Saturday, July 31, 2021

hollywood sign - action kid

https://youtu.be/E1GztuyYNOY - 1 hour video

action kid hikes up to the Hollywood sign

approx 5 air miles from downtown LA which could be seen thru the haze
a couple of times

steep narrow streets at beginning - didnt see a single hydrant

approx 10:00 - cool long ornate staircase

military osprey zooms over at 38:00

mt lee comm tower site at end - multi big white microwave dishes up
there plus the huge tower

really rugged terrain - I dont know if LAFD would ever send a normal
pumper up there - they might be able to make it - pickup truck had no
problem getting up to the top

Re: Whiskeytown Natl Park - CA - drowning

643 pm edt - located missing party - too deep to recover - waiting for dive team

Whiskeytown Natl Park - CA - drowning

Whiskeytown Eng 4 at scene - 2 female and 1 dog rescued - 1 male
missing - Carr Power House - county dive team requested - CHP helo
enroute - a/g on CalCord

https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/30505

call was paged out at 611 pm edt

Miami Dade FG channels

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/36038

miami dade fireground channels via broadcastify

this might be a great feed to monitor

recently a new miami dade feed was added at broadcastify - with just
the dispatch channels

16% in USA on psychiatric drugs

cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db380.htm

16% on psychiatric medications in USA in 2019

sure is much more psychiatric illness than I ever imagined

maybe our society is just too intense or too scientific or something

metro dade bld collapse - some more details

https://youtu.be/djePOXALegM - 1 hour video

lots of info here about beams and columns in area of the pool

car crash video

https://youtu.be/X8kPiPkEgf8 - 30 seconds

"I'm on the M62, my car's broken down..." BAM! "Actually, it's now broken up..."

lol - such a good comment

MBTA Truck 2819

https://youtu.be/qwoSzD-oz4Q?t=2373

big white truck that can ride on railroad tracks

maybe for green line

at scene of trolley crash in brighton yesterday - Boston Mass

Friday, July 30, 2021

religious jokes

https://youtu.be/mYXenjpefNU

just for fun

into the hole he goes - lol - that bloody nun - lol

computer just died

2nd day in a row

was drafting a message about the I40 bridge in Memphis - has reopened
or will reopen soon

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I clicked on an emergency police alert the other day - konda think it
was malware - wasnt a real police alert

info on 2 major wildfires

https://web.archive.org/web/20210730151310/https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USDHSFEMA/2021/07/30/file_attachments/1892732/FEMA%20Daily%20Ops%20Briefing%2007-30-2021.pdf

Bootleg Fire - Klamath County Oregon - 413,000 acres - 161 homes destroyed

Dixie Fire - Plumas County California - 226,000 acres - 42 homes destroyed

'homes' = homes plus larger commercial blds - iirc

as opposed to outhouses and small garages = "other"

lafd response time statistics

https://archive.org/details/ca-lafd-avg-response-times-2021-24-7-2021-62911-www.lafd.org

July 24 2021

saved at wayback machine

the lafd has response time statistics for each stations - except for
station 80 lax (and maybe others)

Thursday, July 29, 2021

new live scanner audio feeds at Broadcastify

north attleboro fire and salem fire - massachusetts

some Pennyslvania news

Congratulations to our colleagues at LVH-Muhlenberg on achieving
designation as a Level II Trauma Center effective September 1.

We'd also like to congratulate our colleagues at LVH-Pocono on
re-accreditation as a Level III Trauma Center, the highest level of
trauma care available in the Pocono's and the only Level III Trauma
Center in Pennsylvania.

per July 20 post at https://www.facebook.com/lvhnmedevac/?__tn__=-UC*F

Re: Minneapolis - anti crime groups have sprouted

https://archive.is/JeAno

On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 10:40 AM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-10-30/what-slower-911-responses-meant-for-minneapolis
>
> they use social media and scanners
>
> keywords - live scanner audio - openness

Grand Island Nebraska - 2012 FD study by ICMA

https://archive.org/details/ne-grand-island-2012-ish-fire-operations-and-data-analysis-icma-fd-study

saved at wayback machine

average fd response time was 7.2 minutes

90% of calls were reached in 10.1 minutes

average dispatch plus turnout time was 3.4 minutes

2001 - UK FDs started to do more prevention work - results were very good

response times need to be under 4 minutes to have positive results for
critical medical emergencys

greentruck ???

https://goo.gl/maps/bm4oxVJ4NhjkZapJ9

small pickup truck with 4 door cab - in alabama - 2019

Swiss Bank took $5B loss

Credit Suisse publishes a damning report on risk management failures.
The Swiss bank failed to act on warning signs that its exposure to
Archegos, a family office that blew up in March, had breached internal
exposure limits. The 165-page report, published today alongside
downbeat quarterly earnings, details how the bank ended up losing more
than $5 billion on Archegos trades. It said it would punish those
responsible by docking their pay.

from NYT

keywords - situational awareness - thinking on one's feet -
operational control - systems management - etc

zerg90 map of fire stations - NE AL area

https://archive.org/details/northeast-alabama-area

saved at wayback machine

gadsden alabama area

future gadsden fire station 7 added today

DCFD - radio trouble - again

https://www.statter911.com/2021/07/28/new-dc-911-abandons-emergency-radio-channel-for-20-minutes/

no dispatcher on channel for 20 minutes

seems like a simple operational problem - maybe has been solved already

feds 20% short - calfire down 50% on hand crews

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

wall street journal report

is this logic any good - drought + higher temp = bigger fires

to be honest though - high temps and droughts DO NOT CAUSE FIRES in
and of themselves

so that logic is specious - thank you honey

Waco Texas - school fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtRHmtptPK4

maybe a black neighborhood

security guard saw smoke from front of bld - fully involved when FD arrived

Daegu Korea FD video

This is a collection of videos of fire departments under the Daegu
Fire Safety Headquarters. (West. North. East. Dalseo. Special
District)

https://youtu.be/8Y2MhNJD7ng

dumping the big big big houses

good stuff

Palmer Mass - railroad feed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik7vuMKzEBw

7 hours back - freight ops - there are 2 tracks that actually cross there

videos about radios - Mr Carlsons Lab

https://www.youtube.com/c/MrCarlsonsLab/videos

make circuit board at home - 40 minutes - 10 months

multi videos about old radios

LAFD starts to use "what3words"

https://valleypostnews.com/lafd-implements-what3words-tool-for-locating-callers-during-emergencies/27/07/2021/

every location in the world is coded by 3 unique words

"result + gear + snaps" is at the H in the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles

how is this better than GPS?

