Monday, January 31, 2022

Mass ... FY2021 fire D14 comms report

from www.massfiredistrict14.org/annual-reports/

Communications operators from throughout the district continue to be
trained and added to the team. We provide new member training, and
quarterly workshops for all. Several members also attended COML or
COMT training and continue to work on their position task books in
2019, Two Members were certified as COML and COMT.

During this year your communications team and vendors, in cooperation
with District 8 communications solved an intermittent interference
problem at the North repeater

At the Control Point, Michael Torosian continues to update Run Cards,
oversee our communications and managing the Iamresponding application.
He also continues to be available for outreach to district
Communications Centers for control point training and education.

Communications staff continue to build out the Zello for First
responders' network. We added 2 new Communities, and 3 radio gateways.
The system hosts 300 plus subscribers with 125 channels. We have
connections to District 7 and 8 as well as to 14 other mutual aid
partners.

A major project of 2020 with the Standardization Committee of updating
and formalizing SOG's was completed.

Respectfully Submitted, Brian Roberts COML, COMT

mass ... fire district 14 website

www.massfiredistrict14.org

lots of info here

inventory of all fire vehicles etc

but all box cards are hidden

colorado wants more fire mutual aid or something

https://www.westernslopenow.com/news/fire-commission-calls-for-boosting-new-mutual-aid-system/

former miss usa committed suicide

https://youtu.be/MN45tCf1AQ4

she was miss usa 2019 and a lawyer ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheslie_Kryst

possibly she was struggling with depression

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depression_(mood)

fema does have different engine typing definitions

https://rtlt.preptoolkit.fema.gov/Public/Resource/ViewFile/4-508-1117?type=Pdf&q=engine

fema goes ty 1 to ty 5

seem similar to the widland standards but are a bit different

fema is from 2005 ... unknown if still used

I wonder if nfpa also has different typing standards

keywords ... type 1 engine type 2 engine type 3 engine type 4
engine ... engine definitions ... engine classes ... engine types
... types of engines ... official typing scheme

blm fire is still hiring for 2022

https://archive.fo/yIsDy

they mostly cover the rangelands of the western usa

engines 1424 and 1425 from the boise idaho blm district

maybe type 4 wildland engines ... based on the 4s in the numbers ...
like maybe 100 gpm pumps and 700 gallon water tanks ... maybe 2 or 3
person crews ... I should look that up ... standby

https://www.nwcg.gov/publications/pms200 ... types for wildland and
structural fire units for wildland firefighting ... seems a little odd
.... why are structural engines on the list? ... does fema have their
own typing standard?

ty 3 to 7 all have to be pump and roll capable

ty 3 min crew of 3 ... ty 4 to 7 min crew of 2

BLM Fire is still hiring for 2022

https://twitter.com/BLMFire/status/1488252032603631619

BLM Fire mostly covers the rangelands of the western USA

news article has fire radio transcript ... arlington mass

https://www.yourarlington.com/arlington-archives/safety/fire/19922-transcript-013022.html

arlington mass

took 40 minutes to find victim in adjacent apartment

54 medford st is the address

openness live scanner audio broadcastify

twitter account tracks elon musk's jet

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/30/business/elon-musk-private-jet-twitter/index.html

metrofire admin ... in the clear ?

heard via broadcastify calls ... COMMIRS TG 1089 ... MetroFire Admin
... 1/27/2022 ... 1053 am ... short count in the clear 1 to 5 ... no
ID given

1/26 and 1/27 ... just clicks randomly

its possible that encrypted messages would not show up

previous incidents 54 medford st arlington mass

just for the record ... info from my notes ... calls heard via 460.60
.... not at all a complete list I am sure

6/29/2021 8 am burnt food

9/12/2021 alarm 123 pm

9/17/2021 1250 pm food 4th floor

10/3/2021 601 pm food 4th floor

10/502021 555 pm 4th floor

1/1/2022 137 pm food 3rd floor

metrofire boston ... side A

from the metrofire sop on the metrofire website ... side a is the
address side of the bld ... iirc that sop is in the 10 alarm card book
from 2019

so for 54 medford st in arlington ... side A would be the lawn /
?flagpole side ... the chestnut place side, which is the primary
entrance afaik, would be side c charlie

weird

shelburne vt has a fire

https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/36880

1054 am just alerted 3 more tankers

that live scanner audio feed uses 7 dongles

Burlington VT feed uses 7 dongles

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/36880

interesting

massachusetts fire districts info

rough draft

massachusetts has 2 types of 'fire districts'

one type is the local fire district ... west barnstable fire district
... cotuit fire district ... hyannis fire district ... etc ... these
are usually subsections of 1 community

the other type of fire districts in massachusetts are the countywide
or half countywide fire mutual aid mobilization districts / civil
defense districts ... ie .. District 1 Barnstable County ... District
1 A Nantucket ... District 2 plymouth County ... D3 Bristol ... D4
norfolk ... D5 southern essex ... D6 northern middlesex ... d7
southern worcester ... d8 northern worcester ... d9 franklin .. d10
hamshire ... d11 hamden ... d12 berkshire ... d13 metrofire ... d14
southern middlesex / eastern worcester

see census 2007 'census of governments' info for description of local
fire districts

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notes from google search for 'Massachusetts fire district' ... misc hits

Worthington Fire District might be a water dept only

Buckland is served by Buckland Fire District and Shelburne Falls Fire District

Montague is served by Montague Center and Turners Falls ... secretary
of state shows turners falls fire with an s but some other orgs in the
area are turners fall with no s on the end of falls iirc

south deerfield has a fire district

south hadley district 2 cover areas in south hadley and granby

williamstown might have a forest fire dept ... unsure if it is a fire district



there is probably a state law allowing fire districts or each one is
enacted by a separate law or vote of the legislature

west wareham fire district seems to be just a water agency now ....
they ave info on their website whe they were formed iirc ... britton
crosby might have that info also

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communitys with fire districts ... rough list from memory

barnstable 5 + dartmouth 3 + ?adams ?1 + palmer (palmer + bondsville +
?] + montague 2 + williamstown ? + newbury recently merged both +
georgetown ? erie ? + south hadley 2 + ? hadley +

devens ? + otis ? ... actually econ development zones ?

cummington ?

dighton ?



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notes from search at secretary of state corp lookup for fire or fire
district or name etc

Massachusetts Fire District 8 Mutual Aid Association Inc ... 10/199?4?
... was Friends of Mid State Fire until 2016

D14 had a Friends of entry also .. older ... expired

Massachusetts Fire District 7 Mutual Aid Association Inc .... 5/2017

protection fire company no 1 Byfield Mass ... 1929 to 1986 and 1987 to present

protection fire company number 2 newbuty ... morgan ave ... 1942

? acushnet fire district ... maybe just water

471.6875 R radio traffic

Jan 30 2022 sunday ... almost zero traffic ... 8 pm station ID

Jan 29 2022 saturday ... during blizzard ... 710 pm peabody EOC signed
off with state control ... no other messages on channel till near 11
pm ish

most comms are maybe done via the Internet now

(heard from arlington mass]

471.6875 R is presumably still patched / connected to the statewide
MEMA VHF network of linked VHF repeaters

Mesquite TX FD ... maybe encrypted now

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/mesquite-fire-encrypted.437797/

openness related

live scanner audio .. just a keyword we have used thru the ages

old time boston fd radio recordings

bfdradio.net/Audio/Audio.html

nearly 66 recordings here now

1968 radio tape from Boston FD

http://bfdradio.net/Audio/4-6243%2068-09-06%201148%20Bennington%20St.mp3

6 minutes ... multi alarm fire in middle of night in Orient Heights in
East Boston

sounds to me that someone had a receiver on 33.74 somewhere in Boston
... maybe at one of the fire stations ... the dispatcher is loud and
clear at all times but some mobiles are barely readable at times ...
mobiles in east boston were loud and clear

or maybe this IS a tape from the dispatch office ... but that does not
seem to be as likely .... I would think that the dispatch office
would have heard ALL of the mobiles much better than what is on the
recording

the radio channel is no doubt 33.740 Mhz FM

there was no radio coverage in the tunnel going from downtown to East
Boston back in those days so units notified the dispatcher when they
came out of the tunnel ... but not when they went into the tunnel ...
if the dispatcher could not reach someone via CH1 they would assume
the unit was in the tunnel I am sure

actually 2 tunnels ... sumner and callahan ... from downtown to eastie
and from eastie to downtown ... dont ask me which is which lol

fireground traffic was probably on 153.89 "Channel 2" ... iirc they
had a fair number of portable radios by 1968

this recording is maybe not in real time ... maybe it was recorded
with the help of a voice activated switch which cut out the dead
spaces between messages but cut off the very beginnings of some
messages

no doubles! lots of messages passed but no one walking over each other
... some roaring motors and blaring sirens also

dispatchers sometimes end messages with the time

Engine 40 Wagon and Engine 40 pump ... eng 40 used to be at Eng 9
station ... eng 11 used to be at eng 5 ... no mention of Revere FD
which was close to the scene ... Eng 43 and Ladder 20 used to be at
Fire HQ on Southampton St ... 1960 issue ... my recollections ...

eng 40 was still in service in 1977 iirc ...I saw them when walking
from south station to the nfpa at 470 atlantic ave ... I mentioned
seeing Eng40 to joe redden and he exclaims to everyone "I think we got
a buffalo here!" ... lol ... all the public protection division guys
went down to the first floor for coffee at 10am daily .... I was the
sumer intern ... bob barr and timothy ?sullivan? was also there ...
tim sullivan was recent fire engineer grad ... from univ of maryland
iirc ... bob barr was from the california state fire marshall office
... he was living in arlington iirc ... ? ron mellot ? might have been
there earlier in the summer ... he was from portland oregon I think

Sunday, January 30, 2022

odds and ends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGe7QcSwfbk .... houston crazy shootout

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https://www.youtube.com/c/TheScannerGuys/videos ... scanner guys

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https://www.ericsfirepics.com/maxim.htm .... maxim rigs ... no arl
eng 4 nor lad 2 .... didnt woburn have a max ladder also?

