Thursday, December 31, 2020

Escambia County FL - scanner feed on FD website

https://myescambia.com/our-services/public-safety/fire-rescue

link to Broadcastify - along left side of FD webpage

openness - live scanner audio

jetpak mtn rescue drill

https://youtu.be/gtvCnZqZnxc

3 minute video

Talladega Speedway entry guide

https://www.talladegasuperspeedway.com/facility-rules-entry-guide/

scanners are Ok but confederate flags are not

Horn Mtn Lookout Tower

https://goo.gl/maps/qv7PMe5GpKDdB5eEA - google map entry - has photos
and 360 views - nice spot

https://goo.gl/maps/42suXR2w5hHaH6NDA - 2016 photo of tower

talladega county alabama

nice views here - also 2016 photo of the tower

added talladega county AL to sites

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1unnzsrhM0YBAAegFonWhifeObNKK5t6c&usp=sharing

the zerg90 map of talladega county fire stations

still cant figure out lincoln - maybe a new sta 5 since 2017 - and
also they claim to operate TWO substations at Honda

most FDs are on State TRS (700 mhz) now per Radio Ref

the scanner feed of 453 mhz mostly just has pageouts and initial
response - https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/34489

Re: Talladega County AL - incident 441 pm edt

re Talladega - not sure what is up with that scanner feed - maybe it
just rebroadcasts pageouts - seems like lots of radio traffic is
missed - maybe the feed just hears 1 repeater of a multi repeater
system

nothing more heard on that police incident

On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 4:41 PM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/34489
>
> Talladega County AL - fire unit just requested PD to rear of fire
> station - subject dressed all on black beating on fire station with
> something in his hand - 440 pm edt

Talladega County AL - incident 441 pm edt

https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/34489

Talladega County AL - fire unit just requested PD to rear of fire
station - subject dressed all on black beating on fire station with
something in his hand - 440 pm edt

Fox news website now

https://www.foxnews.com/ - approx 150 stories on front page

only 1 story about covid - wisconsin hospital worker intentionally
pulled vaccines out of refrigeration

no mention of 334,000 deaths in usa - 7 in taiwan - 27 in new zealand

everyone at fox needs to face genocide charges

(if you still think that covid is a hoax - then who is the perpetrator
of the hoax? - why are there storys about full morgues and 2,700 dead
health care workers and field hospitals?)

lead story at fox news website

'SOMEBODY HAS TO STAND UP'

GOP senator slams 'hypocritical' Dem critics as he joins election
result challenge; they did it 3 times

Hawley says he'll object to Electoral College certification
Trump asks Supreme Court to void Wi. election results

(who did what 3 times? - goes to bad link)

video - installing tire chains - 2 minutes

https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article248178805.html

video from Washington State Patrol - 2 black female officers - wow

imagine how many people from China, Japan, South Korea, India, Russia
visit Seattle every year - and they see black female police officers -
must blow their friggin minds

this video was included in a crash article in the Boise newspaper -
might blow some of their minds also

Idaho - 1,409 have died of covid

https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/coronavirus/article248173555.html

covid cases are down 50% since peak on Dec 10

statehouse visitors will be asked to wear masks in 2021

Boise getting 16 story apt bld

2 survive crash into river

white guy robs walmart - photo

1 arrested for murder in Boise

WY Albany County scanner feed

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/34487

has fire and plow units - you can hear plows call in road conditions
30 minutes before the info shows up on the traffic website

openness - live scanner audio

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Tac 9 - Broadcastify feed

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/34461

breaking news network - New England

live scanner audio - openness

new

Helsinki Vols do 3 SCBA exercises annually

https://www.facebook.com/helsinginvpk/posts/2726730674209351

2 cold and 1 hot

Helsinki Finland - population 700,000

https://www.hel.fi/pela/fi/esittely/

Helsinki FD has 700 employees - they do fire and ambulance service for the city

Boston Mass has 700,000 also - but iirc - FD has 1400 employees and EMS has 300

So Boston spends approx 250% more for fire and ems than Helsinki does

Interesting

(Helsinki also has 15 volunteer fire brigades that back up the 9 paid stations)

Finland has 6 medevac helo bases

https://finnhems.fi/

can reach 70% of Fins in 30 minutes

building 2 more bases "soon"

keywords - response time

Finland - instructions on how to react to emergencys

https://pelastustoimi.fi/koti-ja-arki/hatatilanne

do any USA FDs have this info on their website? I dont remember seeing
it - its very basic of course - but the general public wou;d probably
appreciate seeing this

Finland has 22 regional FDs

https://pelastustoimi.fi/pelastuslaitokset

22 regional FDs cover the entire country

Helsinki EMS info - Finland

https://www.hel.fi/pela/fi/ensihoito/helsingin+pelastuslaitoksen+ensihoito/ambulanssit-ja-hoitovalineet

Helsinki FD has 8 stations and 400 firefighters - all have EMS training

there are - basic ambulances plus 4 medic ambulances + 1 doctor car

fire trucks have 3 to 5 firefighter / medics

this is for a city of approx 700,000 people

I suppose if they have a dozen basic ambulances - then they would have
16 ambulances on duty - which is approx 1 ambulance per 40,000
population - which is close to what my town has

Finland - ?real time? internet feed - FD incidents

http://www.peto-media.fi/

car crashes + fires + rescues are listed - date - time - general area

might be just for Helsinki

live audio scanner - (not really) - openness

150 mph crash on autobahn

https://youtu.be/uBZOdEXY5ec

no one hurt

many comments about best moves

san francisco fireboat in action

https://youtu.be/7q6P66eCu00

peat bog fire on island

23 minutes of classical music

Huntington Mass - hunter rescued by hovercraft and drone

https://www.masslive.com/police-fire/2020/12/hunter-in-huntington-rescued-after-being-stranded-on-island-of-ice-in-middle-of-water-in-knightville-basin.html

elderly hunter got stuck on ice flow

Dartmouth Mass - woman rescued from burning home

https://www.masslive.com/police-fire/2020/12/unconscious-woman-rescued-from-christmas-tree-fire-that-consumed-massachusetts-home-pet-dog-killed-by-blaze.html

Ireland - adding new stations and rigs

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/six-new-fire-stations-to-be-built-across-state-in-five-years-1.4447180

6 new stations over next 5 years - also will refurbish 9 stations -
getting 35 new engines - developing more plans for 12 more new
stations - adding 2 turntable ladders

new freqs usa - no post this week

new freqs usa - no spreadsheet this week - only 11 new licenses - will
catch them next week

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Ventura County FD - 2020 response levels

https://vcfd.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Response-Levels.pdf

Nashville bomb caused major 911 problems

At the height of the outage, 46 counties in Tennessee had disruptions
in 911 call center services, state officials said. As of Tuesday, four
counties (Bledsoe, Cannon, Lincoln and Perry), home to about 70,000
people, were still without call center services and were using
alternate numbers to route emergency calls.

The outages also affected the Tennessee hotline for reporting child
abuse, adult protective services and driver's license services, among
other agencies and programs. Severe disruptions were also reported in
Kentucky and Alabama.

per https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/us/nashville-bombing-telecommunications.html

taunton mass feed at openMhz

https://openmhz.com/system/bristolco

includes fall river + taunton + raynham + dighton + lakeville

live scanner audio

Tasmania live scanner

https://youtu.be/4Ab4bn9mDgU

866.5875 - maybe 1 channel of a TRS

osaka japan fire response video

https://youtu.be/rxDVaEY00cs

pumpers are smaller than Tokyos but have hose carts like Tokyo

looks like Osaka has at least 2 quints

keywords - quint in japan

Japan fire rigs rolling

https://youtu.be/8QDZsuPOGPc

you can see how narrow many of the streets are

Thomaston Maine fire rig video

https://youtu.be/G6WLPcnp784

that was fun - air horn and siren - minor outside fire

Barnes Airport Mass - small plane crash

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

crash is at 1216
plow responds at 1217
first ?fire? unit at scene 1220
small fire truck + (?P9?) crash truck + rescue arrive at 1222
P9 crash truck leaves at 1230
zoomed in - big plow - 1350 - (crane also ??)

radio comms from tower freq on tape

no fire - maybe no injuries - looks like plane totalled - maybe a
botched touch and go

Flying Dutchman by Jethro Tull

https://youtu.be/udOLEzADVog

lovely song - 8 minutes - drawings of old UK harbor town life

Saturday, December 26, 2020

Boston FD - 2019 tower

https://youtu.be/TpBh_yxz9S8

2019 tower is shorter and skinnier - and has 45 degree bumpers on the corners

Boston PD SWAT truck

https://youtu.be/_N7So38EzlM

2020

BFD 2020 Virtual Ball & Award Ceremony

https://youtu.be/YhLJoHQYceg

boston fire department

NYC gets 3 calls in 1 minute

https://youtu.be/QkFB_s_MOnY

fdny - dispatch - house man

Thomaston Maine - 2 died in crash

https://youtu.be/Fu87C_UUMK0

5 minute video captures first arriving units - and medevac helo -
Maine Life Flight

Japan - biggest damn fire trucks

https://youtu.be/ILjXTIQODso

7 minutes

to start - huge pumper

also - huge foam truck - huge fan truck - bus mobile command post (MCP) - etc

noticed that all of the chiefs buggies have 3 people onboard - even the tiny car

translation of video title is

[Fire report in Nishi-ku, Sakai City] Fire incoming call at a specific
office! SOS from a large office! Rare vehicles from people, emergency
dispatch! !! [Sakai City Fire Department] << FIRE RESPONSE >>

re Nashville

from press conference that just concluded

re Nashville bombing

no indication of other individuals involved

no active threat now

"cant ID" (dont want to name) any 1 suspect at this time

no other bombs found in area

need to get gens back running to fix mobile phone coverage

nashville update now

https://twitter.com/WKRN/status/1342907563441074177

63 yo guy is suspect - from nashville area - per ?abc?

arlington animal info

https://www.facebook.com/ArlingtonMassachusettsAnimalControl/posts/3558531717560676

pd and dispatchers helped dog

aco helped swan

anybody else seeing this crap from facebook and google?

anybody else seeing this muffed up crap from facebook and google
cache? - https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3AG22c3mStbfcJ%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FHazelgreenFireProtectionDistrict%2F%20&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

too many redirects - ???