Manchester NH - Squad 1 is a new BLS SUV

https://patch.com/new-hampshire/bedford-nh/manchester-fire-rolls-out-squad-1-decrease-ambulance-calls

this is not 'paramedicine' as you usually see in ems magazines -
'paramedicine' is usually done by a paramedic not an EMT

Dubai Police getting patrol drones

https://gadgets.ndtv.com/others/news/dubai-police-drone-box-dispatch-initiative-response-time-1-minute-2495678

high resolution video

response times will drop from 5 minutes to 1 minute

have been used to enforce covid restrictions - 4,400 violations recorded

Arlington Mass got $34M in covid relief

https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/arlington-advocate/2021/07/19/arlington-set-spend-34-million-federal-relief-funds/7992454002/

for public health - maybe they can address the 20 minute paramedic
response times

and give the EMTs a nice bonus for their work during the pandemic

zerg90 fire sta maps saved kmz

vincennes Indiana, Houston TX, crittenden county arkansas, butler county ohio

saved at wayback machine

https://archive.org/details/final-bnsf-serp-jan-2021

photos from floor 1 - 4 winslow st

https://archive.org/details/photos-floor-1-signs

photos from the first floor at 4 Winslow St Arlington Mass USA -
public housing - masks vs covid - window replacement schedule - column
work - hole in ceiling - etc

July 13 2021 is actual date most photos were taken

video of water leaking thru ceiling

https://archive.org/details/4-winslow-1104-ceiling-leak-vid-20210709-140859

my apt

got new windows recently - and repointing work is still underway -
hopefully no more roof leaks

multi misc old items

https://archive.org/details/ca-1977-amb-list-san-diego-and-imperial-counties

you should be able to download 1 item at a time at your leisure

multi misc items

scanner master ads circa 1996 - mass natl guard military police
recruitment brochure - letter from aha - arlington mass computer cafe
- 1903 sanborn map arlington mass segment with 2 fire stations - 1994
Los Angeles FireCon itinerary - 1984 toldeo ohio scanner frequency
guide - 1997 ambulance list in san diego county california -
charlestown historical fire news article

I may have posted all or some of this previously

mad mad mad world - bulls are cops

https://wiseguysonline.net/NEW%20IMAGES/Gangster%20Slang.pdf

just for fun

I thought they were prison guards - guess I was being too logical for
a comedy movie

SO van parked at elderly housing Aug 2019

https://archive.org/details/part-1567000829179-img-20190828-0959131

1 photo

is it really a good idea to have prisoners roaming around a elderly /
disabled housing complex? 1 guard with 10 prisoners maybe

recap of Miami Surfside collapse - 8 minutes

https://youtu.be/2INrz2u9-sQ

nice timeline and animation

bottom line - garage deck fell - damaged some columns - columns
finally crumbled and brought down building

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question - why didnt fire alarm system activate?

question - why didnt someone pull a fire alarm?

question - did people really hear noises 24 hours or 30 minutes before collapse?

didnt anyone hear 30 car alarms going off?

big big big question - which I have asked since the beginning - if
there are multi layers of structural integrity in the building - how
and why did this collapse progress to such a significant degree?

could bad concrete be a systemic big issue here?

note - final photo after debris removed - no evidence of a sinkhole or
subsidence under the garage slab

shouldnt the building / garage have survived the loss of 2 or 3 columns?

I suppose if you add up - possible bad concrete + water infiltration
+ poor joints + badly poured concrete + overloaded roof + salt air +
previous hurricane force winds + bad design + maybe bad rebar - then
you get a mess

live from rome - the urbanist

https://youtu.be/dNY__KznR_0

he is collecting money for a busker now - just got the $20

Testing The Burn Ability Of Insulation In Wall

https://youtu.be/CdItsso3ur0 - 20 minutes - backyard experiment -
fiberglass vs spray foam insulation

he pokes it with a stick at 1300 - that gets er going!

1140 - electrical outlet melts

Tweet from US Senator from Rhode Island

https://twitter.com/SenWhitehouse/status/1419703289994747906

"Put more simply: right-wing billionaires are funding a massive covert
psy-ops warfare operation within (and against) their own country."

$36M for Arlington Mass per March 2021 article

https://www.yourarlington.com/search/news-archive/31-finance/18534-rescue-032721.html

bottom line - this approx 25% of the annual town budget

for the fire service - I guess this means that everyone gets a 25% pay
raise next year - or there are 25% more units staffed next year

Actually - $35M for Arlington

https://www.mass.gov/info-details/about-covid-19-federal-funds

the map here shows $35,247,893 for Arlington

unknown if that includes Housing Authority money

also per map - arlington population is 45,000 as of 2019 - arlington
town budget for fy2021 is $180M

2020 Cache County Utah - FD access roads

https://www.cachecounty.org/assets/meetings/countycouncil/2020/Media/05-12-2020%20MEDIA%20PACKET.pdf

see page 30 of 33

driveways will now be considered to be fire department access roads

(not sure if that applies to every driveway - or just those in rural
areas with water supplies)

Sunday, July 25, 2021

Montrose Colorado switched medevac helos

https://www.telluridenews.com/the_watch/the_lead/article_95b2a674-f3e3-11e6-a3f5-a3773cd86b90.html

switched from "for profit" medevac service to locally owned "non
profit" medevac service - no longer do balance billing - but almost
make a profit

sexy helo picture - yosemite

https://www.mvemsa.org/resources3/documents/applications/1372-mercy-air-flyer-june-2021/file

only way to find the Mercy Air ID is to look at Radio Reference
apparently - info is no where else online - weird

Medevac costs - Borrego Springs CA

https://www.borregosun.com/story/2021/05/01/news/the-facts-of-emergency-air-evacuation-in-borrego-springs/6365.html

this is a huge article written by a small town reporter - pretty amazing

bottom line on medevac costs - crazy crazy crazy crazy

medevac base costs $3M to $6M per year - lets look at costs - 4 nurses
+ 4 medics + 4 pilots + 1 mechanic - figure $100K per year each - that
is $1.3M

$5M for helo that lasts 20 years - thats $250K per year

1 mobile home - $5K per year

Saturday, July 24, 2021

radio tape - carteret nj

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd8Crs3ShaM

lots of doubles

lets say they only have 3 guys on duty at the station - and each
brings 1 quint - first quint to front - 2nd quint to rear - 3rd quint
to front

the only command decision at that point needs to be - each quint set
up own ladder pipe - or 2 guys pull a handline and go inside

actually - lets make it really really really simple - each quint sets
up own ladder pipe - and then the 3 guys group up and run 1 hand line
- or after 1 ladder pipe is set up - 1 line is run inside and 1 line
is run to FDC

everyone should know where the hydrants are located

from the sounds of the radio traffic - first quint should have hit
rear with ladder pipe - 2nd guy should have run line to FDC - 3rd guy
should have started to run interior hand line

or whatever - the possibilities are endless - LOL

california wildfires - lots of weirdness

https://forums.wildfireintel.org/t/r5-questions/15627/20

sounds like big problems with the dispatching system on the large
wildfires in California

scanner apps can serve as alerting devices

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/35957

some scanner apps will send an alert when a feed has a specified
number of listeners

official trucks at port of los angeles

https://goo.gl/maps/N5Spr5WwE2GFdFwd9

who are they?