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https://www.ericsfirepics.com/ME/irving_woodlands_fire_brigade.htm
... canada ? maine ?

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https://www.ericsfirepics.com/ME/United_Technologies_Center_Engine.jpg

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https://www2.census.gov/govs/cog/2007/ma.pdf ... lha can issue bonds

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https://www.mass.gov/doc/massachusetts-fire-district-map/download ...
check weymouth randolph andover athol orange

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https://www.townofpalmer.com/vertical/sites/%7B034F9CAE-5196-4551-90C2-FBFD76374BDB%7D/uploads/2020_Annual_Fire_Department_Report.pdf
.... has response times

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https://massfiredistrict8.com/D8mobplan.pdf .... bld and brush and
disaster and amb boxes

Boston police employee found dead outside Canton home

https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-police-officer-dies-during-storm-january-29-2022/38935299

during blizzard

strange

boston streets are full of cars and snow

https://youtu.be/CJA9Bu_CSpQ

you get only 1 or 2 chances to get an aerial to the building

pretty sure that their unofficial or official policy is to put the
engines on the cross streets and let the ladder companies use the fire
street

boston fd has no quints so that is not an option

hard to believe but true

Harrisburg pA video house fire

https://youtu.be/15K-0MUjQiU

body cam on the fire chief

good look at units arriving and going into action

radio comms are clear

first alarm was Wagon 3 + Squad 8 + Truck 2 + Tower 1 + Chief

units heard on radio ... Lieutenant 8 + Captain 4 + Lieutenant 1 + Chief 7

not sure who captain 4 was

notice how none of the unit numbers overlap .... in other words Engine
1 + Ladder 1 + Tower 1 + Squad 1 + Truck 1 + Rescue 1 were not all on
the call

I assume that Lt 8 was on Wagon 8 and Lt 1 was on Tower 1

I assume that the officer on Truck 2 would be Captain 2 or Lieutenant 2

keywords .... portable radio IDs

lost ways survivalist prepper

https://www.lost-ways.net/index.php

2017 ... zuckerburg pledged to donate 99% of his $45B wealth

https://www.deseret.com/2017/1/12/20603962/once-identified-as-atheist-mark-zuckerberg-says-i-believe-religion-is-very-important#file-in-this-nov-19-2016-file-photo-mark-zuckerberg-chairman-and-ceo-of-facebook-speaks-at-the-ceo-summit-during-the-annual-asia-pacific-economic-cooperation-apec-forum-in-lima-peru-zuckerberg-unveiled-his-new-artificial-intelligence-assistant-named-jarvis-in-a-facebook-post-on-dec-19-2016-ap-photo-esteban-felix-file

Mass ... new fcc radio licenses

New Bedford FD ... 2 repeaters each on 470.5125 471.0375 471.15

Wellesley police ..... 854.5375 R ... maybe for data ?

Univ of Mass medical school in Worcester ... 452.55R + 452.575R

covid death rates by country Dec 2021

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/World_map_of_total_confirmed_COVID-19_deaths_per_million_people_by_country.png

gonna guess that africa is low due to lower number of old folks there

new zealand and china and japan is low because they know how to do lockdowns

not sure why australia and india is low

words of wisdom

The purpose of education isn't only to impart knowledge and skills.
It's to instill a love of learning. Intellectual curiosity is seeing
as much beauty in ideas and data as you do in art and music. A mark of
a great teacher is a room filled with intrinsic motivation.

https://twitter.com/AdamMGrant/status/1487821471904944131

re Boylston Mass

https://twitter.com/ChrisPetersonTG/status/1487839489930182659

house from 1700s

Boylston MA 3rd alarm

31 Central St

announced by MEMA State Control on 153.965 at 1224

yt breaks in with ad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4PzuG5exyM&list=RDMM&index=25

yt breaks in ad right in middle of guitar solo on free bird

this is ANTI ADVERTISING ... you would think that YT could time the
ads for between songs .. but I guess thay cant or they dont care or
they are devils or just really really dumb

not that I really care ... can just rewind the recording ... but it
seems really really dumb

Berklee College of Music should have walkin service

in the main lobby ... walk up service ... ask any question about music
... have an expert give you immediate answers or have a discussion ...
could be internet powered ... maybe staffed by instructors or advanced
students .. funded by tip jar

might be a big hit for tourists

MIT and Harvard could do this also ... every major program could do it
... engineering, government, law, biology, history, psychiatry, etc

could reinvigorate the quest for education in the USA

How Cell Service Actually Works

https://youtu.be/0faCad2kKeg

18 minute

begins with an overview of electromagnetic radiation

Surfside Condo Claims Engineer Failed to Warn Residents - Lawsuit Analysis Part 5 of 5

https://youtu.be/FEwQAdSWBsE

26 minute video

miami dade county ... highrise collapse ... condominiums collapse .... mci

lets call this ... search and rescue training

https://youtu.be/AYxcrEBNNMc

2 minute video ..... my 2 favorite girls playing hide and seek in
highrise apartment with dad

trying to do that in a scba in zero visibility would be tougher unless
one had a infrared camera

2 nyc live webcams

https://www.youtube.com/c/StGeorgeTower

brooklyn bridge and lower manhattan / new york harbor

east river etc

How to send a SMS text message using email ?

https://www.speedguide.net/faq/how-to-send-a-sms-text-message-using-email-443

might be old info ... maybe not

flying car certified

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/25/business/flying-car-aircar-dual-mode-vehicle-intl-scli/

lol from todays news

'Saturday Night Live' reviews Russian disinformation in Ukraine with
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Saturday, January 29, 2022

russia down 1M folks in 2021

https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1487145451803582469

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also

lushnya
@antinopol
·Jan 28
Replying to
@AFP
10 years ago russian police ministry with social ministry - Nurgaliev
& Golikova made an agreement to make all hospitals deaths in Russia
top secret and not investigate by police. Today they maybe showing
that ordinary hospitals losses stat which can't be hidden in pandemic.

unvaccinated 50X more likely to be hospitalized

https://twitter.com/WHCOS/status/1487556766426669064

usa now

marysville ohio MCI

unconscious people at s swimming pool at a hotel

wild chase video from bakersfield calif

https://twitter.com/PupscanLA/status/1487568048080887812

Fall River Mass has a fire in blizzard

https://twitter.com/mikesacconetv/status/1487557730437148672

3 story dwelling

2 videos

ryan hall on YT

ryan hall on YouTube just finished doing a 12 hour show on the blizzard of 2022

a massachusetts state police scanner feed could be heard quietly
running in the background thru much of the 12 hours

live scanner audio ... openness

parker county texas has a large grass fire

https://twitter.com/nefariousjason/status/1487559057095413766

wellesley mass eng 2 going to a call

https://twitter.com/WellesleyPolice/status/1487537295192428557

in the blizzard

much easier and quicker without a bunch of traffic on the roads

tornado threat in south

ryan hall says tornado threat sometime soon MS and LA

he says he spotted the threat in the models 2 weeks ago

washington state trooper dies of covid

https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1487265689161322498

told governor to kiss his ass over vaccine

cape cod coverage is from bristol county feed

https://www.broadcastify.com/calls/node/1401

massachusetts broadcastify calls

ptown fd feed

https://www.broadcastify.com/calls/tg/736/37712

there seems to be multi TGs here actually

1020 am ... ptown rescue sent to eval an homeless person

provincetown massachusetts in a blizzard

waltham mass ... Flagg Circle working fire

house fire in blizzard

from matt c on twitter

tokyo k9 vans

https://twitter.com/9GqDwN8x5JZY2eY/status/1487302178301972482

look like ambulances

Broadcastify Calls has new Mass coverage

https://www.broadcastify.com/calls/coverage/

seems like there are new TGs added since the last time I looked

you have to hunt around a little ... some TGs are listed strangely ...
like WEMLEC under Suffolk County

MSp d trootp is listed under MA Statewide Law Dispatch

under Barnstable county ... county fire + Bourne FD + ptown FD +
Falmouth FD + Sandwich FD + Sandwich pd + County FG1

plymouth county just has lakeville pd

Statewide / Emergency Ops has 4 MEMA TGs + DCR Ops

also there is DCR Fire 2 + DOT HOC

Statewide / Interop has TG 36432 + TG 36400 for Bristol Co and
plymouth co links to state police etc

Statewide / fire tac has DFS east and west

statewide / fire dispatch has MMR FD at the old Otis AFB on cape cod

MA / Statewide / law dispatch has STATE + MSp Troop D + more

Suffolk County / fire tac has logan fd wide + DFS west

Suffolk county / interops has BApern 3/4/C + MetroFire + LpS 7//8/10 +
WEMLEC X 2

Suffolk county / law dispatch has Enviro pd west + MSp B troop 1/2/3

Suffolk County / dpw has DOT ch22 + state radio techs

Suffolk county / emergency ops has MEMA Boston + MEMA Statewide

bottom line ... you might need to hunt around a little if looking for
a specific TG

I have no idea at this point which ones are still online

archives are good on Calls ... no messages are missed due to scanning
between channels