Lebanon MO Rural FD - training requirements

http://www.lebanonrural.org/documents

listed on employment application

within 6 months - basic firefighter + EMS responder (maybe 30 hours) +
HazMat Awareness + 4 ICS online classes

within 1 year - wildland firefighter level 1

maybe from 2013 - thats pretty straightforward actually

Lebanon MO FD - complaint form

http://www.lebanonrural.org/documents

1 page - from 2013

maybe the only FD in the entire USA that has a complaint form on their website

Thursday, December 24, 2020

Minnesota has bad blizzard

https://youtu.be/xYw33aKtTVE

Minnesota has bad blizzard - 2 minute video - 1 major MVA at least on
the video (with tanker truck)

San Jacinto CA - $800,000 for new TY1 engine

https://myvalleynews.com/san-jacinto-approves-new-fire-engine-for-fire-station-25/

seems expensive

Lawrence Indiana FD rebuilding Sta 38

https://www.youarecurrent.com/2020/12/23/looking-ahead-subhead-new-fire-station-cultural-campus-planned-in-2021/

old dispatch office will be demolished in the process

Brandon SD buys new pumper

https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/brandon/2020/12/23/new-fire-truck-produced-spartan-scheduled-march-completion/3992621001/

being built right in town by Spartan Emergency Products

North Conway NH is building new fire station for $6.7 million

https://www.conwaydailysun.com/news/local/new-fire-station-on-schedule-says-contractor/article_203f2358-448f-11eb-baeb-07289c0aa8f3.html

everything fine so far - 35 workmen on site daily

9 critical after Baltimore highrise explosion

https://abc7chicago.com/baltimore-building-explosion-injures-23-traps-workers/9005456/

explosion at gas company office on 16th floor

Porter Indiana - video shows mom & girl rescued

https://abc7chicago.com/porter-house-explosion-fire-today-indiana/9017668/

house exploded

High wind warning tomorrow - Massachusetts

https://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=5fab1c36bef4b6be&hl=en&source=wweather

a wild storm for Xmas

Aoba Battalion of Yokohama FD

https://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/kurashi/bousai-kyukyu-bohan/shobo/shobosho/aoba/aoba-top.html
- Aoba Battalion HQ - 2 pumpers + 1 ladder + 1 minipumper + ? 1
motorcycle + 1 command van + 1 ambulance + 1 fuel truck

https://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/kurashi/bousai-kyukyu-bohan/shobo/shobosho/aoba/aoba-shuttyou.html
- 6 sub stations - eah has 1 pumper and 1 motorcycle - approx

maybe they have some very tight neighborhoods where they need to send
in the motorcycles first to see whats going on - or maybe they use the
motorcycles just for earthquakes - or maybe just as first responders
to get thru heavy traffic

I suspect if this was an industrial part of the city they would have
some foam/chemical pumpers also

this is the paid FD - I think they have 18 battalions in the city -
kinda like Los Angeles (which also has a population of 4 million iirc)

the volunteers are separate from the paid guys - they have their own
small stations and mini pumpers

Yokohama Japan - fire dispatch center

https://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/kurashi/bousai-kyukyu-bohan/shobo/shokainado/katsudoshokai/shirei.html

Yokohama FD vehicles

https://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/kurashi/bousai-kyukyu-bohan/shobo/shokainado/sharyo/vehicle.html

5 types of pumpers - small with no water - small with water - regular
- large - mini - I think that the minis are just used by the vols

the chemical cars are foam pumpers apparently

they have 3 fire boats and 2 helios and ?1 payloader and ?1 fan buggy

city of 4 million just SW of Tokyo

Aoba Volunteers in Yokohama City Japan

https://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/kurashi/bousai-kyukyu-bohan/shobo/bosai/shobodan/shokai/05-16.html

Yokohama is a city with 4 million residents - the city is divided up
into 18 wards - I think that each ward has its own volunteer fire
brigade to support the paid firefighters

this page has multi photos of the Aoba Ward volunteers - they have
small pumpers and chain saws etc

The Aoba Ward Volunteers have 25 stations and 25 tiny pumpers - they
have 451 volunteers - the tiny pumpers have 1 portable pump each it
seems

typically the volunteers do receive pay for training and response to
calls - afaik - they are considered to be part time municipal
employees - same as the USA it seems - but I think they might only
respond to earthquakes and typhoons in the big cities

from Twitter

Lincoln's Bible
@LincolnsBible
·4m
Putin wants Americans sick, impoverished, angry, suffering. He wants
American carnage. donald is not delivering this vision for Putin by
accident. It's willful. WILLFUL. To the end.

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

More info on Madrid State FD

https://www.comunidad.madrid/servicios/seguridad-emergencias/cuerpo-bomberos-comunidad-madrid

20 stations - 40 rural pumpers - 40 forestry pumpers - 8 huge tankers 4 axles - 20 ladders - 20 rescues - thats all approx - you get the general idea

Spain - FD merges into State FD

https://www.comunidad.madrid/noticias/2020/10/06/reforzamos-extincion-incendios-integracion-parque-bomberos-leganes

interesting article

besides the merger - they have designed 8 additional fire stations so they can reach 90% of the population in  under 10 minutes

seems that Legane FD with 72 firefighters merged into the Madrid State FD

they seem to have very meager fire departments outside of Madrid proper

Navalcanero has a population of 28,0   yet apparently has no fire station - and they are 9 miles from the closest station - over 35 mph roads (maybe)

Madrid Spain - new fire station under construction

https://goo.gl/maps/q8WzuhHwHHXAybS88

several December 2020 photos here

click on the photo on upper left and scan thru the other photos

maybe 6 bays for trucks and maybe 6 smaller bays for cars

crazy crazy chase - Arkansas

https://youtu.be/IrBdowtqa1Y

per comments - perp pulled gun on cops at beginning

PIT at 108 MPH - and MORE

4 minutes

Xenia OH spending $535,000 on new Sutphen pumper

info about quick call tones

2,900 US health care workers have died from covid

New fire dept grading system approved for use in Florida

https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2020/12/23/595054.htm

sounds like fire departments wont be graded by ISO anymore

maybe this follows Gatlinburg moving from Class 2 to Class 1 - and then burning down

archived - Karachi to get 50 new fire trucks

Karachi getting 50 new fire engines from China

https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/karachi-to-get-50-new-fire-engines-next-month-1.76059912

will be a "gift" from the Prime Minister to the City

only 14 of 44 engines are in operation - only 2 of 5 snorkels are in operation

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Info on Hamburg Germany FD

https://www.fire-engine-photos.com/picture/number42216.asp

23 paid stations and 86 volunteer stations

Hiker died in Death Valley this summer

info on new UK "virus"

https://youtu.be/DT-b-BVLJrw

15:00 approx on tape - new UK variant of covid virus spreads 70%
faster but does not make people sicker

this guy appears to be a retired MD - very well spoken - very clear -
he posts every day I think

health care errors - live now

https://youtu.be/GeuKdNBKF1Q

New Freqs USA for week ending Dec 20 2020

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10ERnnRiXBpIPd9jvIQ4e0w8U9bZwtj3s49c-eNxSVjc/edit?usp=sharing
- sortable spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vR45W7DonczD_ePhqqutOwo0iagaqTSj40KW5WiUHJk367JwNVWjmIMoGsARtv8dC7kGW7iWrOgwyWw/pubhtml
- non sortable spreadsheet

this week we have

2 low band licenses - yup - 2 of them

12 vhf highband licenses - approx 150 mhz

6 UHF licenses

6 700 mhz licenses - plus maybe a dozen for NYC Transit

9 800 mhz licenses

(re the 6 700mhz licenses - 2 are for TRS - 4 are for just HTs or MO3 or FB2T)

Monday, December 21, 2020

Boise Idaho news

https://www.idahostatesman.com/

"icu cases hit record again"

1,305 Covid deaths in Idaho as of Dec 21 2020

more novichok info

more novichok info

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/16/947024703/russian-agents-trailed-opposition-leader-navalny-before-poisoning-report-finds

yup - bad drink was suspected - but also laundry was mentioned

note - it was a new type of novichok

be sure to read this russian story - it is crazy

be sure to read this novichok story - it is crazy

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/21/europe/russia-navalny-poisoning-underpants-ward/index.html