3 black trucks with light bars - maybe law enforcement

WQEN775 - CA interops license

https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=2793279

155.4825 has just 1 license in CA - WQEN775 - this license has all the
VTAC and UTAC channels in CA - statewide coverage area - 100 temporary
bases plus 50,000 mobiles - all 100 Watts - all 11K2F3E - 155.4825
shows as first used 5/7/2012

control point is listed as - 601 SEQUOIA PACIFIC BLVD, SACRAMENTO,
SACRAMENTO, CA P: (916)657-9999

must be licensed by oes -

RADIO LICENSING
601 SEQUOIA-PACIFIC BLVD.
SACRAMENTO, CA 95811-0231
ATTN JOHN LEMMON

P:(916)894-5096
F:(916)894-5392
E:radiolicensing@caloes.ca.gov

northern Minnesota - 1 helo requested - wildfire

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/35952

saint louis county maybe

3 to 6 foot flame lengths - request 1 helo to cool the line

229 pm edt

interesting item in NYT

We need a new term for video games

We're seeing a ton of new games, and many of them blur the lines
between video games and other types of activities.

etc etc etc

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video games sales exceed movies and music combined

covid deaths in usa - 78% over age of 65

https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Deaths-by-Sex-and-Age/9bhg-hcku

the first lines on this data table are for both males and females -
there have been 604,000 "covid" deaths between 1/1/2020 and 7/21/2021
- [ there are more columns here for pneumonia deaths and covid /
pneumonia deaths - I suspect the distinction comes from the death
certificates and what is listed as primary cause vs secondary causes ]

you then have to hunt and peck thru the age ranges - they overlap
because CDC is throwing data into this table from multi sources

OK - I found this info for age ranges and deaths due to "covid" (aka -
straight covid)

0 to 17 - 237 deaths

18 to 29 - 2470 deaths

30 to 39 - 7074 deaths

40 to 49 - 18,810 deaths

50 to 64 - 95,705

(cant read my notes - some numbers might be a little off)

65 to 74 - 134,045

75 to 84 - 164,536

85 to infinity - 178,151

total deaths due to straight covid - 601,124

looking at 65 and over - (134K + 164K + 178K ) / 601K = 78%

June 2021 list of CA FDIDs

https://osfm.fire.ca.gov/media/4nxn30qw/fdidmstr1.pdf

list of California FDs

includes - Yosemite Fire Rescue (vols) - ??? - plus - La Tuna Canyon
Vols in Los Angeles County

Thursday, July 22, 2021

Northampton Mass - 2020 RFP for 700/800 TRS

www.northamptonma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/16197/Northampton_RFP_P25_Radio_Communications_System1?bidId=

150 pages - might be boiler plate TRS from Motorola

seems crazy that they would build their own TRS when the State TRS and
FirstNet are both in play

2021 North Utah Incident Organizer - wildfires

https://gacc.nifc.gov/gbcc/dispatch/ut-nuc/management/docs/2021 NUIFC
Incident Organizer.pdf

year after year these folks publish solid apparatus and radio info

re - Brighton Mass - kid found

per wbz - kid found in a brighton neighborhood

re - Brighton Mass

correction - hispanic not asian

Hispanic male, who is 3 feet tall and weighs 40 pounds. He has black
hair and brown eyes and was wearing a red shirt, blue jeans and black
sneakers.

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

USA covid death rates are 400X to 1000X times worse

https://twitter.com/zerg90/status/1418016663086280707

USA covid death rates are 400X to 1000X worse than the best countries

TOTALLY APPALLING

what is that C130?

https://youtu.be/x7WxevuNBAY

first plane on the video - C130 has a bunch of wires on the tail -
seems to be an antenna array

NJ TF1 returns from Florida

https://youtu.be/Lz_rDksVGhA

2 minute video - approx 25 vehicles - 3 big tts - 1 small loader -
some boats - vans - trailers - etc

lake tahoe - 20 minute forest fire video

https://youtu.be/H8-Q7yaB6E8

The Tamarack Fire

if you just watch the first five minutes - you will see the fire jump
the highway - and the rest of the video is just huge flames in the
trees

only see 2 dozers and 2 engines - no aircraft ever seen

peer comments - this was a lightning fire that the USFS just watched
for 10 days until it exploded

LaPorte Texas - chemical incident

https://twitter.com/LinaHidalgoTX/status/1417919019441659905

tanker truck full of HEA is undergoing some sort of reaction - whole
thing might go kaboom

Lina Hidalgo leads a press conference on the YT recording

Thundergeddon today - Boston Mass

Thunderstorms, with 'large hail' and 60 mph gusts, hitting Massachusetts today

Brace for wild weather today. The National Weather Service reports
"severe" thunderstorms "with damaging winds up to 60 mph and large
hail" are heading our way from 2-9 p.m.

per boston herald

crazy comments at YT

Kevin M

16 minutes ago
@clacicle Said the assbag with no proof. Show us some evidence of
this " collusion " and insurrection. A simple riot doesn't equate to
insurrection, and your allegations are notably hypocritical, in light
of rioting, looting, and destruction caused by your liberal cohorts on
an almost daily basis.

from Footage Of The Delta Force Raid That Killed ISIS Leader Abu Bakr
Al Baghdadi - YouTube - https://youtu.be/7xfMcR0FzEY

'a simple riot' - this guy must work for Putin / Malogovich?

lol - a simple riot - lead by the guy in the rear at the garden party

Los Angeles - government radio callsigns - 1937

per https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Logbooks/Archive-Whites/Whites-Radio-Log-Vol-14-No-1-1937-Jan.pdf

municipal and state police licenses

KGPL Los Angeles 1712 kc

KNGX Los Angeles (portable) 1712 kc

state police licenses

KAPA - California, State of - 1682 kc

Re: 1937 radio licenses - in Massachusetts - local and state

add also - State Police - WPEV - Commonwealth of Massachusetts
(portable) - 1666 kc

On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 9:05 PM Peteri Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> per https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Logbooks/Archive-Whites/Whites-Radio-Log-Vol-14-No-1-1937-Jan.pdf
>
> local government stations and state police stations - all on 1712 kc
> (except two)
>
> Arlington WPEB
> Boston WEY on 1630 kc (fireboats)
> Boston WPGV
> Cohasset WPGU
> Everett WAKF
> Fairhaven WPFN
> Fall River WAKV
> Fitchburg WPHA on 2460 kc
> Medford WPBG + WPHG
> Newton WPFA
> Somerville WPEH
> Worcester WPGX
>
> State Police licenses - on 1666 kc
>
> Framingham - WMP
> Northampton - WPEW
> West Bridgewater - WPEL
>
> no other stations are listed in Massachusetts

1937 radio licenses - in Massachusetts - local and state

per https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Logbooks/Archive-Whites/Whites-Radio-Log-Vol-14-No-1-1937-Jan.pdf

local government stations and state police stations - all on 1712 kc
(except two)

Arlington WPEB
Boston WEY on 1630 kc (fireboats)
Boston WPGV
Cohasset WPGU
Everett WAKF
Fairhaven WPFN
Fall River WAKV
Fitchburg WPHA on 2460 kc
Medford WPBG + WPHG
Newton WPFA
Somerville WPEH
Worcester WPGX

State Police licenses - on 1666 kc

Framingham - WMP
Northampton - WPEW
West Bridgewater - WPEL

no other stations are listed in Massachusetts

1937 info - USA - 3 FDs on 1630 kc for fireboats

3 FDs have radio licenses for fire boats

per https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Logbooks/Archive-Whites/Whites-Radio-Log-Vol-14-No-1-1937-Jan.pdf

at very end - 3 marine fire licenses - boston WEY + nyc WNYF + detroit
WKDT - all on 1630 kc

