Tuesday, May 31, 2022

68 to 130 vets died at Holyoke Soldiers Home

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldiers%27_Home_in_Holyoke

their familys got $400K each

staff had no clue what they were doing ... nor did the bosses ....
the director had no medical experience

not sure how many died in total ... too late in the day to read the
report and try to find the right number of deaths

Re: [Public Safety USA Blog] edmonston canada ... zerg90 map of fire stations

edmonton

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> https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1I23Clt5BVqi5bFOI7OxcQfoG0uROAHo&usp=sharing
>
> similar to calgary ... big city FD surrounded by not much else ...
> except that edmonton has some refineries in the area
>
> strathcona county has a FD ... seemingly one of the very few county
> FDs in Canada ... they have 6 stations
>
> --
> Posted By zerg90 to Public Safety USA Blog at May 31, 2022, 8:28 PM
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edmonston canada ... zerg90 map of fire stations

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1I23Clt5BVqi5bFOI7OxcQfoG0uROAHo&usp=sharing

similar to calgary ... big city FD surrounded by not much else ...
except that edmonton has some refineries in the area

strathcona county has a FD ... seemingly one of the very few county
FDs in Canada ... they have 6 stations

fort saskatchewan in canada

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

note ... new police station reduced response times by 10 seconds ...
nightime firemen reduced response times by 15 minutes

lolololol wikipedia really has no clue in regards to response times

me thinks that if the FD really took 15 minutes to roll on a regular
basis that someone would have squawked

is it really worth mentioning that police response times went down? is
the new station so nice that the cops cant bear to go out on patrol?

map of calgary alberta fire stations

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1hRCQKQTLTGAMrm2Sk7T8rVQCc6ywRvA&usp=sharing

calgary has nearly 44 stations

rocky view county fd has around 7 stations

otherwise ... FDs are few and far between

brietbart article about uvlade radios

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/05/30/gonzales-responders-in-uvalde-werent-all-on-same-radio-channel-i-asked-biden-for-money-to-fix-that/

congressman wants $13M for new radios ... and he wants a mental health hospital

many comments say that new radios wont fix their issues

uvalde thread at RR ... very interesting

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/a-request-for-13-5-million-for-improved-radios-in-uvalde-after-shooting-response.443203/

all radios were patched to 1 TG ish

maybe radios did not work in bld

encryption openness live scanner audio

Cocke County TN ... 4 ambs on duty

https://www.jems.com/administration-and-leadership/priority-ambulance-awarded-contract-for-ambulance-service-with-cocke-county-tn/

Horton Ambulance delivers 20,000th unit

https://emsrig.com/index.php/2022/05/26/horton-emergency-vehicles-delivers-its-20000th-ambulance-to-franklin-township-oh-fire-department/

Re: radios in boston subway tunnels

maybe this is a better question ... can the subway radio system be
disconnected from the above ground radio system? can the below ground
radio systems be used in multi locations at the same time without
interfering with other ops at the underground sites?

Re: BFD responding back to Suffolk Downs

just holding east boston units ... cancelling e39 r1 twrl3

uvalde texas ... little bit of radio traffic

https://nypost.com/2022/05/30/new-dispatch-audio-from-uvalde-texas-school-shooting/

this seems to be the source of the little bit of radio traffic that
has been published so far ... a video recorded at the scene early in
the incident it seems

openness

BFD responding back to Suffolk Downs

box 625 ... e39 is rit ... ch2 is FG ... 1440 hours

Uvalde resident captures audio of apparent radio call of a child saying they'd been shot

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/uvalde-resident-captures-audio-of-apparent-radio-call-of-a-child-saying-theyd-been-shot-shooting-suspect-rifle-police-agents-investigation-school-teacher-victims

maybe a female cop hit

openness live scanner audio

MI 2022 wildfire initial attack a/g channels

MI 01
A/G 03: 166.6125
A/G 72: 169.1500
A/G 46: 167.7000 (Ottawa / Hiawatha NF)
A/G 47: 167.7250 (Huron / Manistee NF)

166.6125 and 169.15 might be just for the south half of the state or
maybe they are 2ndary and tertiary for the whole state

Ottawa / Hiawatha are Upper peninsula
huron / manistee are lower peninsula

weat newbury had a 4 alarm house fire

https://www.fireengineering.com/firefighting/west-newbury-ma-firefighters-battle-4-alarm-blaze/

3 am old house

Re: MN wildfire a/g channels 2022

the 2022 national air freq guide info for MN is different than the above info

the natl air freq guide for 2022 shows

MN 01 168.125 166.6125 169.15
MN 02 168.125 166.6125 169.15
MN 03 168.125 166.6125 168.3125

thats is ... primary + 2ndary + tertiary

and that is much different than what the MN guide shows ... same
freqs yes... but very different uses

2022 Pennsylvania federal wildfire initial attack a/g channels

PA 01 A/G 17: 167.9875 A/G 78: 168.5750 A/G 76: 167.1250

no tones ... 1 statewide zone .... listed primary then 2ndary then tertiary

I assume these are the channels used on the Allegheny National Forest
and maybe the Delaware Water GaP National Park ... I assume that state
forestry has their own a/g channels ... but maybe the feds and state
share these channels ... maybe it depends if the aircraft is being
Paid for the the feds or the state

MN wildfire a/g channels 2022

VHF-FM Air to Ground Frequencies

DESIGNATOR FREQUENCY TONE ASSIGNMENT

DNR A/G 1 151.3400 110.9 PRIMARY: Fond du Lac / Mille Lacs / White
Earth / USFWS / DNR Incidents

DNR A/G 2 159.3000 110.9 SECONDARY: Fond du Lac / Mille Lacs / White
Earth / USFWS / DNR Incidents

DNR A/G 3 172.3750 MNICS Extended Attack Incidents

A/G - 03 166.6125 PRIMARY: Red Lake / Bois Forte / Grand Portage / Voyageurs NP

A/G - 19 168.1250 PRIMARY: USFS Chippewa / Superior

A/G - 51 168.3125 Zone 3 Federal A/G

A/G - 72 169.1500 SECONDARY: Red Lake / Bois Forte / Grand Portage /
Voyageurs NP / USFS Chippewa / USFS Superior

Helibase Deck / Ramp 159.2400 100.0 Frequency for Helibase and/or
Airtanker Base deck / ramp operations

from https://data-nifc.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/national-ia-frequency-zones-federal/explore?location=46.224158%2C-83.253887%2C5.00
zone 3 is southern mn
zone 2 is NE MN
zone 1 is NW MN

Washington ... fewer police chases

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/washington/washington-police-drivers-arent-stopping/283-8064cf18-d99c-441a-afb1-294ba507bd43

radios in boston subway tunnels

last info that I saw said that BFD Ch 1 and BFD Ch 4 and MetroFire Red
and Boston police ch 1 and EMS Tac ?5? worked in the boston subways

is it possible that tuneable repeaters could be installed in the
subways so that more channel choices would be available?

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just now as I typed

1109 am radio traffic on 462.975 ... "yes, allout is the same as cancel"

omaha chemical fire lights parking lot on fire near rig

https://youtu.be/G6yh-yJKuTA?t=2032

beginning of video is distant view of blaze

3352 lot on fire

'cabin' fire near chicago

https://youtu.be/ch45BEOoU4k

maybe wisconsin or illinois or indiana

utica somewhere

was the first response just 1 engine? maybe a minipumper from
someone's garage? welcome to america

6 alarm fire at suffolk downs ... boston mass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U32t_6LdIbQ

vacant horse race track on boston / revere border

some damage after MN wx

https://youtu.be/r92m0URwk6U ..... 13 minutes

beginning ... small tornado begins

middle and end ... interesting damage to farm blds ... drone video ...
looks like flaps cut in roof of last bld ?????? ... first bld could
probably be finished off by a VW bug

maybe interference to drone signal by metal roof at end of video ...
from comment

swiss army ambulance

https://www.sdisglandserine.ch/category/presse/

2 pictures here

france ... fire station with 3 snow cats

https://www-sdis74-fr.translate.goog/page/organisation-operationnelle-18?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

see lower right

Monday, May 30, 2022

fire video ... maybe malaysia or indonesia

https://youtu.be/IAPXmwFDMtc

this is cool ... fire call ,,, maybe Indoenesia ... FF responds on
motorbike ... rest of crew in pickup truck ... portable pump and hose
going to work ... big fire in shanty town

figured out the uvalde feed archive gap

the broadcastify archive shows that the uvalde police feed recording
on 5/24/2022 that started at 1140 am was truncated at 1152 am

but the radio feed was apparently dead anyhow ... so there is no audio
on the recordings that did get made

https://m.broadcastify.com/archives/feed/35414

keywords ... live scanner audio openness

Douglas County MN sirens failed

civil danger warning issued

ryan hall feed live wx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GiAmrLudo8

has new camera on top of chaser vehicle with pan and tilt capability
... "should be a game changer" ... ryan hall can operate the camera
remotely

Re: MN gonna get tornadoes

1656 hours edt ... reed timmer standing next to rural fire station and
siren kicks on ... 3 minute steady blast for severe Tstorm warning

siren ends at 1658 hour edt

from comment in yt chat

Poot MahGoots@Reed Timmer Smaller towns run their tornado sirens for
severe thunderstorms to warn farmers that could be out working in the
fields to get out of the fields.