Friday, January 28, 2022

1990s fire in medford square

https://youtu.be/bQBm0-qRoF0

huge fire ... middle of the night

no one got seriously hurt iirc

Bakersfield CA ... structure fires surged over last 2 years

https://www.kget.com/news/local-news/structure-fires-surge-in-bakersfield-over-past-two-years/

Reed Timmer heading to provincetown

https://youtu.be/ZUTsxx4jnY0 .... 3 minute video

he expects the worst conditions there

Maine ... Mt Desert FD taking over ambulance service

https://www.ems1.com/volunteer-rural-ems/articles/maine-town-to-acquire-volunteer-ambulance-service-started-in-1938-Nuzd4AF42DZ3rzQS/

reduced medicare rates ... been hearing that forever ... for real?

waltham mass .... ice rescue training

https://twitter.com/Rescue6WFD/status/1486461406803341316

short video

sudbury mass ... 2 new ff/medics

https://twitter.com/Sudbury_Fire/status/1487110876805185538

covid cases falling in massachusetts

Massachusetts COVID-19 cases continue to fall

Massachusetts continued its steep decline in COVID-19 cases Friday,
down to less than 7,120 new cases, state health officials report. That
makes the new 7-day average 5,507 cases.

from boston herald

wx forecast for massachusetts

* We now have high confidence in a historic major winter storm for
eastern New England. Widespread 1 to 2 ft snowfall with localized
3 ft is likely for eastern MA and RI along with blizzard
conditions.
* Snowfall rates could reach 2 to 4 inches per hour at times during
the day on Saturday with possibility of thundersnow across eastern
MA and RI.
* In addition to potential historical snowfall, strong winds up to
hurricane force especially along the coast will lead to bitterly
cold wind chills on Saturday along with minor to moderate coastal
flooding.

from https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=BOX&issuedby=BOX&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=off

info on the Baltimore LODDs

good info from reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/Firefighting/comments/sda3zc/engine_14s_crew_going_in_for_2_it_would_be_their/

i'm just providing context for all the people asking "why" in this
comment section. that's what they normally encounter and what they
normally put out. unfortunately for this one, there was already a
previous fire here that collapsed the roof onto the third floor. add
some fire to a structure that had been sitting weakened for over 5
years and that changes everything. but upon arrival it looks like your
normal everyday type of 14 box dwelling fire.

Merrimack NH FD radio feed

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/37218

console feed

live scanner audio

unofficial official feed maybe

FD has 2 or 3 fulltime stations ... next to Nashua NH

internet search tool

https://timetravel.mementoweb.org

allows searches of multi internet archives . .. such as archive.org
and archive.today

item saved at wayback machine MAYBE

Visit page: /web/20220128204245/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNt0AcWf4IM&feature=youtu.be

video maybe was saved 12 times in 2000 ... but several of the saves
did not work ... so ???????

FD bailed out window / saved woman

Glendale CA FD after action report

https://archive.fo/fKMXN

https://archive.fo/z35Y9

mayday incident

not sure why it got saved twice at archive.is ... we checked both
times to see if it had been archived earlier ... dont remember saving
same item both times but maybe we did

well bless my jowls


Maine reports big drop in COVID-19 hospitalizations

https://www.pressherald.com/2022/01/28/state-reports-5-additional-deaths-as-pace-of-positive-covid-19-tests-slows/

Westbrook Maine FD ... 50 applicants for 5 openings

https://www.wmtw.com/article/westbrook-fire-department-job-openings-interest/38872304

baltimore LODDs ... maybe too aggressive

https://youtu.be/MHuxAedEwGg

radio recording

5 minutes between arrival and building collapse

report of people trapped but building was fully involved on arrival

I dont remember hearing of other buildings collapsing in fires in
Baltimore or other major cities in USA ... only in rural areas with
total losses ... sometimes a roof will collapse late into a total loss
in the boston area ... but that seldom brings down an entire building
... just the roof structural members usually fail ... afaik

barge video nyc jan 25 2022

https://youtu.be/VtvoIaAFj0Y

from bronx and under tri boro bridge

at 1400 he talks about radio interference and dead spots ... he is not
clear on how 'repeaters' work and he is not clear on 'line of sight'
maybe .... but if you listen closely he sure seems to have a failure
to communicate with a boat that is only 1 or 2 miles away ... I am not
sure why that happened ... maybe they are only using 5 watts in a high
RF area ... also there is mention of secret radios at the UN causing
interference

"terribly wrong" = a rant about yachts at 2200 ... the video does not
have any disasters or emergencys

2 cruise ships dock in key west time lapse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JRg9wUBYMk&list=PLkIqPukwoNPTcr6XKuGnUPThgLH0r1leh

no need for tugboats

key west florida ... live cam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK9dNVF5Gi4

construction underway ... 2 backhoes etc

Vitamin D and fish oil do prevent autoimmune diseases

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/27/health/vitamin-d-fish-oil-autoimmune-wellness/index.html

wx forecast from wcvb

Tonight
Snow. Winds will increase late. Low around 20F. N winds at 10 to 15
mph, increasing to 20 to 30 mph. Chance of snow 100%. Snow
accumulating 3 to 5 inches. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.

Tomorrow
Snow and gusty winds will lead to blizzard conditions at times. High
22F. Winds N at 25 to 35 mph. Chance of snow 100%. Snow accumulation
of a foot or more. Winds could occasionally gust over 50 mph.

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

will be interesting to see how accurate this is

USAF Delays Closing KC-46 Remote Vision System PDR

https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/usaf-delays-closing-kc-46-remote-vision-system-pdr

ongoing issues with cameras for boom on KC45 fuel tankers

I did not realize that the boom operator now sits at the front of the airtankers

spain getting new h135 helos

https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2021-12-spanish-ministries-of-defence-and-interior-sign-for-36-h135s

The Ministry of Interior currently has a fleet of 31 helicopters from
the H135 family in operation with the National Police, the Guardia
Civil, and Tráfico. The new helicopters will enable the Policía and
Guardia Civil to replace the BO105 helicopters in a wide range of
missions including law enforcement, surveillance, and rescue
activities.

FAA Limits Pentagon Link 16 Access Over Interference Concerns

https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/budget-policy-operations/faa-limits-pentagon-link-16-access-over-interference

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Sprague energy terminal in everett mass

https://www.spragueenergy.com/terminals/everett,-ma

Arlington Mass 54 Medford St

motorcycle burning next to pickup truck

same address as the recent fatal 2 alarm fire

Re: Monson Company in South portland Maine

this is old info from 1999

company gone between 2011 and 2015 per street view

On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 4:36 PM Peteri Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://rtk.rjifuture.org/rmp/facility/100000025402
>
> they have some sort of emergency team that responds county wide ....
> maybe chlorine or ammonia leak team
>
> in cumberland county

boosting your online security

https://www.propublica.org/article/a-former-hackers-guide-to-boosting-your-online-security

article by white hat hacker

password managers and cell phone authenticator apps are recommended etc

no mention of tor or VpNs

Monson Company in South portland Maine

https://rtk.rjifuture.org/rmp/facility/100000025402

they have some sort of emergency team that responds county wide ....
maybe chlorine or ammonia leak team

in cumberland county

Re: target hazard ... biddeford maine

correction ... no dike no nothing mentioned

On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 4:30 PM Peteri Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://rtk.rjifuture.org/rmp/facility/100000219827
>
> three 60,000 gallon propane tanks
>
> they have a dike ... no other fire control features mentioned

target hazard ... biddeford maine

https://rtk.rjifuture.org/rmp/facility/100000219827

three 60,000 gallon propane tanks

they have a dike ... no other fire control features mentioned

pixelle mill in jay maine has/had ERT .. was 'verso' mill

https://rtk.rjifuture.org/rmp/facility/100000055469

big paper mill in jay maine in ? franklin ? has / had a emergency
response team ... which maybe means they have / had at least 1 fire
truck and maybe 1 hazmat truck and maybe 1 ambulance

zerg90 map for franklin county
....https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1PH7skN9x1BVvvl8G5pV5TnoMGRo&usp=sharing

was built by international paper in 1965 ... had 900 employees at peak

susy thunder ... phone hacker from 1980s

https://twitter.com/evacide/status/1486803984069251073

May 2021 article about the future plans of the USAF

https://www.defensedaily.com/u-s-air-force-proposes-divestments-201-aircraft-big-increases-gbsd-ngad/air-force/

cutting four Joint STARS aircraft ... really? ... how many do they have?