(but I recently saw a story saying Navalny had been poisoned by a
bartender who didnt know how to make a certain drink - where did that
story come from?)

tour of Pierce fire engine factory

tour of Pierce fire engine factory

https://youtu.be/SXt5XphKzzA

they basically start with just 2 steel rails

this is fascinating

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/19/business/fox-smartmatic-news-package/index.html

The Messiah is a CONMAN

Sunday, December 20, 2020

South Australia Fire Brigade info

https://www.cfs.sa.gov.au/about-cfs/firefighting/

tankers = 4X4 engines

(urban) pumpers = 4 X 2 engines

bulk water carriers = water tenders

replace rigs after 20 years

for aircraft they have 14 SEATs + 1 Sikorsky + 8 small helios for observation

initial wildland dispatch in rural areas is - 2 seats + 2 small helios
+ closest fire station

top feeds at Broadcastify

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/top

17 top feeds at Broadcastify are all rural north Calif FDs

????????

looking at trumpfs twitter feed

I just went thru trumpfs twitter feed back thru Dec 8

there were approx 235 tweets & retweets - 90% were about the election
- 1 or 2 were about covid

on Dec 19 there were 2 tweets on the cyber attack - trumpf said that
maybe China attacked out voting machines

(actually - there were maybe a dozen tweets about the new vaccine - so
that was covid related - absolutely no mention of 3,000 people dying
per day - absolutely no mention of 7 dead in Taiwan - absolutely no
mention of 25 dead in New Zealand)

Antifa did NOT lead an attack on Minnesota this summer

https://twitter.com/AndrewMannix/status/1340672482659999745

(iirc the guys who firebombed the police station were proud boys or boogaloo)

The Navarro memos are in this article

https://www.axios.com/exclusive-navarro-deaths-coronavirus-memos-january-da3f08fb-dce1-4f69-89b5-ea048f8382a9.html

this article was written by Jonathan Swan and Margaret Talev of Axios

Navarro actually wrote 2 reports

https://web.archive.org/web/20200410070856/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/us/politics/navarro-warning-trump-coronavirus.html

Navarro actually wrote 2 reports about millions dying in the USA from
COVID - Jan 29 and Feb 23 - apparently both were widely circulated

April 6 - Trumpf flubbered when asked about the reports at a White
House press conference

where are the 24/7 House hearings ?

https://www.google.com/search?q=us+government+response+to+the+covid-19+global+pandemic&ei=S1zfX4m_IrGq5wKfqozwCw&start=0&sa=N&ved=2ahUKEwjJkMCw39ztAhUx1VkKHR8VA744FBDy0wN6BAgGEDU&biw=1366&bih=600

US govt response to COVID

Saturday, December 19, 2020

billionaires son dies in car crash

https://nypost.com/2020/12/19/billionaires-son-dies-after-crashing-car-into-verizon-store/

Greenwich Connecticut - crashed into a store

Bangkok 2018 - strange EMS case

https://www.asiaone.com/asia/bangkok-hospital-under-fire-after-injured-woman-dies

woman gets acid on face - takes taxi to hospital - non critical injury
per nurse - victim takes taxi to 2nd hospital where she has a gold
card - victim dies from pain

maybe private hospital vs public hospital issue

Bangkok admin bld with tanker trucks

https://goo.gl/maps/HCjvGDoZ6vejScPZ6

vol fire defense office here somewhere

maybe these guys - https://goo.gl/maps/HCjvGDoZ6vejScPZ6 - 4 yellow
tankers with deck guns - maybe each with deck gun also

Banghkok pumper - 2018

https://goo.gl/maps/FNZw1TaY8NDcKJ8D7

actually is suburb just south of downtown Banghkok and across the river

this is a sub station - the main station is 1 mile to south with
pumper + bucket ladder + ambulance + pickup truck

this toy fire truck seems to be set up for 1 man operation - park at
hydrant at cistern - connect suction hose - run deck gun - then give
booster line to bystanders to keep them busy

Friday, December 18, 2020

Mexico had a big fire

http://www.eltamaleo.com/tamaulipas/6662-incendio-en-maquiladora-deja-perdida-total-sin-victimas-reynosa-tamaulipas

Update on the USA

NoelCaslerComedy
@CaslerNoel
·35m

I think the deal Putin made with Trump & then the GOP that visited
Moscow on the 4th of July is that they would become American
Oligarchs. Rich beyond their dreams but they would have to weaken the
US first, starve the people of healthcare, education, even food.

covid update

covid update

deaths

worldwide - 1.67 million

USA - 311,000

New Zealand - 25

Taiwan - 7

the last couple of days the USA seems to be seeing 3,000 covid deaths daily

From Feb 12 2020 - boston covid info

apparently this was all total BS

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

Apparently wuhan flu is not spreading in Mass

Inbox

Peter Sz via Groups.Io <zerg90=gmail.com@groups.io>

Wed, Feb 12, 11:29 AM
to firealert, bcc: sme2

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?

From Boston Herald Jan 21 2020

First case of Chinese coronavirus identified in U.S.

Traveler from China in hospital outside Seattle

Kennebunk Maine getting new pumper

https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/2020/12/17/kennebunk-select-board-oks-purchase-new-fire-engine/6541796002/

$587,000 Sutphen

will replace 1992 Kovatch - but they probably have multi engines

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Sligo County Ireland - recruitment info for retained firefighters

https://www.sligococo.ie/Services/FireService/CareersintheFireService/RetainedFireFighter_InformationPack.pdf

approx 7 pages

Ireland - pay for call firefighters

https://www.louthcoco.ie/en/services/fire_rescue_services/recruitment_to_the_fire_service/

$10,000 annual retainer plus $25 per hour - approx

Louth County Ireland FD - stats

https://www.louthcoco.ie/en/services/fire_rescue_services/operational_fire_service/lcc-fire-rescue-statistics-q3-2020.pdf

turnout times for retained and paid engines - 1 minute vs 5 minutes

Dublin Ireland - FD can dispatch in 30 seconds

https://web.archive.org/web/20091107103009/http://www.irishfireservices.ie/pages/dfbcontrolroom.htm

2008 info

for a suburban house fire - 2 pumpers + 1 rescue + 1 ambulance are sent

Re: Ireland cardiac arrest annual report

approx 2,000 out of hospital cardiac arrest cases - 50% were witnessed
- like 90% were medical in nature - 68% at home - 68yo males are
typical victims - response times average 12 minutes (but that might
be for paid crews only) - there is a separate fact that in 50% of
survivor cases they got a shock within 4 minutes of call dispatch

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 3:33 PM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> http://nationalambulanceservice.ie/Publications/OHCAR-Annual-Report-2019.pdf
>
> they save about 10% of cardiac arrest victims
>

Ireland cardiac arrest annual report

http://nationalambulanceservice.ie/Publications/OHCAR-Annual-Report-2019.pdf

they save about 10% of cardiac arrest victims

(not sure if response times are mentioned here)

Ireland Ambulance covers the entire country (except for Dublin) from
100 locations - they have 2 dispatch centers - there are also 266
volunteer community first responder groups (with 1,800 AEDs) - the
vols are dispatched by the 2 ambulance comm centers

in Dublin the FD runs the ambulances

Worcester Mass - FY 2021 budget

http://www.worcesterma.gov/uploads/0e/4a/0e4a2cac9449b9df91a85ea87437d037/budget-fy21.pdf

search for "fire" - fd budget pops right up

39 square miles - 182,000 population

FD - approx 420 fulltime employees - got 2 new ladders and 1 new
engine - recently hired a Fire Protection Engineer - $85,000 salary -
inspections by Captain of Fire Prevention increased by 25% - new SCBA
make comms better - got thermal camera for all units - previously just
ladders and rescue had them - have 4 mechanics - got a new position -
program manager

note - ambulances are run by the hospital

Ireland ambulance dispatch seems to be crazy

https://www.thejournal.ie/ambulance-drove-900km-from-co-clare-4954952-Jan2020/

sending units to calls 100 miles away

maybe these are hospital transfers?