On Mon, May 30, 2022 at 3:47 PM Peteri Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3ZFojNKltM .... redd timmers stream
>
> central and northern MN
>
> particularly dangerous situation per NWS
>
> EF3 and EF4 very probable .... very dangerous .... SW MN dangerous
> also ... possibly dozens of tornadoes

MN gonna get tornadoes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3ZFojNKltM .... redd timmers stream

central and northern MN

particularly dangerous situation per NWS

EF3 and EF4 very probable .... very dangerous .... SW MN dangerous
also ... possibly dozens of tornadoes

new orleans fd radio traffic

first alarm ... zone xxx ... address and cross st ... dwelling fire
... 4 engines + 1 ladder + 1 squad + 2 500 units ... announced twice
after 1 quick tone

2nd alarm ... 2 engines + 1 ladder + 1 squad + 500 + 505 + the shop + rehab

use fg6

38 captain 38 operator

ftom broadcastify via fireground audio at You Tube

rental woes in boston area

https://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/v08fcj/tips_for_people_getting_eaten_by_the_rental_market/

deleading is an issue ... scams are an issue ... noisy babys are an issue

police warning milford mass area

https://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/v07etd/multiple_massachusetts_police_departments_warn_of/

asian guy disabling young females cars

asiam male late 30s driving blue impala

Mendocino County has a grass fire

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

101 at N State St ... 100 X 50 ... female arson suspect at scene ...
police now at scene ... 1344 hours EDT

boston reddit ... lost wallets found and returned

https://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/v0qk20/thank_you_for_returning_my_wallet/

some nice stories here

uvalde more info

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAAv-r4k5jM

dispatcher is heard broadcasting that child is in room with multiple
victims and dispatcher asked if any police were in bld/room yet

I wonder where that radio traffic came from

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comment from 1 minute ago

They would, but this was a Latino community, and a Latino police
force, maybe they do it their own way, like a cultural thing, sad to
say, and they did not live up to the way we do it as Americans in
America. Those poor, poor children. Their police chief was looking
more after his own policemen rather than the vulnerable and helpless
children. He sacrificed them.

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

comment also pointed out that there was no mistake by police ... they
did not mistakenly assume that everyone was dead in the room ...
unless no one heard that message from the dispatcher

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

keywords openness live scanner audio broadcastify

scotland canada gets 3 replacement fire stations

https://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/first-of-new-county-fire-halls-opens-in-scotland

rancho cordova CA has new fire station

https://gooddaysacramento.cbslocal.com/video/6245225-new-fire-station/

firefighter cracks up TV anchors

Westborough Deputy Chief is new Natick FD Chief

https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/news/2022/05/25/natick-names-westborough-deputy-chief-jason-ferschke-fire-chief/9927992002/

FDNY VHF repeaters license

https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=4612205

30 watt repeaters 800 feet up on West 34th St

154.19R 25R 37R 40R 43R

those are all of the old FDNY VHF highband repeater channels

????????

Re: celigny switzerland takes the cake

the FD story seems to be ....

celigny has a VFD with 1 truck

they are backed up by nyon fd

google aerial view shows highrises being built 500 feet SE of the
Celigny fire station ... maybe 4 of them ... I have no idea why ...
that is an old village center with old 3 story buildings ... cant
imagine why anyone would let anyone build highrise buildings there

regional scba sector .... Nyon Switzerlan

https://www.sdis-nyon-dole.ch/le-sdis-nyon-dole/prov

sdis nyon is a FD with 4 or 5 stations ... each station has 1 big
engine and smaller engines ... and there is 1 aerial truck ... 1 fire
station is under a 'football' stadium

they cooperate with 2 other FDs to maintain 120 SCBA sets for firefighters

33 municipalities

it seems that sdis nyon has just 6 fulltime staff and the rest are
oncall ... but I am not positive about that

Re: celigny switzerland takes the cake

The municipality consists of two disconnected territories of the
Canton of Geneva. The smaller one contains the settlements of La
Grande Coudre and La Petite Coudre and is entirely surrounded by the
Canton of Vaud; it is thus both an exclave and an enclave. The larger
one consists of the village of Céligny on a hill above Lake Geneva
along with the small Le Brassus valley; being adjacent to a part of
Lake Geneva belonging to the Canton of Geneva but not to the
municipality of Celigny,[5] it is thus by itself neither an exclave
nor an enclave. However, together with this adjacent part of the lake,
it does constitute an exclave of the Canton (but still not an
enclave).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9ligny written by municipal
government nerds run amuck

I just know we will find out this place has 5 fire stations and they
use 5 different languages

On Mon, May 30, 2022 at 7:31 AM Peteri Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://goo.gl/maps/5DjENbdHoCMdbUmE9
>
> worst swiss cheese municipal boundaries in the world
>
> 2 small disconnected areas in Geneva Canton but not attached to any
> other portions of Geneva Canton ... and only 2 miles from France
> border
>
> would be hilarious if they were served by a French FD ... which is
> not totally a far fetched idea

celigny switzerland takes the cake

https://goo.gl/maps/5DjENbdHoCMdbUmE9

worst swiss cheese municipal boundaries in the world

2 small disconnected areas in Geneva Canton but not attached to any
other portions of Geneva Canton ... and only 2 miles from France
border

would be hilarious if they were served by a French FD ... which is
not totally a far fetched idea

uvalde in MSM

basically the uvalde texas story in main stream media is

crazy kid with lisp saves money to buy bazookas ... shoots grandma
.... drives to school ... runs into school ... shoots bunch of kid
while yelling astalavesta baby ... cops are very slow to kill killer
for some unfathomanable reason ... politicians all start braying
endlessly ... even the term "golden hour" is heard .. and maybe 911
forgot to tell the cops that the kids were still alive

subplots ... all Hispanic small town with Hispanic police chief and
Hispanic school police chief and hispnic swat team and 5 school cops
in tiny town

and the school cop was off campus when the crap hit the fan

how soon till we find out that the one dispatcher on duty forgot to
page the city swat team?

heroes ... the ?white? border patrol swat team that broke rank and
rushed the classroom

heroes ... chinese female trauma doctor ... who didnt get patients
for ?10? hours

=========

who remembers the virginia tech institute massacre ? ... an asian kid
who had talked to NO ONE in 18 years

meanwhile monkey pox is on the way and nothing has been done to
fortify public health agencies in the USA but trillions has gone to
bail out the trillionaires

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

npr 'hidden brain' yesterday ... it might be better for smart people
not to think about the distribution of wealth ... lol

Geneva Switzerland FD 1899 info

https://www.geneve.ch/fr/themes/securite-prevention/sapeurs-pompiers-ambulanciers/service-incendie-secours/histoire-service

4000 was assigned as the Geneva Fire Service emergency telephone number in 1899

"After the militarization of the bourgeois organization of
firefighters in 1840, in Geneva, at the end of the 19th century, the
idea of creating a permanent post for the battalion of firefighters
was in the air."

Sunday, May 29, 2022

jan 1 2022 ... geneva fd switched from city to canton

https://www.geneve.ch/fr/themes/securite-prevention/sapeurs-pompiers-ambulanciers/service-incendie-secours/sis-devient-groupement-intercommunal

maybe a nationwide changeover .... municipal FD merge into canton FDs

Geneva switzerland fire disatch center

https://www.geneve.ch/fr/themes/securite-prevention/sapeurs-pompiers-ambulanciers/service-incendie-secours/centrale-alarmes

2 dispatchers on duty

have 5 radio channels

cover entire canton

switzerland emergency telehone number

from official telephone book https://www.local.ch/en/tel/emergency

Emergency phone numbers

International emergency
112
Police
117
Fire
118
Medical
144
Rega
1414
Roadside assistance
140
Poisoning
145
Helping hand
143

geneva aerials 2010

https://archive.ph/iREbI

france fire engine for tunnel fires

https://fire-engine-photos.com/picture/number43331.asp

that looks like a water spray bar around the top of the cab

re gloucester mass

2nd and 3rd alarms might just receive off duty staff

with mutual aid called on an ad hoc basis

not sure if they follow the essex county 10 alarm card or not ... or
if it even applies on the first 3 alarms

on the 5/28/2022 3rd alarm fire that had around 10 off duty guys
report to HQ and they were staffing the reserve engine and a ambulance
... and the reserve ladder at west gloucester station

you can see that even a small city can yield quite a large fire force

the gloucester fd budget for FY2020 was $9M ... that included $20K
for cell service

gloucester mass fd radio IDs

engine 2

engine 2 driver

engine 2 hydrant

car 3 = deputys suv

c5 is the actual deputy chief who is on duty for this incident ... c1
is maybe the chief ... C2 might be the assistat chief or the senior
deputy chief .. if they have a C2

Gloucester MA ... radio tape ... house fire 5/28/2022

'watch out; wires in street' ... from off duty fire officer at scene

'watch out engine 1; wires in street right next to you'

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

https://youtu.be/o8KnT5Qkl9Y

"Essex Red" is fireground radio channel ... that is 153.83 iirc ...
maybe for portables only ... sounds like the feed was hearing "Essex
Red" OK

sounds like the police answer the 911 phone and then wake up the
"house" man at fire HQ and he hits a pager tone set

working fire assignment might be = Beauport Ambulance with 1 ambulance
+ 1 Gloucester Engine + 1 Rockport Engine to cover

2nd alarm was Group 3 ish .. some confusion 2nd alarm vs working fire

gloucester fd went thru a big battle 10 to 15 years ago ... maybe they
switched to three 24 hour shifts ... maybe not ... maybe is four 24
hour shifts ... they try to staff 4 stations 24/7 ... HQ + BayView +
Magnolia + ?Western Ave? ... East station closed like 40 years ago

lay off MS Office for a little while

https://twitter.com/MalwareJake/status/1530974352660897793

I am not a computer whiz but this seems to say ... stay away from MS
Office for a couple of days until fixes are available ... or maybe MS
has security coders available on a holiday weekend?

las vegas strip ground level live cam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcGDU86DuSo

major intersection

funky music

• Critical Fire Weather - Central Great Basin and Southwest to Central/Southern Plains

https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USDHSFEMA/2022/05/29/file_attachments/2171742/FEMA%20Daily%20Ops%20Briefing%2005-29-2022.pdf

mostly still just NM ... today and tomorrow ... crazy that the whole
state has not burnt down yet

