what I have seen - this might be true - not
positive about that - maybe it is highly dependent on the
neighborhoods - even though I have to say - there seems to be pockets
of dense neighborhoods everywhere in Tokyo - some so dense that the
big pumpers probably cannot get into them without losing their mirrors

Machida Battalion of Tokyo FD - rigs rolling

https://youtu.be/IhXrc0objbU

Nov 2020 - 15 minutes

I am pretty sure that all of those were paid rigs - except the rig at
14:00 - note they dont have turnouts on - I think that was a Machida
Volunteer FD engine

Machida Battalion of Tokyo FD has 5 paid stations iirc - so that would
be 2 paid engines per station - plus 1 paid ambulance per station -
plus 1 paid rescue truck and 1 or 2 paid aerials at the main station -
(in the video it is common to see 2 pumpers responding together)

The City of Machida operates the Machida Fire Brigade which is the
approx 35 volunteer stations in the city - the volunteers are part
time municipal employees

Note - Tokyo is essentially a Prefecture or State or County - it is
divided into approx 30 cities and 5 towns

The western cities and towns administer their own volunteer fire
brigades - the volunteers in the eastern 23 wards/citys are
administered by the Tokyo FD

There is only 1 telephone number for reporting fires and medical
emergencies - 119 - so the paid guys and the vols are coordinated thru
the same 2 dispatch centers afaik - I guess the vols are on the same
radio channels as the paid guys - not positive about that though

Note - Tokyo seems to have 2 types of pumpers - larger ones with water
tanks - smaller ones with no water tanks

Note - you can see one of the Tokyo firefighters in a pumper with his SCBA on

Kobe Tokyo FD going to calls

https://youtu.be/OW1hKPXWIGY

very end - front 2 axles steer on the big ladder truck - cool

japan - fire rigs going to a call

https://youtu.be/2_OdxTTmxEI

I bet the smaller rigs are mostly the volunteers - and the bigger rigs
are the paid guys - that is probably a first alarm for a house fire -
maybe 3 paid pumpers and 1 paid rescue and 1 paid ambulance plus maybe
8 volunteer engines

vols have stations approx 1/2 mile apart in Tokyo area - so its easy
to get lots of them rolling pretty quickly I imagine

translation

Emergency drive for a building fire near 2156 Katsugi, Kabe-cho, Asakita-ku

Hiroshima City Fire Bureau Asakita Ward Fire Report

Japan - ladder truck goes to a call

https://youtu.be/PlPEdKumtGs

crew has scba on before getting into vehicle

keywords - response time - chute time

Jakarta fire hydrant

https://goo.gl/maps/Hgtd5YAYeZ9jhSgz9

first one I have seen

jakarta ambulance at station

https://goo.gl/maps/hyc5c4NiRGe3hWdd6

minivan with a light bar - thats about it apparently

Jakarta FD - fire dispatch SOPs

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1919bd0HxM1Lb71xMb_VgdcyorEYMMYTr/view

I might be able to translate this to English - take screen shots of
each page and upload to a OCR website

Jefferson County Colorado info

https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Jefferson_County_(CO)

fire station locations - and - dispatch channels for all public safety
are listed

ocr translate japanese

yanex and 3 others are available online -
https://easyscreenocr.com/extract-japanese-text-from-images/

http://www.i2ocr.com/free-online-japanese-ocr

https://convertio.co/ocr/japanese/

optical character recognition

a similar process can be used for any language - find letters in an
image - use Snipping Tool - submit to OCR - use Google Translate to
convert to English

Saturday, November 28, 2020

The "Covid Tracking Project"

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

Re: New covid death numbers

new covid numbers came from the NY Times - but I dont know where they
get their numbers from

New covid death numbers

from https://www.google.com/search?q=covid+usa&oq=covid+usa&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0i131i433j0i433j0j0i131i433j0i433j0j0i131i433.3234j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

11/27 - 1,412 deaths - 265,000 total deaths

no idea where these numbers came from unless cdc did an update this
morning since 9am edt

Suffolk VA - capital plan

http://www.suffolkva.us/DocumentCenter/View/4286/CIP-Presentation-to-City-Council---Feb-5-2020-v1?bidId=

$350K per new ambulance

$800K per new tanker and pumper

$1.5M per ladder and rescue truck

is all of this stuff gold plated?

keywords - fire apparatus purchase costs - fire truck costs - costs f
fire fire trucks - cost of fire engine - price of fire apparatus -
fire engine price - purchase price - new engine cost - new engine
price - purchase price of new fire apparatus

CDC reports 262,673 deaths

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_casesper100klast7days

1,397 new deaths reported 11/27/2020

I assume that these deaths occurred sometime in the last 1 to 14 days
- not really sure about that - or maybe they are doing all of this
reporting electronically and they can do the real tally daily with 99%
confidence

2nd day in a row - no covid death taly in the FEMA Daily Ops Brief

probably no meaningful tweets from Biden about this either

1,400 deaths per day seems kinda important to me - maybe it isnt -
maybe it is just a continuation of open season on senior citizens and
the disabled

Mandaue Philippines gets 4 new fire trucks

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/352850/mandaues-fire-and-disaster-personnel-taught-dynamics-of-new-fire-trucks

not sure why just 2 paid firefighters got trained - not sure why city
bought 180 foot aerial and 3 penetrator trucks - to add to 2 pumpers
and 2 tankers - not sure why 40 disaster men got trained

Rosenbauer rigs from Austria

supposedly Philippines has a nationwide paid FD - not sure why they
are so poorly staffed and equipped such that individual cities have to
start their own FDs apparently

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandaue - 360,000 population

Columbia MO 2018 FD Study

https://www.como.gov/fire/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/04/2018-Columbia-Fire-Department-Community-Risk-Assessment-Standards-of-Cover.pdf

https://archive.is/wip/kMPq0

https://web.archive.org/web/20201102214056/https://www.como.gov/fire/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/04/2018-Columbia-Fire-Department-Community-Risk-Assessment-Standards-of-Cover.pdf

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97 pages

Friday, November 27, 2020

projected covid deaths in usa per CDC

https://twitter.com/CDCgov/status/1332420025538502658

possibly 321,000 covid deaths in usa by Dec 19 2020 per current projections

CDC reports 260,000 deaths now

so possibly 30,000 to 60,000 more deaths will happen by Dec 19

40% of the deaths have been happening in long term care facilities

Miton KY house fire

https://youtu.be/S1xAEqQgdCQ

or Campbellsburg

fire was spotted by firefighter from nearby FD - he called the local
fire chief via cellphone - local fire chief requested tones via radio
- all captured on this video

chief drove right by his fire station to get to the fire - not sure
why he didnt grab a truck

12 minutes for first truck to arrive per comment - approx 5 minutes
for chief to arrive

ohio river in background but it is muddy - do they need "trash" pumps
to draft from that river? how about doing a water jet or eductor -
maybe there is nothing you can do with silty water - ????