Clare County Ireland - 2003 photos of fire engine

https://clarelibrary.fotoware.cloud/fotoweb/archives/5032-Schorman-Collection/?q=fire

locker doors are open

Ireland has 3,500 civil defense volunteers

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/government_in_ireland/security_and_emergency_services/civil_defence.html

they are controlled by Dept of Defense

apparently they augment police and fire departments

I am not sure if they have any vehicles of their own

Clare County Ireland - 5 minute pager time

https://www.clarecoco.ie/services/emergency-services/fire-operations/default.html

retained firefighters are expected to respond to station in 5 minutes

maybe 1 more minute to get on truck

keywords - turn out time - response time - shout time

as is common in rural Ireland

Northern Ireland FD has just 1 dispatch center

https://www.nifrs.org/about-nifrs/operations-2/regional-control-centre/

Ireland fire response standards

https://www.nifrs.org/about-nifrs/operations-2/operational-activity/

from 2006 - high danger areas - 6 minutes for first unit

but we dont know what that means exactly - but I can guess it means -
for 90% of all calls - under 6 minutes of travel time

this might translate to an average of 4 minute travel time

Ireland map of fire stations - archived

http://archive.today/LS1iS

future map

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Singapore Airport - 2020 - disaster drill

https://youtu.be/p8ngIL4noF4

day in life at the airport

FD segments at 500 1730 (3600 the drill) - shadowing the shift commander

interspersed with customs and customer service segments

they do a full blown disaster drill annually - some radio comms are heard

they have a huge hovercraft - see 5;00 on tape

customs caught 2 guys - 1 with muti packs of cigarettes and 1 with bunch of cash

Singapore Airport has 3 fire stations

https://youtu.be/fRhG2jsIbi0

reach scene in 2 minutes - extinguish fire in 1 minute

5 minute video - mini documentary - English captions - Feb 2020

some radio comms heard - not in english but english captions

update - colombo supreme court fire

https://youtu.be/IxbX5jKmIDc

knocked down by 1 line - put up some heavy smoke for a minute

sri lanka - glimpse of ambulance

https://youtu.be/Q2MYC_zO5H4

white - large station wagon or crossover or something

nyc - report on the shooter at the cathedral

https://youtu.be/KfqxbMMAEpw

looks like suicide by cop

Russia - 11 dead in nursing home fire

https://youtu.be/yR2bIS_9fCw

Five Cities FD in CA - 35% quaratined

https://youtu.be/VK6CSiE9MiA

colombo - supreme court on fire

https://youtu.be/-9IgUX5vUm4

maybe sri lanka

no sign of fd

smoke showing

1 minute video

japan train ride - fast

https://youtu.be/VJz28vjU_P0

cab view - fast japan train

they only seem to blow the horn when they pass another train

big rig live - ontario oregon

https://youtu.be/v7DzoAnuRUU

middle of nowhere

lite snow falling

wont get a medevac if needed

might not get medics for over 1 hour

might be good to train some truckers as first responders - lot of them
might be already

cummins has 27 diesel engines for fire and ems use

https://www.cummins.com/engines/fire-and-emergency

250 hp to 600 hp

Japan - technical rescue drills

https://youtu.be/5O8tAvbTRmI

10 minute video

stokes stretcher lowered down long staircase

victim removed from utility pole

Japan FD trained for farm rescues

Quick rescue in an agricultural machine accident Fire department staff
learns the mechanism of the machine / Gunma Prefecture (20/12/09)

https://youtu.be/wFavBwhyI3I

1 minute news report - in Japanese but not too hard to figure out -
maybe it has captions that can be translated even

Lake Cities TX FD - 2019 Operational Analysis

https://www.cityofcorinth.com/fire-services/page/fire-operational-and-administrative-analysis

keywords - standards of cover - FD study - fire department study -
fire department report

its gotta be a movie

https://twitter.com/Sharemania1/status/1338930820036382729

10 second video

russian feed is up

https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/34331

does sound like cops - cool calm and collected

someone just ran Sergey for warrants - maybe

Re: Dallas FD - response levels

https://web.archive.org/web/2008*/http://www.bensware.com/scandfw/DFRfacts-7.htm

info was from 2007 approx

On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 12:13 PM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> http://www.bensware.com/scandfw/DFRfacts-7.htm

Dallas FD - response levels

http://www.bensware.com/scandfw/DFRfacts-7.htm

Monday, December 14, 2020

Lakeside City TX building new station

https://www.newschannel6now.com/2020/10/26/lakeside-city-volunteer-fire-department-prepare-open-new-facility/

1. have not listened to video yet - if she doesnt have a Jamaican
accent - I am gonna be really disappointed

2. why 2 FDs in 1 town?

3. did they just have a chief who stole stuff - like in march of 2020?
(saw some blurb on google)

Rockport Maine plans to change West Station

https://www.penbaypilot.com/article/rockport-select-board-discuss-new-fire-station-plans-short-term-rental-ordinance/141747

west station - built in 1973 - is too small

Radio tape from Corcoran CA bld fire

https://archive.org/details/ca-kings-co-corcoran-bld-fire-2020-12-14-0947-90-seconds-to-hit-tones

you hear the PD sent - then the FD is sent 90 seconds later

Corcoran is approx 17 miles from the next closest fire station -
apparently their staffed engine arrived within 1 minute with 2 or 3
people on board and fire thru the roof

I estimate that the 3rd and 4th due engines and ladder came from 20 miles away

Re: New Orleans had a 3 alarm fire

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/new-orleans-multi-alarm-fire-radio-tape.417813/

radio tape

On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 6:27 PM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://www.statter911.com/2020/12/09/early-video-from-new-orleans-fire-that-destroyed-multiple-homes/
>
> maybe was a crazy squatter in vacant house
>
> neighbor had complained to city for years about the house - damaged in Katrina
>
> still is amazing that it could get rolling like this in a big american
> city - first engine went right to the front of the flames to stop the
> spread - that probably saved the homes on the other side of the street
>
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 6:20 PM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > https://youtu.be/r0bkm6SUP_4
> >
> > 1 handline in operation
> >
> > thats what can happen when you send just 1 engine on a smoke check in
> > the big city
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 6:50 PM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > https://nola.gov/nofd/news-updatesnofd-battles-two-alarm-fire-in-the-n/2020/20201208-three-alarm-fire-in-the-2400-block-of-dumaine-st/
> > >
> > > just 1 engine sent initially for smoke in area
> > >
> > > took 3 minutes to dispatch ? - really ?

Re: New Orleans had a 3 alarm fire

https://youtu.be/r0bkm6SUP_4

1 handline in operation

thats what can happen when you send just 1 engine on a smoke check in
the big city

On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 6:50 PM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://nola.gov/nofd/news-updatesnofd-battles-two-alarm-fire-in-the-n/2020/20201208-three-alarm-fire-in-the-2400-block-of-dumaine-st/
>
> just 1 engine sent initially for smoke in area
>
> took 3 minutes to dispatch ? - really ?

Info about Indiana TRS

https://www.in.gov/ipsc/2919.htm

what to do when in 'site trunking' mode

complicated

1 page of info

barcode terminal - $2.000

https://www.ptsmobile.com/TC75EK-2MB22AB-US.html?gclid=CjwKCAiAt9z-BRBCEiwA_bWv-Bn5SxjRNgjd_9Jk-aGqP1rHE4nGsFDofRZxu4GRnHzkaZftJDl7bRoCdnoQAvD_BwE

has camera

can take 6 foot fall to concrete

cargo drawer system for van

https://www.grainger.com/product/450Z03?gclid=CjwKCAiAt9z-BRBCEiwA_bWv-FOnoj4VfKZGGU-hnu2XMHj7r4J5xFAgt4eENRW3V39zMcqVdRT2zhoCWyQQAvD_BwE&cm_mmc=PPC:+Google+PLA&ef_id=CjwKCAiAt9z-BRBCEiwA_bWv-FOnoj4VfKZGGU-hnu2XMHj7r4J5xFAgt4eENRW3V39zMcqVdRT2zhoCWyQQAvD_BwE:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!2966!3!264955915853!!!g!502447222557!&gucid=N:N:PS:Paid:GGL:CSM-2295:4P7A1P:20501231

$1,500

could stick some hose in there - or rescue struts - or pike poles - or
antenna masts - etc

searched at google for "cost trunked consolette"

https://www.google.com/search?q=cost+trunked+consolette&oq=cost+trunked+consolette&aqs=chrome..69i57.6100j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

some interesting links here - looks like the first 3 are state price lists

michigan has some statewide talkgroups

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/large-working-marina-fire-monroe-county.417477/

interesting info regarding a large marina fire

patch was on wrong TG - woke up many comm centers

ya gotta read this - omg

https://twitter.com/FresnoSheriff/status/1338587339740704768

guy killed by shotgun in Fresno County CA

wrong gun - oooops

Hanford CA has 2 old rigs

https://www.cityofhanfordca.com/departments/fire/index.php

1911 seagrave and 1944 white

Lynn Mass had 2 alarm fire 4AM Thursday

https://www.fireengineering.com/2020/12/11/497239/thirteen-displaced-two-alarm-fire-hits-multifamily-house-ma/

KY - new electric coop TRS - VHF hi

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/eastern-kentucky-power-cooperative-ekpc-dmr-vhf.412471/

serves 87 counties

figured out by scannerists

not too shabby

I suspect they might use repeaters (MO3) in the trouble shooting
trucks to link portable radios back to the TRS - maybe not - in any
case, it would not be very difficult to do - would just cost more

New freqs USA for week ending Dec 13 2020

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OpCUO7g8u0xehIgO-817JMoq-F7-McIDNwqzdggyTms/edit?usp=sharing
- sortable spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTgke-8BV-yXiX_SIRAfeLMfRrgB3kGO_bZgo20wWZTMf3lY5xyfn3EKgW6IoOjV5WTyWcZku4iHh-i/pubhtml
- non sortable spreadsheet

this week we have licenses for -

2 UHF TRS and 1 VHF TRS

overall we have

0 licenses with low band freqs

7 licenses with VHF high band freqs

5 licenses with UHF freqs

8 licenses with 700 mhz freqs (6 of the licenses are for NYC Transit)

1 license with 800 Mhz freqs

154.40 license for Northern Middlesex RECC

https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=4362483

in Tewksbury - apparently this is a tie to Dracut FD

apparently this is a new dispatch center in Massachusetts

Sunday, December 13, 2020

Japan fire video

https://youtu.be/_JblH8ukOzA

once they got the doors closed - the baby fire truck followed behind -
so Disney!

note - they put scba on before leaving station

I suppose that is safer than doing it enroute - and maybe only takes
10 to 15 seconds to sling it over the shoulders