Hermits peak fire .. in san miguel county nm ... 314,000 acres ...
22 H damaged + 38 O damaged ... 396 H (homes] destroyed + 365 O
(other / outside / minor] destroyed

1 dead in TN

https://abcnews4.com/news/local/woman-shot-to-death-at-smoky-mountain-rental-cabin-saturday-man-arrested

Saturday, May 28, 2022

reddits and subreddits with videos

https://www.reddit.com/r/redditlists/comments/13xgp8/list_of_video_heavy_subreddits_couple_categories/

kern county has working fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw5nyMXpAoE

live close

has radio traffic

jakarta needs more fire stations 2019

https://web.archive.org/web/2021*/https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/07/18/less-than-half-of-subdistricts-in-jakarta-have-fire-stations.html

only 110 of 267 sub districts have fire stations

not sure if this means they have a total of 110 fire stations ... they
might also have 50 "district" stations ... not sure what their
terminology is

16 Days Before the Surfside Collapse - The Warning Signs Were There

https://youtu.be/M0UtmbRAL9M

37 minute video

bottom line .... building was poorly designed, constructed, and
maintained ... failure of 1 column should not have brought down the
entire building ... but it did .... water got into the top of 1 column
in the basement garage ... and destroyed it ... engineers had 2
earlier chances to prevent the collapse ... Nov 2020 and June 2021 ...
but they blew it .... recently released photos show accumulated
damage to column and to pool area

keywords .... forensic engineering ... collapse analysis

Southgate KY 1977 major fire

https://www.wcvb.com/article/beverly-hills-supper-club-fire/40121950

iirc the nfpa report said that a radio message asked everyone to turn
off their sirens .. but everyone misunderstood

keywords ... radio problems

what does the yellow sign mean?

https://goo.gl/maps/6wqvjvYkbQb2uAPS9

I think the yellow sign means ... dont get stuck between the 3
railroad crossings ... weird intersection

Bangladesh squad truck

https://goo.gl/maps/WPdvKdX1f42gwG2q7

New Zealand 1,100 covid deaths now

https://www.google.com/search?q=new+zeland+covid&rlz=1C1FKPE_enUS998US998&oq=new+zeland+covid&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i10i433j0i10j0i10i131i433j0i10i457j0i10l4j0i10i433.9357j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

6.29M worldwide deaths

Critical fire weather – Southwest to Southern Plains, Southern/Central Rockies & Central Great Basin

https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USDHSFEMA/2022/05/28/file_attachments/2171640/FEMA%20Daily%20Ops%20Briefing%2005-28-2022.pdf

squirrel tail on usa engine

https://www.facebook.com/LongridgeFireDepartment/photos/pb.100067957810840.-2207520000../1542735502531259/?type=3

very rare in usa

maybe is Moncks Corner Rural FD in SC

may 20 2021 news re 911 failure in sc

Berkeley County Government SC

May 20, 2021 ·
Due to a major system failure which has caused an outage in the 911
system around the Lowcountry, callers in Berkeley County are asked to
call 843-761-9000 **INSTEAD of 911**
Berkeley County continues to receive calls from other jurisdictions
due to our ability to fail over.
Callers are asked to call the phone number above for emergencies ONLY.

Friday, May 27, 2022

video ... tampa airport crash trucks in action

https://youtu.be/g4vwS9DUtOY?t=1007

cued up to the arff action

jet had landing gear problem

crash trucks headed out and met the plane

enfield ct had a fire

https://youtu.be/FG7zaOl2lmk

ca video then fireground video

auto dealership on fire

well involved before FD got there

did see an electric wire on fire / smoking in rear early in video ...
up on pole top

2 alarm fire / 1 engine from longmeadow mass also

New England Museum of Firefighting March 2021

https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/detailsPage?ein=863110056&name=New%20England%20Museum%20of%20Firefighting&city=Pittsfield&state=MA&countryAbbr=US&dba=&type=CHARITIES,%20DETERMINATIONLETTERS&orgTags=CHARITIES&orgTags=DETERMINATIONLETTERS

got irs letter of approval in march 2021

pittsfield mass

Berkshire County Museum of Firefighting

https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/detailsPage?ein=223019883&name=BERKSHIRE%20COUNTY%20MUSEUM%20OF%20FIREFIGHTING%20INC&city=Pittsfield&state=MA&countryAbbr=US&dba=&type=EPOSTCARD,%20REVOCATION&orgTags=EPOSTCARD&orgTags=REVOCATION

non profit until 2013 maybe

sand canyon vfd is or was real also

https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/detailsPage?ein=770437950&name=SAND%20CANYON%20VOLUNTEER%20FIRE%20DEPARTMENT&city=Tehachapi&state=CA&countryAbbr=US&dba=&type=EPOSTCARD,%20REVOCATION&orgTags=EPOSTCARD&orgTags=REVOCATION

in kern county california

east fork vfd was or is real

https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/detailsPage?ein=043848868&name=EAST%20FORK%20VOLUNTEER%20FIRE%20DEPARTMENT&city=Azusa&state=CA&countryAbbr=US&dba=&type=EPOSTCARD,%20REVOCATION&orgTags=EPOSTCARD&orgTags=REVOCATION

near los angeles

we saw their rig in street view a fre years back

Hampshire county fire defense ... ? revoked ?

https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/detailsPage?ein=113802812&name=HAMPSHIRE%20COUNTY%20FIRE%20DEFENSE&city=SOUTH%20HADLEY&state=MA&countryAbbr=US&dba=&type=REVOCATION&orgTags=REVOCATION

Re: [Public Safety USA Blog] IAFF in Guam non profit

international is spelled wrong

On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 4:12 PM zerg90 <no-reply@blogger.com> wrote:
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IAFF in Guam non profit

https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/detailsPage?ein=660569222&name=INTERNAITONAL%20ASSOCIATION%20OF%20FIRE%20FIGHTERS&city=Barrigada&state=GU&countryAbbr=US&dba=&type=DETERMINATIONLETTERS,%20EPOSTCARD,%20REVOCATION&orgTags=DETERMINATIONLETTERS&orgTags=EPOSTCARD&orgTags=REVOCATION

?????

state house park rangers budget

https://budget.digital.mass.gov/govbudget/fy21/appropriations/energy-and-environmental-affairs/conservation-and-recreation/28200101

why are benefits so low? $2M budget but only 20K for benefits

in arlington benefits are around 75% of salaries iirc

fy2022 boston fd budget info

https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/file/2021/05/FY22%20RFI%20Response%20-%20Fire.pdf

meeting house hill getting new fire station

average response time 4 minute from page 17 of 32

but

from page 18

% Calls Responded to under 4 Mins.
80 60 60 65 (FY19 actual + fy20 actual + fy21 projected + fy22 target]
We expect the rate to increase in FY22
This measure has decreased by 20% from FY19

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in my mind if you reach 60% of all calls in under 4 minutes then your
average response time is around 3.5 minutes

they dont say what their definition of 'response time' is

uvalde 911 calls from classroom

https://twitter.com/Cryptome_org/status/1530234943892242433

Re: uvalde tx press conference starting soon

no mention of radio comms

shooter crashed car and started shooting ... cops responded and drove
past shooter in parking lot ... shooter got into school via door left
open by panicked teacher who was calling 911 ... 3 or 7 cops
immediately followed shooter into school ... later, there were 19 cops
in hallway outside classroom ... they did not enter because they
thought all the kids were dead ... 911 was getting calls from kids in
the room but maybe did not tell the cops in the school

DPS director gave press conference today ... he took questions ...
seemed he was trying to be truthful imho

note .. this is not a word for word exact transcript of a 1 hour press
conference

MD Natural Resources police station

https://goo.gl/maps/7TvmEX6n8xuwQnus5

they have pickup trucks

calvert county md fire feed

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/37964

unofficial official feed ... radios are at a fire station

FDA recall of floor lifts

ArjoHuntleigh Polska is recalling the Sara Plus floor lift following
several complaints of smoke and/or flames coming out of the lift. When
the battery is low, the device's printed circuit board may overheat,
leading to smoke or fire. If this situation occurs, anyone using the
lift or near it could be injured, including smoke inhalation and/or
burns.

The FDA has identified this as a Class I recall, the most serious type
of recall. Use of these devices may cause serious injuries, serious
health consequences, or death.

Re: uvalde tx press conference starting soon

lookner says that police yesterday said that 12 minutes elapsed
between when shooter crashed and when shooter entered school

congressman said yesterday that shooter was arrested 4 years ago ...
seems that is false ... 2 other kids were arrested 4 years ago for
some incident

On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 11:02 AM Peteri Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
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> https://youtu.be/AyEar6OLES4
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> will be interesting to see if radio traffic is mentioned
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> openness live scanner audio broadcastify

uvalde tx press conference starting soon

https://youtu.be/AyEar6OLES4

will be interesting to see if radio traffic is mentioned

openness live scanner audio broadcastify

Thursday, May 26, 2022

why is this in edge?

