listening to the tapes - partial transcript - 1047 - call dispatched - 1 tone set transmitted - E1 + E2 + Cr4 sent - (A3 at minor EMS call - Cr4 is X5 Deputy Norton) - automatic alarm
1048 - receiving a call for fire in the bld - (in the background dispatcher twice asks caller - where do you see the fire?) - dispatcher sounds 8 second tone (all call) 1051 - Car 4 at scene - "go to box alarm" - flames from roof of 2.5 story wood 1053 - E2 and E1/E4 at scene 1056 - A3 clear of EMS call - will get Ladder 1101 - IC requests 2nd alarm - (I did not hear dispatcher acknowledge this) 1109 - Easthampton E1 at hydrant 1111 - tone for 2nd alarm transmitted - recall of all personnel - call in via phone 1114 - Amherst E1 at scene 1117 - Southampton A1 at scene - at medic level - get sent to SOB call in town ----------------- 2nd alarm got - Holyoke Eng & South Deerfield Ldr to fire - Hatfield Eng to HQ - Amherst Ldr to staging There was no traffic on 154.37 apparently (per Hamsphire County feed) - so that was not used for dispatch to dispatch comms - I guess all comms from Northampton dispatchers to other Fds was via telephone Alarm progression was - first alarm - all call - 2nd alarm - (3rd alarm later for manpower) Northampton is a fully paid FD with 2 stations - they got nobody on the callbacks initially apparently - on the 2nd alarm I think they had 4 FFs call in and report to duty radio comms were very cool calm and collected - no sirens heard at first - IC put both engines into position after laying feeders - they went defensive and hit the fire with deck guns - everyone was given approach directions and hydrants to hit and corners to take but there was no backup to be had - took 22 minutes for the 3rd engine to arrive - took 20 minutes for first ladder to arrive (maybe because Ldr crew was at a BS EMS call - no transport - private amb was available in town to handle it - but that aint the procedure) On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 9:31 AM, Peter Szerlagi <[email protected]> wrote: > http://wwlp.com/2016/08/05/fire-burning-near-smith-college-in-northampton/ > > 1046 PM friday night > > some bld under rehab -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
