SWNH Dispatch struck a first alarm for Rindge NH today at 850 AM. It turned out to just be a controlled fire.
The call was announced as "smoke from the old school on Purchase Road". Initially just the Rindge FD was toned. But then the additional First alarm units were immediately paged out. This is the dispatch timeline 850 AM - Rindge FD paged out - call verbally announced twice - Tac 1 assigned as FG channel maybe 851 AM - Rest of FDs paged out - call verbally announced twice - Tac 1 assigned as FG channel maybe 852 AM - Units begin to sign on the air (154.43 was the radio channel for the dispatch) The complete First Alarm assignment was - Rindge FD (all units) - Fitzwilliam FD (tanker to scene and engine to cover) - Rindge Rescue - Jaffrey FD (tanker to scene) - Jaffrey Ambulance Note - it seems to be typical throughout New England now for multiple FDs to be dispatched on the initial report of any building fire. It is also typical in many areas to send basic and advanced ambulances on these calls. Note - Rindge FD might have 2 engines and 2 tankers - therefore the total first alarm would have been - 2 pumpers - 4 tankers - 1 rescue truck - 1 ALS ambulance - and 1 pumper to move up to the Rindge Fire Station -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