Tyngsborough Mass medevac

victim of a fire

about 10 minutes ago medevac was requested

cop shot in Springfield Mass around midnight

https://whdh.com/news/investigation-underway-after-police-officer-shot-outside-mgm-springfield/

little info here ... near midnight ... near MGM ... perp chased and
apparently shot by police ... unknown condition of cop

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

waltham dispatcher retires

https://twitter.com/Waltham911Disp/status/1486461704435376142

Trumbull County OH gets $135K for new radios

https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/trumbull-county-fire-departments-granted-funds-for-new-radios/

around $2,000 for each radio

grant from MARCS which is the statewide 800T

which seems a little strange ... why would the TRS be buying radios
for the users? why dont the users buy their own radios? because they
dont have the money? really?

maybe it is a tactic to hide the $$ from the public ... nah couldnt be that

lets track the money .... someone 300 miles away pays $100 to MARCS
for airtime ... MARCS give the money to some FD in Trumbull County ...
then the FD in Trumbull County pays $100 to MARCS for airtime ... and
MARCS gives $100 to the 300 mile away FD to buy new radios ...
interesting budgeting

New Bedford Mass ... deputy fire chief fired

https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/2022/01/26/surveillance-video-new-bedford-deputy-fire-chief-fired/9225591002/

allegedly faked an injury

Elm Creek Texas getting new fire sta + community center

https://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/news/ecca-vfd-building-new-fire-station-community-center/

will cost $800,000 ... they have raised $650,000 already

Japan ... tow truck vs car on side

https://youtu.be/_93fG1q-jWw

lots of hustle

8 minute video

Bakersfield CA live fire action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnpUJX707Hs

at Walmart ... the battery / propane tank return bin is on fire

deck gun in op

anaheim calif ... video ... 2nd alarm fire

https://youtu.be/mAP0eAdMlDA

car burning next to bld ... 2.5 inch used

Kingfield Maine had a fire Dec 14 2021

Kingfield Maine had a fire Dec 14 2021 at Kingfield Wood products ...
there are a couple of photos at the FD facebook page

Kingfield sent ... Eng 5 with 2 .. Lad 51 with 2 ... tanker with 2 ...
and 2 in pov

fire was knocked down quickly

listening to tapes at broadcastify we found

Strong FD was paged at 1126 am ... Strong Eng 1 responded at 1129 am
... Strong Eng 1 arrived at 1149 am

New Vineyard FD was paged at 1133 am and they had a unit responding at
1143 am with 2 firefighters

Strong and New Vineyard were both paged on 155.055R and they both
responded on 155.055R

radio message format was

"Franklin (County] to Strong Fire standby for a call" ... 2 tone pager
signal sent ... "Franklin to Strong Fire" respond to address in
Kingfield for a structure fire mutual aid

Strong Fire has the call

Strong Eng 1 to Franklin I am responding

etc

same for New Vineyard

New portland ME FD stops going to EMS calls

https://newportlandmaine.org/new-portland-fire-department-maine-ems-license/

Oct 31 2021

rural town

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Immunology with Professor Robert Clancy ... talking with dr john campbell

https://youtu.be/FPPnyzvO7J4

this is very cool

if you just watch the first 10 minutes you will get a good overall
view of the situation

the body has 2 immune systems ... 1 in the mucous membranes ... and 1
in the core of the body

they are very similar but have slightly different players

the generals for the immune system ... the lead molecules ... are
produced in the gut

covid attacks the mucous membranes ... when it overwhelms the mucous
immune system, then the covid can spread to the internal parts of the
body and cause a huge immune response

the mucosal immune system is faced with tons of antigens daily so the
immune response has to be low key

the core of the body is sterile ... and any antigens that get into the
core of the body cause a huge immune system response

something like that

I will take a wild guess here ... I bet that Dr Clancy says that " gut
health is very important "

boston has blue emergency call boxes

https://youtu.be/PZFyKXtrUxI

with cellphone

that might be some small park in dorchester

Boston EMT died at 34

https://www.ems1.com/emt/articles/boston-emt-dies-suddenly-at-34-80neEEv2dRKSq98X/

no cause mentioned

died suddenly

Ganado AZ FD radio feed

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/37195

via eDispatches

this might be the first FD feed from Navajo Nation

559 pm est ... someone talking to someone

Tuscarawas county ohio fd info

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/17922

arlington mass fd blizzard ops

lots of things they could do

staff reserve trucks

put more staff on all regular trucks

put 3 people in each ambulance

put 2 more people in C2 .. with scba and medical bags

put 2 people in pickup truck with plow ... give them ems bags and shovels

put firefighters in privately owned FWD vehicles and snowmobiles ...
equip with turnout gear and medical bags and fire extinguishers and
scba etc ... and portable radios

joe biden getting ice cream

https://youtu.be/4CE-xCc0rP0?t=266

penguin 6 in the middle of stuff yet again

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

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

'ah keem' had just come up in my suggestions but I didnt stop to rewatch it

boboepapa

East Farm CT FD goes to a call

https://youtu.be/38j0196Cfm8

call firefighter shows up with his gear and gets into engine quickly

cameraman gets nice $5 donation via YT

Wilmington Mass ... railroad gates did not work

https://youtu.be/9WpUOCmj8y4

woman killed by train

"scanner audio" account at YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHgXWMXPXMD9xJRJ2V0MohA/videos

mostly fire and police LODDs radio traffic

live scanner audio ... openness

there is a classic lisa line

https://youtu.be/ODM7wm3gqsg?t=1231

you have a soft spot in your head / heart

just for fun

titanic gag on green acres

https://youtu.be/ODM7wm3gqsg?t=484

eb learns about the birds and bees

just for fun

2 bridge tenders fired

https://whdh.com/news/2-massdot-contractors-off-the-job-after-driver-gets-trapped-on-drawbridge/

auxiliary police around the world

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

lots of info here

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

The New York City Police Department's Auxiliary Police consists of
about 4,500 unarmed volunteer auxiliary officers who conduct foot
patrols, traffic-control duty, and other activities.[23] In a 1991
decision, the New York Court of Appeals held that the "fellow-officer
rule" (a rule allowing a police officer "to rely on a communication
from another police officer and to act upon it in making an arrest")
applied to auxiliary officers

unarmed? really ?

police in nyc

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

auxiliary cops ?

highrise cops?

bank guards?

hospital cops ?

etc

private detectives ?

maybe all armed

NYC police info ... nypd

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

3K school agents and 3K traffic agents

more horses than dogs

8 helios

28 boats

7K cars

50% white

50% live outside city

Belarus railroad hacked to slow down russian military movements

https://www.cyberscoop.com/cyber-partisans-belarus-russia-ukraine/

Mt Airy NC to spend $560,000 on new engine

https://www.mtairynews.com/news/104395/city-borrowing-money-for-new-fire-truck

financed privately at 3% interest which add $70K to cost

comments on funding

pekin IL FD making changes

https://www.hoiabc.com/2022/01/21/new-fire-engine-radios-coming-pekin-fire-department/

getting new southside engine for poor people ... hud cdbg leveraged loan

getting new radios

went from ILS to ALS in Dec 2021

rock island washington ... ground broken on new station

https://www.ncwlife.com/groundbreaking-held-for-new-fire-station-in-rock-island/

will have 2 fulltime firefighters and volunteers

unknown if that is 2 24/7 365

douglas county fire district 2

rumford maine ... voters vote on voting day ... today

https://www.sunjournal.com/2022/01/24/rumford-voters-meeting-tuesday-to-decide-whether-to-fund-a-new-fire-station/

new fire station to be voted on

Copenhagen NY ... audit finds FD trouble

https://www.wwnytv.com/2022/01/24/special-meeting-called-after-audit-copenhagens-fire-department/

maybe money missing ... maybe not

bitcoin only down 50%

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/25/crypto-winter-investors-fear-bitcoin-has-further-to-drop.html

Monday, January 24, 2022

arnold ziffel at Wikipedia

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

lol

just for fun

video ... shroud covered body of young girl in street

https://youtu.be/mfWtbqPaHCw

los angeles

very sad

the real world

the water ... it does nothing ... japan style

https://twitter.com/Gt8VUlzRG7buafO/status/1485778348886294528

putting wet stuff on red stuff

nyc mayor wants all NYpd to live in city

35K uniformed cops ... 30% live outside nyc

NYPD also has lower paid civilian cops also ... maybe those are the
traffic wardens

Lewiston Maine ...2 dpw guys save man with severed arm

https://nypost.com/2022/01/24/man-found-walking-down-street-with-severed-arm-after-workplace-accident/

Springfield Mass had a house fire

https://twitter.com/SFD_HQ/status/1485771266233618438

looks like a total save ... well ... mostly total save

Attleboro mass orange st

working fire from fs on twitter

looking at l.a. motorcycle crash again

pphttps://youtu.be/oGG9ylrHHOA

he seemed to go up and over hood but maybe his arm got snagged on
handle bar and that flipped him over ... maybe he glanced off top of
windshield ... his legs were wide apart as he flew over rear of car
... parallel to the long dimension of the car ... he lost the helmet
immediately on impact ... maybe when striking top of windshield ... or
maybe a piece of hood came up and riped off his helmet ... lucky he
didnt lose his head

looking closer ... he hit the right front corner of the car ... the
rear of the bike came up and he was already flipped over as he flew
over the top of the windshield

let me check the tape to see if the windshield was broken ...
windshield just has a small fracture at top above drivers seat ...
both motorcycle tires are intact ... forks are intact

wow ... maybe that was survivable .... if the motor of the motorcycle
took the brunt of the energy ... and he was flipped up and over the
car ... would be interesting to see autopsy results

odds and ends from comirs / Massachusetts TRS

heard via broadcastify calls

TG 1103 ... watertown fd ... channel name is "Admin" ... dispatcher
and C3 heard with some admin type messages ... only 1 set of messages
over 6 days from 1/15 to 1/21

TG 2529 ... bapern 3 ... today at 105903 ... "revere control to
surrounding cities and towns, be prepared to copy a BOLO for shots
fired in our city" ..... at 105921 ... revere control to surrounding
cities and towns with a BOLO ... yadda yadda .. seek 1 BM and 1 WM
.... "State" and "Revere" and "Malden" were heard talking

TG 1061 ... Cambridge police / fire coord channel ... handling a bomb
threat ... channel name is "6" .... "Tango 6 to Fire on 6" ... "going
back to TAC 1" ... Rescue 1 and dispatcher and maybe FD Div 2 were
also on 6 for this incident

TG 2209 ... comirs radio techs ... heard calling clear from ... Mt
Tom. Colrain, Shelburne, peru, Rehobeth, G HQ, Buckland, toby,
sandisfield