(also - approx 100 police listings)

great thread about the need for a 3rd vaccine jab

https://twitter.com/zerg90/status/1417618997592330245

147 tweets in the thread

bottom line - people who have had organ transplants might need a 3rd
jab of covid vaccine - others, probably not

old school texas fire protection

https://goo.gl/maps/jGNk9jVwzWYERFwy7

chisholm trail brush 12 parked at random house in 2011 street view -
that is Chisholm Trail "Station 2" - yes the actual station is a 10 by
10 foot patch of grass - probably always was - and always will be

except maybe the fireman has retired or moved on - and brush 12 has
run out of gas now

Netherlands knows how to handle floods

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/19/world/netherlands-germany-flood-defense-warning-system-intl-cmd/index.html

their 4th level of government is the "water boards" - they can set
their own tax rates

keywords - organizational management - threat deterrence - organic
hazard management

if every boston fire company had .....

if every boston fire company had 5 spare sets of helmets / hoods /
gloves / coats / pants / boots - they could give them to civilians (or
cops) at fire scenes and have them help staff exterior hose lines -
which Boston would urgently need on a hot windy day

whats the cost? $50 per year?

more ESD weirdness - Travis County Texas

2017 - ESD 15 (collecting property taxes) created to lie on top of ESD
11 (which collects only sale tax) - per
https://www.traviscountyfirerescue.org/esd-no-15

pecos texas fd - broadcastify

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/ctid/2717

kinda near bezos place

bezos is launching from van horn in culberson county

North Reading Mass - working fire

Reading Engine going to cover

north reading fd has a broadcastify feed iirc

crazy texas stuff - travis county

https://tcesd1.org/history.php

this 1 FD is supported by 2 geographically concurrent tax districts -
esd 1 for fire and esd 7 for ems

on countywide map map - bc/tc esd = bastrop county / travis county esd 1

esd 4 is in 4 different areas

if anyone anywhere ever needed a countywide FD - here it is

on the plus side - there is just 1 dispatch center and just 1 radio
system - (pretty sure)

Monday, July 19, 2021

Morgantown WV FD wants to build fire sta at airport

https://www.morgantownwv.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3254/2020-2025-Capital-Improvement-Program?bidId=
- see pg 19 ish of 106

presently the city runs the FBO which also staffs the arff and does
the dpw and janitorial work - runway is being extended 1,000 feet -
construction has started in 2021 - FD wants to build fire station at
airport and add a quint and heavy rescue and take over arff duty

air natl guard might also be at airport - but maybe they have no fire trucks

2020 info about Calabassas CA area

Hidden Hills is protected by the LA County FD - however - per pg 68 of
94 - city considers hiring of private firefighters during red flag
days

https://lalafco.org/wp-content/uploads/documents/msr/Agoura Hills,
Calabasas, Hidden Hills, and Westlake Village MSR.pdf

Los Angeles County - 2020 info - merger study

https://lalafco.org/wp-content/uploads/documents/msr/CFPD 2020 MSR Final.pdf

100 page report - analysis of the merger of 5 more FDs into LA County FD

2006 lafd radio info

https://ens.lacity.org/lafd/lafdreportarchv/lafdlafdreport186438262_06012006.pdf

got 2 vhf and 2 uhf portable repeaters - each cost $14,000

got 80 vhf portables XTS5000

all new fire engines being ordered with vhf mobiles and uhf mobiles

1922 ish radio info - from fcc or somebody

from https://earlyradiohistory.us/1922cons.htm

1922

WGI - Medford Mass - Medford Hillsides - police reports in slow code -
then phone - station formerly known as 2XE

WRR - Dallas Police

WPR - City of Fort Worth - police and fire reports - etc

KOP - Detroit Police

1926

KFPR - Los Angeles County Forestry Department - 500 watts - 230.6
wavelength - 1,200 kilocycles

WIBS - Elizabeth NJ (portable) - New Jersey National Guard - 57th
Infantry Brigade - 10 watts - 202.5 wavelength - 1,450 kc

WJAX - City of Jacksonville FL - 1000 watts - 336.9 (?) wavelength - 890 kc

WNYC - City of New York Department of Plant and Structure - 1000 watts
- ? 526 ? wavelength - ? 570 ? kc

WPG - Atlantic City NJ Municipality - 1000 kc

WTAG - Worcester Mass - Worcester Telegram - 1,120 kc

Sunday, July 18, 2021

Tough video to watch and read about

https://youtu.be/VtU7PndnNUY

fatal crash in los angeles - woman burns to death in ice cream truck

first unit at scene was LAFD ambulance - they apparently have scba and
PPE but no water

the 'fire patrol' was a private unit I guess

armed abduction in Everett Mass 1130 am

Everett Mass - woman abducted around 1130 am - shots fired by male perp driver

Everett police have identified the suspect vehicle as a blue 2004
Honda Civic with the Massachusetts license plate 2AAL63.

per https://www.wcvb.com/article/everett-massachusetts-shooting-shute-street-july-18-2021/37058635

1922 - radio stations in USA

https://earlyradiohistory.us/1922cons.htm

4 hits for "police"

WGI - Medford Mass

WRR - Dallas Police

WPA - Fort Worth Police

KOP - Detroit Police - lol

1944 QSL Card from FDNY WNYF

https://nationalradioclub.org/QSLs/Geary/Police/geary-Police-NY-New_York_Fire_Dept.pdf
- 2 pages

1630 kc - land side

35.58 Mhz - ship side - (apparently the card had been printed as ?
35.60 ? ship side but was corrected by hand to 35.58)

openness - obviously the radio channels were not considered to be top
secret - even at the height of World War 2

1934 - first 2 way police radio license in USA

"In the 1930's, most police communication took place between 1500 and 2500 Khz."

These were one-way broadcasts. The 30mHz 2-ways, although under
development and testing that early, were still experimental. It
appears that 1934 marked the beginning of two-way when the license
W2XAT was issued to the New Rochelle, NY police on 60 mHz.

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

per https://groups.google.com/g/ba.broadcast/c/wWZdBh_417E/m/AvcCOYSb4F4J?pli=1

Fall 1937 - FDNY fireboats got 2 way radios

https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Short-Wave/Archive-All-Wave-Radio-IDX/IDX/All-Wave-1938-03-OCR-Page-0045.pdf
- 1 page from magazine

wnyf - dispatcher transmits on 1630 kc - boats reply on 35.6 mhz -
radio test at midnight

W2XNA Fireboat J. Duane
W2XNB Fireboat T. Willet
W2XNC Fireboat W. L. Strong
W2XND Fireboat G. B. Mclellan

Berkshire County now has a police repeater - Massachusetts

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/berkshire-pd-repeater-input.428941/

interesting - they changed things up in Sept 2020 reportedly

note - the input is the same as the primary police channel - so its
not a "real" (typical) repeater setup - its more like an 'extended
listening range channel"

Longmont Colorado - 4 divisions

https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departments-n-z/public-safety-department/divisions

city of 89,000

public safety department has 4 divisions - police - fire/ems/comm
center - support - mental health

yup - mental health has its own division

maybe they are on to something!

