Thursday, January 30, 2025

initial dispatches for DCA plane crash

listening to various channels via openmhz

2049 PM - regan airport fd sent to crash on an Alert 3

alexandria fireboat selfdispatched after receiving the call from DC M1
which might be DCPD Marine 1

2052 - Foam 310 is at end of runway - cannot see anything - will put
boat in water

2052 - airport fd bat chief request fairfax and pg co fireboats

2057 PM - DCFD Fireboat 3 at scene (on airport 3M channel)

2058 PM - airport fireboat 378 at scene

(the Regan Airport PD dispatcher was notified of the incident via the
"Crash Net" - she stated this on the radio - we did not hear the crash
net radio traffic - perhaps it is not broadcast via radio or maybe it
is encrypted)

Airport Fire BC orders Mass Casualty Alarms - at 9 PM both Alexandria
FD and Arlington County FD dispatch multi fire engines and ambulances
to the airport

note to self - pretty sure that the initial dispatch for the regan
airport fd was heard on TG3A on the wmaa feed - then enroute and
onscene comms were on 3L and 3M - the Arlington MCI Alarm was also
heard on TG 3A - maybe that was redundant actually - a function of the
CAD to CAD link perhaps - note sure about this - but anyhow - initial
dispatch at 2049 hours with big upgrade at 2100 hours

DCFD also had a full response - will need to check the times

technically speaking - per google maps - all of the potomoc river is
in washington dc - however dcfd has no units stationed on the west
side of the potomoc river - so its a legal distinction but not a real
operational distinction - technically speaking if the aircraft landed
in the river in DC - then DC should be the IC and run the show - but
the airport can get there as quick as DCFD and the airport might
actually have more boats than DC

unnown what assets the USCG has in the area - would be surprised if
they can get more than 2 thirty foot boats to the scene in under 30
minutes

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