MetroFire North TG ... radio test today at 930 am ... "winchester
radio still down"

more info on arlington mass 2nd alarm

https://www.yourarlington.com/housing-authority/19904-aha-012422.html
... space heaters were discussed at board meeting days before the fire

https://www.yourarlington.com/arlington-archives/safety/fire/19899-fatal-012222.html
..... 88 year old woman died in the fire .... maybe she was not found
for 40 minutes ... need to recheck the radio tapes

the fire response was ... first alarm ... Eng 1 + Lad 1 + Eng 2 +
Rescue 1 + C2 ... on the working fire, Arlington E3 to fire ...
Cambridge Eng 4 to Highland Station ... Medford Eng 2 and Somerville
Eng 6 and Somerville Ladder 3 to HQ ... maybe BLS and ALS from
Armstrong Ambulance Service also ... on 2nd alarm ... Som E6 + Som L3
+ Som C3 + Medford Eng 2 + Cambridge RIT to fire ... Belmont Eng 2 and
Meford Lad 1 to HQ ... and Winchester Eng 4 to Highland Station .....
Boston sent District 11 and the Air Supply Unit but they were
cancelled enroute .... usually the Arlington Auxiliary FD provides an
air supply unit but not this time

maybe Cambridge Eng 4 + L1 + Squad 4 + Division 2 were also at the fire

not 100% sure on who went where when ... ned to check when ALS actually arrived

Belmont Eng 2 handled a fire alarm call at 117 Broadway using
'MetroFire North' (radio freq 482.25R] and talking to the Arlington
dispatcher

interview with fdny comish about bronx fire

https://youtu.be/xKcx_KN4yMc

he seems to say that stairwell doors were open on 3 and 15 but he does
not say why they were open ... there was a self closing door on 15 but
it was open ... victims were found on 15

so thats still a mystery .... to me anyhow

info may have been updated since this interview was done ... interview
was on tuesday after the fire

would be nice to see a diagram of the bld and the number of stairwells

iirc one of the first questions that the dispatcher asked Division 7
was ... which is the fire attack stairwell? division neglected to give
that info in his initial report

seattle police sent hoax radio messages during unrest

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-police-improperly-faked-radio-chatter-about-proud-boys-as-chop-formed-in-2020-investigation-finds/

recording from openmhz really tripped up the cops

openness live scanner audio

San Diego County police go encrypted

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-17/san-diego-sheriffs-department-encrypts-radio-communications

move is decried

openness live scanner audio

L.A. County sued over firefighters shooting death

paywall or something

https://www.dailynews.com/?returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailynews.com%2F2022%2F01%2F22%2Fwidow-children-of-slain-firefighter-tory-carlon-sue-la-county-shooters-estate%2F%3FclearUserState%3Dtrue

unhinged firefighter shot 2 other firefighters at sta 81

Zion IL ... girl murdered boyfriend

https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2020/07/21/woman-charged-with-murdering-her-boyfriend-in-zion/

stabbed him in heart in middle of street at 5 am

Maplewood NJ to Reintroduce Police Scanner to Third Party Apps

Maplewood to Reintroduce Police Scanner to Third Party Apps

Written By Mary Barr Mann January 21, 2022

paywall

live scanner audio ... oenness

pentagon press conference now

https://youtu.be/PHqm1b9A1H0

blah blah blah

3k watching via wash post at yt

trump vs stormy daniels

https://www.npr.org/2018/03/25/596868354/stormy-daniels-shares-graphic-details-about-alleged-affair-with-trump

apparently trump has never admitted to having sex with her in 2006 ...
but they paid her $130k in 2016 just before the election for some
unknown reason

see her entry at Wikipedia for more details

shooting in revere mass

https://twitter.com/scooperon7/status/1485648710063251466

looking for 2 suspects

covid therapy evidence update ... Neutralizing MAbs

https://twitter.com/rob_cosentini/status/1485355054647459841

great article about existing covid treatments

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/these-are-the-latest-covid-treatments/#

some of the best treatments are in very short supply as of Jan 2022

thank you scientific american for a great free article

emergency medicine blog ... rebel em

https://rebelem.com

seems to be for emergency room doctors

paywall at wsj on effective covid info

https://www.wsj.com/articles/glaxosmithkline-racing-to-provide-only-effective-covid-19-antibody-treatment-11642770001

GlaxoSmithKline PLC and partner Vir Biotechnology Inc. are straining
to meet soaring demand for their Covid-19 antibody treatment after the
highly mutated Omicron variant knocked out the two competing products.

Demand has jumped in recent weeks for the treatment, called
sotrovimab, because it is the only antibody drug authorized in the
U.S. for the newly infected that has been found to work against
Omicron.

buffalo fire video

https://twitter.com/FBNY_WNY/status/1485603249046626305

4 streams ... zero results

putting wet stuff on red stuff

actually ... lets think about this .... how about ... 2 streams into
gaps between buildings ... then 2 streams hit the first floor and
darken it down, and then darken the 2nd floor ... at that point, the
exposure problem goes away ... in theory

maybe that was 15 minutes into the fire ... after they got 4 engines
to the scene ... or maybe a ladder company helped with the hose lines
... cops could help with hoselines there ... especially if they had
fire coats

maybe some blitz guns would have helped .... were those 2 inch hoses
or 2.5 inch hoses? since they didnt seem to do much to knock down the
fire, maybe they were 2 inch lines

oh well

US threatens Russian smartphones

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1485620906856697856

Baltimore .. firefighters injured and trapped ... now

https://twitter.com/BaltimoreFire/status/1485612237184192519

sleep info

With the proper amount of sleep, the body is able to cycle in and out
of the two most restorative phases of the night, deep sleep, and REM
sleep. During these two phases, our minds process the experiences of
the day, locking only the important stuff into readily accessible
memory

usa safety milieu

smoking bans were largely driven by insurance companies once it was
clear that secondhand smoke caused illness and death. If a company
wanted to be covered by worker's comp, they had to ban smoking indoors

Seatbelt laws, indoor smoking bans, and school requirements for
childhood vaccinations met some resistance for a while, but they
weren't used as a political weapon to divide the country in order to
win elections.

https://twitter.com/RyanRadia/status/1479621196169846785 ... The U.S.
seat belt use rate didn't exceed 70% until 2000!

corrupted US Census

https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/1482561106044502020

pathology of narcissists

https://twitter.com/narceducator/status/1482680484152893440

It's inherent to the pathology of all narcissists. They deflect from
their wrongdoing and exploitation by making themselves the victim.
They reverse victim and offender, the real victim(s) become the
scapegoat. His aggrieved enablers/supporters find a common bond in
victimhood.

Chicago has lapses in fire safety

An investigation into deadly home fires in Chicago uncovers lapses at
every level of local government, a critical component of the NFPA Fire
& Life Safety Ecosystem. Read more from Lorraine Carli's Outreach
Blog: http://ow.ly/irpG50HAatm #FirePrevention #FireSafety

masks work in Japan

The country of Japan has a population that is 40% the size of the USA,
so by American standards, they should've had about 348,000 COVID
deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. They've had just over
18,400. It's not ivermectin (we guzzle the most per capita). It's
masks.

rich got richer during pandemic

NEW - World's 10 richest men doubled their wealth from $700 billion to
$1.5 trillion during the pandemic, according to a new Oxfam report.

Sunday, January 23, 2022

walking the boston waterfront

https://youtu.be/EFjNd74swlY

almost no one around on the cold day

from long wharf to northern ave bridge

some big boats moored along the way ... maybe 100 footers or larger

2 dead after chase

https://youtu.be/c4qJMC5OxQ0

willowbrook california

car is completely destroyed after hitting a pole

Boston ... chinatown ... 2 hydrants right next to each other

https://youtu.be/h4cxal5ZmCg?t=319

???????

both black with yellow tops ... they look just a little different ...
is 1 a high pressure hydrant?

Iceland fire truck responds to a fire ... video

https://youtu.be/63r_D-rDhGc

view inside cab as 3 firefighters suit up ... ear pieces and radios and masks

3 minutes from 2012

I think I have seen that video before ... but it does not show up in
my old email

officer does not suit up in front seat

radio traffic heard

response video ... suit up enroute ... put on gear enroue ... don ppe
... don turnouts while responding

re Arlington Mass

victim going als to hospital from spy pond

re arlington ... 1 guy rescued by AFD

spy pond lane

2nd save of day by my count

arlington box 2821 for water rescue ... maybe spy pond lane ... caller sees 1 erson in water

saved a maine map

. Visit page: archive.org/web/20220123204354/https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1UVLtIF2b_b5L25d4Qu0D1CI_KZQ&usp=sharing

penobscot county and piscataquis county and somerset county

lord only knows if the map was really saved or not

has 900 views iirc ... wowo

today added some dover foxcroft ad bowerbank and brownville info

ipswich mass fd channel on zello

https://zello.com/channels/k/hGaFU

not sure if there is audio at this url or not

there is a q code or qru code or whatever its called

Facebook targeted mentally ill users

https://twitter.com/sandratrevino72/status/1484362069570846722

keywords ? weaponized autism ?