Friday, July 16, 2021

Indonesia emergency response video

https://youtu.be/531-_AC_5gY

helmet cam riding on top of pumper up a narrow jumble highway and then
up a dirt road

then they spend 15 minutes trying to push a bolder downhill with 2
hose streams - but we never see the boulder fall!

not quite sure what happened - we see 1 dump truck off the road - and
1 huge boulder that looks like a huge snake head about 200 feet uphill
from the dump truck

at least 1 walkie talkie is seen in use

Nahant Mass - working fire

8 Flash Rd - per "metro fire" on twitter

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

crazy jakarta fd video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61VTVh9GpX8

dash cam - motorcycle cop escorts rescue truck to an incident

probably posted this before - but this is good

they still let firefighters ride on top of apparatus

oh yeah and info

just for fun

https://youtu.be/6jJkdRaa04g

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

in the comments - talking about the little girl in the video

2 weeks ago
@FighterCK Indeed, Dieter Meier (the guy with the long hair and
glasses) is her father. He is an ex banker, ex professional golf
player, professional gambler and owns multiple businesses, besides his
music career. Estimated net worth of 175 - 200 Mio $. Her mother owns
a high end boutique and the daughter now leads her own designing label
in Los Angeles, could be worse.

Fresno FD changed some channels July 1 2021

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/new-fresno-fire.428962/

note that Metro 1 and 2 have the same input channel - has been that
way for a while - maybe 20 years or more - apparently 1 repeater site
is not enough to cover the entire area

Mass - Massachusetts breakthrough coronavirus cases: 71 fully vaccinated people have died

per boston herald

Massachusetts breakthrough coronavirus cases: 71 fully vaccinated
people have died, 268 hospitalizations

FY2022 state budget for massachusetts

from https://cindyfriedman.org/massachusetts-legislature-passes-fiscal-year-2022-budget/

(here is one item related to opioids)

Understanding that the pandemic has been a stressor on mental and
behavioral health, the FY22 budget invests $175.6 million for
substance use disorder and intervention services provided by the
Bureau of Substance Addiction Services. It also invests $12.5 million
to support a student telebehavioral health pilot, public awareness
campaigns, loan forgiveness for mental health clinicians, and
initiatives to mitigate emergency department boardings for individuals
in need of behavioral health support, as well as $10 million for
Programs of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) grants to provide
intensive, community-based behavioral health services for adolescents.

possible rolling domestic situation

Keene NH PD seeks NH tag 1648417 on silver Chevy Malibu - maybe a
rolling domestic w/ male and female - last pinged at 787 Concord Ave
in Cambridge Mass

A princess and her duck

https://youtu.be/fHFRZ4cn3Fs

looks more like a princess and a swan actually

just for fun

Facebook makes lots of money off 'outrage'

https://twitter.com/azelin/status/1414912720491712517

ford will be renaming the 'mustang' sports car to the 'baby zebra
carved up by white guy with chain saw' in order to improve sales

Monday, July 12, 2021

Inspector Luger's wife from Barney Miller

https://youtu.be/1wwCujcYpC4 - singing Black is Black

carina afable

she was a singer in the philippines before moving to the usa in 1972

just for fun

re buffalo ny

downed ff has been rescued

no word on injury

Sunday, July 11, 2021

sam lanier - the dispatcher on Emergency!

http://emergencyfans.com/people/sam_lanier.htm

this rings a bell - he died helping at a traffic accident in 1997 - he
had a heart issues

dispatcher on TV show Emergency!

LACoFD Dispatcher Samuel Lanier portrayed himself in an uncredited
voice role (over the radio) throughout the series, and he is also
occasionally shown in a brief clip at the dispatch office just before
a dispatch is heard in later seasons. Lanier, an actual LACoFD
Dispatcher, retired from the department shortly after Emergency!
finished.

from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency!

Re: very first emergency episode

episode directed by Kevin Tighe

CPR case - medics onscene on Eng 8 but dont have any ALS equipment

johnny used phone with really really long extension chord to call
Rampart Base via telephone

On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 4:34 PM Peteri Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://vaughn.live/rcnd300
>
> on now 433 pm edt
>
> maybe not first - but johnny is working a shift at sta 8

very first emergency episode

https://vaughn.live/rcnd300

on now 433 pm edt

maybe not first - but johnny is working a shift at sta 8

air attack crashed - 2 LODD - arizona

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/11/us/arizona-cedar-basin-fire-fatal-accident/index.html

Wikieup AZ - Saturday around noon

either air attack or lead plane or aviation supervisory module or whatever

Re: PA - Lake Silkworth gets new fire station

https://www.pahomepage.com/news/a-new-fire-station-for-lake-silkworth/

new station will be approx 200 feet north of old station per this 2018 report

On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 1:37 PM Peteri Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://fox56.com/news/local/lake-silkworth-vol-fire-department-unveils-new-fire-house-building
>
> unknown exact location
>
> nice TV news video report
>
> $1.1M cost - 4 or more bays - state and indians kicked in some money
>
> Station 25 Engine 1 - Quantum pumper tanker 3 axles

PA - Lake Silkworth gets new fire station

https://fox56.com/news/local/lake-silkworth-vol-fire-department-unveils-new-fire-house-building

unknown exact location

nice TV news video report

$1.1M cost - 4 or more bays - state and indians kicked in some money

Station 25 Engine 1 - Quantum pumper tanker 3 axles

Michigan ATC freqs per FAA June 2021

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Kalamazoo Tower
5400 Aviation Dr
Portage, MI 49002

Issued: 06/25/2021 1418 (UTC)Effective: 06/25/2021 2000 (UTC)
Kalamazoo TowerLetter to Airmen: LTA-AZO-7

Subject: Radar Service to VFR Aircraft Conducting Practice Approaches

Cancellation: 06/23/2023 0930 (UTC)

Kalamazoo Airport Traffic Control Tower (Great Lakes Approach) will
provide separation services to VFR aircraft conducting practice
instrument approaches to Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg
Field, Flint Bishop International, Grand Rapids Gerald R. Ford
International, Jackson Reynolds, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International,
Lansing Capital Region International, Muskegon County, and Saginaw MBS
International airports. Approach control will provide at least 500
feet vertical separation or other separation meeting IFR standards.
Aircraft requesting VFR practice approaches to these airports should
contact approach control on the appropriate frequency prior to
commencing an approach:

Battle Creek 119.2

Flint 118.8

Grand Rapids 128.4

Jackson 127.3

Kalamazoo 121.2

Lansing 118.65

Muskegon 133.82

Saginaw 126.45

To the maximum extent possible, approach will also provide IFR
separation to VFR aircraft conducting practice instrument approaches
to the following airports:

Allegan Padgham (35D) 128.4

Alma Gratiot Community (AMN) 126.45

Bay City Clements (3CM) 126.45

Caro Tuscola Area (CFS) 126.45

Charlotte Fitch H. Beach (FPK) 118.65

Clare Municipal (48D) 126.45

Coldwater Branch County Memorial (OEB) 121.2

Fremont Municipal (FFX) 133.82

Gladwin Zettel Memorial (GDW) 126.45

Grand Haven Memorial (3GM) 133.82

Grand Ledge Abrams Municipal (4D0) 118.65

Greenville Municipal (6D6) 128.4

Hastings (9D9) 128.4

Holland West Michigan Regional (BIV) 133.82

Ionia County Airport (Y70) 128.4

Lakeview Griffith (13C) 128.4

Lapeer (D95) 118.8

Linden Price's (9G2) 118.8

Marshall Brooks (RMY) 119.2

Mason Jewett (TEW) 118.65

Midland Barstow (IKW) 126.45

Mount Pleasant Municipal (MOP) 126.45

Oceana County (C04) 133.82

Owosso (RNP) 118.8

Saginaw Browne (HYX) 126.45

Sparta Paul C Miller (8D4) 128.4

Sturgis Kirsch Municipal (IRS) 121.2

Three Rivers Municipal Dr. Haines (HAI) 121.2

Separation begins at the point the clearance for the practice approach
is issued. Even though a controller is providing separation services,
pilots on VFR flight plans are required to comply with visual flight
rules contained in FAR 91.

