Small fire at Downtown Crossing MBTA station slows Red Line Boston Globe “It was a very small fire,'' he said in a telephone interview. “It was producing smoke like you were burning leaves Boston fire department spokesman Steve ... <http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2011/01/small_fire_at_d.html> See all stories on this topic: <http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2011/01/small_fire_at_d.html&hl=en>
I heard this incident on BFD Ch 4 483.2375R - some of the units in the tunnel were dropping in and out of the repeater system and messages had to be repeated I thought the comms were very very strange - such as - R1 is going up to Park St Station from Crossing Station, the train is up there, can you check that the train is at Park St? - are they going up in the tunnel? - yes - do you want the power shut off with people in the pit? - we have a subway inspector here - do we have people in the pit with the power on? - we are testing the third rail now - do you want the power turned off? - its a small grease fire on the tracks - do we have people in the pit with power on? - yes - I dont want anyone in the pit with the power on, I am going to have the power shut down - Fire Alarm to Command, do you want the power shut off? - yes - the inspector says that we dont need the power shut off - Fire Command, do you want us to hold up on killing the power? - yes And then 10 minutes later ::: Command to Fire Alarm, you can turn the power back on Very very strange Problems - 1.Confusion over actual location of the train 2. Confusion over who was ordering the power on and off 3. Confusion if power was actually on or off 4. Multiple messages needed to accomplish anything They might need a very simple procedure ::::: kill the 3rd rail power before arriving at any subway station incident - unless it is 100 degrees in the summer time (maybe they can run the fire fans to provide cooling) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire?hl=en.