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Val+di+Fuenes&setlang=en-us&cc=US&form=SHTIMC&first=1&tsc=ImageHoverTitle

Dr John Campbell 500M views on YT

https://www.youtube.com/c/Campbellteaching/community

archive.org does have issues

https://archive.org/post/1105471/pages-refusing-to-save-this-is-asinine

2020 into 2022

los angeles county map saved at wayback machine

https://web.archive.org/web/20220526224958/https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1_w7H8a8E4m1L6MxvKJgBKUAljvo

re Arlington Mass

Arlington Mass ... Hillside at Wachusetts ... maybe cop car hit T bus
... bus was empty ... cop has minor injuries

Arlington Mass Hillside at Wachusetts

some incident with injuries ... maybe R1 involved

we dont need no stinkin mci levels

https://www.glendaleca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/52242/637031969331970000

2019 ... verdugo stopped using mci levels

bob hope airport 2019 info

https://web.archive.org/web/20220526171052/https://www.glendaleca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/52060/637020523410670000
... 2019 ... units are now arff 117 arff 217 arff 317 arff 417 etc ...
5/26/2022

bears visiting ... video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBZfPAU45n8

tennessee iirc

simone and 2 cubs ... cubs are nearly 2 years old now

long discussion about safety issues of the bears on the porch

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

uvalde tx info ... gunman almost got stopped cold

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wNmL_46SE4

maybe old Firehouse Forums are here

https://14forums.blogspot.com/2013/04/emergency-response-club_9788.html

unknown if this data is online anywhere

FDNY map archived at wayback machine

https://web.archive.org/web/20220525215848/https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1R63ZOwKvGhACWHLpAvDGVb5Y9v5nZqh2&ll=0%2C0&z=7

or maybe at https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1R63ZOwKvGhACWHLpAvDGVb5Y9v5nZqh2&usp=sharing

1982 fdny HT freqs saved at archive.org

https://web.archive.org/web/20220525214844/https://drive.google.com/file/d/13tRonYEAlYnWkAZQY6SIoGWAWNHTqPDs/view

list of freqs and channels available in each HT

vhf highband 153 mhz and 154 mhz FM radios

we have probably posted this before

saved at wayback machine

just saw flash over hanscom afb

small flash ... maybe sun glinting off plane turning or banking ...
maybe something else ... maybe over lexington center area ... was low
and almost on horizon from my location ... but above the trees ...
sun is bright ... clouds are high ... maybe 10k feet

http://www.openfiremap.de/ has germany and austria fire stations

http://www.openfiremap.de/

Orleans Mass considering new fire station

https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/cape-codder/2022/05/21/orleans-massachusetts-new-fire-station-timeline-location/9846165002/

Marlborough Mass ... west side fire station on hold

https://www.communityadvocate.com/2022/05/24/marlborough-fire-station-project-on-hold-mayor-says/

city seems to be a bit dysfunctional

Eddy County NM ... FDs reorganize

https://www.currentargus.com/story/news/2022/05/25/three-new-fire-districts-eddy-county-increase-fire-efficiency/9844037002/

going from 11 VFDs to 3 fire districts

hiring FT staff also

probably does not include the county seat FD ... either Roswell or ?Clovis?

wild and crazy stuff

Natick Mass will choose new fire chief

https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/news/2022/05/24/natick-ma-select-board-expected-name-new-fire-chief-wednesday/9907160002/

general info on media reporting breaking news

as a rule of thumb ... if initial resorts of a massacre say 2 dead ...
then multiply that times 5 ... if the number given is 20, then expect
100 dead

if you remember 9/11 ... 343 fdny deaths were not reported until
around 1 week later

Day 6 of 1776 Restoration Movement

https://youtu.be/UDGu2lSHHI8

live stream from DC area

1st responders media is from bakersfield california ... he has been
around the usa and in dc for last couple of months

iirc earlier he said he was a law enforcement student in college

Neunkirchen Fire Alarm Center in Austria ... zerg90 map

https://web.archive.org/web/20220525144628/https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1uctH7c81pemlJFgTUdoVlqDj9zM&ll=0%2C0&z=8

saved at wayback machine

civil defense in austria

https://www.bmi.gv.at/204_english/skkm/organizations.aspx

The principle of voluntariness is one of the basic pillars of Austrian
civil protection. It is one of the strengths of the civil protection
system and influences its organizational structure. Due to the high
percentage of volunteers, it is possible to maintain one of the
world's densest networks of emergency and rescue organizations.
Accordingly, Austria has more than 4,800 fire brigades and more than
900 rescue stations. In total there are approximately 250,000 persons
active in the fire brigades and over 40,000 paramedics

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

900 rescue stations = EMS and mountain rescue and water rescue = a guess

I have seen Austrian VFDs equipped with forklifts and large tow trucks
... we are going to guess that civil defense does not have their own
vehicles in austria ... they use the vehicles of the VFDs and
ambulance services and rescue services ... but thats just a guess

civil defense alarm center in austria

https://www.bmi.gv.at/204_english/skkm/alarm.aspx

this is the nationwide alarm center

each province has a permanently staffed civil defense alarm center (LWZ]

seems to be similar to fema hq in usa

more info on FDs in Austria

https://second.wiki/wiki/feuerwehr_in_c396sterreich

kinda vague info on alerting but lots of other info

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

map of fire dispatch centers in Austria

https://www.feuerwehr-krems.at/CodePages/Wastl/wastlmain/ShowOverview.asp
... schiebbs and ganserndorf are the only 2 zones that do not have a
dispatch center indicated ... but they are listed along the right
side ... ???????

maybe schiebbs is alerted by a state or a nationwide dispatch center
... or maybe they are alerted by an adjoining dispatch center ... or
maybe schiebbs is alerted by the schiebbs dispatch center but there is
no circle on the map because they have no calls in progress or they
are not connected by internet

there are 1 LWZ + 20 BAZ + 3 AAZ listed on the right side of that ma
... LWZ might be the nationwide alerting center for nationwide
emergency alerts ... the 3 AAZ are area dispatch centers and the
Klosterneburg AAZ is only staffed as needed (er info on their fire
brigade website] ... the 20 BAZ are district dispatch centers

we suspect that all 122 calls are answered at the 20 BAZ ... and
maybe sometimes at the LWF or AAZ

unknown who answers the calls to 112

unknown if all 6 paid FDs have their own dispatch centers

unknown if the industrial FDs can be dispatched by the BAZ

there might be a nationwide system of forest fire fighting groups
using staffing from the local VFDs

unknown how civil defense, usar, mountain rescue, and medevacs are
involved in this

more info on austria FDs

https://www.bundesfeuerwehrverband.at/en/pr/

per video on right side near top ... FDs are funded by federal +
state + local + brigade sources ... all recruits apply thru their
local brigade chief ... no mention of the dispatch system

info on FDs around the world

https://www.ctif.org/member-countries

info on poland and italy is from 2008

overview of fire service in austria

overview of the fire service in Austria

https://www.ctif.org/country-member/austria

this website might have overviews of fire services in many countries

==========

austria's volunteer fire brigades are in 9 groups which match the 9
states of austria

https://www.feuerwehr-krems.at/Warnung/teaser_noe_all.asp

the circles on this map are the fire dispatch centers .... AAF are the
smaller 'area' fire dispatch centers ... BAZ are the larger
'district' fire dispatch centers ... there are 3 AAF and one of them
is only staffed in disasters ... we have not figured out yet how the
zones on this map are related to the fire dispatch centers and how the
zones on the map are related to the 9 volunteer fire brigade groups

if you click on the zones on this map you reach a map that shows all
the fire brigades in the zone ... 99% of fire brigades seem to have
just 1 station ... and each volunteer station seems to have 1 large
engine and 1 small engine and 1 van

there are only 6 paid FDs in the country ... one is Vienna which is
Wien on this map ... Vienna has its own fire dispatch center at Vienna
FD HQ ... there is no Vienna info shown on this map ... unknown if the
other 5 paid FDs are shown on this map

one of the sub maps shows or lists all the industrial FDs in Austria
... there are 306 of them

southern Worcester County ... class 4 wildfire wx today

https://twitter.com/rliardjr/status/1529417723096219648

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Emergency telephone numbers in Austria

https://www.hoeflein.com/buergerservice/aemter-und-behoerden/

122 133 144 etc

Bangladesh fire stations map saved at archive.org

https://web.archive.org/web/20220525001851/https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Q5vKZ8ALElmim_PAQRM3LDMiC3g&ll=24.07530435282897%2C90.23562975&z=8

Bangladesh fire news

from http://www.fireservice.gov.bd/site/view/news

1 Novel Corona Virus (Covid-19) has infected 475 officers and
employees of Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defense Department, so
far 472 have fully recovered, 00 person ill and 03 have
died.2022-05-10

2 All field examinations related to recruitment of Fire Service and
Civil Defense to be held from 11th May to 18th May 2022 have been
postponed due to unavoidable reasons. The new test date will be
announced later.2022-05-08

3 The new hotline number of the fire service for emergency services is
16163 2022-01-13

4 Message from the Director (Administration & Finance) regarding
payment by phone / text message.2021-12-28

5 New phone number of Central Control Room of Fire Service and Civil
Defense Dhaka: 02223355555 2021-12-05

6 Admission Notification (1 year post graduate "Diploma in Fire
Science and Technology" under National University) has been
published.2021-08-18

7 National Salary Scale-2015 (You can get an idea about salary
increase by looking at this gazette.)2021-06-12

8 In the context of changing name from "Fireman" to "Firefighter" in
the organizational structure of the Fire Service and Civil Defence
Department.2021-01-26

9 The theme of the day in Digital Bangladesh is: - "Verification of
truth before falsehood, after internet sharing."2020-08-27

10 Regarding not using the name and picture of the Director General
through social media.2020-07-21

11 TR invoice code 1-৭৩৬১-0000-2009 for submission fee of fire license.

Bangladesh fire station with 40 foot antenna on roof

https://goo.gl/maps/b5nKVebKYk4deFmD9

might be a brand new station

uvalde texas alert on google maps

https://goo.gl/maps/fhNerUns5h9ffwSs8

shows as red exclamation mark on map .... has links to news stories from MSM

flamingo cam tucson

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

mellow music also

update on medford mass

https://youtu.be/drErwwnGxPY

police had been to the home several times before ... suicide threats +
id theft + disturbance