tokyo cops - bomb call

https://youtu.be/KM-Ua60cu38

early arrival video - cop cars showing up - then bomb techs get
briefed - then robot in op

no fire units or ambulance seen

cdc vs covid deaths

covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_casesper100klast7days

cdc daily death total not updated in 2 days

259,005 is the total covid deaths showing now

Thursday, November 26, 2020

1859 brevity codes for telegraph messages

https://www.mmra.org/newsltrs/mmnews_202009.pdf

boston area ham newsletter

1859 brevity codes for telegraph work

88 - hugs and kisses

73 - best wishes

etc

Boston media channels - 2004 approx

http://scanboston.com/media.htm

Johnny Cash playing harmonica in San Quentin

https://youtu.be/XoTrznfUVuI?t=549

Johnny Cash playing harmonica in San Quentin

1,989 new deaths per cdc 11/25/2020

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_casesper100klast7days

1,989 new deaths per cdc 11/25/2020

New Market MD - auxiliary member for 65 years

https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/lifestyle/seniors/new-market-fire-company-honors-zimmerman-for-65-years-of-service/article_8e37c853-2dd3-5768-962b-52b76a752cd4.html

had scanner

husband was firefighter

photo of old pumper

memorial blanket crocheted

2 stories here

https://www.fox29.com/news/adoption

NJ fire chief and wife adopts 3 kids

on right - guy tries to beat 9 year old to death

Tokyo - seismic joints for water pipes

http://www.waterworks.metro.tokyo.jp/suidojigyo/shinsai/suidoukanro10.html

10 year plan

Tokyo 9.0 quake could take out 75% of water supply

http://www.waterworks.metro.tokyo.jp/suidojigyo/shinsai/

I am extrapolating from 8.2 quake taking out 45% of water

turkeys can be CO bombs

https://twitter.com/MassDFS/status/1331568853999104002

never heard this before

this street is insane

https://goo.gl/maps/Ty1N9kgb6mkGDXpX8

multi radio sites

maybe 10% grade

about a dozen dwellings uphill from here - downhill is a hostel or
hotel or shrine

closest fire station is maybe 5 miles away

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

new backpack wildland fire pump - holy smokes

https://watson.waterax.com/en/home

went from 60 lbs to 40 lbs

100 GPM or 400 psi

nice

tokyo vols should buy a thousand of these - drop them into rivers and
pump water up to street level

or just run out of the station with 1 on the backpack - and carrying 2
rolls of hose - slap the suction hose into a cistern and put a 100 GPM
hose line into fire attack mode - hell you could knock down fire up to
7 floors up probably - one man operation

traffic jam on mtn road

https://goo.gl/maps/pPGbeAR7yi9MAUek6

lol - 3 vehicles on this road on curve

lots of single guys with backpacks walking on this road - mirrors on
corners - fences along right side - 2 bikes - 1 motorscooter

road goes into next province I think

no way to get a helo in here - no way to even do a hoist - maybe they
could drop a jaws of life tool - no idea where a ground ambulance
would come from

Re: Mt Sanukido - nice view

https://goo.gl/maps/vEo1uYVeuWxKNsWV6

another guy enroute to the mtn top

what kind of meeting was this exactly?

On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 8:03 AM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://goo.gl/maps/aVHxRYhcX52hX7xy5
>
> west of Tokyo
>
> 6 guys - 4 vehicles - someone walked up there?

Mt Sanukido - nice view

https://goo.gl/maps/aVHxRYhcX52hX7xy5

west of Tokyo

6 guys - 4 vehicles - someone walked up there?

very weird street view

https://goo.gl/maps/7EUComDKnUAz9JbSA - 2017 view - FF poster

there is maybe also a 2019 view without the poster - and the woman
down the street is gone

not sure what google is doing here

anyone else see the 2019 sanitized view?

note the doorway to hell on that bld also

yup - its a helispot

https://goo.gl/maps/VtXmfGGgCuCUtBk28

in tokyo mtns

this is labeled as Nagaodaira Observatory

looks like a helispot at the observation point

https://goo.gl/maps/3uiD1M432xqBq7aF9

in Tokyo mtns

medevac poster at toky mtn observation point

https://goo.gl/maps/CNLi2R4LiFwzCnwH6

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

info on kobe bryant helo crash

https://youtu.be/WOl9Rgoo7Lg

comments talk mostly about the pressure on the pilot from kobe bryant

another tokyo live webcam

https://youtu.be/c5dzMe-J2vo

downtown

update on Logan

update Logan - Runway 33 Left now

bolo for perp re shooting of state trooper in Hyannis Mass

https://www.wcvb.com/article/troopers-salute-as-injured-comrade-is-released-from-massachusetts-general-hospital-1606244353/34774735

yo yo yo - its the bat cave

https://goo.gl/maps/KGFy4EScQX8c7QVG7

there are some views up in there - here is a good one -
https://goo.gl/maps/RrM2sNDB73frFmfh9

if they were smart - they would just build a tech rescue station right
there - would save lots of time

very remote road in mtns west of tokyo

https://goo.gl/maps/GaxwEoqjbXThar2g8

crazy - woman sweeping road - and cable guy down the other end
checking out the emergency public address system apparently

the odds that Google would see 2 people on this particular road must
be 1 in a billion

there might be 2 volunteer fire stations within 3 miles of here - but
I have no idea where the cops or ambulance would come from

Monday, November 23, 2020

New Freqs USA for week ending Nov 22 2020

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_JUGiwsV1LXW5SuySI3qwfNGZJNxy8q1IMxVXSU4WGM/edit?usp=sharing
- sortable spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vR2A16YC6nJ3ZcPLD5L4kVbKj3bZLXCW9B-LoOltXoV8hwYvTWg9I1e7T0FEvvc3C4e01bqbjWKECdb/pubhtml
- non sortable spreadsheet

this week we have licenses - by band

0 for low band

16 with VHF high band freqs

8 with UHF freqs (400 mhz to 520 mhz)

4 with 700 mhz freqs

2 with 800 mhz freqs

Orange County California tragedy

https://www.ems1.com/air-ambulance/articles/calif-county-air-ambulance-arrangement-under-fire-after-childs-death-SnLZQ2Vy8Uh0XMXS/

police and fire helos still fighting over calls

life expectancy going down down down

https://twitter.com/zerg90/status/1331016882103734273

Seoul girls - yerin and yeso

http://bobaepapa.blogspot.com/

south korea bobaepapa

covid update now by and for MDs

https://youtu.be/tMtsWAFUhpY

this 2nd wave could be twice as bad - 1918 was 4X worse

Los Angeles - murders have jumped 32%

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8976721/LA-homicides-cross-300-time-decade-32-spike-shootings.html

went from 250 to approx 310

approx 1 per day - which seems to be status quo for last 10 or 20 years

WV - South Berkeley VFD in turmoil

https://www.statter911.com/2020/11/10/turmoil-resignations-at-wv-fire-company-over-election-facebook-comment-by-its-president/

"racist" comment by vfc president

interesting info from fema today

https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USDHSFEMA/2020/11/23/file_attachments/1608349/FEMA%20Daily%20Ops%20Briefing%2011-23-2020.pdf

nearly all hospital beds are occupied apparently - deaths are going up

keywords - covid - vitamin d - garlic - tagamet - multi vitamin -
sugar - junk food

great article about ABMs

https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/11/19/new-u.s.-missile-defense-test-may-have-increased-risk-of-nuclear-war-pub-83273

anti ballistic missiles = ABM

USA has maybe 100 or 200 ABM now - may scale up to 11,000

you think covid was bad? nuclear war would be far far far worse

wbut / npr - all doom and gloom

no mention of taiwan or vitamin d

Sunday, November 22, 2020

80% of covid victims over 65 in USA

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/covid-death-toll-us-empathy-elderly/616379/

sutter county california had a barn fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj93iKCeA1Y