Philadelphia highrise fire now

https://twitter.com/PMBreakingNews/status/1485293387632857091

fire on roof

Re: Arlington Mass someone fell thru ice

arlington eng 1 grabbed the person and brought him to shore 1144am

Arlington Mass someone fell thru ice

32 hamilton rd

boston ... make way for ladder trucks

https://whdh.com/news/off-duty-firefighter-rushes-into-burning-boston-building-to-help-evacuate-residents/

1 2 3 4 5

lowell mass bridge has troubles

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/something-bad-is-going-to-happen-drivers-have-serious-safety-concerns-about-lowell-bridge/2618638/

what does the bridge inspector have to say? anything?

info from bowerbank maine

https://www.threeriverscommunity.me/bowerbank/fire/ ... got donated
Eng 222 from CT Jan 2022 per facebook ... 3 bay station ... 1/22/2022

info on dover foxcroft maine

town of 4,000 folks

2019 / 2020 annual town report ....
https://dover-foxcroft.org/vertical/sites/%7B5CE9D4A3-120C-4C7F-A834-14EE9E08F87B%7D/uploads/TOWNREPORT_2021_FY2019-2020_Edition1_04152021.pdf

pictures of hospital amb 1704. (box on van] on pg 34.... and ...
walkaround rescue (6] on pg 24

Mayo Hospital became 10th hospital of Northern Light Health System ..
changed from a quasi-governmental organization under H.A.D.#4 to a
private 501c-3 not for profit organization. .... In 2020, Mayo
provided the following:
1,135 admissions 125,599 Laboratory tests 101 Births 9,308 ER visits
1070 surgical procedures 3450 Ambulance transports 21,000 Radiology
exams 1473 Oncology visits

FD got new 2012 "tower one" from alabama ... is a rearmount quint
from photo on page 1 ish

getting new engine also

1.5M for fd equipment

281k fd budget

500k police budget

have town run airport also

Saturday, January 22, 2022

everyone in bakersfield is a stringer

phttps://youtu.be/RHdOFDph1qo

this guy has live webcam plus live flir plus pulsepoint plus scanner

how cool is that?

flir works good

keywords ... openness ... live scanner audio

seems to be nearly 10 live stringers in bakersfield

info on Hamilton Mass stabbing

https://www.wcvb.com/article/stabbing-hamilton-massachusetts-january-22-2022/38855247

46yo woman stabbed 72yo woman

London 64m aerial goes to a call

https://youtu.be/KtwUxBiLCpw

video ... trucker delivers fire truck in SC

https://youtu.be/rfh22E01zVw

Dorchester County engine is delivered to fire engine repair site

Sacketts Harbor NY ... teens took over ambulance service

https://youtu.be/GuzhgAvJ5zQ

Boston Mass Roslindale fire Jan 2022 video

https://youtu.be/5ONWQ8qZshA .... early arrival video

I see 3 aerials to roof

some radio traffic

3rd alarm Medford Mass 2020 radio recording

https://youtu.be/SwnBG_A8rns

1905 blue book for Brookline Massachusetts

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Blue_book_of_Brookline_and_Longwood_%28IA_bluebookofbrookl1905unse%29.pdf

280 pages

pages 15 and 16 have fire boxes, fire stations, and response policy

May 2018 box 52 magazine

box52.org/NLMay2018.pdf

summer street railroad bridge fire 1968 in boston

fires in lexington center thru the years ... 1971 the end

august 2019 box 52 newsletter

box52.org/NLAug2019.pdf

aku aku fire on rte 2 in cambridge

1947 ... alien landed in roswell new mexico not roswell old mexico ..
fire station had bells in station

2019 Baltimore changed first alarm policy

box52.org/NLOct2019.pdf

only 3 engines and 1 ladder on first alarms now

question ... do they hit first alarm for smells and bells? or just for
real fires? ie flames seen by reporting party

boston area used to have tiller aerials

box52.org/NLAug2020.pdf

info on fdny superpumper system from 1970s

box52.org/NLOct2021.pdf

South Shore plaza shooting

police say it safe to come out of hiding now

car crash video

https://www.reddit.com/r/Roadcam/comments/s5vf67/usa_mustang_hits_a_bmw_and_causes_it_to_flip/

back on its wheels

not quite a roll all the way over accident

fox report on los angeles motorcycle crash

https://youtu.be/hs9rRwP0Nyg

"some people think of this as entertainment but there is real danger"
... what evil monsters write this mealy mouthed crap?

lol lol lol

tell me fox ... why did your helo follow the guy and broadcast live?
what purpose did that serve ? could you have just run a chyron saying
there was a chase in the area?

reporter says that police helo was involved but did not mention any
news helios .... strange

the front wheel and forks of the motorcycle remained intact after the
crash ... how is that possible?

Mendocino County CA 10 acres burning

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/36726

northern California ... north of San Francisco

sioux city homeless camp fire

https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/watch-now-sioux-city-fire-official-railroad-bridge-blaze-started-in-homeless-encampment/article_cb4f126f-473e-5dae-939d-c35c555cee3e.html

must be cold there

re arlington mass 2nd alarm

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/residents-evacuated-due-to-fire-in-arlington-high-rise/2619105/

sensitive alarm system goes off weekly

actually ... 3rd floor has burnt food weekly

see my posts at 4winslow list and arlingtonmass list at googlegroups

arl picture saved 54 medford st

A snapshot was captured. Visit page:
/web/20220122155111/https://twitter.com/BostonTVPhotog/status/1484838386116575238

note .. the address is 54 medford st but the main entrance is on
chestnut Place .... cars can access the bld from chestnut Place ...
pedestrians can also access the bld from 54 medford st via a walkway
which no one uses

re Arlington Mass

https://twitter.com/AnnaMeiler/status/1484891347643469826

1 woman died and 1 woman was injured

Hamilton Mass Railroad Ave

someone stabbed multi times ... police request ambulance asap

rich town

re arlington mass

first alarm was at 409 am per Broadcastify radio tape

telephone call for 'smoke in bld' ... then call from apt 305 ... woman
reported she was stuck on her balcony ... (fire was on stove in 305
maybe]

6 minutes elapsed between first beep on radio and first fire unit was
on 3rd floor ... per what I heard on tape

Big Sur California ... wildfire

https://twitter.com/bigsurkate/status/1484754522404646913

big sur has a vfd ... unknown if calfire or usfs has any staffed
wildfire engines in big sur in the winter

Arlington Mass had 2 alarm fire at 54 Medford St

https://twitter.com/matty_kam/status/1484839192819642368

weird ... I live 1 block away and heard nothing

looks like it was on 3rd floor .. previously there were multi burnt
food calls on the 3rd floor

Arlington Mass incident at 54 Medford St

54 Medford St is a 7 story apartment building owned and operated by
Arlington Housing Authority and used to house poor elderly and
disabled residents ... C2 just requested the building inspector and
the electrical inspector ... unknown problem

Friday, January 21, 2022

snow in charlotte nc now

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

ice also

McHales Navy ... Binghamtom goes airborne

https://youtu.be/_xGPDWJlEgU?t=995

crazy stuff lol

just for fun

June 2021 ... new Boston 10 alarm card

box52.org/NLJun2021.pdf

first alarm ... 4 Eng + 2 Lad + 1 Rescue

smoke showing ... 2 Ladders

2nd alarm ... 2 Eng + 2 Lad

keywords ... response policy ... response plan ... alarm levels ...
mobilization scheme .... extra alarm dispatch policy ... response SOp

lookner talking about Ukraine now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP1s-HKGfns

FDNY radio jargon

heard from bronx fire tape

10.12 for food on stove

"Bronx to the Field Comm K"

Tower Ladder 5 8

Truck = Ladder ... both terms used interchangeably

"7th Division" = "Division 7" ... both terms used interchangeably

"Car 1 3 Charlie" = some high level chief

"Battalion 4 5 acting (as] 19"

"everyone stand by unless urgent" = too many people talking on the radio now

"10 10.45s; 7 are red tags" = ten injured people and 8 of them are
critical / dead

2002 someone ratted out Utah scannerists

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/utahradio-org-and-rr-wiki.435412/

someone wanted NO discussion of 2002 Olympics radio gear

openness ... live scanner audio

dealing with paypal and usps etc

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/have-you-ever-passed-on-a-deal-because-of-the-postal-money-order-requirement.437192/

paypal seems to be the safest ... but it is still possible to have problems

bronx fire at statter911

zero comments

Schomburg Plaza Fire New York City (Harlem) March 22, 1987

https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-004.pdf

A fire originating in the compactor chute of a 35-story high-rise
apartment building in the Harlem area of New York City caused the
deaths of seven building residents. Several code enforcement and fire
department operational problems may have contributed to the loss

Fire Department Communications

Dispatchers failed to notify the fireground commander of the large
number of calls received from upper floor tenants.

Incident Command System

Fireground commander failed to identify severity of situation until
late; crews on roof did not communicate adequately with commander on
the ground and vice versa.

NYC ... what is a duplex apartment?

https://streeteasy.com/blog/what-is-a-duplex-apartment-nyc/

2 floors connected by stair or elevator

must have 8 foot ceilings

canada ... ambulance rolling in snow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXA85QoDkOI

little snow dont bother them

end of video shows smokey locomotive

video ... tulsa engine goes to ems call

https://youtu.be/5d6eznWV_XI

3 minute video

dashcam is focused on the crew

officer grabs his HT on his way out of cab

driver handed tablet to officer when they left station

Berkeley County SC ... fire department radio traffic

heard via Broadcastify

"Central" is the dispatcher

"copy" = 10.4

"on scene" + "arriving"

"will be enroute" or "enroute" = on the way to the call / responding

1/19/2022 ... 149 pm tape ... 1214 into tape ... 5 tone sets ... maybe
2 seconds or 1 second per tone ... Company 10, Company 7, Company 21,
Company 6, COS9, structure fire, delta response, on Incident 7 (TG],
215 Factory Rd, 2 cross streets .... repeated once ... Eng 2.12
responding ... Engine 7.2 enroute .... 1419 on tape ... (Batt] 10 oh 1
at scene nothing showing ... 1525 on tape ... we have a working fire
... we can wrap hydrant and pull line ... we have hydrant right next
to house ... misc other messages ... cancel all units not on scene, it
was a cooking fire ... COS9 = BLS9

1030 on tape .. Medic 3 and Company 19 paged to a EMS call ... Medic
3 went enroute

other misc units heard ... Eng 6 oh 1 ... Eng 151 ... Eng 4 oh 1 ...
Eng 2 oh 1 ... maybe chief 7 oh 1 also

iirc this is a bunch of VFDs that are being merged into a countywide
FD ... on the radio it very much sounds like they are already a county
FD in form and function

salisbury maryland airport gets new crash truck

https://www.firehouse.com/apparatus/type/arff/apparatus/21253330/delivery-salisbury-md-arff

arff 1

1500 gallon tank

675 hp motor

550 pounds of dry chemical

salisbury ocean city wicomico regional airport sby

Denton MT had wildfire on Nov 30 2021

The West Wind fire on Nov. 30 destroyed 25 homes and six commercial
buildings in Denton, including the town's granary.

more video of the la mc crash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFud1wn7jHs

let me look at that again ... how high was he above the engine of the car?