Tarkio station added to Montana map

https://web.archive.org/web/20220524185659/https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=10QXXO8PhSbggv3fVhH9jqKEoXQM

new station in the works in rural Montana

map saved to wayback machine for first time ish

added clovis sta 6 to fresno county map

https://web.archive.org/web/20220524184438/https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1-LTU3FicAT8qtxwWLPwsOad5pok

station is under construction ... some crack heads just tried to
steal the security fence at the site ... police grabbed them both

arlington mass 1907 FD info

https://web.archive.org/web/20220524182809/https://sites.google.com/site/arlingtonmassachusetts/home/1907

boothbay harbor maine had big hotel fire

https://www.wcvb.com/article/the-beach-cove-waterfront-inn-in-boothbay-maine-fire/40087811

hamilton mass is on edispatches

hamilton.med ... tone for ems call for police + 508 + beauport ambulance

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/30950 ... 155.94 ... tat
is a eDispatches.com feed

approved radios list from NIICD 2020

https://web.archive.org/web/20220524162756/https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd893370.pdf

"Mandatory USFS P25 usage is anticipated in 2022."

arnoldsburg wv got new engine/tanker

https://www.wboy.com/news/local/monongalia-and-preston/usda-helps-arnoldsburg-vfd-dedicate-new-fire-truck/

$200K federal grant and $200K federal loan

sweet

interesting small pumper in austria

https://www.ff-koenigsberg.at/j1/index.php/ueber-uns/fahrzeuge.html

portable pump seems to be on tiny wheels

austria ... siren signals + emergency calling directions

https://www-ffmariensee-at.translate.goog/Allgemeines.htm?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

4 siren signals

calling ... dont hang up ... give location and problem and telephone number

Monday, May 23, 2022

Vienna Austria ... 24 pro stations and 2 vol stations

https://www.wien.gv.at/menschen/sicherheit/feuerwehr/organisation/feuerwachen/index.html

122 is the emergency telephone number

vienna austria fire station

https://goo.gl/maps/hKB3zoGxF2TrYDA69

downtown

nice

6 floors 6 bays ornate

Re: [Public Safety USA Blog] IndyCar has 4 safety trucks

Dalton Kellett
@Dalton_Kellett
·3h
A couple notes from today: - The AMR Safety team was at my car
literally seconds after I stopped. Best in the business. - The car
recorded >100g's but my earpieces only logged 38. So the SAFER barrier
and the IndyCar's safety system worked exactly as designed.

tokyo area map saved

https://web.archive.org/web/20220523234338/https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Sedmq1BucK5nj-OO-jslKUyNcC8&ll=30.722958739689044%2C140.34806799999996&z=5

map was previously saved in 2021

wells maine update

https://www.pressherald.com/2022/05/23/police-say-wells-man-charged-with-fatal-shooting-of-2-year-old-niece-got-in-an-argument-with-his-brother-over-a-t-shirt/

brothers had a fight over a T shirt

Fort Bend County map saved

https://web.archive.org/web/20220523232642/https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1iuBltZf0h83cJnjhSVvIRfClTOD12S4X

texas

2018 auckland NZ just 1 working aerial

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/366153/lives-at-risk-without-more-aerial-firetrucks-union

trucks are a tiny part of the budget

seems very penny wise and pound foolish

maybe the FD could go half in with a window washing company on a 400
foot snorkel

New Zealand has dodgey snorkel

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/467740/fenz-minimises-risk-over-firetruck-breakdown-during-serious-fire-documents-show

multi articles linked

1,017 covid deaths in New Zealand now

https://www.google.com/search?q=covid+new+zealand&rlz=1C1FKPE_enUS998US998&oq=covid+new+zealand&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i512l9.8193j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

keeps going up... I am not sure why

Re: Vitamin D is best nutrient against autoimmune issues

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.655739/full

more info on vitamin D resistance ... 2021 study

mention of 1K units Vitamin D for every kilogram of body weight daily

Mass radio tests ... saved ... maybe

https://web.archive.org/web/20220523223002/https://docs.google.com/document/d/1malZKJscaxRGO3Pjf8ApBrJXyrkbi40DfPwnLEpcXp0/edit

Mass live scanner feeds saved maybe

https://web.archive.org/web/20220523220938/https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xOtOgcxLpUR4pgWIWsGJMveVITkO-F5sSHPpd1HhZ58/edit?usp=sharing

maybe saved at wayback machine

spreadsheet

earlier save in 2021

wildfire spreadsheet saved maybe

https://web.archive.org/web/20220523220350/https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WVr1607y-azoX8tvixjxJEajK4YrbzINcBmChHBq9Uo/edit?usp=sharing

Brazoria County map saved at wayback machine

https://web.archive.org/web/20220523214729/https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1kAbaPyCuAtDMTOFnwtK5jtASiwDTn8JU

fire stations zerg90

5 minute intro to monkeypox

https://youtu.be/OSipM4-88EE

5 minute intro to monkeypox

worldwide murder rates

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/murder-rate-by-country
usa rate is 5 per 100,000 .. Central America is 50 / canada is 2

the top 10 list has usa at 49 but that must be for Virgin Islands only
.... scroll down to the full list ... or look at the map

europe china australia canada have lower rates than usa

Tarkio MT getting new fire station

https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://vp-mi.com/news/2022/may/18/new-fire-station-works-tarkio/

station captain is 23 years old

part of Superior FD in Mineral County

Bexar Bulverde FD teaches 'stop the bleed' for free

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0kQnnCrjE8uQZgy7tARWDA3dny41Up7VqUDvLN1YSwq36i5UqeRUYGdx9GcYQ1iS3l&id=138263959562006

Bexar Bulverde VFD buying real property

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02BoAHBE4kR7q7JG3m5ZNwYjXLGen7PpJTUg5Xm6znUkVk2ESjiaHoc7NGYy7YQyjil&id=138263959562006&__cft__[0]=AZW3dnuSG73P0tJntxcnz9Cx7Q2p2GVPnp3drvZJrhKfNV5JH6wI2iuqN1J9Tx3lteLJ7gZP9zSv_uiI2cL69AAmNTl9v6kGXUAPaGMx-NJqlEIQXBdvmjfqBxT1W27q42FN_hzsLBgavqUKoHAn63ilSC7JuZqLPI2YhBSYGiOFzZT7CIowlmLtoiefp1TUiIc&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R

using fire truck as collateral

is that really a good idea? if the general contractor goes out of
business and has no insurance .. then FD has bunch of debt and loses
a fire truck ... and loses real property maybe ... yikes .. or am I
sadly misinformed?

zerg90 san antonio area map of fire stations saved

https://web.archive.org/web/20220523195134/https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=15SgylwFAzoHo4yuT57a8GVE6hbs&ll=0%2C0&z=8

saved at wayback machine for first time

williamson county tx map saved

https://web.archive.org/web/20220523185935/https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1vttMae4s2jbHabEFQSPdNLI3itR-e48-&ll=29.65554848260335%2C-98.43182145000002&z=17

fresno county ca ... election for school leader

https://drcopher4kids.com/

I had no idea that the school leader was elected

wow

motor biscuit story about USA fire "trucks"

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/who-makes-fire-trucks-how-much-does-new-fire-truck-cost/

engine = pumper = vehicle with big pump and big water tank

aerial = vehicle with 100 foot ladder ... on east coast mostly they
are called "Ladders" ... on west coast mostly they are called "Trucks"
... just look at some photos ... you will see

we estimate that 50% of aerials also have big pumps and big water
tanks ... they are called 'quints' ... 50% of aerials have zero water
on board ... mostly in the big cities ... if NYC started to put pumps
and water tanks on their ladder trucks, every other FD in the US would
follow within 5 years

other common fire vehicles in usa are

brush trucks ... maybe 4 wheel drive ... have small pump and small water tank

tanker trucks ... usually carry more than 1,500 gallons of water ...
called 'water tenders' in California because they are special ... the
pump on a tanker is usually 500 gpm ... the pump on an 'engine' is
usually 1,250 gpm

rescue trucks ... have rescue tools ... usually do not have any water on board

houston area map saved

https://web.archive.org/web/20220523162830/https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1mGnvseyJUqVrdAGcWS9UmOf9lAQ&ll=0%2C0&z=9

for some unknown reason this is the first save of this map at the
wayback machine ... maybe we never saved it before ... or maybe the
saves failed ... or maybe the url changed slightly somehow

there is a huge number of chemical plants and refineries in the area
... stretching into victoria county and brazoria county and maybe
galveston county and the county to the east

other areas of the usa like this are ... port arthur texas and baton
rouge la area .... louisvlille ky a little bit also ... and iirc the
chicago area has 1 or 2 refineries ... and edison nj area has a couple
of refineries spread out to philly and south nj .... but ....
houston and port arthur and baton rouge are the biggies ... san
francisco has 2 or 3 refineries also .. but no chemical plants

salt lake city is special ... 1 refinery maybe and maybe 1 chemical
plant .. and military bioweapons and bombs etc ... and a big
tabernacle

boston has drug labs ... gawd only knows what they are making

nice looking engine ... anyone recognize?

https://goo.gl/maps/tDE9Dk9b3PT63GTx5

Pilot Point FD in Texas

maybe a Beck engine ?

Las Vegas Motor Speedway has EMS on duty 7 days per week

https://www.lvms.com/contact/employment/

parttime emt or medics are required to work a minimum of 2 shifts each
month ... guessing that a 'shift' is 12 hours or 8 hours

IndyCar has 4 safety trucks

https://www.indycar.com/news/2021/02/02-16-bhm-ron-marks-safety-team

2021 article

IndyCar is open wheel cars aka Indianaolis style

seems their safety team goes from track to track

Do all the major race tracks get a different safety team for each race?