Iruma Air Base - Saitama Prefecture - Japan - crash truck

https://youtu.be/x0MoOdiNU9s

asdf - air self defense force

Jakarta FD video - bee hive removal

https://youtu.be/CG9r8w5_Y0E

they sent a Light Rescue - maybe 5 guys - they have full turnouts and
scba on the truck

900 - they get to the hive

call was radio dispatched to them at the beginning of the video when
they were on the road - they responded in middle of night with lights
and siren

maybe not Jakarta but probably Indonesia

just thought this up

just thought this up - new nationwide public safety radio scheme

1. every dispatch center has a drone they can launch to an emergency
scene and provide simplex comms back to the dispatch center - each
drone has the capability to operate simplex on 3or 4 of 30 onscene
simplex channels

2. every public safety radio has 30 onscene (nationwide) simplex channels

3. for any incident - the dispatcher will announce when the comms
drone is onscene and which channels are being monitored

for examples - units working at the brush fire on Lopsided Mtn, the
comms drone is now onscene, dispatch is monitoring on scene channels
5, 6, and 7 - all units presently onscene can switch to Channel 5 at
this time at your leisure

all of the onscene radios could have a built in 2ndary receiver on
'OnScene Ch 1' - or be scanning 'OnScene Ch 1' - and 'On Scene Ch 1'
would only be used by the IC (or the dispatch center) to broadcast
life or death messages

the only place this would not work would be in deep basements and caves

1M views - Macomb MI fire video - July 2020

https://youtu.be/QcfxZicwDNU

baby saved

per comments - guy in blue was mentally impaired

multi comments - FD was terrible - PD was great

quite the fire video from Russia

12/04/2020 Pavlodar fire in a 2-storey 8-apartment barracks, the first
compartment penetrated through the front door, the second through the
window of the first floor, the hostess was in the room farthest from
the fire, but died before our arrival.

https://youtu.be/VPdyUAtDImA - 13 minutes - helmet cam

I recommend you set aside 15 minutes and watch this

Mt Desert Maine - FD staffing report

see their webpage

they have 4 FT staff - want more - approx 5 page report - losing
volunteers - 6 of 20 vols are also on other FDs

quint tower for Toyota Plant at San Antonio Texas

https://www.piercemfg.com/customers/new-deliveries/toyota-motor-manufacturing-texas-aerial-34269

US Army bought new Rescue 411 for Joint Base Cape Cod FD

https://www.piercemfg.com/customers/new-deliveries/us-army-rescue-34131

its listed as US Army - maybe the National Guard Bureau gave it to Otis FD

Wendall Fire Natl Guard training base in KY

https://whfrtc.ky.gov/Pages/fire-rescue.aspx

E94 is new - https://www.piercemfg.com/customers/new-deliveries/us-army-pumper-34685

Grand Lake CO has medic quint tower

https://www.piercemfg.com/customers/new-deliveries/grand-lake-fire-protection-district-aerial-34796

2000 GPM - 300 gallon tank

New Brunswick NJ - Bristol Meyers Squibb pumper

https://www.piercemfg.com/customers/new-deliveries/bristol-myers-squibb-co-pumper-34910

Kevil KY Paducah Gasous Diffusion Plant

https://www.piercemfg.com/customers/new-deliveries/paducah-gaseous-diffusion-plant-fire-services-aerial-32998

quint tower

Letterkenny Eng 13-3 - US Army Pennsylvania

https://www.piercemfg.com/customers/new-deliveries/us-army-tank-automotive-and-armaments-command-pumper-34384

2019 - Pierce makes highrise pumper for China

https://www.piercemfg.com/pierce/press-release/pierce-manufacturing-introduces-new-ultra-highrise-pumper-at-china-fire-2019

3 stage 1500 GPM pump - can reach 1,400 feet - 550 HP engine

2019 - update on new China FD

BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- China's comprehensive fire and rescue
force has completed over 1.2 million emergency rescue missions in its
first year of service, an official said Wednesday.

The force has evacuated and rescued more than 660,000 people in major
emergencies since it was formed one year ago, Shen Zhanli,
spokesperson of the Ministry of Emergency Management, told a press
conference.

The force has set up 27 professional rescue teams specializing in
earthquakes and mountain, water and air emergencies and six teams
dealing with cross-border forest and grassland fires.

Staff of the force consist of around 200,000 former firefighters and
the forest force of the armed police, as well as over 14,000 new
firefighters.

per http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-11/06/c_138533642.htm

in the past - most members of the FD were from the Armed Police - 20
year old males who served for 2 years - maybe

China to form nationwide FD - 2018

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201810/18/WS5bc8682ba310eff303283351.html

picture shows Palace Museum FD with pumper - they are based at east gate

that is same as Imperial Palace FD maybe

Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau

mandate

http://english.beijing.gov.cn/government/departments/202006/t20200627_1932940.html

obviously they do both police and fire work and disaster work - no
mention of ems though - maybe that comes under Health Dept

Beijing emergency telephone numbers

this is their English version of their city website

http://english.beijing.gov.cn/livinginbeijing/index.html

see lower right side - under "Safety"

Police 110

Fire 119

Ambulance 120

Traffic Accident 122

Citizen Services 12345

these are the only telephone numbers listed here

(I have seen 1 or 2 traffic police stations around the city - they
have black and white pickup trucks and cars with flashing lights on
the roof)

fire trucks are red - ambulances are white

Beijing - oldest fire station ?

http://english.beijing.gov.cn/beijinginfo/culture/202005/t20200515_1898145.html

note the red doors and the yellow markings on the street - maybe a fire station

I might be way off the mark - but considering the following paragraph
- this might be the oldest fire station in Beijing. Maybe from AD
1267.

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


Wudaoying was settled in Chongjiaofang and was formerly known as Wude
Weiying. It was there since Zhu Di, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty,
built the capital in ancient Beijing. It is said to be the barracks
station of the Ming Dynasty defending the city. It was renamed
"Wudaoying" in the Qing Dynasty, and then was renamed "Wudaoying
Hutong" in 1965 when the official rectification was implemented.

Beijing Emergency Management Agency - basic duties

you can see that they reference 3 agencies here - PLA + Armed Police +
Beijing F/R

I bet that Beijing Fire/Rescue is not armed - but the others are

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

http://english.beijing.gov.cn/government/departments/202006/t20200627_1932962.html

Coordinating and directing the various professional teams for
emergency response of Beijing Municipality in a unified way,
establishing an emergency coordination and linkage mechanism,
promoting the coordination of command platforms, and the cooperation
with the People's Liberation Army and the Armed Police to participate
in emergency rescue work, and directing the Beijing Fire and Rescue to
carry out the relevant emergency rescue work.

Beijing - Director of Public Safety Bureau

http://english.beijing.gov.cn/government/vicemayors/202005/t20200511_1894244.html

note - he interacts with the Armed Police and the National Security -
I think they are the actual police and fire departments

note - he is obviously a fire and safety guy - looks at his bio

Beijing - gun permits

http://banshi.beijing.gov.cn/pubtask/bmfw.html?locationCode=110119000000

wow - this district of Beijing offers gun permits - official and civilian

Beijing 1993 - 26,000 volunteer fire brigades

http://www.beijing.gov.cn/zhengce/zfwj/zfwj/bgtwj/201905/t20190523_74061.html

420,000 volunteers

Beijing - Economic Zone FD - publicity day

http://kfqgw.beijing.gov.cn/zwgk/xwzx/yzxw/202011/t20201106_2130048.html

picture of 1 pumper - those look like hose rolls in there

also - mention of "miniature fire truck" and drone

I wonder if they are going to give their volunteers mini fire trucks
now - like Tokyo?

Beijing FD starts to get into EMS work

http://www.beijing.gov.cn/ywdt/gzdt/202011/t20201109_2130770.html

Nov 2020 - first in country - set up joint FD / Red Cross aid team -
apparently can do CPR and AED before ambulance (120 or 999) arrives

first in China

Beijing Summer Palace has at least 1 fire station

http://gygl.beijing.gov.cn/xxgk/xxgk_ywdt/202012/t20201201_2154369.html

2020 info

maybe they had 2 fire stations in the past

Beijing is building more "fire education bases"

http://www.beijing.gov.cn/fuwu/bmfw/jmsh/jmshggts/202011/t20201105_2129046.html

students can learn fire safety and ropes/knots etc

Beijing FD has a subway fire brigade

http://www.beijing.gov.cn/ywdt/gzdt/202011/t20201110_2131601.html

seems they mostly prevent fires

unknown if they have their own fire trucks - they might have their own
fire station just to the NE of the Beijing FD HQ - per badu maps

Beijing has 3 types of fire stations now - 2020

Apparently - maybe - Beijing now has 3 types of fire stations

regular fire station - 4 or 5 trucks

small fire station - 2 trucks - 17 people - 3 platoons

community mini station - maybe just has portable fire extinguishers

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

http://www.beijing.gov.cn/fuwu/bmfw/jmsh/jmshggts/202011/t20201105_2129042.html

  Original title: The first small fire station in Daxing was unveiled

  On November 4, the launching ceremony of the 30th "119 Publicity
Month" and the unveiling ceremony of the small fire station in Daxing
District of Beijing were held at the Sports Center of Daxing District.
The first small fire station in Daxing District-Gaomidian small fire
station was inaugurated and the keys to the fire engine were handed
over. The small fire station was officially put into use on November
4.