Maine hospital info ... misc

https://www.practicelink.com/jobs/952973/emergency-medicine/physician-assistant/maine/northern-light-eastern-maine-medical-center

Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor ... 411 beds that serve 500,000
people in northern 2/3 of state ... level 2 trauma center ...
Emergency Department has team of "hospital employed staff consisting
of 18 Emergency Physicians and 10 Physician Assistants" ... ED has
37,000 visits each year with a 27% admission rate

I suspect that none of those 18 MDs do surgery in an OR ... I would
guess they have 3 to 5 trauma surgeons who do most of that work

come to think of it ... is that 18 fulltime MDs in ER? ... because
that would almost be 4 per shift

===========

Saint Mary Hospital in Lewiston ... 233 bed acute care facility ...
new 30 bed emergency room ...30,000 ER patients seen annually

2013 article about hospital doctors work schedules

https://www.the-hospitalist.org/hospitalist/article/125954/experts-debate-pros-and-cons-seven-days-seven-days-work-schedule

some doctors work 1 week of 12 hour shifts followed by 7 days off

some doctors work 40 hour weekdays plus weekend oncall coverage

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

ad from 2022

https://www.practicelink.com/jobs/983166/emergency-medicine/physician-assistant/oklahoma/ok-emr

24 hour shifts ... 7 on / 7 off

apparently this means the person stays at the hospital for 7 straight
days ... then is totally off for 7 straight days

Effective therapy for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

it seems that modern medicine is very very technical but has to be
grounded in real world results based on extensive sampling of patients

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

https://www.the-hospitalist.org/hospitalist/article/31405/heart-failure/effective-therapy-for-heart-failure-with-preserved-ejection-fraction/

What effect do sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have
on outcomes in adults with heart failure with preserved ejection
fraction (HFpEF)?

ejection fraction is a measure of the efficiency of the heart ... 50%
to 65% in a person with a healthy heart ... 30% in a patient with a
sick heart .... from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejection_fraction

6,000 patients studied over 2 years .... empagliflozin was the drug
given ... it reduced deaths 4% vs placebo group ... which seems to
indicate the drug didnt do much of anything ... and it was used to
treat patients with somewhat normal hearts "preserved ejection
fractions"

HFpEF is a whole thing of its own ... never heard of it before ....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_failure_with_preserved_ejection_fraction

Empiric therapeutic anticoagulation for severe COVID-19

https://www.the-hospitalist.org/hospitalist/article/31401/covid-19/empiric-therapeutic-anticoagulation-for-severe-covid-19/

therapeutic dose is apparently higher than standard / prophylactic
dose ... but it does not work better

257 patients studied

2 drugs vs cardiac arrest

https://www.the-hospitalist.org/hospitalist/article/31410/cardiology/effect-of-vasopressin-and-methylprednisolone-versus-placebo-on-return-of-spontaneous-circulation-in-patients-with-in-hospital-cardiac-arrest/

no major long term improvement in outcomes

study of 500 patients in Denmark

wytheville va ... ER info

TeamHealth has an exciting opportunity for an experienced emergency
physician assistant or nurse practitioner to join our emergency
department (ED) team at Wythe County Community Hospital in Wytheville,
Virginia. As a part-time employee, you will receive at minimum 6
shifts per month. Shifts are 12-hours (10 am - 10 pm). This is a
14-bed ED facility. Ideal clinician must have at least 2 years of
experience as an advanced practice clinician practicing in an
emergency medicine or urgent care setting. Candidates should be
comfortable working independently.

Jan 2022 from https://www.practicelink.com/jobs/983751/emergency-medicine/physician-assistant/virginia/wythe-county-community-hospital

Thursday, January 20, 2022

capitol police mobile command van

https://youtu.be/8PdcHe-XPYU?t=300

washington dc

cbs los angeles has mc crash video

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

openness live scanner audio

no one from the media should ever criticize any live scanner audio
after they profit from video like this .... in general

mc hits car at 76 mph head on ... for adults

https://youtu.be/Iw9yQn_7u5Q

10 minutes into this tape ... motorcycle being chased by LAD hits car
head on ... driver twirls thru air ... ends up crumbled on sidewalk on
his side with fluids leaking out ... he flew about 100 feet laterally
... maybe 50 feet into air

motorcycle was doing 125 mph thru city streets

========

from yt comments

was emt in 80s ... guy hit telo pole at 60 mph .. he died instantly

this is live ... for adults

take it down for his family

mark it as age restricted

fox took it down

Thornton Sta 7 not built yet

https://www.thorntonco.gov/government/city-council/Documents/council-updates/121421-Council-Update-Packet.pdf

need $4M more to build station in 2022

staff hired in 2021

are they staffing a temporary station in the meantime?

thornton hires consultant for fire museum

https://www.thorntonco.gov/government/communications/Documents/cityvoice/cv-nov-dec-2021.pdf

never heard of a fire museum consultant before

google car vs ambulance

https://goo.gl/maps/ym5hMVhPngcgncnu8

if you check the pictures ... looks like the google car flew thru the
yellow light just before the ambulance got there

close

Quincy Mass gets new engine

The unit is powered by a Cummins X12 500-HP engine with an Allison
4000 EVS Transmission.

The pumper features a Waterous CSU 1,500-GPM single stage pump with a
UPF 750-gallon poly tank.

new engine 2

https://www.firehouse.com/apparatus/type/pumper/apparatus/21253331/delivery-quincy-ma-pumper

this might be the new normal in the boston area ... 1500 gpm pumps and
750 gallon tanks with 500 hp motors

more info on bronx fire HEADS UP

HEADS UP for anyone working or living in a highrise

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/01/bronx-apartment-building-fire-kills-at-least-19-updates.html#_ga=2.179087460.1368386361.1642694865-1350195745.1642694865

1. no ... an open door on 15 didnt draw smoke up thru bld ... smoke
always goes up

2. FDNY commissioner Daniel Nigro said that "smoke extended the entire
height of the building," which he called "completely unusual."
Firefighters had "found victims on every floor in stairwells."

3. some people made it down via smokey stairwells

4. the fire apt had space on floor 2 and 3

5. question still remains ... HOW DID SMOKE MOVE THRU BLD FROM FLOOR 2
AND 3? .... most obvious answer would be ... SOMEONE OPENED STAIRWELL
DOORS ON FLOORS 2 OR 3

New Bedford FD gets $50K

https://www.newbedfordguide.com/new-bedford-fire-department-awarded-50000-state-grant-for-water-rescue-suits-equipment/2022/01/19

will allow upgrade of (some] portable radios

Tonga ... only 3 dead

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/20/1074324166/first-aid-flight-in-tonga-after-eruption

ash knocked out sat comms for several days

no shortwave radios ?

you would not think that in 2022 that comms could go so dead

N Metro FD near Denver is crazy

https://www.northmetrofire.org/309/Fire-Stations-and-Facilities

they have stations in 4 counties and they have first due areas in 5 counties

can you imagine trying to just coordinate with the street cops in 5
different counties? never mind all the building authorities and tax
agencies and school districts and roads departments and ambulance
services and etc

usa ramps up cybersecurity

https://breakingdefense.com/2022/01/biden-signs-memo-to-secure-dod-ic-national-security-systems/

"NSA now has one set of reporting requirements, [the Department of
Homeland Security] has the other," he said. "What we've seen in the
past, though, is particularly big, powerful agencies don't always do
what they're told to do."

the 5G mess

https://breakingdefense.com/2022/01/as-5g-rollout-begins-pentagon-still-doesnt-understand-impact-on-military-aircraft/

its seems totally crazy to me

if I was in charge I would send out some planes on some sunny days and
see if 5G screwed up the altimeters ... should take 1 day of testing
... then if no interference was found, then you would run tests on
some cloudy days with some very brave pilots and lots of ground
observers

seems totally insane that they have not done this before turning on the 5G

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

if a jetliner crashes .... the fire service will be there cleaning up the mess

Fwd: More UHF Channels for Boston MA Area

info from 2007

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Peter S <zerg90@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 2, 2007 at 11:35 AM
Subject: More UHF Channels for Boston MA Area
To: <sme2@yahoogroups.com>, <sme2@googlegroups.com>,
<massfire@yahoogroups.com>, <massfire@googlegroups.com>,
<sonofrcma@yahoogroups.com>, <sonofrcma@googlegroups.com>,
<firealert@yahoogroups.com>, <usafire@googlegroups.com>


The City of Boston (acting as a regional coordinator) has applied for
a batch of new UHF radio channels to improve public safety comms in
the Greater Boston area. Here is what they are seeking at this time.

