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if you want to believe that pablum - go for it the radio system will fail bigly - dispatchers are not duplex - backup systems are never tested - primary channels probably have dead spots thrughout town - no one ever tests for dead spots - especially from a prone position - radio operating procedures are haphazard no units carry tourniquets or blood clot kits cops have no experience - they will shoot themselves or each other with machine guns there is no MCI trailer - Mass Casualty Incident hazmat team will take 1 hour to respond - vs Cambridge hazmat which can respond in 10 minutes SWAT team will take - ? 2 hours to respond there are never disaster drills Arlington FD has not raised an aerial at my building in 20 years - we are a 14 story highrise with 150 disabled residents no one offers free CPR training nor trauma training paramedics have been using a broken radio for the last year - it transmits static 50% of the time medics have 100 hours of training vs Seattle medics whch have 2000 hours of training 'if the 911 center is funded for 10 disatchers why do i never hear more than 8 dipatchers on the radio? when was the last time anyone released any response time statistics in Arlington? or any save statistics? dispatchers have zero experience in dealing with disasters - then can barely deal with parking complaints or barking dog calls when was the last time a medevac helo landed in Arlington? 20 years ago? when was the last time that AFD had any Jaws of Life training? or actually used the Jaws at a serious incident? 5 years? 10 years? when was the last time that AFD had any plane crash training? why is AFD so inpatient on the radio? there are only 2 dispatchers on duty why is the new opticom system so crappy? yesterday the rte 60 opticom did not activate for Rescue 1 till they were at the Bank of America - which is only 100 feet from the intersection does anyone ever inspect the assembly places in Arlington when they are occupied? Knights of Columbus? Sons of Italy? etc why are the medics always 1 or 2 minutes behind the Rescue? anywhere in town - even right at Armstrong HQ Does anyone in APD or AFD have any real world experience dealing with real serious emergencys? Like a real shootout or hostage taking. Or a serious fire in a critical building (like a fully occupied school) -- 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.