I saw 2 tankers arrive with just 1 person on board

keywords - one man staffing - low staffing - minimum staffing - crew
of one - crew of 1 - driver only - operator only - single crewed
vehicle - one man crew - one person crew - short staffed

fire video from wales UK

https://youtu.be/A2YvXKI72kU

hillside is on fire behind the volunteer fire station

station manager shows up first with lights and siren in unmarked sedan

comments - most vols dont use lights - in northern ireland vols have
blue FIRE signs that flash - ohio allows lights - some states dont

fdny boat puts out car fire

https://youtu.be/kyNHfO_5ArQ

comment - not rare - well done

fdny highrise fire - 2 died

https://youtu.be/Kab4xLatDXY

radios seemed to work fine at 24 floor bld

1:30 - suitcase radio goes in

2:50 - yellow case - maybe accountability radio gear

8:00 - multi stretchers arrive finally with ambulance crews -
firefighters are BLS - not sure how many are EMTs - the only medics
are on the EMS side iirc

10:00 - car on hydrant - no big deal - LDH went right around car

fdny uses deck gun on hirise fire

https://youtu.be/RM-VASBbLhM

was that an electric cable burning?

good fdny video

https://youtu.be/fZYuxoUPuGo

fire from window on floor 2 - cant get water on fire

10:00 - a/c falls

can hear all the fireground radio traffic

japan fire trucks

https://youtu.be/-Oou-toUBt0

kyota and nagana ish etc

11:50 - advanced rescue team going nowhere fast - need opticom

tigs are tall and skinny - some are short

impressive look at amb from front at night - near beginning of video

Japan - rescue going nowhere fast

https://youtu.be/fI_FI4KeQ9k

need opticom or red wave or something

the tokyo camera can zoom

just saw it zoom in on a distant bld

live webcam tokyo - great

I seem to have screwed up this post - lets try again


https://youtu.be/fWxnFcpdiR0

from high tower - camera pans back and forth automatically - seems to
pan 280 degrees

far left - big mtn on horizon - there is a 6000 foot mtn in Tokyo -
that must be it

no view of the harbor - this camera must be looking to west and north mostly

I think the spire 5 miles away is NE of downtown

the camera site might be just west of downtown

if I ever see smoke I am going to freak out

I wonder what a 9.0 quake would do to most of those blds?

Re: [Public Safety USA Blog] Tokyo - great live webcam

Tokyo Tower Live Camera is a LIVE video distribution service from a
full high-definition live camera installed at a height of 200 meters
from the Tokyo Tower tower!
Due to the automatic swing function of the camera, it basically goes
back and forth from 9:00 to 23:00 in the direction of Mt. Fuji ←
Roppongi → Ginza / Shiodome.
"TOKYO TOWER LIVE CAMERA" where you can see clear images of the
cityscape of Tokyo that keeps moving day and night in real time After
seeing the scenery of Tokyo with this camera, please come to the Tokyo
Tower Observatory!
* The swing function may be canceled depending on various conditions
such as the weather.

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> https://youtu.be/fWxnFcpdiR0
>
> from high tower - camera pans back and forth automatically - seems to
> pan 280 degrees
>
> far left - big mtn on horizon - there is a 6000 foot mtn in Tokyo -
> that must be it
>
> no view of the harbor - this camera must be looking to west and north mostly
>
> I think the spire 5 miles away is NE of downtown
>
> the camera site might be just west of downtown
>
> if I ever see smoke I am going to freak out
>
> I wonder what a 9.0 quake would do to most of those blds?
>
> --
> Posted By zerg90 to Public Safety USA Blog at 11/22/2020 06:55:00 PM
>
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Tokyo - great live webcam

https://youtu.be/fWxnFcpdiR0

from high tower - camera pans back and forth automatically - seems to
pan 280 degrees

far left - big mtn on horizon - there is a 6000 foot mtn in Tokyo -
that must be it

no view of the harbor - this camera must be looking to west and north mostly

I think the spire 5 miles away is NE of downtown

the camera site might be just west of downtown

if I ever see smoke I am going to freak out

I wonder what a 9.0 quake would do to most of those blds?

german shepherd wants attention

https://youtu.be/XfNS7jKL7FA

aaaaaaaaahhhhhhh

Re: [4K] Landing on an unpaved runway Air Self-Defense Force C2 transport aircraft UAE export verification test

4 or 5 crash trucks seen

6:50 approx - crash trucks spray grass or dust

8:00 - crash trucks 2 and 7 sneak by

camera man must have been near a school playground lol wild kids

On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 6:19 PM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://youtu.be/QQMKJSyGvdk
>
> fire trucks on standby
>
> 9 minute video - great view of takeoff
>
> On the 12th, the Ministry of Defense conducted the first landing test
> on an unpaved runway with the latest transport aircraft C2 of the Air
> Self-Defense Force at Gifu Air Base (Kakamigahara City, Gifu
> Prefecture). It landed safely and the test seems to have been
> successful.
>
> C2 had removed the "rough terrain takeoff and landing function" that
> takes off and landing on an unpaved runway that is not paved with
> asphalt, etc. from the performance required at the development stage.
> As the C2 export negotiations to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) came
> to a close, the UAE asked for confirmation whether it could take off
> and land on an unpaved runway, and a demonstration test was conducted.
> The unpaved runway at Gifu Air Base is a road surface mixed with soil
> and crushed stone, and is as hard as the soil ground.
> At 2:34 pm, C2 took off from the normal runway of Gifu Air Base,
> turned once around the base, then lowered the altitude and entered the
> landing position.
> At 10:40, landed on an unpaved runway while raising dust, and stopped
> at about the middle of the runway two minutes later while maintaining
> the normal attitude of the aircraft.
> It can be said that the successful landing has proved that it has a
> certain leveling takeoff and landing function, and the competition for
> orders from the UAE, which is a single combat with the one made by
> Airbus Europe, has gained momentum. In addition to analyzing the
> collected data, we will also conduct a takeoff test soon after
> investigating whether there are any problems with the aircraft.

[4K] Landing on an unpaved runway Air Self-Defense Force C2 transport aircraft UAE export verification test

https://youtu.be/QQMKJSyGvdk

fire trucks on standby

9 minute video - great view of takeoff

On the 12th, the Ministry of Defense conducted the first landing test
on an unpaved runway with the latest transport aircraft C2 of the Air
Self-Defense Force at Gifu Air Base (Kakamigahara City, Gifu
Prefecture). It landed safely and the test seems to have been
successful.

C2 had removed the "rough terrain takeoff and landing function" that
takes off and landing on an unpaved runway that is not paved with
asphalt, etc. from the performance required at the development stage.
As the C2 export negotiations to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) came
to a close, the UAE asked for confirmation whether it could take off
and land on an unpaved runway, and a demonstration test was conducted.
The unpaved runway at Gifu Air Base is a road surface mixed with soil
and crushed stone, and is as hard as the soil ground.
At 2:34 pm, C2 took off from the normal runway of Gifu Air Base,
turned once around the base, then lowered the altitude and entered the
landing position.
At 10:40, landed on an unpaved runway while raising dust, and stopped
at about the middle of the runway two minutes later while maintaining
the normal attitude of the aircraft.
It can be said that the successful landing has proved that it has a
certain leveling takeoff and landing function, and the competition for
orders from the UAE, which is a single combat with the one made by
Airbus Europe, has gained momentum. In addition to analyzing the
collected data, we will also conduct a takeoff test soon after
investigating whether there are any problems with the aircraft.

