House fire; Task Force Dispatched

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13248 Country Ridge Dr

COMMAND/OPS 7-C

Task Force Dispatched operating on 7-D

Very difficult to hear over the stream.

X = Unknown Apparatus

X CANTEEN
X 753
SAFETY 700
BATTALION 702
EMS 702
CHIEF 708

RESQ ENGINE 709
RESQ SQ 717
RESQ SQ 729

TRUCK 708
TRUCK 739
TRUCK 731

ENG 729
ENG 731
ENG 735

TOWER 735

TANKER 717 (Same unit? ENG TANKER 717)

AIR XXX

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{ 'EXPOSURE GROUP'
EXPOSURE DELTA
BASEMENT DIVISION
DIVISION DELTA
DIVISION 1: ENG 708, ENG 717, TOWER 735 (Rotating units)
DIVISION 2
REHAB COMMAND
}

Units having major probs w/ radios (echos)

COMMAND to MONTGOMERY; call PEPCO out.

1146: Requests Red Cross for 2 patients, elderly female, and a 6 year old..

almost an hour into incident, I'm stopping the logging..

jay
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corrections welcome

[MCMD5]

Basement fire. Country Ridge Dr.




1017hrs
E722 E729 E735 E753 E731 AT729 AT735 RS729 A729 BC703 BC705 C729B SA700 DC700B

1020hrs.....RID
AT708 RS717 M735 DC700 EMS703

1021hrs
AT729 on scene, heavy smoke showing

1028hrs.....TF
E708 RE709 T731 FCAR4 CT708 K717

1035hrs
FM56 FM50 FM10 FM35

1036hrs
M729 to replace M735 on RID

1039hrs.....2nd Alarm
EW717 E703 FCE231 T703 M714 C708 C708B C703C

1041hrs
M735 to Suburban, FF injured from fall

1043hrs
E735 reports 1st floor is sagging

1052hrs
FCAT23

1057hrs
Command reports bulk of the fire knocked

1127hrs
A722

1312hrs
All units clear

[OldsDoug]

I got curious about Engine Tanker 717 and Tanker 717 and looked on LDVFD's website; apparently they are two different pieces. The 2 air units in the county are at 16 and R1, so I guess they are now Air 716 and Air 741. I had an idea that there was one at 33 also but there was no reference to it on RVFD's website. I think the canteen was from 8, the 753 unit was probably Engine 753 from NIST.

1839, KDT-348

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I forgot to mention that I did a stream dump of the incident off the county's site (7-C). Needs cleaning up. I'll see if I can get it up somewhere..


Jay

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Originally Posted by OldsDoug

I got curious about Engine Tanker 717 and Tanker 717 and looked on LDVFD's website; apparently they are two different pieces. The 2 air units in the county are at 16 and R1, so I guess they are now Air 716 and Air 741. I had an idea that there was one at 33 also but there was no reference to it on RVFD's website. I think the canteen was from 8, the 753 unit was probably Engine 753 from NIST.

1839, KDT-348

This brings me to a question that's been in the back of my mind for some time. It involves unit designations ie. SERVICE ENG vs. ENG, SERVICE TRUCK vs. TRUCK, AFRA, DNRB (Do Not Resesitate ?B?) and other terminology, etc. Not being directly related with this incident, I will post to the Maryland Radio Discussion Forum - The RadioReference.com Forums in the near future.


jay

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Originally Posted by MCMD5

Basement fire. Country Ridge Dr.


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1017hrs
E722 E729 E735 E753 E731 AT729 AT735 RS729 A729 BC703 BC705 C729B SA700 DC700B

1020hrs.....RID
AT708 RS717 M735 DC700 EMS703

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Could you please clarify the abbreviations used in your post.

Thanks,

Jay

[OldsDoug]

E is engine, AT is Aerial Tower (Truck company, or "hook and ladder), T is truck (see below), RS is rescue squad, A is ambulance, BC is Battalion Chief, C is Chief, SA is the safety officer, DC is probably Duty Chief, M is medic unit, RID is Rapid Intervention Dispatch, EMS 703 is the EMS (Emergency Medical Services) duty officer, FM is Fire Marshal. Aha, I just figured out a couple more... FCE231 is Frederick County Engine 231 and FCAT23 i sFrederick County Aerial Tower 23. For any newbees, an Engine is a pumper, a truck or tower is a "hook and ladder". The difference between a truck and a tower is that a tower has a platform at the top... a ladder truck just has a ladder that sticks up in the air. The Aerial Towers are usually just called Tower rather than Aerial Tower on the radio.

Hope that helps.
You asked about a "service engine" and a "service truck"... I think what you must be hearing is a little dispatcher shorthand, of a unit returning to service after a call, and the dispatcher saying, "Service Truck 127, 909"; ie "you are back in service, Truck 127, the time is 9:09. Could that be it?

AFRA goes this way... FR is First Responder. I think the first A is Advanced Life Support and the last one is Apparatus. What it is is a piece that has a paramedic and Advanced Live Support (ALS) equipment. I don't know exactly what the staffing and equipment is, but you get the idea... has a paramedic (or maybe more) and stuff like a defibrillator, etc.

DNR is do not resusciate, and there are two levels of that, A & B. I forget what the diff is and never quite understood it myself, but it basically means no advanced life support or CPR or heroics, just keeping the patient comfortable.

Check the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Systems Services website, I think there's a good technical definition of it there. Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems

If you aren't familiar with the local apparatus numbering system, give a holler and I'll help with that.