Provincetown was looking for a medevac starting at 736 AM - they had a big guy that fell a flight of stairs and was paralyzed - 6 foot 270 lbs 45yo
736 AM - request availability 739 AM - ETA is 45 minutes 743 AM - launch the helo 745 AM - LZ1 at Ptown Airport 758 AM - Amb 599 requests destination hospital 759 AM - destination hospital given (in Boston) heard via TG 38032 - Provincetown dispatcher talking to Barnstable County Control (who apparently calls BMF on the telephone) Its pretty bad when you are a 2 hours drive from a trauma center, and the helo ETA is 1 hour - too bad Marine 1 isnt in the area - oh wait ..... --------------------------- 453.4375 R - "Ladder 1 on the air to Station 1" - (Dartmouth Fire 3) ------------------------------- 483.725 R - 916 AM - Concord Engine 3 testing with Concord dispatcher on "Fireground" - Eng 3 Port + 3 Rider + 3 Operator tested ----------------------------------- 915 AM - Barnstable County fire rollcall - (XX means no answer to 2 calls from dispatcher) - Barnstable - Bourne - Brewster XX - Centerville - Chatham - Cotuit XX - DCR XX - Dennis XX - Dukes County XX - Eastham (155 still OOS) - Falmouth - Harwich - Hyannis (Eng 823 OOS) - Mashpee XX - Nantucket XX - Orleans - Plymouth County Control - Plymouth - Provincetown (Amb 598 OOS) - Sandwich - Truro - Wareham - West Barnstable ("good morning!" as in"Good Morning Vietnam!") - Yarmouth (Amb 55 OOS) - i might have missed 1 or 2 - they must be testing everyone that has a radio console, even those FDs that no longer dispatch themselves) -- 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 massfire+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to massfire@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.