Hiroshima hazmat truck

[Fire report in Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima City] Dangerous goods facility
fire incoming call! State-of-the-art chemical car, emergency dispatch!
[Hiroshima City Fire Department] << FIRE RESPONSE >>

https://youtu.be/NmHhib8VHCk

1 minute video

rig has good size reel on top

japan - busy intersection

https://youtu.be/GgWKJLabQxE

1 minute video

pumper then cop car then interesting cafs pumper

Saturday, November 21, 2020

Regeneron gets EUA from FDA for monoclonal antibodies

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-authorizes-monoclonal-antibodies-treatment-covid-19

has limited effectiveness apparently

pretty sure that this is the same stuff that "cured" trumpf - but his
name is not mentioned in this FDA press announcement

Tokyo - above ground hydrant

https://goo.gl/maps/Ct5sj2E8bkUxzHHN8

up in mtns

rare - unique

no idea why that hydrant is there

maybe to refill any fire truck that shows up

I wonder if that is a pressurized cistern - maybe it is fed from a
long pipe that goes up the mtn side

You wanted a bridge to nowhere - right?

https://goo.gl/maps/pfaY3ddfey9Wen9V6

oh - you said in the middle of nowhere

gonna guess that the bridge we are standing on is not open to motor
vehicles but I am not 100% sure

some radio site

https://goo.gl/maps/wqKtNifxcxQKa5LY8

in mtns west of tokyo

otaba helispot

https://goo.gl/maps/Pfc1QyJmn2YAmWu99

I dont know which is crazier - they have a helispot here - or google
actually drove up here

street view ends 1/4 mile to west - not sure how far the road goes -
kinda the end of civilization in tokyo

note power lines on ridge to ?west?

5 minutes till launch

https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/11/21/falcon-9-sentinel-6-michael-freilich-mission-status-center/

7 minutes till launch

booster will return to Vandenburgh

no fog today - view should be good

southern california will get a good view - rocket will go to south and
southeast - over south america coast

hiramanzo river - target hazard

https://goo.gl/maps/iGii9naYH56XSUtV9

nothing to see here - nearest aerial ladder is probably 60 minutes away

this is the view from the vol fire sta

if this was the usa it would probably be a indian casino with a 100
foot quint tower

ome japan - disaster preparations

https://www.city.ome.tokyo.jp/uploaded/attachment/12258.pdf

2 pages

we can translate this via google

looks like a fire extinguisher on a street pole in a photo

FEMA says 2,045 new COVID deaths

https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USDHSFEMA/2020/11/21/file_attachments/1607925/FEMA%20Daily%20Ops%20Briefing%2011-21-2020.pdf

yee haw!

Hamura Japan - city disaster supplies

http://www.city.hamura.tokyo.jp/0000008200.html

all sorts of stuff - emergency toilets - diapers - etc

pre gelatinized rice - mmm mmmm good

USA - we got none of that - pretty much

nice motor home in japan

https://goo.gl/maps/psbWo7TasiDRn4ha9

watch this - news photog helps shot trooper

Barnstable Mass - cop shot in hand

openness - live scanner audio

https://www.wcvb.com/article/state-police-trooper-shot-during-traffic-stop-on-cape-cod-overnight/34746716

Friday, November 20, 2020

USA - more than 2,000 deaths on Thursday

https://twitter.com/zerg90/status/1329931785099227136

Re: Kokubunji Vols - in Tokyo

http://www.city.kokubunji.tokyo.jp/kurashi/bousai/shouboudan/1002483.html

each vol station has 1 pumper and turnout gear on first floor - with a
meeting room upstairs

if they have some cots thy could probably house crews 24/7

Kokubunji Vols - in Tokyo

http://www.city.kokubunji.tokyo.jp/kurashi/bousai/shouboudan/1002480.html

photos of all of the volunteers - and gives their names - first time I
have seen this from any of the volunteer fire brigades in Tokyo

5th branch has 1 girl apparently - thats the only 1 woman that I noticed

6 stations - 6 small pumpers

Boston Mass - dorchester had 3 alarms earlier today

https://www.wcvb.com/article/firefighters-battling-3-alarm-fire-in-dorchester/34737157

Franklin Mass - 110 Dean Ave

fire in walls - all companies working

Hino in Tokyo - vols get 60K yen per year

http://www.city.hino.lg.jp/kurashi/annzen/bousai/shobodan/1002512.html

get training in cpr and aed plus pumps and flood control

some tokyo firefighters wear black

https://www.tfd.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/hp-hino/about/butai.html

special fire extinguishing squadron

maybe like a RIT in USA

Thursday, November 19, 2020

2015 video about CAFS in SUV

https://web.archive.org/web/20201119234503if_/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx3a9Ndrl9U&feature=youtu.be

saved at wayback machine

wicked local scanner feeds are down

looks like wicked local has a new webpage and the links to the live
scanner audio feeds are messed up

25 AMR ambulances heading to Minnesota

https://twitter.com/AMomentsNotice_/status/1329559022954033153

White House press conference today

no Trumpf

VP says vaccine may be available for distribution "IN A FEW SHORT WEEKS"

press conference ends - NO ONE responds to ANY questions from the
press - 20 reporters are yelling questions at the top of their lungs

Reading a Wreck

https://www.firehouse.com/rescue/vehicle-extrication/article/21154120/university-of-extrication-collision-damage-and-patient-mechanisms-of-injury

great article - approx 2 pages

university of extrication : collision damage and patient mechanisms of injury

civilians can probably learn alot by reading this short article - it
is not graphic - just 1 picture of a little blood

only 7% of EMS calls are really critical

https://www.ems1.com/ems-products/ambulance-lights/articles/examining-red-lights-and-sirens-data-with-jeff-jarvis-md-7eH4qQX7e49mcdcZ/

New Orleans fire and ems seeing pay cuts

https://www.ems1.com/budget/articles/new-orleans-fire-and-ems-officials-detail-budget-cuts-going-into-2021-S6vtuNlINAiNUM8t/

Monday, November 16, 2020

Arlington Town Meeting is starting via Zoom

acmi.tv/govlive/

arlington town meeting starting via zoom - 243 town meeting members are there

its a proud new world

Santa Cruz County Calif FD scanner feed

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/34067

154.325 - live scanner audio - console feed - unofficial official feed

Shingawa fire hydrant map

https://www.sonicweb-asp.jp/shinagawa/map?theme=th_11#pos=139.72059667110437,35.61098921372143&layers=th_11

city in Tokyo Metro area - protected by Tokyo FD

this map has fire hydrants PLUS foam fire extinguishers PLUS dry
chemical fire extinguishers

I knew I saw little red boxes on street corners - was not sure what they were

Tokyo - disaster certificate - ???

https://www.city.shinagawa.tokyo.jp/PC/shisetsu/shisetsu-kuyakusyo/shisetsu-kuyakusyo-chiiki/shisetsu-kuyakusyo-chiiki-eba2/index.html

this city hall office issues "disaster certificates" - ???

"'fire certificates' are issued by the fire department"

Tokyo - tiny park has restroom

https://goo.gl/maps/uQK9R7wFZhVb7GwE9

2 kids playing soccer

volunteer fire station to right

I wonder if the fire station has a rest room - it must

Tokyo FD radio info

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://tfd119.com/txt/digi.htm&prev=search

wave = channel (maybe)

2016 - changed from 150 mhz to FDMA on 260 mhz

Sunday, November 15, 2020

jay lenos place in tokyo

https://goo.gl/maps/Bj66yMKGPEn4H1st7

My Woman in Tokyo

https://goo.gl/maps/24vgJoVfw9bSuRY27

must be a high school girl

why isnt she on the sidewalk? the other girl is

no helmet - headphones on

tokyo bld is gone

https://goo.gl/maps/Lk1k2qCoakp1f25E9 - that is 2018 street view - in
2019 street view bld is gone

looked like a 10 story ornate car garage

click top center black box with address 'street view' to change dates

Re: Astronauts will fly up east coast

also older info - The 279.0-MHz frequency
can transmit or receive only among the two EVA astronauts and the
orbiter, not the ground stations.