Separation services are terminated when the aircraft passes the
missed-approach point, begins a circle-to-land maneuver, crosses the
runway threshold, or otherwise departs the published procedure –
whichever occurs first. Aircraft previously approved to fly the
published missed approach procedure will continue to receive
separation services throughout the missed approach.


Matthew Holt
Air Traffic Manager, Kalamazoo Tower

from https://notams.aim.faa.gov/notamSearch/nsapp.html?DISCLAIMER=AYYINDI&CLASS=LTA#/results

Ethiopian C-130 shot down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLAbQs0okF8

comments are interesting - the poor airmen - they are killing civilians

WildCAD - Mid Atlantic Coordination Center - Resources

Resource Status (Prepared 07/11/2021 07:02)

ID - Resource - Status - Location

MOF-CHF 1 Aaron Kendall Committed*OFF-901: 2021 KNF Support*

MOF-BAT1 Phillip Brass FAFMO Avail Qtrs Harpers Ferry JC Center

ALF-CHF 1 CRAIG KOSTRZEWSKIDO Avail Supervisors Office Warren

ALF-E-621 Type 6 Engine Committed* OFF-899: 2021 CPF Severity*

WAF-BAT11 Jason Bew ZAFMO Avail Qtrs Athens Ranger District

WAF-CHF 1 Ryan Sundberg FMO Committed* OFF-890: 2021 MN Statewide
Aviation Supoort*

WAF-CHF 2 Dan Anerino AFMO Out of Svc Athens Ranger District

WAF-CHF 3 Andy PascarellaDO Avail Athens Ranger District

WAF-E611 T6 ENGINE Committed* OFF-910: Middle*

WAF-BAT31 Scottie Kiser ZAFMO Out of Svc Ironton Ranger District

WAF-E631 T6 ENGINE Committed* OFF-892: Miles City BLM 2021*

WAF-E632 T6 ENGINE Out of Svc Ironton Ranger District

MOF-BAT5 Bobby Iser Out of Svc Potomac Ranger District

MOF-CHF 2 John Fry DO Avail Potomac Ranger District

MOF-E651 Type 6 Engine Out of Svc Potomac Ranger District

MOF-BAT4 Susan Greenleaf Out of SvcWhite Sulphur Ranger District

MOF-E641 Type 6 Engine Out of Svc White Sulphur Ranger District

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OFF = off forest / out of area

DO = duty officer

FAFMO = Forest AFMO

ZAFMO = Zone AFMO

this is PA and WV and maybe IN

Las Vegas wildcad resources July 11 2021

Resource Status (Prepared 07/11/2021 03:34)

ID - Resource - Status - Location

BC 3 BLM-Cover BC Out of Svc RED ROCK FIRE STATION

BC 51 AFMO Out of Svc TORREY PINES IDO

BC 52 FOS Out of Svc TORREY PINES IDO

BC 53 FUELS BC Out of Svc TORREY PINES IDO

BC 54 FS- COVER BC Out of Svc TORREY PINES IDO

BC 5902 FOS Out of Svc TORREY PINES IDO

BC 5903 Asst. FOS Out of Svc RED ROCK FIRE STATION

BC 5915 BLM COVER BC Out of Svc TORREY PINES IDO

BC 7302 LAP FUELS BC GAMIAO Committed*LIC-500925: MUDDY SLIDE*

BC 8201 FWS AFMO Out of Svc CORN CREEK

BC 8202 FWS FOS Out of Svc CORN CREEK

CHF 5900 FMO Out of Svc TORREY PINES IDO

CHF 5901 AFMO Out of Svc TORREY PINES IDO

CHF 7300 FMO Committed* LIC-500956: 2021 JULY YNP SEVERITY *

CHF 8200 FMO Committed*LIC-501030: SNAP POINT*

DIV 5 FMO Out of Svc TORREY PINES IDO

DIV 53 NDF FMO Out of Svc NDF VEGAS STATION

DIV 7301 AFMO Out of Svc BOULDER CITY

E-353 TYPE 3 ENGINE Committed*LIC-500795: 2021 HTF SUPPORT *

E-354 Type 3 ENGINE Out of Svc TORREY PINES IDO

E-4441 TYPE 4 ENGINE Out of Svc LOGANDALE STATION

E-451 TYPE 4 ENGINE Out of Svc KYLE STATION

E-452 TYPE 4 ENGINE Out of Svc KYLE STATION

E-5161 TYPE 6 NDF ENGINE Out of Svc NDF VEGAS STATION

E-5331 TYPE 3 ENGINE Out of Svc NDF VEGAS STATION

E-5341 TYPE 3 ENGINE Out of Svc PAHRUMP

E-5342 TYPE 3 ENGINE Out of Svc LOGANDALE STATION

E-5343 TYPE 3 ENGINE Out of Svc RED ROCK FIRE STATION

E-5361 TYPE 6 ENGINE Out of Svc NDF VEGAS STATION

E-5645 TYPE 6 ENGINE Out of Svc RED ROCK FIRE STATION

E-5646 TYPE 6 ENGINE Out of Svc RED ROCK FIRE STATION

E-7331 TYPE 3 ENGINE Out of Svc BOULDER CITY

E-7361 TYPE 6 ENGINE Out of Svc BOULDER CITY

E-7362 TYPE 6 ENGINE Out of Svc TORREY PINES IDO

E-751 TYPE 7 ENGINE Out of Svc TORREY PINES IDO

E-753 TYPE 7 ENGINE Out of Svc TORREY PINES IDO

E-754 TYPE 7 ENGINE Out of Svc KYLE STATION

E-8262 TYPE 6 ENGINE Out of Svc CORN CREEK

E-8263 TYPE 6 ENGINE Out of Svc CORN CREEK

H-4BH TYPE 3 HELICOPTER Committed* LIC-500666: MAMMOTH*

IVST 5906 Fire Investigator Out of Svc TORREY PINES IDO

P-751 PATROL Out of Svc TORREY PINES IDO

P-753 PATROL Committed* LIC-500994: 2021 MT-BDF ABCD MISC *

P-754 PATROL Out of Svc TORREY PINES IDO

SND HC Southern Nevada HC Committed* LIC-501009: 2021 NRGA FIRE SUPPORT*

SQD-353 E-353 Squad Out of Svc KYLE STATION

SQD-354 E-354 Squad Out of Svc MOUNTAIN SPRINGS

SQD-451 E-451 Squad Out of Svc TORREY PINES IDO

SQD-452 E-452 Squad Out of Svc KYLE STATION

T-821 SEAT Committed* LIC-501030: SNAP POINT*

T-899 SEAT Committed* LIC-501030: SNAP POINT*

UTV-5990 I/A Squad with UTV Out of Svc RED ROCK FIRE STATION

VV HC Vegas Valley HC Out of Svc RED ROCK FIRE STATION

Saturday, July 10, 2021

Re: [Public Safety USA Blog] big bld fire fd just arriving

920 pm finally mentioned the wire down in the alley

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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci5EAsK9Keo
>
> live in Los Angeles City
>
> couple houses on fire
>
> --
> Posted By zerg90 to Public Safety USA Blog at 7/10/2021 09:09:00 PM
>
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fire and smoke map - usa