Tarrant County Texas archived

https://web.archive.org/web/20220523145658/https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1NmO_Z9IFbg2v5Yup6t49siW5p6CZTMFS

map of fire stations by zerg90

usa and beyond freqs spreadsheet archived ... maybe lol

https://archive.ph/wip/g7chA

https://web.archive.org/web/20220523144457/https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlwfLSFgtuOdHgOakYBYp_ThuTTKzBgf2BH9-XeJK8Y/edit?usp=sharing

loading "issue" at archive.org


Sunday, May 22, 2022

chicago livecam downtown

https://youtu.be/zgTa_kEKrF4

many highrises visible ... sears tower is off to left somewhere

severe tstorm warning middlesex county

old shasta wants new shasta fd but not shasta county and not shasta csd lol

https://www.actionnewsnow.com/news/old-shasta-community-members-fight-to-keep-volunteer-fire-station-open-by-creating-a-new/article_4f9f6b70-d8a5-11ec-b6d5-4fca66bba314.html

no bureaucrat left behind!

wisconsin federal a/g wildfire channels 2022

primary 168.125

2ndary 168.3125

tertiary 169.175

critical fire wx today az and nm

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/fire_wx/overview.html

also ..
Storm Prediction Center Mesoscale Assistant/Fire Weather Forecaster
Ariel Cohen describes the SPC fire weather forecast process for a
meteorology class at the University of Oklahoma. You can view the
YouTube video: https://youtu.be/Xy9AdUaUynU.

hermits peak fire ate at least 1 repeater

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/calf-canyon-hermits-peak-fire.442341/#post-3679832

someoe tell this guy ....

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/broadcastify-calls-and-railroad-audio.442839/

someone tell this guy to look at york county maine in broadcastify calls

they have multi conventional channels all on 1 feed

bristol county mass might have same

13 minutes for ambulance

ambulance call at 1 symmes road ... 13 minutes for ambulance to
respond from harvard square

town full of mit and harvard graduates ... and this is where we are at

info on fodmap diet

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/fodmap-diet-what-you-need-to-know

wow ... garlic is bad for some folks

gas refinerys making big $$ now

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-05-09/crude-hovers-at-110-a-barrel-but-the-refinery-margin-makes-us-pay-a-lot-more

crude oil costs are stable but the refineries are screwing everyone
because they can

welcome to the free market

diesel shortages in eastern usa

fake news from cbs new zealand

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/18/viral-image/fake-twitter-account-posing-cbs-shared-false-infor/

about buffalo ny shootings

Re: [Public Safety USA Blog] Newton Mass EMS call

transport to boston specialty hospital 1059am

Newton Mass EMS call

someone just drove to police HQ with an infant that fell from a 3rd
floor window ... in black accura

2013 hong kong engines from pierce in usa

https://www.flickr.com/photos/piercemfg/8903811975/in/photostream/

at least 2 here

fire fandom has wrong info

https://www.flickr.com/photos/piercemfg/8883046222/in/photostream/

seems that fire fandom has this wrong

this is a Texas unit not a NJ unit

based on the caption here at flickr

no lettering on the rig to give a hint

Saturday, May 21, 2022

Good ole Loving County Texas

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/loving-county-texas-cattle-theft-skeet-jones-rcna29719

57 residents

600 square miles

$28M county budget but no FD

actually ... maybe sometimes they do have a FD but maybe sometimes they donts

dont think they have an ambulance either

modern thoughts on good and evil

most people are happy to live 70 years and raise kids and grandkids

most people are happy to help the less fortunate when able

but conflicts always arise ... and natural disasters always happen

a good society rolls with the punches and survives

a bad society dies off or gets killed off

yadda yadda

Montecito CA ... rich town waiting to burn

https://twitter.com/SFGate/status/1527765912333324288

gonna guess that on red flag days everyone jets away

but a quake or tsunami will catch them by surprise

chester mass live good band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWjT7pRXVzg

railway museum

best venice fireboat video

https://youtu.be/4dLlMKNqvuw

only 45 seconds though

radio blares and siren blares

radio is loud and clear

good thread on reddit about ptsd

https://www.reddit.com/r/Firefighting/comments/uuadkp/supporting_my_boyfriend_as_a_fireman_with_ptsd/

post traumatic stress disorder ... firefighters .... public safety

sounds like there are some good resources available ... medicinal ...
herbal ... psychological ... social

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huge blm engine in winnemuca nv

https://www.flickr.com/photos/piercemfg/35489846930/in/album-72157682677235214/

2017

maybe this replaced a tatra ?

dow fd in texas ... info

https://fire.fandom.com/wiki/Dow_Chemical_Fire_Rescue_(Texas_Operations)

that Eng 3 says Oyster Creek across the front ... iirc oyster creek
is in brazoria county ... and iirc Tower 3 says 'plant b' which is
in brazoria county also

dow does have a site in harris county but absolutely no idea how many
rigs they have

live big rig action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kkoqLIAOpk

steves truck broke down ... he waited 12 hours for tow ... now being towed live

unique .... dont see that livestreamed everyday

the water it does nothing

https://youtu.be/kZ5AWQjMSDg

4 small streams do nothing to stop building fire

fire burns itself out ... all fuel is consumed

1 big stream would have extinguished all of the fire in 1 minute

putting wet stuff on red stuff

if they aimed all 4 streams at same place they could have put out the
fire in 30 seconds

japan

dumbest street sign ever

https://goo.gl/maps/BsRvagJF5LnkUH3y5

"obey warning signs"

next to fire sta

5 bay doors ... drive thru for 2 bays ... ish ... unless they widen
the driveway and make it 5 bays

san jose ca getting 2 new fire stations

https://www.archyworldys.com/san-jose-measure-t-funds-go-to-public-safety-and-infrastructure/

sta 36 and 23

Firehouse 36, at Capitol Expressway and Tuers Road.

the replacement of Fire Station 23 on Capitol Avenue in District 4.

Friday, May 20, 2022

old paddy wagon sierra blanca texas

https://goo.gl/maps/JpmjDgBDd1Nbs1KQ6

overview of venice ambulance boat ... video

https://youtu.be/HXIG3qCLr-o

you can get the captions translated to english

boat has crew of 4 ... maybe all volunteers

there are 4 ambulance boats ..... maybe that is the entire total for
the city ... maybe not

are there any police boats?

Gaylord MI hit by torndao

https://youtu.be/eVuWPn_vzWk

caught on video up close

Lawyer: Victim of Worcester fire had sued InfoWars

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2022/05/20/lawyer-victim-of-worcester-fire-had-sued-infowars/

san diego area ... gillespie field test daily

1130 am to 1145 am ish ... gillespie field (airport tests with
"Central" ... heard someone call in a smoke ... other wise just the
daily test is heard ... on tg 55 which is Tac 1 N ... on San Diego RCS
Next Gen ... Fire Central Zone / Heartland FCA (fire comm authority]

Austin FD calls being paged in real time

https://www.broadcastify.com/calls/tg/2/1147

texas

TG1177 on GATTRS .. locution with 154.965 paging

standard format for calls ... 3 beeps ... Engine 12 stroke in AFD box
12 oh 5 address + repeat

grassfire call told to use firecomm 1

other calls get no channel assigned

2 engines went to a mva

squad 17 went to an "assist"

arlington mass 20 minutes for als to arrive

2 minutes for als to arrive at call on westminster .. they came from
cambridge hospital via rte 2

under NYC law dispatch

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

listed under NYC law dispatch

bunch of ems and medevac and disaster and state police and park police
and USAR etc TGs from NJ

NJ State Forestry south TG

https://www.broadcastify.com/calls/tg/7021/4599

hearing weather reports at 1420 hours ... otherwise seems like a dead channel

"fire south' is the TG

life flight ... duval county fl

https://www.broadcastify.com/calls/node/1631

only hearing morse code every hour and half hour

Chicago police feed has 30 minute delay

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/cpd-zone-9-is-not-encrypted-on-the-official-agency-feed-on-broadcastify.442687/

too bad they dont just run the feed in real time until they need to
kill the feed for some dire situation ... would be even better to run
channel in clear until a dire situation requires that encryption be
turned on ... field units could transmit in encrypted mode 24/7 ...
repeater would broadcast in clear mode till someone needs the
encryption turned on on the repeater output ... iirc all modern
mobiles and portables can handle that readily

oppenness live scanner audio

Newton Mass has a hazmat call

State Hazmat notified at 1120 am

Ladder 2 just cleared from Newton Wellesley Hospital ... Rescue 1
released from some incident also

texas emt died of covid in 2020

https://www.facebook.com/SoutheastFD/posts/pfbid02pqkwJLXFxf4n5KCBW4QG3WapEA8Zwie4ymYJptaojHkC3NBAeuqF7Sb8TcXd3sPJl?__tn__=-R

she had been a triage nurse for 20 years

Thursday, May 19, 2022

birmingham AL airport getting new fire station

https://www.wbrc.com/2022/05/20/birmingham-airport-bringing-new-fire-station-online-soon/

kinda weird ... ang and fd have shared a station since 1990s ... now
the city is getting their own station

does this mean that they have not been meeting the faa requirements
since the 1990s?

