Indonesia plane missing

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Szerlagi
An Indonesian domestic flight with 54 people on board lost contact with air traffic control in Papua province Sunday afternoon general info -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups massfire group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from

Mass might strengthenfy hands free driving ban

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Szerlagi
http://www.wcvb.com/news/backers-urge-handsfree-law-for-massachusetts-drivers/34745332 Mass now has a lot against texting while driving but there is no law against gabbing while driving Gabbing while texting is probably right out -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Andover fire station on hold

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Szerlagi
http://www.eagletribune.com/news/officials-pause-ballardvale-fire-station-expansion-talks/article_733002a3-3c81-5ffa-8656-9e232c86f831.html big hullaballou former Town manager says renovate for $2M everyone else says build new for $7M architects want $700K for plans - that has got to be the

Re: Morning radio traffic - heard via Rangecast

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Szerlagi
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/08/dedham_roomie_saved_our_lives more info on Dedham fire victim banged on neighbors door - then went into smoke On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Peter Szerlagi zer...@gmail.com wrote: Dedham was an electrical fire of some sort

Radio traffic heard this morning

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Szerlagi
heard via Rangecast dot com 959 AM - 550 Pelham Fire Tower on - heard via Worc TRS TG 04-094 (labeled as South Fire patch) Glouc FM = Essex County FG 153.83 - Winchendon FD heard Marlboro FD did a portable radio test on 854.3875 R at 930 AM - they also tested 8 RIT portables - I reckon that

Re: Indonesia plane missing

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Szerlagi
Indonesian airliner with 54 aboard crashes into mountain USA TODAY - A crash site was found Sunday after an Indonesian airliner with 54 people aboard lost contact with air traffic control over a remote, mountainous area in bad weather, Indonesian officials said. On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 8:20 AM,

Looking at Wareham Mass

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Szerlagi
Looking at Wareham Massachusetts Wareham PD - 484.4375 R Wareham FD - 460.2375 R Onset FD - 453.025 R Wareham EMS - 482.70 R each apparently has their own dispatcher 24/7 Wareham PD is the PSAP Town of Wareham population is 25,000 in winter and 50,000 in summer I would be willing to bet

Re: Dukes County did 10 AM radio tests

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Szerlagi
the dispatchers call themselves 838 on 154.325 and maybe 226 (?262?) on 153.77 860 is for the 158.85 channel IIRC appears they are taking the numbers from the FCC station ID (like many agencies used to do around Massachusetts) - 1102 AM - 154.325 - Tisbury First

Dukes County did 10 AM radio tests

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Szerlagi
Dukes County did 10 AM tests as usual And with the suberb super powers from Rangecast we have confirmation that - paging test are done on 154.325 fire department mobile tests are done on 153.77 all pages on 154.325 were loud and clear all messages on 153.77 were very weak - no mobiles were

Re: Dukes County did 10 AM radio tests

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Szerlagi
gawd that was weird - I hit send on that post - nothing happens - i hit send a second time about 2 seconds later - Email goes - scanner feed immediately starts blaring - 838 to Tisbury EMTs - more EMTs needed at bicycle accident at Edgecom - and then - 'cancel the call for more EMTs, all set at

A few more odds and ends - Boston MA area

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Szerlagi
I wrote these things down - I might as well share them Onset FPD sounds an airhorn when they receive a master box Dartmouth FPD1 is dispatched by Dartmouth Control on 460.2875 R - and then 452 takes over as the dispatcher - (IIRC FPD 3 works the same way - on the FPD3 freq) State Control

Praise for Chinese Firefighters

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Szerlagi
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33929927 photos of 6 of the deceased there will be many more -- 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

1.7M views for fire truck parade video

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Szerlagi
https://youtu.be/JuSEpek3JXw 2015 - 5 minutes I see another video listed as Englewood Block party 2010 - looks like the same corner must be Englewood PA if that was anywhere else in the world - all the fire trucks would look identical - except maybe in manila -- You received this message

Official US Govt advice about nuclear blasts

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Szerlagi
http://www.ready.gov/nuclear-blast last updated in 2013 general information -- 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.

Blue Button - accessing your health records online

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Szerlagi
http://healthit.gov/patients-families/your-health-data new one on me some government program I guess - allows you to download your health records in case of the end of the world this link came from the http://www.ready.gov/pandemic webpage -- You received this message because you are

Re: http://www.ready.gov/nuclear-blast

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Szerlagi
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/prep_nuclear_fact_sheet.pdf the URL for the item that cannot be found On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 8:16 PM, Peter Szerlagi zer...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.ready.gov/nuclear-blast Click on more information - then click on Nuclear Attack under Publications -

http://www.ready.gov/nuclear-blast

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Szerlagi
http://www.ready.gov/nuclear-blast Click on more information - then click on Nuclear Attack under Publications - file not found oh good -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups massfire group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from

How effective are bomb shelters

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Szerlagi
http://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/2638/how-effective-are-bomb-shelters-for-nuclear-attacks nice article from 2014 you need to be about 10 miles from the closest nuke hit and in a shelter - in order to survive the initial blast and fallout general information

Re: Waldo Canyon fire radio tape

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Szerlagi
https://youtu.be/3zzVpHE6qUg 5 minute video tape - 17yo girl captures fire moving into neighborhoods on the Waldo Canyon fire - and rigs racing to the scene On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Peter Szerlagi zer...@gmail.com wrote: https://youtu.be/Wec_N7HE6Ko 2012 in Colorado Springs Colorado

Re: Dukes County did 10 AM radio tests

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Szerlagi
Oak Bluffs Rescue went to a rollover West Tisbury FD took the mule to a diabetic seizing on the beach - All Island ALS paged for extra ALS all the calls today are specialized or multi agency - makes it hard to figure out if all EMS agencies are paged on 154.325 Does anyone ever hear any paging

Waldo Canyon fire radio tape

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Szerlagi
https://youtu.be/Wec_N7HE6Ko 2012 in Colorado Springs Colorado in El Paso County approx 350 homes lost IIRC - this was the fire where they were having a 4PM ish news conference - with the fire burning in the background - and suddenly the mayor walks up to the microphone and says we need people

Re: Waldo Canyon fire radio tape

2015-08-16 Thread Peter Szerlagi
https://youtu.be/P43RUtldg4I yup I was right in the first 10 seconds of this clip he mentions the press conference - 15 minutes into the press conference they said the fire was coming over the hill Waldo Canyon - Colorado Springs Colorado - Colorado Springs CO - 2012 - wildfire - interface