https://fire.airnow.gov/#

usa fire and smoke map = maybe from epa

lynn mass has a permanent monitor

Bangladesh - factory owners arrested after fatal fire

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/10/asia/bangladesh-factory-fire-intl/index.html

like I said earlier - if Miami Dade happened anywhere else in world -
owners would be in handcuffs (depending on how rich they are I reckon)

Mt Juliet TN - very odd

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/mt-juliet-residents-worry-new-fire-station-plans-will-increase-emergency-response-time

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=11q-cEZhxQFcFRlNQG-fkEmZh1hE&usp=sharing
- zerg90 map of area fire stations

https://www.wilsonpost.com/news/wilson-county-will-build-two-wema-stations-in-mt-juliet/article_00e2458e-6024-11eb-b333-7bd53ab5cda0.html

seems it would be a great idea to go to a countywide FD and stop all
the foolishness - that location for the new county station 12 looks
horrible

I hope they have a boundary drop with nashville - otherwise they are
sunk - cant imagine how anyone can buy fire insurance in that area

(lol - that ought to get them going)

it looks like wilson county ema has 10 stations with 10 pumpers and 10
ambulances - amb are full time staffed - pumpers are staffed by vols -
maybe they are starting to hire combined fire/ems staff

Coral Canyon getting permanent fire station

https://www.malibutimes.com/news/article_f4eea110-dfed-11eb-a479-6bd0bc78e8c1.html

near Malibu CA

hilarious - Los Angeles County requires them to supply station +
apparatus + staffing - a couple of years ago they lost 1,000 expensive
homes in the area - and still the County FD cant figure out what the
right thing to do is

Vermillion Parish fire stations

per vermilionparishpolicejury.com/PDFforms/HAZARDMIT/Vermilion Parish
Hazard Mitigation Plan 5.14.15.pdf

Emergency Services - Fire Departments

Seventh Ward Volunteer Fire Department 20206 LA Highway 82 Abbeville
70510 N 29.512512 W -92.10622

Abbeville City Fire Department (Main) 210 West Vermilion Street
Abbeville 70510 N 29.58602 W - 92.08181

Delcambre Volunteer Fire Department 302 North Railroad Street
Delcambre 70528 N 29.57036 W - 91.59302

District 13 Volunteer Fire Department 18838 West LA Highway 82
Abbeville 70510 N 29.50740 W - 92.17374

Erath Volunteer Fire Department 503 East Veterans Memorial Boulevard
Erath 70533 N 29.574792 W - 92.014650

Gueydan Volunteer Fire Department 414 Main Street Gueydan 70542 N
30.01533 W - 92.30563

Henry Volunteer Fire Department 5010 Frank Road Erath 70533 N
29.541811 W - 92.032341

Indian Bayou Volunteer Fire Department 4723 LA Highway 700 Kaplan
70548 N 30.04977 W - 92.14532

Kaplan Volunteer Fire Department 501 North Cushing Avenue Kaplan 70548
N 30.00112 W - 92.17025

Klondike Volunteer Fire Department 432 Veterans Memorial Drive Gueydan
70542 N 30.13650 W - 92.38212

Leblanc Volunteer Fire Department 3834 Bares Road Erath 70533 N
30.21492 W - 92.28833

Leleux Volunteer Fire Department 5801 LA Highway 13 Kaplan 70548 N
30.041471 W - 92.213955

Gueydan Sub-Station Volunteer Fire Deparmtne 13007 LA Highway 3093
Kaplan 70548 N 29.574820 W - 92.244118

VERMILION PARISH HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN E-9 VERMILION PARISH JUNE 2015

Maurice Volunteer Fire Department 410 Chief Fred Avenue Maurice 70555
N 30.061528 W - 92.073872

Meaux Nunez Volunteer Fire Department 9124 Romules Road Kaplan 70548 N
30.010630 W - 92.122999

Pecan Island Volunteer Fire Department 28702 West LA Highway 82 Kaplan
70548 N 29.38802 W - 92.27083

Abbeville Fire Department Lemaire Substation # 1 2021 Veteran Memorial
Drive Abbeville 70510 N 29.584981 W - 92.064526

Abbeville Fire Department Hebert Substation # 2 307 Joffre Street
Abbeville 70510 N 29.584479 W - 92.085222

Abbeville Fire Department Substation # 3 800 Maude Avenue Abbeville
70510 N 29.580560 W - 92.074551

Japanese task force responds to incident

subject per yt tag - Shizuoka Prefecture heavy rain disaster occurred!
Emergency firefighting support corps Kanagawa Sagamihara corps first
report-participation!

https://youtu.be/PrYynfZYWns


???? - they have a 10 minute formal ceremony before responding to call
- ??? - really

is this an reenactment?

Info on "BLM Riots"

The ACLED characterized Black Lives Matter as "an overwhelmingly
peaceful movement", finding that more than 93% of protests involved no
incidents of violence nor destructive activity.[24][25] Several other
studies and analyses also found that the large majority of protests
have been peaceful.[26][27][28][29] In protests that were violent,
violence was variously instigated by protesters, counter-protesters,
or police, and police sometimes escalated violence.[26][27][30] A
September 2020 article in Axios reported that the vandalism and
looting that did occur would result in at least $1 billion to $2
billion of paid insurance claims. The 2020 unrest cost the insurance
industry far more than any prior incidents of social unrest.[57]

from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020–2021_United_States_racial_unrest#Police_brutality_in_the_United_States

Middleborough Mass - suspect in custody

Suspect arrested after shots fired outside MassDOT facility in
Middleborough; shelter-in-place order lifted

why didnt I have ....... ?

why didnt I have chilton county and dallas county listed before under
alabama at Google SITES?

theres a storm abrewing

https://whdh.com/radar/

nyc area just got hit by a bunch of red

now seems to be going to north thru connecticut

soil is probably pretty wet in Massachusetts already

tropical storm elsa

nbc news now - 9 am edt

surfside collapse search continues

delta variant spreading across USA

tropical storm else moving north

boise growing

Qanon spreading to school boards

(powerful and emotional night here last night at Surfside - tell us
about the moment of silence for the victims of this incredibly tragic
incident - lose connection with onscene reporter - heart breaking - NO
MENTION OF CAUSE AT ALL)

now doing story about covid emergency in tokyo for olympics then pivot
into covid in use - mora barret now speaks - where is greatest
increase in delta variants? - centralized in midwest - missouri is
central point - 73% of cases are delta variant)