4G LTE Mobile Router $350

https://www.netgear.com/home/mobile-wifi/hotspots/mr1100/

interesting

maybe is compatible with firstnet

essentially a patching repeater between wifi and cellular

iirc ... wifi uses 2 Ghz and 5 Ghz signals .... cellular use 700
1300 mhz signals

firstnet = a portion of the cellular network set aside for public safety users

think of all the possibilitys

testing firstnet live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mZCX5gi1qU

discussing firtnet services with a dealer ... getting run around for 2 days

trying to get a mobile router to work on firstnet

78 down 58 up

worcester mass 4th alarm 4/28/2022

https://youtu.be/L8hKhFpEkrw

big ole bld downtown

close look at initial attack

some radio comms were bad ... maybe a bad radio

mention of 'direct' channel maybe also

this was a basement fire and iirc the recent fatal fire was a basement
fire also ... and there is a comment about a different basement fire
at a hotel

$270 M in police funding for traumatic brain injury training

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ossoff-grassley-kennedy-police-funding-tbi-ptsd

reed t live in chester illinois

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

big tree went down

calfire fires back to 2006

https://web.archive.org/web/2019*/http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_details_info

saved at wayback machine

T fare system over budget

Boston Herald
@bostonherald

A new report by a Boston-based think tank has found that the MBTA's
fare-collection overhaul project is $211 million over budget and now
approaches $1B cost while running three years behind schedule.

sullivan MO might have a tornado now

1708 hours edt

from reed t at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzF_MeQvROM

report on los angeles county lodd

https://www.fireengineering.com/firefighting/report-looks-at-circumstances-surrounding-l-a-county-ca-firefighter-lodd/

mayday was missed somewhat

note ... los angeles county uses vhf on the fireground ..... I dont
think that the dispatchers can hear any of those messages ... they are
simplex channels afaik

in fact ... I have the macs radio guidelines document open already ..
was looking at it earlier today .... here are the los angeles county
radio channels that are listed ... there is 1 air to ground channel
and 5 repeater channels and 7 "direct' channels

MACS – 441-1 Appendix A 2022 FINAL 12 COMMUNICATIONS RESOURCE
AVAILABILITY WORKSHEET ICS 217A Frequency Band Description VHF MACS
441-1 Ch Channel Configuration Channel Name/Trunked Radio System
Talkgroup Usage Notes RX Freq RX Tone orCSQ TX Freq Tx Tone or NAC N
or W Pwr Mode A, D or M Remarks Category 1 - Mandatory for all Fire
radios providing Mutual Aid in CA

74 Mobile Portable LAC A/G 154.4000 151.4 154.4000 151.4 N L A LA CO
Air to Ground

75 Base Fixed Mobile LAC V-1 152.1500 151.4 158.6100 151.4 N H A LA CO Command 1

76 Base Fixed Mobile LAC V-2 152.2400 151.4 158.7000 151.4 N H A LAC COMMAND 2

77 Base Fixed Mobile LAC V-3 152.5400 151.4 157.8000 151.4 N H A LAC COMMAND 3

78 Base Fixed Mobile LAC V-4 152.5700 151.4 157.8300 151.4 N H A LAC COMMAND 4

79 Base Fixed Mobile LAC V-5 152.7800 151.4 158.0400 151.4 N H A LAC COMMAND 5

80 Base Fixed Mobile LAC V-7D 153.8900 151.4 153.8900 151.4 N H A

81 Base Fixed Mobile LAC V-8D 154.0700 151.4 154.0700 151.4 N H A

82 Base Fixed Mobile LAC V-9D 154.3400 0.0 154.3400 151.4 N H A

83 Base Fixed Mobile LAC V-10D 154.4150 151.4 154.4150 151.4 N H A

84 Base Fixed Mobile LAC V-11D 154.4300 0.0 154.4300 151.4 N H A

85 Base Fixed Mobile LAC V-12D 158.9700 151.4 158.9700 151.4 N H A

86 Base Fixed Mobile LAC V-13D 159.0900 151.4 159.0900 151.4 N H A

I assume that the mayday went out on one of the direct channels ...
and anyone that was line of sight to that radio at that moment
received the alert .... but if there was a double, maybe the mayday
would not have been decoded properly ... which is maybe what happened
to the captain

usa road deaths are up

https://twitter.com/motherboard/status/1527340826774294544

they call it a surge

we have a pandemic so not sure if there really is a surge

maybe I should read the article lol

Bullhead City AZ FD runs regional fire dispatch center

https://web.archive.org/web/20220519152107/https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/bullhead-city-dispatch-updates.442791/

arff is airport

multi repeater channels on vhf high

tac 15 is an input channel also

I imagine in the pasr that each FD had their own dispatcher or the
sheriff dispatched some FDs

Russian soldiers caught on camera killing Ukrainian civilians - BBC News

https://youtu.be/1GUrNPPTSWM

ukraine

2017 study of DFW Airport FD 200 pages

https://downloads.ctfassets.net/m2p70vmwc019/2PGb0MQqQHEYghGk4g3xCj/6e133abae0e0521709d3f8bac0fe0637/DFW_Master_Plan_Final_Report_Print_Ready_copy.pdf

need more mutual aid

need to move stations

medics are fire trained but dont do any fire work

minimum staffing / normal staffing of 1 person on each arff truck

they have multi structural units

2016 ... reached 90% of emergency calls in under 6 minutes 32 seconds
... but aircraft standbys might queer those numbers ... and no call
processing time is available ... turnout time was just over 1 minute

bakersfield calif live working fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53noCDKzoaE

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

mass radio tests booklet saved X 2

https://web.archive.org/web/20220518223132/https://docs.google.com/document/d/1malZKJscaxRGO3Pjf8ApBrJXyrkbi40DfPwnLEpcXp0/edit

https://archive.ph/hnkn9

Re: Newton Mass 233 Griswald St

no fire per Newton Eng 10 ... power seems to be restored to homes in the area

dfw airport fd ... no max age to apply

https://careers.dfwairport.com/pages/dpscareers-fire

Newton Mass 233 Griswald St

transformer blew up and fell ... Eng 10 on the way .... nearest box
943 ... maybe wiswald rd

Wilmington Mass amb in crash

https://www.wcvb.com/article/ambulance-truck-involved-in-crash-on-interstate-93-in-wilmington/40032148

left side of ambulance got hit it seems ... maybe by right side of pickup truck

newton mass going to a call at Elliott T station

male with chest pains .. asked someone to call 911 and then passed out

now reported to be smoking a cigarette

nicotine does relax ateries right?

Fort Worth FD capital master plan 218

https://web.archive.org/web/20211118183440/https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/files/assets/public/fire/documents/facilities-capital-master-plans-fy2018-fy2022.pdf

backup dispatch under city hall

want to move eoc

seek $700K to encrypt weather sirens

seek $700K X 3 to replace alerting systems in fire stations

fort worth public safety complex

https://goo.gl/maps/BBGU9VduB86RLQrF7

fire chief might be here ... maybe police chief also

complex vs simple .. or ... complex vs syndrome

Collin County TX map updated

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=13qq1Qulsw-fHgajlKopRSaOp3TVXqVGz&usp=sharing

added celina sta 2 and princeton sta 3 and wylie sta 4

fort worth opened temp sta 43 in jan 2022

https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/news/2022/1/FD-Station-43-Opening

emblem for celina sta 2

https://goo.gl/maps/8fbM9km6Jtc9RWSHA

has farm tractor

Bronx had a big fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmN8uAZfPZE

15 minute video

tower ladder did not go up ??? did a wire drop on it?

Blue Ridge TX ... burning regulations

https://blueridgefire-tx.us/announcements

Enviro Quality does not issue burning permits but you might need
permission from Enviro Quality to burn

seems weird ... how would anyone know what a "burning permit" is if
no one issues them? is everyone from Texas originally from New
England? perhaps once upon a time someone in Texas WAS issuing burning
permits

its also very weird that you "might" need approval ..... sounds like a
loophole big enough to drive a mack truck thru

on the other hand ... maybe opening burning is very illegal in Texas
and considered to be a Mexican kinda thing ... cant have that

steve wynn accused of being agent of china

in the news today

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Re: Brookline Mass going to a porch fire

fire under porch ... it is knocked down

Re: Brookline Mass going to a porch fire

Brookline E6 has smoke showing

Brookline Mass going to a porch fire

122 Grove St in rear

info on boston police radio codes

https://blogs.n1zyy.com/n1zyy/tutorials/boston-police-codes/

info overs multi years

3 state police feeds here

https://www.radioreference.com/apps/user/?uid=64643

MA State Police Troop A + C + H

live scanner audio

MBTA wants new TRS by 2025

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/mbta-solicitation-to-switch-p25-phase-ii.442699/

so there will be a dozen wide area radio systems in eastern mass
shortly ... comirs + uhf + MBTA + firstNet + fed doj + business +
cells + ?

LaGuardia airport has HRET

https://www.panynj.gov/port-authority/en/blogs/facilities/at-lga--firefighting-on-all-cylinders-.html

Chicago FD gets new fire/rescue boat

https://www.firehouse.com/apparatus/apparatus/21266949/delivery-chicago-il-fire-boat

38 foot 1000 gpm

DC parade 150th

https://chicagoareafire.com/blog/2022/05/of-interest-dcfd-celebrates-150-years/comment-page-1/#comment-764980

China Plane Crash Was Intentional, Says Report - LIVE BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE

crash was march 21 2022 in china

breaking news coverage by the Lookner News Team ... steve, steve, and
his other brother steve ... but no daryl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66fbURfkrVk

starts in 6 minutes

16 Days Before the Surfside Collapse - The Warning Signs Were There

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0UtmbRAL9M

ward county nd area info

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1OZLaN2YmkRg9TisOKpzozh5lzvx06iPv&usp=sharing

can only hope and pray that 'minot rural' has automatic response
agreement from 'minot city' fd

check out the fire districts map .... 'minot rural' owns a huge area
outside the city ... and they have just 1 fulltime employee

minot city FD is fully paid

maybe 'minot rural' folks dont want to pay for an auto aid agreement
with the city ... maybe they would rather have a rural FD with 10
trucks and no staff

would be funny if all of the 'minot rural' vols are actually city
firefighters or afb firefighters

minot rural fd has their wildland station right next to their
structural station ... thats unique

schiff blames republicans for covid

https://twitter.com/RepAdamSchiff/status/1526629213465452545

sweet

I blame New Zealand those rat bastards

US Nazis are cozy with Russia

https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/1526586022460538880

Arlington Mass ... 4 car MVA

Rte 2 at pleasant st ... request 4 ambulances ... its a funeral
procession ... at MM 133.2

New Britian CT FD had drug ring in fire stations

https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-connecticut-new-britain-fire-department-20220517-4wijdacnhrazzgu3mr3vkaj7r4-story.html

interesting ... seems that several firefighters were hooked on
Adderall ... which is speed iirc

1 off duty firefighter died of drug overdose

Boston University student sexually assaulted after man forces way into apartment

https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-university-student-sexually-assaulted-after-man-forces-way-into-apartment/40021094

that does not look like a rental truck to me

belmont mass breakins

https://www.wcvb.com/article/belmont-break-ins-on-rise-massachusetts/40012360

watson is 1200 feet from other addresses

in middle of night

what if this guy breaks in and is met by someone with a gun?

what is the real reason for publishing this ?

elevated fire wx also in MT today

https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USDHSFEMA/2022/05/17/file_attachments/2160404/FEMA%20Daily%20Ops%20Briefing%2005-17-2022.pdf

where did that come from?

was not on map yesterday iirc

keywords unexpected fire weather bad forecasting weak forecasting
deficient weather models

Monday, May 16, 2022

dead michael jackson makes over $100M each year

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson#Earnings

where does all that money go? where does it come from?