On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 7:20 PM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> older info - All three of the UHF frequencies (296.8 MHz, 259.7
> MHz and 243.0 MHz) are preset in the UHF transmitter and cannot be
> altered by the flight crew.
>
> unknown if these channels are still used

Astronauts will fly up east coast

older info - All three of the UHF frequencies (296.8 MHz, 259.7
MHz and 243.0 MHz) are preset in the UHF transmitter and cannot be
altered by the flight crew.

unknown if these channels are still used

nasa says they have 500k viewers now

across all nasa media platforms

55 minutes to launch

https://youtu.be/21X5lGlDOfg

nasa feed via YT from nasa.gov

50,000 washing

New Freqs USA for week ending Nov 15 2020

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KoOHXpFqcR5OhGh0713lvx0aTt-xOlivAoWmUzMJeKk/edit?usp=sharing
- sortable spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTWG0lc1melwJKMBSDFja90eziIN8Mt0DWggKk10dXUu6v4AaVhOOj3wUmtPBmRpMbDnXlFA1w86IBI/pubhtml
- nonsortable spreadsheet

this week we have -

1 license with low band freqs

5 licenses VHF highband

8 with UHF - includes 4 that are not public safety

5 at 700 or 800 mhz

video from japan fire - almost LODDs

https://youtu.be/vQ4Lo76BZF4

facade fell down

garden hoses are no good

putting wet stuff on red stuff

Brockton Mass - ambulance crash

https://youtu.be/WB5XPnZgiOE

looks like the ambulance was 100% at fault

sssshhhhh - dont ever say that - make up some lie - say that the
ambulance "got struck"

wbur fm now - radio spectrum

some people made hundreds of millions of dollars

this is probably a npr show

started about a pittsburgh guy that sold his 7 TV stations for $7M

st petersburg webcam live

https://youtu.be/zFKwLSDcNzc

5 minutes ago - ambulance passed by - made right turn - b;ue ;flights
flashing - no siren - followed 2 cars around the corner on the green
light

10 minutes ago - 4 cars sped away from camera - maybe 80 mph - drag
racing - throaty muffler on 1

truck crash video in china tunnel

https://youtu.be/klzVYVTAavQ

linked videos at right are crazy also

Friday, November 13, 2020

dc protests on saturday

dc protests tomorrow - permit issued for 10,000 people - unknown how
many will attend - Metro PD is prepared to handle - neo Nazi taken off
program - per npr 519 pm est

rocket launch coming up

launch will be at 532 pm EST - 17 minutes to launch - hearing mission
control comms on this feed

https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/next-launch/atlas-v-nrol-101/

trumpf now talking

https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

misrepresentation by pfizer - "unfortunate mistake when they said that"

trumpf not wearing mask - jackass

5 times faster - say it again - 5 times faster - LOL LOL LOL LOL

park next to highrise in tokyo

https://goo.gl/maps/Bee55DQdoyo8YfUQA

gonna guess that this an emergency helicopter landing pad sitting on
top of a million gallon water tank

thats just a wild guess of course

Tokyo FDC

https://goo.gl/maps/zc7s1sTcPzyRw5PMA

fire department connection - hose to sprinkler system

Tokyo female cop

https://goo.gl/maps/GFnUn8tcgp6HkuZu5

dont see any gun - 2017 photo

Trumpf will speak about vaccine 4PM EST

https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

VHF TRS YA MOMA!

https://twitter.com/zerg90/status/1327336004970291200

tokyo taxi - mirrors on front hood

https://goo.gl/maps/34dgUktczNi2VaZk7

Worcester Mass will reopen field hospital for COVID

https://twitter.com/umassmemorial/status/1327234999209373697

COVID update by WBUR FM

COVID update by WBUR FM Boston 725 am est

doctors dont really know if they are getting better at treating
patients - but patients are younger in the 2nd wave so death rates
should be lower - (iirc they did say that they are in fact seeing
lower death rates right now - but the next couple of weeks will prove
it 1 way or the other)

Eli Lillie has been granted a Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for
their monoclonal antibody (MCA) drug - it must be given via IV

Regenron still does not have a EUA for their MCA

possibly there will be no 3rd wave if the MCAs and vaccines work well

---------------

also - Worcester Mass hospitals are filling up - elective surgeries
might have to be cancelled over the next couple of weeks

Rhode Island might have to reopen a field hospital

out West - ? Kansas ? - hospitals are running short of healthy staff

Thursday, November 12, 2020

Re: chase near la

5700 viewers at smoke n scan now

-----------------

he just said playstations will be for sale on walmart in 30 minutes

chase near la

https://youtu.be/4OqobQ80Hro

smoke and scan has the scanner going

live scanner audio - openness - broadcastify

london stroll video

https://youtu.be/J51dDzf9fkI

check out bld at 1:25

Mensch thread saved at archive.is

https://archive.is/JAzti

about General Flynn, Nunes, Trump, Pentagon, Patel

obviously things are bad in the USA - nearly 2,000 dying daily from
COVID - we have approx the 10th worst death rate in the world - THERE
MUST BE SOME REASON WHY THIS IS HAPPENING

check out this info about Pentagon

https://twitter.com/LouiseMensch/status/1326707132352389121

there must be some aspect of the General Flynn case that might get
Trumpf literally hung

Grifty McGriftFace still going strong

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1326902814736592902.html

trumpf is totally WWE

how many black guys are in WWE?

Japan - national protection plan

https://www.city.tachikawa.lg.jp/bosai/bosai/bosai/hogo/kokuminhogo.html

not sure what this is - maybe its a national mandate for local disaster plans

Tachikawa Japan - student nurses on disaster brigade

https://www.city.tachikawa.lg.jp/bosai/shobo/shobodan/kinoubetsubunndannhossoku.html

Re: tokyo - used to have mirrors on street corners

https://goo.gl/maps/aePmRLQctRkruccu8

yup - square mirrors

On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 7:16 AM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://goo.gl/maps/zMGzHtwsyttxATir6
>
> or they are using square mirrors in this neighborhood
>
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 7:14 AM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > https://goo.gl/maps/E97xPCGdL618g5YL8
> >
> > used to have mirrors on street corners so you could see who was
> > approaching the intersection
> >
> > now they have video cameras and video displays

Re: tokyo - used to have mirrors on street corners

https://goo.gl/maps/zMGzHtwsyttxATir6

or they are using square mirrors in this neighborhood

On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 7:14 AM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://goo.gl/maps/E97xPCGdL618g5YL8
>
> used to have mirrors on street corners so you could see who was
> approaching the intersection
>
> now they have video cameras and video displays

tokyo - used to have mirrors on street corners

https://goo.gl/maps/E97xPCGdL618g5YL8

used to have mirrors on street corners so you could see who was
approaching the intersection

now they have video cameras and video displays

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Re: chase on 605 - norwalk calif

cops just grabbed the guy - he had a baby in the car the entire time -
he dropped the baby with the mom and then foot bailed