Weston - 470.1625 - at 235 Wellesley Ave
Lexington - at Jean Rd water tank - 482.0875
Waltham - at 155 Lexington St - 482.225 - 470.1125
Medford - at 6 Ames St - 482.1375
Melrose at 576 Main St - 470.15
Malden at 250 Main St - 482.0125
Everett at 103 Garland St - 470.0875 - 482.175
(all of the above are probably new FD freqs replacing each individual
community's VHF highband freq)


Cambridge at 40 Thorndike St - 482.05 - 482.025 - 482.1875 - 470.125
Quincy at Ricutti Dr - 482.30 - ERP592
Woburn at Zion Hill - 482.25 - ERP200
(this batch might be regional channels)

Weymouth at 636 Broad St - 482.0625
(this might replace 154.235R for Weymouth FD)

Blue Hill in Milton - 482.075 (this might be a regional channel or a
new channel for Milton FD which presently shares 483.5125R with
Braintree FD)

Lynn at 424 Essex St - 470.175 - 482.2125 - 482.225
Saugus at 6 Taylor St - 482.2625
(these 2 are probably replacing VHF highband FD channels)


600 Atlantic Ave in Boston - 470.20 - 470.0375 - 470.075 - 482.15 -
482.2875 - 470.0125 - 482.0375
35 Northampton St in Boston - 470.075 - 482.2875 - 482.15
(these might be new Police or EMS or Disaster channels)

91 Crest Ave in Chelsea - 470.0125 - 482.0375 - ERP200
Ricutti Dr in Quincy - 470.0125 - 482.0374 - ERP200
(these 2 entries look like new regional channels)

Carroll Way in Revere - 470.0625 - 482.20
91 Crest Ave in Chelsea - 470.05 (simplex) - 470.025 - 482.2375
(these 2 entries are probably replacements for FD VHF highband channels)

All of the freqs are listed as repeaters - except for 1 as indicated
in Chelsea - ERP is usually 50 except some are higher which might
indicate a regional channel - all emissions seem to be listed as
11K3F3E (narrow analog) - there might have been 1 digital regional
channel listed.

The supporting documentation in the FCC applications suggests that
Boston EMS wants to move their 2 primary channels off 462.975 and
462.95 - that a couple of MO3 channels were be implemented - there
will be new simplex fireground channels - 2 new disaster channels -
and new police channels.

Time will tell how much of this pending application stays in its present form.

I dont see any obvious channels for Cambridge or Massport.

Peter S

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verylocal.com ?????

https://www.verylocal.com/about/

can stream via 4 services ??????

wcvb live ????

https://youtu.be/ghQ3O5CbZQg

why did the traffic cams show nighttime views at 750 am?

it has been light out since 7 am at least

???????

is this feed on a 1 hour delay?

video ... tt gets into crash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU8E8nxLGb4

damn ... didnt see that coming at all

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

prescott nF E951 2013

ozemergencyservices.com.au/picture.php?/109139/category/30425

in arizona

its not a type 1 or 9 engine so it must be a ty5 engine

usfs prescott national forest in arizona

USFS engine from Coconino Natl Forest in Arizona

ozemergencyservices.com.au/picture.php?/109129/category/30425

near grand canyon

maybe a ty3 or ty4 engine

oy mate ... heres ya FD

ozemergencyservices.com.au/index.php?/category/30446

bfd and west newbury fd photos from australian website

more info on 5G issues vs airliners

40 countries have solved the problem

apparently they created quiet zones (low 5G levels] along runways and
approach paths so the older radio altimeters would still work safely

no mention of any testing being done .... ??????????????

biden moving forward on resilience

money to move highways out of flood prone areas

grants for communities facing wildfire risks

water storage for drought stricken areas

per pbs newshour at 635pm est

also ... there will be some money for replacing lead drinking water pipes

U.S. Army Tests M-SHORAD • Live-Fire In Germany (2021)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUJnr4AUrFA

some good comments with details

video from texas ... airtanker makes drop

https://twitter.com/CowboyAstronut/status/1483875992083087363

bastrop area

re somerville mass

driver released ... cancel tech rescue

Somerville Mass Alewife Brook parkway

tt rollover ... 1 person trapped

https://twitter.com/EverettScanner/status/1483875184381763593

Everett Mass near MGH clinic

someone dragged under vehicle

fdny audio from bronx fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UNZNWg4NYM

maybe better audio than other YT recordings?

info on mgh er wait times

https://www.massgeneral.org/emergency-medicine/patient-resources/

6 to 8 hour wait time for results on MRI

that seems crazy

4 to 6 hours for CAT scan results

that seems crazy also

Maybe they just have 1 person on duty to evaluate the results ... and
they have to deal with trauma patients first ... I cant imagine that
they wait 6 to 8 hours on MRI results for a trauma patient .... so
maybe the 6 to 8 hour waits is for broken ankles, tailbones, hips, and
fingers

massachusetts general hospital in boston massachusetts

Newaygo County MI 2 dead in house fire

https://www.bigrapidsnews.com/local-news/article/Police-find-homeowners-dead-after-house-fire-near-16785224.php

4 dead in Louisiana fire

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/louisiana/articles/2022-01-19/4-people-are-killed-in-house-fire-near-new-orleans

weds early am in st tammany parish

San Mateo Consolidated FD was formed in 2019

https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/new-chief-for-san-mateo-consolidated-fire-department/article_0b36b6b0-78d7-11ec-9db6-67495cf82145.html

near San Francisco

serves 3 cities from 9 stations with 154 full time employees

New Bedford Mass getting new engine and ladder

https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/politics/government/2022/01/19/new-bedford-fire-trucks-purchase-could-see-price-hike-loan-arpa-scott-kruger-ladder-truck-pumper/6563151001/

funding arguments are hysterical

Westborough Mass seeks more firefighters

https://www.communityadvocate.com/2022/01/19/westborough-fire-chief-pitches-plan-to-hire-four-new-firefighters/

got 8 FF in 2018 ... want 4 more

unknown total staffing at this time

partially funded plan to treat more federal lands

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/climate/biden-administration-wildfire-plan.html

wildfire prevention prescribed burns etc paywall

8 metro areas getting 5G from ATT today

https://twitter.com/davidshepardson/status/1483820413092302848

world's oldest man dies at 112

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/worlds-oldest-man-dies-112-guinness-world-records-says-rcna12687

wcvb has 3 stories now

fd at moderna in norwood

ff falls thru stairs in brockton

cop hurt in knife incident near symphony hall

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

report on tonga from nz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUGBtp7jHKc

love her accent

video of cars fleeing as water smashes thru brick walls

Heroic NYPD Cops Run into Burning House/Gas Explosion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiYipkOm9CY

very intense video

The Billionaires funding the coup

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/devos-bradley-claremont-trump-election-fraud-insurrection-1274253/

there is a bunch of them

Highly pathogenic wild birds in SC and NC

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAAPHIS/bulletins/306732b?reqfrom=share

and you thought that Xmas McNuggets was a good idea!

Arlington Mass ... perp and K9 fall thru ice

https://whdh.com/news/police-man-breaks-into-arlington-home-falls-through-mystic-rivers-ice-while-fleeing-officers/

crazy story ... no one died

penguin 6 in the middle of things again in dc

https://youtu.be/Vg3mjiFCSFc

armed carjacking near us capitol

gun on ground 500 on tape

1 hour old ish

2 perps captured

live breaking news

Mass District 5 and 15 run cards etc

www.essexcountyfire.org/essex-county-mutual-aid-district-5-15-10-alarm-cards/

groveland has p25 on ch1 nac 521 ch 2 is pl 82.5

methuen card from 12/2021 shows Tynysgboro air trailer + dracut mci
trailer + georgetown ppe trailer

fire mutual aid is authorized by mgl chapter 48 section 59a

D5 / D15 ... HTs are numbered clockwise from officers seat

for D5 D6 D14 D15 ... mutual aid units travel to town on the district
channel ... when arriving in the community requesting aid they can
switch to that fd channel or to an ops channel / FG channel ...
metrofire boston does not do this usually ... not sure what the
official MetroFire policy is

Wakefield has a D15 run card as of 12/2021 ... did they leave MetroFire ?

Boxford Eng 6 has 4200 feet of 5 inch hose

Rowley and Newbury have engines with LDH also ... maybe 5 inch

AT&T delays launching 5G near some airports after airlines ask Biden to intervene

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/18/tech/airplane-5g-att/index.html?utm_term=1642529568338c695dacc8b98&utm_source=cnn_Breaking+News&utm_medium=email&bt_ee=pgFNMSPgV%2B8HIB6rI3fCeCnQeQx5X%2BrF3EBD0Ul9%2Bw3rWJQMu9WL%2FrH7HgfMPJgC&bt_ts=1642529568341

AT&T announced Tuesday that it would delay activating 5G on some
towers around certain airports. The wireless technology's rollout near
major airports had been scheduled for Wednesday, but airlines warned
of dire consequences for transportation and the economy.

AT&T, which owns CNN's parent company, will continue to launch
advanced 5G services everywhere else as planned.

Re: [sme2] salisbury mass had big fire

could not find hampton nh fd times

but we did find at edispatches.com the following times for pages

152 am newburyport eng 5 sent to fire on first alarm

154 am merrimac engine sent to fire on 2nd alarm

154 am newbury engine sent to fire on 2nd alarm

155 am west newbury engine sent

via other scanner feeds we heard

156 am seabrook nh struck box 222 for tower to respond to fire ...
tower 1 signed on the air at 158 am

203 am ... Exeter NH engine sent to salisbury ... and Hampton Falls FD
paged by Hampton FD for an engine to the 3rd alarm