  It is reported that the small fire station is an effective fire
fighting force between the fire rescue station and the community mini
fire station. Compared with the fire rescue station, it is more
grounded and has a faster response. Compared with the miniature fire
station, it has more professional fire fighting capabilities in terms
of personnel, equipment and equipment, filling the gap between the
fire rescue station and the miniature fire station. Currently,
Gaomidian small fire station has 2 professional fire trucks, 1 station
master, 1 assistant station master, 15 full-time firefighters, and the
personnel are divided into 3 combat teams. Gaomidian's small fire
station will improve the level of emergency response and rapid
response to fires in Gaomidian streets, as well as the ability to
prevent and reduce disasters and rescue.

  In 2020, "119 Fire Fighting Publicity Month" will be themed with
"Focus on Fire Fighting, Life First". Daxing District will carry out a
series of fire safety publicity activities. In addition to the
launching ceremony of the main venue on November 15, all functional
departments and various Streets, towns, and management committees will
also carry out various forms and rich content of fire protection
publicity activities. (Zhang Yu)

China Government Website and State Council

Beijing Police pilot died in 2011

http://gaj.beijing.gov.cn/jcbwg/jdyl/2010s/202006/t20200603_1915876.html

during rescue mission

Beijing firefighter died in 1999 in water rescue

http://gaj.beijing.gov.cn/jcbwg/jdyl/1990s/202007/t20200706_1939970.html

this url is at the Beijing Police Museum website

(the Summer Palace has 2 fire stations - per other story I just saw)

Beijing FD changed in 1986

Really not sure what this means - seems to say that the FD 'of' the
Safety Bureau is now the FD 'under' the Safety Bureau

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

http://www.beijing.gov.cn/zhengce/zfwj/zfwj/bgtwj/201905/t20190523_73226.html

Beijing Administration Office issued [1986] No. 85
________________________________

Beijing Municipal People's Government
on the Municipal Public Security Bureau of Fire Services
notifications to City Fire Department

(To) All district and county people's governments, various committees,
offices, and bureaus of the municipal government, various head
offices, and various institutions of higher learning:


In order to strengthen the leadership of the city's fire protection
work and firefighting teams, the municipal party committee and the
municipal government decided to change the Fire Department of the
Municipal Public Security Bureau to The Beijing Municipal Fire Bureau
is a secondary bureau and is still under the leadership of the
Municipal Public Security Bureau. The internal agencies of the
Municipal Fire Bureau will adjust accordingly based on the principle
of streamlining the upper level and enriching the grassroots level.

info on Beijing fire prevention efforts - 2018

I think they are saying that the city has 208 fire stations - plus
145,000 volunteer fire safety / fire prevention speakers / teachers
who teach fire safety from 1,800 "miniature fire stations" / work
places / work stations / studios - these studios might have pamphlets
and fire extinguishers - but I dont think that they have any fire
trucks of any sort

Google Maps lists many of the community fire safety studios /
workshops / miniature fire stations / key places

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

from http://www.beijing.gov.cn/ywdt/gzdt/201812/t20181219_1826522.html

The 28th "119" Publicity Month in Beijing ended successfully

Date: 2018-12-19 10:18 Source: Beijing Daily

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  Original Title: The 28th "119" Promotion Month in Beijing ended successfully

  Since November, the Beijing Fire Brigade has closely integrated the
three-year action plan for urban safety hazard management, winter and
spring fire prevention and control and other key central tasks, and
has carefully deployed the 28th "119 During the fire protection
publicity month, more than 150,000 firefighting volunteers were
mobilized to carry out more than 41,000 publicity training exercises,
train more than 1.21 million people, and distribute more than 17
million publicity materials.

  Based on the characteristics of the industry, adhere to the
people-oriented approach, explore innovative and diversified fire
protection propaganda models. Relying on the Fire Fighting Volunteer
Service Corps, the municipal fire protection department recruited
thousands of firefighting volunteers to carry out the theme activity
of "Hundreds of Fire Propaganda into the Community"; organized 145
mobile propaganda teams and 17 fire trucks to go to the old community
to carry out "Mobile Propaganda and Safeguarding Safety" Activities:
Weekly night inspections are carried out on electric bicycles and
villagers' self-built rental houses. Carry out fire-fighting product
knowledge publicity, explain the purchase, use, and authenticity
identification methods, and increase the crackdown on fake and
inferior fire-fighting products; organize campus, community, and key
unit miniature fire stations to carry out skills contests, inspection
training results, and enhance fire safety handling Ability and fire
safety awareness of the majority of practitioners. The Municipal
Education Commission organizes schools at all levels and various types
of schools to use on-campus broadcasts and publicity boards to carry
out propaganda and reminders; the Municipal Tourism Commission
organizes the city's tourism industry to carry out emergency drills;
the Municipal Cultural Department urges the city's theaters to
broadcast fire protection public welfare short films before starting;
the Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau instructs cultural preservation
units During the ticket sales and checking period, the publicity
materials are distributed simultaneously to carry out fire safety
reminders for tourists; the Municipal Transportation Committee makes
full use of outdoor traffic guidance electronic display screens to
carry out publicity reminders; the Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural
Development Committee guides and urges various construction sites to
carry out fire drills, hang banners and post slogan.

  Coordinate the opening of more than 150 educational bases, venues,
and sites, 208 prepared fire brigade stations, and nearly 200,000
people from all walks of life to visit interactive experience; promote
more than 2,100 community publicity ambassadors, more than 1,800
community miniature fire stations, small units The station carried out
the "Four Ones" activities of investigating fire hazards, teaching
fire-fighting knowledge popularization classes, organizing escape
drills, and producing theme publicity panels; mobilizing mass
prevention and governance forces to walk through the streets and
alleys, push doors and enter homes, and carry out publicity tips.

Info about calling 119 in Beijing

119 is the fire department emergency number in Beijing

http://www.beijing.gov.cn/fuwu/bmfw/bmzt/etaq/dbj/201909/t20190926_1860758.html
- (this is the city website)

How to dial 119 to call the police effectively? Home address must be memorized

Date: 2019-07-29 11:10 Source: Beijing Municipal Public Security
Bureau Office News Center

If you find that electrical appliances are overheating when you are at
home, or you find that a certain household appliance has smoked, don't
panic first and dial 119. After the call is made, you must first tell
the detailed residential address in your home, and then tell the
police officer where the fire occurred in the electrical appliance or
the fire location. Tell the truth about the cause of the fire.

Beijing Police Museum website

http://gaj.beijing.gov.cn/jcbwg/index.html

pictures scroll across top of page - one is a hand pump from maybe
1700s or earlier

Beijing - huge white truck - blue flashers

https://map.baidu.com/poi/%E5%8C%97%E6%96%B0%E6%A1%A5%E6%B6%88%E9%98%B2%E5%B1%80/@12960300,4830220,21z,87t,97.74h#panoid=09002200121902211526448498O&panotype=street&heading=342.41&pitch=-0.04&l=21&tn=B_NORMAL_MAP&sc=0&newmap=1&shareurl=1&pid=09002200121902211526448498O

maybe at a hospital

are those generators behind the truck?

Re: [Public Safety USA Blog] Re: beijing - yellow van/pickup truck

https://map.baidu.com/poi/%E5%8C%97%E6%96%B0%E6%A1%A5%E6%B6%88%E9%98%B2%E5%B1%80/@12960300,4830220,21z,87t,97.74h#panoid=09002200121902211439545788O&panotype=street&heading=347.48&pitch=-5.27&l=21&tn=B_NORMAL_MAP&sc=0&newmap=1&shareurl=1&pid=09002200121902211439545788O

another station wagon / pickup truck - has flashing light

On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 7:29 AM zerg90 <no-reply@blogger.com> wrote:
>
> next to it is a station wagon / pickup truck
>
> https://map.baidu.com/poi/%E5%8C%97%E6%96%B0%E6%A1%A5%E6%B6%88%E9%98%B2%E5%B1%80/@12960300,4830220,21z,87t,97.74h#panoid=09002200121902161122546319K&panotype=street&heading=18.9&pitch=-8.46&l=21&tn=B_NORMAL_MAP&sc=0&newmap=1&shareurl=1&pid=09002200121902161122546319K
>
> On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 7:27 AM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > https://map.baidu.com/poi/%E5%8C%97%E6%96%B0%E6%A1%A5%E6%B6%88%E9%98%B2%E5%B1%80/@12960300,4830220,21z,87t,97.74h#panoid=09002200121902161122546319K&panotype=street&heading=89.58&pitch=-8.24&l=21&tn=B_NORMAL_MAP&sc=0&newmap=1&shareurl=1&pid=09002200121902161122546319K
> >
> > whats that?
> >
> > its a passenger van and a pickup truck
>
> --
> Posted By zerg90 to Public Safety USA Blog at 12/13/2020 07:29:00 AM
>
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Re: beijing - yellow van/pickup truck

next to it is a station wagon / pickup truck

https://map.baidu.com/poi/%E5%8C%97%E6%96%B0%E6%A1%A5%E6%B6%88%E9%98%B2%E5%B1%80/@12960300,4830220,21z,87t,97.74h#panoid=09002200121902161122546319K&panotype=street&heading=18.9&pitch=-8.46&l=21&tn=B_NORMAL_MAP&sc=0&newmap=1&shareurl=1&pid=09002200121902161122546319K