2 hours or more they chased this guy at up to 90 mph

chase on 605 - norwalk calif

https://www.foxla.com/live2

April article about Boston Med Flight

https://www.mvtimes.com/2020/04/26/boston-medflight-adapts-coronavirus-pandemic/

interesting comments

Re: east bay parks action

not sure on the outcome - units went 97 which I assume was 'on scene'
- dispatcher said RP reported same type of thing maybe 1 week ago -
loud whine from the feed now

On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 8:39 AM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/22816
>
> east bay parks near oakland calif
>
> 3 rangers just sent to group of 300 partying overnight - 837 am edt
>
> not sure why I heard this traffic on the fire feed

east bay parks action

https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/22816

east bay parks near oakland calif

3 rangers just sent to group of 300 partying overnight - 837 am edt

not sure why I heard this traffic on the fire feed

8am cambridge fd radio id

8 am station identification - "channel 1" - they also give weather
info also - temperature - humidity (92%) - wind from south at 10 mph

massachusetts

"this is station wie468 cambridge channel 1"

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

zerg90 map updates today

Cleveland Twp IN - new central sta

McKinney TX - added future sta 11

NewPort Richey - added future Sta 2

Chino CA - added future Sta 68

Tupelo MS - added future Sta 2

Re: Hartland VT FD just got paged

its a controlled burn per Hartland C5 - apparently no permit -
Hartland Tanker 2 at scene - Hartland Eng 1 was cancelled

Hartland FD uses the same channel as Ascutney FD

On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 9:58 PM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/34071
>
> report of large fire behind Sta 2

Hartland VT FD just got paged

https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/34071

report of large fire behind Sta 2

Re: 2020 Tokyo fire parade

correct url queued up at right place - https://youtu.be/c048BoZ1g_w?t=5040

On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 8:34 PM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://youtu.be/c048BoZ1g_w
>
> special rigs - volunteer mini engines - helo flyover - ancient firemen
> do ladder drills

2020 Tokyo fire parade

https://youtu.be/c048BoZ1g_w

special rigs - volunteer mini engines - helo flyover - ancient firemen
do ladder drills

car hit fullerton calif fire station

https://youtu.be/UGr9O3UTow8

no firemen hurt

Tokyo fire station map has been updated

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1Sedmq1BucK5nj-OO-jslKUyNcC8&usp=sharing

now has VOL layer and PAID layer - plus the earlier combined layer

still needs more work - it will be a never ending job to keep this map relevant

vol layer has 710 entries - paid layer has 316 entries - (some are old
stations - some are duplicate entries)

Thetford VT 337pm fall victim

victim found with obvious ankle fracture - had been on ground for 1
hour before 911 called

Re: Windsor VT - tt vs tow truck

re Windsor VT - no trap - I91 southbound will be closed for a while -
will close at Exit 9 - will reroute traffic to Rte 5 soon - will need
2 heavy duty wreckers to reopen road

On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 1:19 PM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/34071
>
> Windsor VT - I91 S - MM 56.9 - tt vs tow truck - trap - injury -
> diesel fuel leak

Windsor VT - tt vs tow truck

https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/34071

Windsor VT - I91 S - MM 56.9 - tt vs tow truck - trap - injury -
diesel fuel leak

Enfield CT will spend $1.6M on new ladder truck

https://www.journalinquirer.com/towns/enfield/in-revote-enfield-fire-district-1-voters-approve-purchase-of-new-fire-truck-up-to/article_0f4299f8-1f6f-11eb-b9d8-439ec8aee369.html

replaces 32 year old ladder

held drive thru vote at fire station due to covid - 100 people voted

wbur now

mentioning that trumpf is probably multiple business fraud cases

cohen was sent to jail - trumpf was unindicted co-conspirator - who as
ex-president, could be indicted at any time

unknown if President can pardon himself - powers are broad and poorly
tested - Nixon felt he would disgrace himself if he pardoned himself

trumpf could make VP as temporary Prez in order to pardon trumpf

per Jean Mayer of New Yorker

tautology - what is it good for?

trumpf keeps repeating over and over - fake election - fake election -
fake election - no matter how many times he says it - HE IS WRONG

I suppose that Trumpf might face the death penalty for what he has
done - so he must as well keep screaming "fake election!"

1154 am est st petersburg

https://youtu.be/zFKwLSDcNzc

ambulance - blue lights on - gets into left turn lane - moves 1 lane
to right and into crosswalk - gets left turn green - turns left with
cars

1158 am est - hear siren - sounds like fire truck siren - go to screen
- see ambulance going away from camera - moves into left lane as
passing thru green light - car follows at high speed

live stream from Atlanta Airport

https://youtu.be/AkmD88uc3jA

jetliners rotating up screen center

live stream from airport

"tornado" hits NYC

https://youtu.be/bymeV0ahppk

gets a little hairy on the street corner

severe Tstorm actually

5 minutes

Telluride Colorado live webcam

https://youtu.be/Y_TLxje5Qw4

stunning mtns

snow on road

any rich people around?

Breckenridge Colorado has snow on ground

https://youtu.be/SH63YaIWyK0

auto pan camera

main st

any rich people around?

lodge near Jackson Hole WY has snow

https://youtu.be/DyvzXyJ_fVg

any rich people around?

Why do we have a President anyhow?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-do-we-have-a-president-anyway/2012/09/07/5d86f23c-f861-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_story.html

2012 article

bottom line - we needed someone to run the Army but we didnt want a king

New Freqs USA for week ending Nov 8 2020

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EadeieRv22K0NimrPONGp0rqJ1FGZf_XCh-Qei-B2CU/edit?usp=sharing
- sortable spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQBaJUECIuve68r7qi10D7TJhNXAOBnU9LtX_Cr45J3BCsIUstn1I4KWLQal5NQ_VEQMdPEgefzG2BM/pubhtml
- nonsortable spreadsheet

licenses this week are -

Los Angeles County got maybe 50 temporary licenses - perhaps all UHF
TRS - no idea what thats all about

0 low band

13 vhf high band

14 UHF band

8 800 band

(no 700 band this week - thats odd)

Monday, November 9, 2020

Sunday, November 8, 2020

covid deaths per million since May 21 2020

https://twitter.com/KagroX/status/1325631833279762432

usa has been number 12 and 10 pretty much the entire time - san marino
and belgium have been 1 and 2 the whole time - the south american
countries came up later maybe June

future cascade quake info

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1248344/big-one-earthquake-forecast-2020-cascadia-earthquakes-news-latest

Erin Wirth, a geophysicist at the University of Washington and the US
Geological Survey, told Geekwire: "We say that there's approximately a
14 percent chance of another approximately magnitude-9 earthquake
occurring in the next 50 years."

------------------

so the odds are slim of a major quake

how much money do you want to spend to beef up seismic safety of blds
vs volcano threats vs mudslide threats vs wildfire threats vs terror
threats vs storm water threats vs etc

maybe the smart thing to do would be to try to mitigate as many
different threats as possible in 1 shot

or to try to find incremental upgrades that make sense

Paterson NJ fire video

https://youtu.be/NDTX8ZrVMcE

the fire radio traffic superimposed over some fire scene video

police on scene with working fire and people trapped per fire dispatcher

Photos of Tokyo volunteers firefighters and carts and tiny pumpers

https://goo.gl/maps/7rRdammST4w4C5DCA

https://goo.gl/maps/rrKXCpGLVr9oHK9v5

click on photo upper left to see all photos - there are arrows at
bottom of right side photos also that will come up

we have nothing like this in the USA

tokyo has a high earthquake (and maybe tsunami) risk

Friday, November 6, 2020

matt blaze computer and elections guy - at twitter

https://twitter.com/mattblaze

need paper ballots and audits

Barnes Airport webcam - Massachusetts

this is where the fighters are based that cover all of the NE USA - I
assume you would see them blast off on this live webcam - iirc the
airport just has 1 runway

https://youtu.be/K-7DsErt5y8

Kent County MI - new TRS

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/kent-county-simulcast.412637/

is this part of the state TRS? if not - why not?