Re: [sme2] revere mass working fire

fire is out in Revere ... 1805 hours

revere mass working fire

https://twitter.com/ENG1SFD/status/1526320856145833987

on agawam st

2022 Florida federal wildfire air to ground channels

Eglin AFB area ... FL 01 A/G 13: 167.4250 A/G 02: 166.6375 A/G 86: 168.2250 NA

Tallahassee area ... FL 02 A/G 15: 167.5250 A/G 71: 168.6750 NA NA

Jacksonville to High Springs area ... FL 03 A/G 44: 167.6250 A/G 17:
167.9875 A/G 71: 168.6750 NA

Ocala to Lakeland area ... FL 04 A/G 79: 169.4000 A/G 34: 167.1750 A/G
29: 166.9000 NA

Port Charlotte to Port Lucie area ... FL 05 A/G 82: 168.3000 A/G 78:
168.5750 NA NA

Miami area ... FL 06 A/G 44: 167.6250 A/G 85: 168.3250 A/G 59: 169.1125 NA

Re: Southern Area Initial Attack Air-to-Ground channels 2002

https://data-nifc.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/national-ia-frequency-zones-federal/explore?location=10.164513%2C0.314277%2C1.98

National IA Frequency Zones (Federal) online map interactive map
a/a a/g air/air air/ground air to air air to ground radio zones
initial attack radio zones initial attack frequency zones initial
attack radio zones

Southern Area Initial Attack Air-to-Ground channels 2002

Southern Area Initial Attack Air-to-Ground

IA Zone ... Primary IA A/G ... Secondary IA A/G ... Tertiary IA A/G
... Quaternary IA A/G

AL 01 A/G 50: 168.2875 A/G 58: 169.0875 NA NA

AR 01 A/G 15: 167.5250 A/G 06: 166.8000 A/G 27: 166.8250 NA

FL 01 A/G 13: 167.4250 A/G 02: 166.6375 A/G 86: 168.2250 NA

FL 02 A/G 15: 167.5250 A/G 71: 168.6750 NA NA

FL 03 A/G 44: 167.6250 A/G 17: 167.9875 A/G 71: 168.6750 NA

FL 04 A/G 79: 169.4000 A/G 34: 167.1750 A/G 29: 166.9000 NA

FL 05 A/G 82: 168.3000 A/G 78: 168.5750 NA NA

FL 06 A/G 44: 167.6250 A/G 85: 168.3250 A/G 59: 169.1125 NA

GA 01 A/G 13: 167.4250 A/G 81: 166.9500 A/G 54: 168.5375 NA

KY 01 A/G 35: 167.2250 A/G 06: 166.8000 A/G 58: 169.0875 NA

LA 01 A/G 38: 167.3750 A/G 81: 166.9500 A/G 58: 169.0875 NA

MS 01 A/G 40: 167.4500 A/G 76: 167.1250 A/G 82: 168.3000 NA

NC 01 A/G 13: 167.4250 A/G 07: 166.8500 A/G 54: 168.5375 NA

OK 01 A/G 02: 166.6375 A/G 35: 167.2250 A/G 22: 168.4000 NA

OK 02 A/G 35: 167.2250 A/G 22: 168.4000 NA NA

OK 03 A/G 35: 167.2250 A/G 22: 168.4000 NA NA

OK 04 A/G 35: 167.2250 A/G 22: 168.4000 NA NA

PR 01 A/G 15: 167.5250 NA NA NA

SC 01 A/G 15: 167.5250 A/G 07: 166.8500 A/G 54: 168.5375 NA

TN 01 A/G 46: 167.7000 A/G 29: 166.9000 A/G 77: 168.5000 NA

TX 01 A/G 02: 166.6375 A/G 40: 167.4500 A/G 08: 166.8750 NA

TX 02 A/G 07: 166.8500 A/G 40: 167.4500 A/G 10: 166.9375 A/G 85: 168.3250

TX 03 A/G 09: 166.9125 A/G 34: 167.1750 A/G 41: 167.4750 NA

TX 04 A/G 09: 166.9125 A/G 40: 167.4500 A/G 85: 168.3250 NA

TX 05 A/G 02: 166.6375 A/G 40: 167.4500 A/G 54: 168.5375 NA

TX 06 A/G 07: 166.8500 A/G 40: 167.4500 A/G 58: 169.0875 NA

VA 01 A/G 15: 167.5250 A/G 06: 166.8000 NA NA

there is a online interactive radio zone map somewhere ... must find it again

Mansfield Mass medevac call

motorcycle crash

Re: [sme2] Worcester Mass ... 2 dead in fire

2 more bodies found at scene

Nashville GA going to a barn fire

https://youtu.be/yvDLF6vAXzw

3 minute video

seattle library channels jan 2022

http://www.interceptradio.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=4787&start=690#p64868

telecurve system

http://www.interceptradio.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=7708

monitoring via telephone

actually ... 2016 info ... unknown if still available

WA federal wildfire aerial freqs 2022

some things are different from the info we posted in 2018

for 2022 we have

Zone 01 ... 132.125 127.725 134.625 167.475 168.40

Zone 02 ... 132.175 135.55 133.30 168.3125 166.6125

Zone 03 ... 127.375 133.05 135.975 167.45 168.575

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some of the changes since 2018 are odd ... almost look like typos ...
127.725 was 127.275 ... 135.55 was 135.65 ... 135.975 was 135.075

2 changes seem solid ... 133.30 was 133.275 ... 168.575 was 167.075
... those do not look like typos

Central NV BLM wildfire channels 2022

main channels

Central Nevada Dispatch at Winnemucca

169.0875 ... pl 114.8 tx and rx ... Local Flight Following

Battle Mountain District / BLM ... 171.725 + 166.75

(171.725 at South Booker site has 100.0 pl in and out]

Michigan 2022 federal wildfire main radio channels

Cadillac Dispatch Center

Hiawatha East and West ... 170.15 ... different pl on each maybe

Huron Manistee Admin East ... 170.525

Huron Manistee Admin West ... 169.925

Ottawa National Forest (NF] ... 169.975

Minnesota federal wildfire main channels 2022

wildfire radio channels ... usfs radio channels

federal wildfire dispatch center at grand rapids

chippewa NF ... 173.775

Superior West ... 170.525

Superior East ... 171.525

Wisconsin 2022 wildfire channels ... state and federal

both the feds and the state have dispatch centers in Rhinelander

Feds ... 170.4625

State ....
Spooner ... 151.145 R ... NAC 825
peshtigo ... 151.355 R ... NAC 824
Black River ... 151.355 R ... NAC 821
park Falls ... 151.205 R ... NAC 823
Dodgeville ... 151.31 R ... NAC 822
Woodruff ... 151.31 R ... NAC 827
Wisconsin Rapids ... 151.445 R ... NAC 826

looks loke state forestry runs 7 dispatch centers and maybe 1
statewide dispatch center

Federal wildfire dispatch centers 2022 in Colorado

cheat sheet with main radio channels

Durango ... East 173.5375 ... Central 169.925 ... West 171.50

Grand Junction ... 172.1125 + 169.775

Montrose ... 170.025 + 172.325

pueblo ... 171.1375 + 169.90 + 172.25

Craig ... 164.525

Fort Collins ... 169.975

cannot confirm this is 100% accurate ... this is a best guess based on
available evidence

radio comms for fires ... just thinking out loud for 2022

radio communications needs for wildfires and structure fires

priority 1 .... sharing real time intelligence on ... life safety
issues ... rescues ... need for als and medevacs ... fire and
smoke moving towards occupied areas ... need for evacuations ... etc

priority 1A ... coordinating all resources to meet priority 1 issues

priority 2 .. saving high value locations

priority 3 ... stopping forward progress of fire

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if only 1 simplex radio channel is available ... then all radio comms
have to take place on the one radio channel

if a repeater channel is available ... then any comms that cannot be
accomplished on a simplex channel can use the repeater channel

if multiple radio channels are available ... the general scheme is
... commanders talk to commanders and dispatcher on the command
channel ... firefighters talk to each other on other channels ....
firefighters are typically grouped on division channels

there are also emergency and air to ground channels .... might be
smart NOT to use scan feature on any radios ... except maybe for the
emergency channel ... yes that could be a good rule of thumb ...
never use the scan feature unless it is used to scan the emergency
channel ... the emergency channel can be 168.625 for any wildfire that
has aircraft assigned ... and 153.83 or 154.28 for other fires ... or
maybe 453.2125 or 851.0125

radio tapes for laguna niguel fire

https://sites.google.com/site/orangecountycalifpubsafety/2022-laguna-niguel-coastal-fire

sheriff helo overhead in 5 minutes

park rangers on scene in 5 minutes

some messages fading in and out

maybe some comms on simplex that the dispatcher cannot hear

"no threat to structures"

late dispatch of fixed wing

in the end ... 20 mansions lost

note ... maybe no one has posted this to YT yet

this is the OC channel ... 151.01 iirc ... which is interesting
because 90% of Orange County FD comms are on 800T

maybe coord issues with Laguna FD also ... whoever they are