On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 7:27 AM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://map.baidu.com/poi/%E5%8C%97%E6%96%B0%E6%A1%A5%E6%B6%88%E9%98%B2%E5%B1%80/@12960300,4830220,21z,87t,97.74h#panoid=09002200121902161122546319K&panotype=street&heading=89.58&pitch=-8.24&l=21&tn=B_NORMAL_MAP&sc=0&newmap=1&shareurl=1&pid=09002200121902161122546319K
>
> whats that?
>
> its a passenger van and a pickup truck

beijing - yellow van/pickup truck

https://map.baidu.com/poi/%E5%8C%97%E6%96%B0%E6%A1%A5%E6%B6%88%E9%98%B2%E5%B1%80/@12960300,4830220,21z,87t,97.74h#panoid=09002200121902161122546319K&panotype=street&heading=89.58&pitch=-8.24&l=21&tn=B_NORMAL_MAP&sc=0&newmap=1&shareurl=1&pid=09002200121902161122546319K

whats that?

its a passenger van and a pickup truck

Added a note to Beijing fire station map

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1hdezsVpXguUdLoVT8gEMaKRAIk8&usp=sharing

Dec 13 2020 - near Imperial Palace - did a rough sampling of approx 12
fire stations - they are 1/2 air mile to 1.5 air miles apart - average
is 3.5 bays roughly - seems to be similar to Europe and maybe Los
Angeles - not like east coast USA which has many more single company
stations with 1 or 2 bays - just 1 of these dozen Beijing stations is
2 bays - none are 1 bay

houston p25 radio system - complicated

https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Houston_Police_and_Fire_P25

Saturday, December 12, 2020

Gouldsboro Maine woman died in crash

https://www.ellsworthamerican.com/maine-news/breaking-news/gouldsboro-woman-dies-in-township-7-crash-wednesday/

photo of Maine State Trooper vehicle with article

Re: Ellsworth Maine - ambulance contract up in air

re Northern Light Ambulance in Ellsworth Maine - thy cover Ellsworth
Trenton Lamoine Sullivan Hancock Sorrento Eastbrook Waltham Franklin
Otis Mariaville

Ellsworth Maine - ambulance contract up in air

https://www.ellsworthamerican.com/maine-news/city-officials-balk-at-ambulance-contract/

private ambulance company closed in 2018 - hospital took over -
hospital now wants 3 year contract and $10 per person

hospital ambulance is now using 157.650 Mhz per RRDB

Springfield Manitoba - new rescue / mobile command post

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-fzEvd7eHc

walkaround tour

Morita makes 56 meter aerial ladders

https://www.morita119.com/en/products/fire_trucks/ladder/001.html

183 feet

Re: [Public Safety USA Blog] Morita aerials for sale - from Shanghai

apparently Morita does not know that they have a shanghai factory

https://www.morita119.com/en/about/group.html

wth?

On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 3:20 PM zerg90 <no-reply@blogger.com> wrote:
>
> https://firetruck.en.alibaba.com/product/60305324211-802022024/factory_price_Morita_aerial_ladder_truck_for_sale.html
>
> 100 foot aerial - $780,000 - factory can apparently produce 300 per year
>
> snorkel is $1.1M
>
> Morita from Japan formed partnership with China truck company -
> sometime after 1986
>
> --
> Posted By zerg90 to Public Safety USA Blog at 12/12/2020 03:19:00 PM
>
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Morita aerials for sale - from Shanghai

https://firetruck.en.alibaba.com/product/60305324211-802022024/factory_price_Morita_aerial_ladder_truck_for_sale.html

100 foot aerial - $780,000 - factory can apparently produce 300 per year

snorkel is $1.1M

Morita from Japan formed partnership with China truck company -
sometime after 1986

Hancock Maine - fast river or tide

https://goo.gl/maps/4BZej6PXMT4SnqwW7

??????

Who is "Grifty McGriftFace" ?

Who is "Grifty McGriftFace" ?

Friday, December 11, 2020

Shanghai traffic police station

they have pickup trucks

https://map.baidu.com/poi/%E5%BE%90%E6%B1%87%E5%88%86%E5%B1%80%E6%B6%88%E9%98%B2%E6%94%AF%E9%98%9F/@13516791.98,3632808.66,18z#panoid=09000300121905161419165009M&panotype=street&heading=313.36&pitch=-14.02&l=18&tn=B_NORMAL_MAP&sc=0&newmap=1&shareurl=1&pid=09000300121905161419165009M

Russian fire videos

https://youtu.be/LhLHIFha9X8

response and FG action

you can hear some radio traffic as they call off at the scene - approx
1 or 2 minutes into each video

plus some FG comms - they seem to be HT to HT only

Re: 4 minutes to launch

scrubbed at approx 10 seconds before launch - maybe due to high level winds

On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:51 PM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://youtu.be/Udh4o2ytULE

4 minutes to launch

https://youtu.be/Udh4o2ytULE

Re: shanghai ladder truck

fire station and highrises are new since 2015 - was junkyards
previously - per 2015 street view from nearby

On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:26 PM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://map.baidu.com/poi/%E5%8D%97%E7%AB%99%E6%B6%88%E9%98%B2%E4%B8%AD%E9%98%9F/@13521672.98,3633542.66,15z#panoid=09000300121905181440041159M&panotype=street&heading=30.77&pitch=0.82&l=15&tn=B_NORMAL_MAP&sc=0&newmap=1&shareurl=1&pid=09000300121905181440041159M
>
> shanghai ladder truck in front of fire station
>
> not sure what year that is
>
> cannot zoom in - looks like a Chinese chassis

shanghai ladder truck

https://map.baidu.com/poi/%E5%8D%97%E7%AB%99%E6%B6%88%E9%98%B2%E4%B8%AD%E9%98%9F/@13521672.98,3633542.66,15z#panoid=09000300121905181440041159M&panotype=street&heading=30.77&pitch=0.82&l=15&tn=B_NORMAL_MAP&sc=0&newmap=1&shareurl=1&pid=09000300121905181440041159M

shanghai ladder truck in front of fire station

not sure what year that is

cannot zoom in - looks like a Chinese chassis

downtown shanghai fire station

map.baidu.com/poi/%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E5%B8%82%E6%B6%88%E9%98%B2%E6%80%BB%E9%98%9F%E9%BB%84%E6%B5%A6%E6%94%AF%E9%98%9F%E8%BD%A6%E7%AB%99%E4%B8%AD%E9%98%9F/@13525385.98,3637685.66,19z#panoid=01000300001309260953007315P&panotype=street&heading=277.25&pitch=-6.11&l=19&tn=B_NORMAL_MAP&sc=0&newmap=1&shareurl=1&pid=01000300001309260953007315P

downtown shanghai fire station - 2013 view has 2 MAN pumpers and 1 MAN
rescue - from Germany iirc

use clock to shift street view in time - use 2019 view to shift position

in 2019 view - station lettered in English as "Fire Services"

Shanghai - maybe a yellow fire truck in there

https://map.baidu.com/poi/%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E5%B8%82%E6%B5%A6%E4%B8%9C%E6%96%B0%E5%8C%BA%E5%85%AC%E5%AE%89%E6%B6%88%E9%98%B2%E6%94%AF%E9%98%9F%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%83%E5%A4%A7%E9%98%9F/@13521932.49,3635174.165,15z#panoid=09000300121905210820312299M&panotype=street&heading=320.83&pitch=-4.19&l=15&tn=B_NORMAL_MAP&sc=0&newmap=1&shareurl=1&pid=09000300121905210820312299M

maybe this is public security bureau

damn - watch out for the shanghai ambulance!

https://map.baidu.com/search/%E6%B6%88%E9%98%B2%E9%98%9F/@13572488.4,3597652.66,16z#panoid=01000300001308131331449755N&panotype=street&heading=269.82&pitch=-7.62&l=16&tn=B_NORMAL_MAP&sc=0&newmap=1&shareurl=1&pid=01000300001308131331449755N

Richmond VA area - zerg90 fire station map

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=16gnIGK4xl8Opa9DZpepHHNs5OOOecmG4&usp=sharing

suburban stations seem to have 2 or 3 bays usually

Yokohama Japan FD video

https://youtu.be/wee2gPGLTD0

4:00 - station with 2 aerial ladders - 1 might be a spare I suppose

Japan - smaller vol pumper

https://youtu.be/iUqMHvmOpjY - 30 second video

maybe just has a portable pump and some hose

Thursday, December 10, 2020

new scanner feed - from Russia

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/34331

new live scanner audio feed of Russian cops - openness

Радиопереговоры отделов полиции и инспекторов постов. (test broadcasting)

Radio communications between police departments and post inspectors

Служба МВД г. Нижнего Новгорода.

Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Nizhny Novgorod.

inteersting covid info

this is very interesting

https://youtu.be/NQ1h33mPGuU

Japan has reached herd immunity

the reason their death rate is so low is that they dont shout in each
others faces & they have good ventilation - therefore they dont blast
each other with millions of virions - just a 100 virions for an
initial innoculum - mentioned at 15:00 on the video

there are 2 types of antibodies - IgM and IgG - IgM appear first and
last for 1 month approx - then the IgG antibodies start to be produced
(1 month maybe after initial exposure)

2020 Asthma Treatment Guidelines

https://youtu.be/zso4Z_7XqVs

30 minute video - Nov 2020

video - house fire in russia

https://youtu.be/-TRq1LQwP54

helmet cam

fire just would not go out

putting wet stuff on red stuff

maybe the gpm from the nozzle was too low

the water it does nothing

they took the lpg tank out of the kitchen

video - 2014 highrise fire in ? Russia ?

https://youtu.be/EgIFZ_b9rL8

25 storey - cladding burnt off totally on 2 corners

900 - first water drop - big aerial moves back - water stream - 2nd
bambi drop misses

2200 - snorkel goes into operation

40 minute video

used MI-8 helo or helos

Here is the Regeneron

https://www.phe.gov/emergency/events/COVID19/investigation-MCM/cas_imd/Pages/allocation.aspx

are these real numbers I wonder ? cant be too sure these days

note - 7 deaths in taiwan - 27 deaths in new zealand - really - look
it up yourself - just go to google and type in 'covid' plus a country
name

where the regeneron at?

anyone know where the Regeneron is at?

anyone know where Rudy is at?

great fire video from Jakarta

https://youtu.be/9gNy5kmgUCw

15 minutes

pre arrival and response and fireground video

at 1100 you can see that they drafted from the river

lots of firefighters ride on top of engines - they need to give them
cars or minivans or something

in the past Jakarta just had 2 door pumpers - the new pumpers in the
last few years have been 4 doors - you can see 1 crew inside a 4 door
pumper in this video

Rotterdam - fire in apt bld

https://youtu.be/7lCMPxWKK60

looks like a cat went up in flames

really

10 minute video

approx 5 floors up

helmet cam captures interior attack

edited for time apparently

video - ambulances rolling - ? belgium ?

https://youtu.be/iVNJB8hHqN0

10 minutes of clips - high low sirens - blue flashers

Manila 2 alarm fire

https://youtu.be/nToCXDoCWzw

pretty good video

they followed a paid pumper to the scene - and then took the back road
to get right up to the fire building

almost creamed 1 scooter - he came out as someone passed him - good
thing the pumper was turning at that corner

anyone have info on their dispatch system? exactly who ordered the 2nd
alarm? paid guys or vol guys? would have to guess it is the paid guys

German Police get 2 years of training

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/10/943823021/with-far-right-extremism-on-the-rise-germany-investigates-its-police

USA police get 6 months of training

Otter in Mystic Lake - Arlington Mass

https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/arlington-advocate/2020/12/09/harbor-seal-spotted-arlingtons-mystic-lake/3869245001/

quite the story

fish are making a big comeback in the Mystic River

Discussion - developing and supporting SDR receivers

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/p25rx-p25-phase-1-2-dmr-receiver-with-bluetooth-audio-support.407044/

huge tanker in Brazil

https://goo.gl/maps/6groNFEeCW6UkSGL6

city in amazon

40 story highrises in background

radio towers in neighborhood - FD seems to have multi buildings here

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Brazil motorcycle cops are crazy

https://youtu.be/tsEwON58UJQ

New Orleans had a 3 alarm fire

https://nola.gov/nofd/news-updatesnofd-battles-two-alarm-fire-in-the-n/2020/20201208-three-alarm-fire-in-the-2400-block-of-dumaine-st/

just 1 engine sent initially for smoke in area

took 3 minutes to dispatch ? - really ?

Revere Mass - 1 died in fire

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/triple-decker-catches-fire-on-thornton-street-in-revere/2251148/

5 kids die in WV fire

https://wvmetronews.com/2020/12/09/three-children-die-in-greenbrier-county-fire/

crime scene

lights - we got lights

https://nerdist.com/article/take-on-me-christmas-light-show-is-a-dazzling-experience/

probably some FD on Long Island about to purchase a $2M aerial ladder
truck - and thinking - we could afford to spend $10K more and get the
musical LEDs

someone call for a ladder truck?

[Fire report in Neyagawa City] Electricity in the middle and high-rise
buildings! Fire on the day of the day! ! Nagisa Ladder 1. Urgent
dispatch of force! ! [Hirakata Neyagawa Fire Fighting Association Fire
Headquarters] "FIRE RESPONSE"

Osaka FD - HNFD - Hirakata Neyagawa Fire Fighting Association - pretty
sure that would be the HN Battalion HQ of the Osaka FD

Osaka would be the city

interesting that it is in english instead of Japanese though (on the bucket)

https://youtu.be/GP6mOeL2O1o

Instanbul fire station study - 2010

https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/10/2127/2010/nhess-10-2127-2010.pdf

5 page report

recommend adding 17 stations

apparently their average response time was 7 minutes

Fire station study for Linyi City in China

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322998903_Study_on_Urban_Fire_Station_Planning_based_on_Fire_Risk_Assessment_and_GIS_Technology

approx 10 page report

internet shows that the population of the Lanshan District (central
city) of Linyi City in Shandang Province is 1.1 million

the study (from 2017) recommended adding 4 fire stations to the
existing 6 fire stations

Considering that all of their main streets are probably very wide and
straight and level - then maybe 10 stations is all that they need -
off course they probably have 5 units in each station - so it is
equivalent to 50 USA fire stations

the study was very simple - high risk areas must be reached in 2
minutes - all areas must be reached in 5 minutes - road speeds vary
from 30 to 60 (km/hr) - which is below the design speeds / speed
limits

Beijing ambulance on highway

https://map.baidu.com/poi/%E6%B5%B7%E6%B7%80%E5%8C%BA%E6%B6%88%E9%98%B2%E6%94%AF%E9%98%9F%E9%A2%90%E5%92%8C%E5%9B%AD%E4%B8%AD%E9%98%9F/@12945225.22,4838914.4,15z#panoid=09002200121707130939047519S&panotype=street&heading=327.72&pitch=-8.38&l=15&tn=B_NORMAL_MAP&sc=0&newmap=1&shareurl=1&pid=09002200121707130939047519S

small station wagon

Stasi at Wikipedia

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

do you think they have really gone away?

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

amagaski city japan - factory fire

[Amagasaki City Fire Report] Factory fire incoming call! A big fire in
the daytime! Siren duo! Fire trucks gather one after another! !!
[Amagasaki City Fire Department] << FIRE RESPONSE >>

https://youtu.be/s2vlHlUK4oY - 30 second video - 2 volunteer pumpers
respond thru busy intersection

note 1 - smoke in sky

note 2 - vols have helmets but no jackets on

note 3 - they are set up for drafting - probably from cisterns

McHenry County IL has a crash

MD-1 requested to scene - trauma surgeon from Rockford IL

per carma - 30 minutes old

medevac helo also requested

Montgomery County PA went dark today

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/philadelphia-police.411381/page-2#post-3416422

encryption turned on

openness - not

Philadelphia is still in the clear

covid cases map - usa

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

I dont see any real pattern here - SE is lower than I expected -
Massachusetts is higher than I expected - maybe testing and masks and
lockdowns alter this map

1,500 died in usa on dec 7

Re: Beijing got new 4 bay station

lettering on door 3 says - listen - Party finger -
In-depth development of the corps' "Strict Laws and Discipline, Keep
the Bottom Line, and Ensure Safety"

(party finger probably means 'notice from party' - seems all of the
fire stations have big signs with propaganda - maybe there are small
signs with station name or ID)

Beijing got new 4 bay station

near Imperial Palace - I confirmed location with some detective work

Beixinqiao Fire Station

https://map.baidu.com/poi/%E5%8C%97%E6%96%B0%E6%A1%A5%E6%B6%88%E9%98%B2%E5%B1%80/@12960300,4830220,21z,87t,97.74h#panoid=09002200121901231556543272K&panotype=street&heading=237.79&pitch=-3.06&l=21&tn=B_NORMAL_MAP&sc=0&newmap=1&shareurl=1&pid=09002200121901231556543272K&psp=%7B%22PanoModule%22%3A%7B%22markerUid%22%3A%225e3d0d8ecd65faf8b13c8145%22%7D%7D

4 bay on main street here - 12/8/2020 - its brand new - I saw the
construction photo on Baidu also - this is tough to find in sat view
but baidu does show it near that small street to NE that goes to east
crookedly - yup - 'people art printing home' is up that narrow street
- can see on 'baidu street view' with english sign

next - gonna try to translate lettering on station doors

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

old sta

http://map.qq.com/?l=56cc4ffb56156058dbe18d4fdfc78499 - maybe up this
alley - yup probably -
http://map.qq.com/poi/?sm=1935945893860090999&keyfrom=1

Beijing cop car

https://map.baidu.com/@11590057.96,4489812.75,4z#panoid=09002200121706241149493952Q&panotype=street&heading=316.04&pitch=-12.32&l=4&tn=B_NORMAL_MAP&sc=0&newmap=1&shareurl=1&pid=09002200121706241149493952Q

3 antennas on cop car - photo is maybe from 2017

opposite fire station

number on side is same as number on roof of cop car

fire truck across street says - dissolve 04-05 - maybe is retired -
dont see any antenna on it

the big signs on the fire station say - listen Party finger In-depth
development of the corps' "Strict Laws and Discipline, Keep the Bottom
Line, and Ensure Safety" - 12/8/2020