Interesting comments about disaster comms

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/if-a-major-disaster-near-in-wake-happened-think-bombing-riots-nature-etc-which-channels-tgs-and-why.416185/

multi talgroups could possibly be used - not all are easy to find

AM News stations are good - FM news stations are rare

Re: cars blocking hydrant - Japan

https://goo.gl/maps/EWoBn64Zspapx2pL7

what is that? cell tower? microwave repeater?

On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 2:21 PM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://goo.gl/maps/fVdFw7BcdMVszZ9a7
>
> 1. assuming that is a hydrant - no idea where they get the water from
>
> 2. assuming that is a fire hose box - no idea who would use it
>
> 3. no idea how they got 3 cars up there
>
> 4. good radio site

cars blocking hydrant - Japan

https://goo.gl/maps/fVdFw7BcdMVszZ9a7

1. assuming that is a hydrant - no idea where they get the water from

2. assuming that is a fire hose box - no idea who would use it

3. no idea how they got 3 cars up there

4. good radio site

some huge truck in Japan

https://goo.gl/maps/ij3vbyxPfPRaDX3b7

?????

Thursday, November 5, 2020

trump claiming he won

https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

North Dakota having 911 problems

https://twitter.com/NDResponse/status/1324496910825107456

trumpf to speak soon

https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

23 minute video - 2020 - UK snorkel

https://youtu.be/3QlILe1h_a4

full tour of the snorkel and set up and a ride up in the bucket

ALP = aerial ladder platform - snorkel with an attached ladder

(also in UK - turntable ladder and hydraulic platform - not sure if
thoe are the technical terms or not)

London FD 2020 - virtual tour of a station

https://youtu.be/d34IkJx58i4

13 minutes

shows the watch room and printer and stationground map

then they do a drill at the drill tower - raise ground ladder to 3rd
floor and run a hose line

here is one of the tokyo vol stations

https://youtu.be/30iEFsIRMjc?t=722

I see the small 4 door truck with pump and squirrel tail

I also see a hand drawn cart

interesting

you might think they should have a larger station with larger vehicles
- but if you look at many of their neighborhoods - any larger vehicles
could barely get down some of the side streets

let me explain a little more - tokyo fd paid guys mostly use full size
pumpers - the full size pumpers probably can access all of the streets
and alleys in tokyo - but there is barely any room to pass pedestrians
- certainly they cannot pass any other vehicles on the sidestreets -
there is barely room for 2 small cars to pass on many of the side
streets

if I had to guess I would guess that the tokyo ladder trucks cannot
access 25% of the streets in the city

so you can see that the volunteers do not lose very much by using mini pumpers

still not sure how much of the city has hydrants - there are cisterns
all over the place

note - all of the full size pumpers have a built in hand drawn hose
cart - that should tell you something about how narrow the side
streets are

Tokyo FD overview video

https://youtu.be/30iEFsIRMjc

2020 - in English - 16 minutes

the NBC super stations - they have 3 or 4 of them

they have 2 dispatch centers

they cover all of tokyo except the city of inagi and sorta Hashoda Village

ambulances run with crews of 3

when they say they have 82 fire stations they mean they have 82
battalion HQs - there are also approx 200 sub stations / neighborhood
stations - batt hq usually have 1 or 2 pumpers, 1 batt chief van, 1
amb and 1 ladder - sub / branch stations have just 2 pumpers and 1
ambulance (no ladder and no chief) - there are also 25 rescue trucks -
plus a bunch of hazmat units - 2 helo bases - 3 or 4 fireboat stations
- plus approx 400 vol stations with 1 pumper or 1 hose cart each

live webcam from saint petersburg russia

https://youtu.be/zFKwLSDcNzc

busy street with lots of traffic - plus ambient noise

maybe we will hear sirens once in a while

netherlands live webcam

https://youtu.be/vPk74oCZiw0

high over a huge intersection

Re: here comes the train

https://goo.gl/maps/XZsWUDvq5LghZVHv9

its just a fire locker - note the 5 in the sign which matches the map
marker label

Re: here comes the train

https://goo.gl/maps/1oA9kXJdURaGj1VP9 - there goes the train - maybe
the vol station is behind it - something over there that looks like a
fire station - lets get a closer look

note - huge highrise over there also

On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 8:10 AM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://goo.gl/maps/LzUq8kCmSBVSCiMz5
>
> should be a volunteer fire station near here - lets see if I can find
> it - Google Maps dont seem to know where its at

here comes the train

https://goo.gl/maps/LzUq8kCmSBVSCiMz5

should be a volunteer fire station near here - lets see if I can find
it - Google Maps dont seem to know where its at

Tokyo cop on bike patrol

https://goo.gl/maps/RKEYHwnwkcWt1NTg9

2019 street view

google can translate pdfs

https://smallpdf.com/blog/translate-pdf

free

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Map of volunteer fire stations in Tokyo - 50%

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1lo1QW5iuJle2Jme1JQLVdKk5Z4uUj2su&usp=sharing

today I found some sub stations of the volunteers - which might mean
there are twice as many vol stations as I previously thought - maybe
not - maybe only 10% more

in any case - as a wild guess - I am guessing that this map shows only
50% of the volunteer stations at this time

the zerg90 primary map for tokyo has more of the vol stations at this
time - but I am working to develop a different layer for just the vol
stations - and I just wanted to show what I have come up

99% of the vol stations are all the same - 2 floors - 1 roll up bay
door - signs - red light - (maybe horns or watch tower or hose rack or
antennas also)

1% are just lockers with 1 rollup bay door

Tokyo is all about bicycles

https://goo.gl/maps/64oYt5pbgsFPSD7k9

just about everywhere in the city people are riding bicycles

this mom might have groceries - usually they have 1 or 2 kids -
plastic serves as rain shield I am sure

in fact - maybe it is just the women that ride bikes

none wear helmets

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nice graphic on the volunteer fire station there - very unique for tokyo

manila fire video - dog trapped in house fire

https://youtu.be/YlPRHtbZn24?t=1139

I have not watched yet to see if they made the rescue

Portsmouth NH - live webcam

https://portsmouthwebcam.com/index.php/https-portsmouthwebcam-com

busy street downtown

Moran Tugboats - Portsmouth NH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTTpmbyyBn4

live cam - at least 3 tugboats there

might be near the submarine base

Lawrence Mass - box 5111

smoke showing - chandler st iirc

California mobile home fire video

https://www.statter911.com/2020/11/03/early-video-from-california-house-fire-9/

arriving with a 3 man crew - we can have 1 guy stand around and watch
- the 2 other guys can pull 2 small hoselines that do nothing

viva america

keywords - lame fire attack - putting wet stuff on red stuff

pre arrival video of Worcester Mass house fire

https://www.statter911.com/2020/11/02/pre-arrival-video-at-3-alarm-worcester-massachusetts-apartment-fire/

rear porch of 3 story home fully involved

2:00 - FD arrives

7:00 - 1 person at rear - electric line starts to arc

8:38 - firefighters at rear

9:14 - heavy fire knocked down

11:18 - fire out

no snow on the ground

apparently no fire unit came up the side street next to the camera man
nor via the rear

keywords - fire attack - putting wet stuff on red stuff

DC911 - horrible as ever

https://www.statter911.com/2020/10/15/why-did-dc-911-take-almost-14-minutes-to-dispatch-fire-ems-to-a-metrorail-emergency/

perhaps the worst 911 center in the world

but - unless 100 people die - no one cares

okc live chase now

https://youtu.be/elwMHz7TguI

smoke and co inspections have resumed

https://twitter.com/MassDFS/status/1323596317080330243

for home sales in Massachusetts

smallest vol sta in Tokyo

https://goo.gl/maps/b7fDAqKMKM2NAzee8

only 4 air miles from the heart of downtown

note the cistern 20 feet away

they probably have a portable pump + some hose + 2 portable radios + a
rescue bar

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google mail wanted me to write 'recycle' instead of 'rescue' - what
crap is this?