Florida building collapse vs MSM

Florida building collapse vs Main Stream Media

--- the headlines have been (more or less) ---

bld collapse caught on video - 4 dead - 10 rescued

6 dead - 150 missing - unknown cause

7 dead - cause wont be known for years

8 dead - 125 missing

9 dead - 124 missing

yadda

reports say bld in trouble for years

10 dead - 123 missing

remaining section demolished - cause wont be known for years and years and years

50 dead - 100 missing - unknown cause

yadda yadda yadda

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

My general sense is that in any other country in the world, the condo
officers and the local building officials would have been arrested the
day after the collapse

not saying that is good - just stating a fact

Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Why do concrete buildings collapse? - 15 minute lecture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lifCWsD4ckc

bottom line - water gets into rebar and it rusts and cause the
structural assembly to lose strength

nice lecture starts with the Greeks and their building designs

he speaks of the compressive and torsional characteristics of concrete

"torsion" = putting a twisting force or bending force into a concrete
beam or column

(he sorta muddles over this - iirc a concrete beam that is under a
load will experience compressive forces along the top and stretching /
expansion forces along the bottom - it is a little bit complicated)

(think about snapping a twig - you rip the twig apart across the top
but you smoosh the bottom parts together)

25 minute video - structural damage to an apt bld

https://youtu.be/bgzjSsg4_1o

minor errors in construction lead to water infiltration into walls
which leads to total destruction of wood structural members AND steel
structural members

building does not look too bad to the untrained eye - but when you get
into the walls, you can see beams "flapping in the wind"

unbelievable

15 minute video about hidden concrete problems

https://youtu.be/TyVdSJFUfrc

small pieces of spalled concrete might indicate much larger problem areas

when rebar rusts, it expands, and causes more spalling

I am going to guess that this is not good for structural stability

Tropicana storm watch issued for Massachusetts

gather up your juice boxes and head for the hills

FL - Saint Marys - tornado on ground

moving to north

earlier tornado was in Jacksonville

video - foam ops - FDNY

https://youtu.be/flSZ7CS_BUY

15 minutes

not too exciting - foam handline in use

female firefighters

MA - Arlington - outside report on arrest

https://www.yourarlington.com/arlington-archives/safety/police/19042-probe-070721.html

42 page report about arrest of suspect who jumped out window of hotel

note - male at police station pretended to be female police chief

issues with mutual aid and hot pursuit

I am not sure how the Somerville cop got involved

note - initial phone call was about larceny not trafficking

severe tstorm watch issued - Massachusetts

includes Middlesex County

wx radar - at 9am tstorms went from albany ny to western mass and
dried up - now at 129 pm edt - more tstorms firing up west of Albany
NY and heading to east

Capitol Police need to be restructured

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/06/politics/six-months-jan-6-capitol-police-radical-restructure/index.html

I wonder if the encrypted radio system was a big part of the 1/6
problem? No other police agencies could hear what was really going on
at the Capitol in real time.

keywords - live scanner audio

re Miami Dade incident

re Miami Dade - presser ended at 1047 am - searches continue - 200 FF
on pile - USAR TF 1 and 2 from FL plus ? OH ?IN ?3rd - NIST is tagging
all debris - NIST did LIDAR - no mention of xraying joints - next
presser at 530 pm edt

watch out in worcester mass area

re worcester - 947 am - vehicle entered 290 east from grafton st

red sedan - maybe impaired or suicidal driver - was chased by police

had gone head on towards tt at one point

Covid - Mass vs New Zealand

redoing math

New Zealand population is 4.8 million - they have had 28 covid deaths

Massachusetts population is 6.9 million - Massachusetts has had 18,000
covid deaths

4.8X = 6.9 gives X = 1.43

so Massachusetts is 1.43 times larger than NZ

multiplying 28 X 1.43 = 40

if NZ was as large as Mass they would have had 40 deaths

Mass had 18,000 deaths

18,000 / 40 = 450

Bottom line - the Mass death rate was 450 times higher than NZ

Donald Trump speech on Jan 6 2021

https://youtu.be/5fiT6c0MQ58 - 1 minute video

I will walk to the Capitol with you (words to that effect)

MAGA - you got conned SOOOOOO bad

reposted - again

keywords - insurrection - January 6 - 1/6 - 1/6/2021 - racist thugs
attack Capitol - attack on Capitol - Trump incites riot - leading from
the rear

Monday, July 5, 2021

1.5 hour presentation - using technology against California wildfires June 2021

https://youtu.be/kZZyv-c9Jd4

presentation is lead by a California state senator

cameras - fire breaks - computer modeling - all mentioned - and
probably much more

uhaul full of fireworks goes off in Toledo

https://youtu.be/zqf-cEK7mRo

3 people injured

surprising that 20 people were not blinded or killed

I guess they were trying to stomp out the burning fireworks

another medical study - vitamin D vs covid

https://youtu.be/_W8tWkT2BC0

vitamin D reduced covid hospitalizations by 200%

13 minute video - very straight forward - Dr John presents a very
recent scientific paper from England

Ireland is only government to push Vitamin D - (and Norway and Finland
per comment)

covid death rates - mass vs new zealand

https://twitter.com/zerg90/status/1412039727587463169

28 dead in NZ - 18,000 dead in Mass

pop of Mass is 6.9 million

pop of NZ is 4.8 million

everyone and brother shooting fireworks

since sunset its been constant around here

good thing it rained last night

Lookner is covering Miami Dade implosion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLaY4oUUeTA

he just found a live stream on WPLG Local 10 Facebook page being
supplied by the FD

and he just turned on the scanner feed at 9 pm edt - Batt 3 just came
up on Tac 1

openness - live scanner audio

CNN says bld will come down tonight

between 10 PM and 3 AM

in Miami Dade County FL

re - miami dade

I wonder why they want to drop the bld now? They have been working in
the collapse zone for the last week. What is bothering them now? Do
they really think a 60 MPH wind will cause the bld to collapse in the
"wrong" direction? Which direction is the "wrong" direction? What are
the odds it will fall in the "wrong" direction?

about the demo in miami dade county

I suppose if you put explosives on the top 2 floors - and created a
cascading collapse from top down - you could drop the building
straight down - pretty much the same way the WTC went down

I wonder if they xrayed some of the joints in the bld to see what
condition they were in. In fact - it seems compulsory. If you dont
know how the joints are going to act, the entire cascading collapse
could go in 20 different directions - one would think

live video feed - miami dade condo bld

WATCH LIVE: Surfside tower demolition - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epNqN8kSmqU

1 big operating now - up at top of bld

Miami Dade FD - 2020 annual report

https://www.miamilakes-fl.gov/index.php?option=com_docman&view=download&alias=5282-miami-dade-fire-rescue-2021-annual-report&category_slug=communications-community-affairs&Itemid=604

report to city of miami lakes actually - but has a good deal of
countywide info also

got 2 new 50 foot boats - getting 2020/2021 4 new helios - opened
couple of new stations - put new Rescue 71 company into service