Bethesda MD - 3 am towers will be taken down

https://twitter.com/ByERussell/status/1323986460014424066

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

update for georgetown texas fd

new station 6 opened in oct 2020

new sta 7 will open in spring 2021

the zerg90 williamson county map has been updated

Amarillo FD gets 155 new SCBA

https://www.newschannel10.com/2020/11/02/amarillo-fire-department-receives-new-air-packs-are-full-service-today/

155 new air packs per the news article

jeep gladiator - thinking outloud

https://www.motortrend.com/news/jeep-gladiator-overland-expedition-odin/

put electric water pump on front

convert rear and top to water storage

put hose backpacks in rear seats with some hand tools

could that thing haul 1,000 gallons of water?

water on roof might be too tipsy - but maybe not

453.55 R - Somerville Election

453.55 R - Somerville elections being run - checking on eligibility of
certain voters - guy who moved to Medford 9 months ago is out of luck
- can only vote for 6 months

"Elections to Ward 5 Precinct 2" etc

Maine - live cam - sugarloaf ski area

https://youtu.be/v1lc48Oh_eg

snow guns are running

Monday, November 2, 2020

info about batteries

Kirkland batteries are not very good even though they are made by Duracell

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

The problem is that solar does not always charge fully (or correctly).
I have killed several LiFePO systems with solar panels. And for heavy
usage, you really need more than NiCa or NiMh cells. I have found that
rechargeable AA and AAA just don't have the staying power or shelf
life of a standard alkaline.

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

from comments at https://youtu.be/_w5sVBvi8IQ - (this video is about
buying survival supplies at costco - rice - canned fruit - canned meat
- canned veggies - batteries - cooking oil - TP - etc)

Worcester Mass 3 alarmer - Sunday night

https://youtu.be/kJSKzIZkyOo

video news report

Westmoreland County PA - mobile home fire - kid trapped

https://youtu.be/gVEm__dey8E

recording of radio traffic

no dead air on the tape

my website archived

https://archive.is/AYGYr

and

https://web.archive.org/web/20201102233928/https://sites.google.com/site/usapublicsafety/home

just for the record

Fox News pulled the covid death tolls

https://www.foxnews.com/

Fox News pulled the covid death totals off their front page

lol - wonder why?

COVID Death Rates

USA covid death rate is 50 times higher than Japan's and 2,310 times
higher than Taiwan

$75 rebate on Unication G-series (pagers)

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/unication-sale.416029/

New Freqs USA for week ending Nov 1 2020

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NUaLjHcdRDNBtzcsYefnn1dlpqRxW5fu8bNV8IuF_3w/edit?usp=sharing
- sortable spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTS8fDQVdRcdHDa5zz2nvwk9wpQlaOWZOP0AuK0wtr16c0BWGUR2SB6I7-mjiHt9ExqVhR_IlQ6mEVu/pubhtml
- non sortable spreadsheet

0 licenses with low band freqs (30 mhz to 75 mhz)

5 licenses with highband freqs (150 to 170 Mhz)

10 licenses with UHF freqs (450 to 508 mhz)

12 licenses with 700 mhz or 800 mhz freqs

Great stories about openness

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/my-scanner-saved-me-from.415979/

my scanner saved me from .....

keywords - openness - transparency - scannerists - live scanner audio

secret service radio channels

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/usss-whca-at-rdg-airport.415945/

vhf P25

really surprised they are not using freq hopping radios

maybe some SS units are

Insane amount of disinformation - beware

https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/1323298780314218497

tokyo police box - next to fire museum

https://goo.gl/maps/cpZeebdRfUAZXsL47

tiny police station

tokyo fd has quite the museum

https://goo.gl/maps/PSusKfW3Vti7Gofw8

multi photos here

have helo on roof of museum

at least 2 aerial ladder trucks in the museum

firemen marry nurses - cops marry strippers

do I have that right?

or do cops marry lawyers?

if cops do marry nurses, then why are the police unions supporting trumpf?

Good Samaritan / nurse killed by drunk driver - Massachusetts

https://www.wcvb.com/article/off-duty-nurse-from-stoughton-massachusetts-struck-killed-by-oui-driver-police-say/34544082

34 yo woman from Stoughton - drunk arrested

finally found this downtown Tokyo vol sta

https://goo.gl/maps/gW7yvFnQi5r3Dad77 - station down narrow driveway

there is a river right behind them - down about 20 feet - I wonder if
the vols have any floating pumps?

view from river of vol sta - https://goo.gl/maps/q221CSGSKWHPVWiC6 -
they probably need to have some permanent means of getting water from
the river - unless it is radioactive or something

nice taxi also

why is sex slave article on my tokyo FD map?

from my Tokyo FD map at
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1Sedmq1BucK5nj-OO-jslKUyNcC8&usp=sharing

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Shiba Fire Department - HQ - moved in 2015

1 pumper + 1 ladder + 1 ambulance + 1 rescue + 1 command van + 1 spare
pumper + 1 spare ambulance + 1 bus + 4 public relations cars - per
https://www.tfd.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/hp-siba/shosho.html - 6/27/2020

added 11/29/2016 -
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.660131,139.7563524,3a,75y,6.53h,82.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZOaVl91t-X1_-veoHaHPsw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
- 8 stories - 8 bays - Feb 2016 street view - 11/29/2016 - (has Rescue
Unit per http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article119052763.html?CID=9367060&BSD_SID=27751)
-

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(11/2/2020 - WHY IS THIS ARTICLE ABOUT SEX SLAVES SHOWN HERE?)

Is Google infested with Qanon fools?

Sunday, November 1, 2020

Daimler Trucks radio license

https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=4346599

electronics testing

UHF mobiles nationwide - 40 watts

?????

Re: BAMA rollcall was at 1820 hours

Brewster bought Eascare in 2016 per https://www.brewsterambulance.com/history

Did they just recently merge their dispatch centers? I dont listen to
453.10 very often - but I dont remember them answering as 1 entity
before

On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 6:32 PM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 453.10 R - BAMA rollcall - analog - clear - not encrypted - all
> ambulances services that were called did answer the test
>
> they were - Action + Armstrong + Boston Med Flight + Bewster / Eascare
> + Cataldo + Fallon + LifeLine + McCall + MIT + Professional
>
> apparently Brewster and Eacare have merged - or they merged their
> dispatch centers
>
> MIT is Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge Mass