Northern Virginia Incidents

[freqhopping]

Major property damage hit and run in Leesburg. Black Dodge Ram 2500 smashed the hell out something like 8 other vehicles, some were left completely sideways from where they were. Someone got a valid tag, comes back to a Leesburg address. Things could get interesting soon.

 

[freqhopping]

Little late but it may still be causing traffic problems.

A wreck on Fairfax Co Pkwy over Rt29. One driver/occupant was out of the vehicle and was struck by another out of control vehicle and knocked over the side barrier down onto Rt29.
I missed most of the response and don't know the outcome.

 

[freqhopping]

Bank robbery at the Chevy Chase at 6367 Seven Corners Center. Same bank that was robbed yesterday. Ops on Fairfax TG17136 Ch4.

Possibly the same suspect as yesterday.

 

[freqhopping]

VSP in pursuit. Ch4

Northbound I-95 .. 90mph
1951- Speeds up to 110mph. Passing Lorton.
1953-Exiting at 166A. Route 1
1954- Fairfax-1 is up and on the way
1955-Northbound, left lane towards 644. 90mph
1956-On I-95 again
1957-Norhtbound 395, told to terminate if he goes into DC.
2001-Advised to not deploy spike strips on interstate. Don't want to endanger officers at those speeds, 105mph+.
2003-Passing the Pentagon, 100mph
2004-Wreck at Pentagon City, they have him at gunpoint in the car. No other vehicles involved.
2006- In custody.

White '94 Buick, being driven like it's stolen. Stop was first attempted for traffic violations.
Noticed Fairfax-1 was on VSP Ch4 and Fairfax Ch1 simultaneously.

 

[beastieboy101]

Box 2003 OPS on 5C
Possible Commercial Structure Fire
2700 Potomac Mills Circle (Potomac Mills Mall)
Air Conditioner Sparking in Neighborhood 2 (Near T.J. Maxx)

Wagon 512
Tower 512
Engine 520
Wagon 502
Tower 513
Medic 552
Batallion 505
Batallion 506
Engine 510

 

[KI4IHC]

Noticed Fairfax-1 was on VSP Ch4 and Fairfax Ch1 simultaneously.

They have several radios - 2 800MHz (generally they have Fairfax PD scanning on one and Fairfax Fire scanning on the other, but I believe all the local jurisdictions are programmed in both), 1 VHF for State, 1 aircraft radio & each person on the helo can talk on a different radio at the same time - possibly more radios now, it's been a little over a year since I got to ride with them

 

[freqhopping]

They have several radios - 2 800MHz (generally they have Fairfax PD scanning on one and Fairfax Fire scanning on the other, but I believe all the local jurisdictions are programmed in both), 1 VHF for State, 1 aircraft radio & each person on the helo can talk on a different radio at the same time - possibly more radios now, it's been a little over a year since I got to ride with them

What I'm saying is that the one female on the radio tonight was transmitting on both channels simultaneously. She was communicating with VSP dispatch at the time. Seems they have the two radios interconnected.

Got the audio uploaded now.
Click to listen

 

[freqhopping]

Fire at the old Waterford School in Loudoun Co. Fire on side C and the roof. Ops on 6C.

At 0908 operations are ongoing. It sounds like a good portion of the school was destroyed. Some firefighters have been saving paintings while others take care of the overhaul.

 

[mike_s104]

Fire at the old Waterford School in Loudoun Co. Fire on side C and the roof. Ops on 6C.

it sounds major. for work I needed to know for sure, so I called the non-emergency number for the fire dept and they confirmed it is Waterford Elem. School.

 

[mike_s104]

it sounds major. for work I needed to know for sure, so I called the non-emergency number for the fire dept and they confirmed it is Waterford Elem. School.

EDIT: the lady I talked to was thinking the same thing I was. it's the OLD Waterford School just like freqhopping was reporting.

http://www.leesburg2day.com/articles/2007/01/25/news/new26waterford012507.txt

 

[freqhopping]

Triple fatality wreck on I-66 in the area of Fairfax Co Parkway. It involved a tanker truck and a car. I think this happened around 1am just as I was going to sleep. I remember hearing the dispatch, but it didn't seem like much at the time- tanker vs car, tanker on fire.

Fire dept units are now clearing the scene. Police are still dealing with investigation and traffic control. Traffic will likely be messed up for a while. The bodies need to be removed and then the vehicles moved from the scene.
The tanker must be offloaded first as well. I 'm not sure what it contains. Fairfax Co Parkway may be closed when they move the tanker there.

Updates- Must've happened just before 4:00am, 5:30 marked 1.5 hours of command. Ops had been on 4-I, 4-F was command. VSP and VDOT freqs should be busy for a while. It sounds like the 159.000 repeater is acting up right now.

0754-Tanker product offload has concluded, HAZMAT units picking up 4C. Willow Springs towing to take away the mess, I figured they would be.

0802-Jeep, Volvo station wagon and tanker. The Jeep and Volvo burned up completely along with the driver of the jeep and two people in the Volvo.

 

[freqhopping]

Townhouse fire, 3418 Beechraft Drive. On on 4D, command on 4G. Reported as a deck fire, but it's a real one now. Sounds like a case of improperly discarded ashes. Bulk of the fire on side C and has spread into the attic.

E409, E411, E424,T424, A409, R411, E205 assigned to RIT

 

[freqhopping]

Hit and run on a VSP car in the area of the I-66 wreck. Sounds like he's chasing the driver down. 159.135 Driver not stopping. Eastbound passing Rt50 Now on 159.000

0801-Several units joined in and got him stopped east of Nutley. Must be a drunk driver.

 

[freqhopping]

Some sort of training exercise at Tysons Corner Mall involving firefighters being stabbed and shot. Police ops are on McLean Tac 2 [17296] Fire side ops on 4E,,4H and 4K for command. The 'suspect' is armed with a rifle, has become a hostage-barricade situation.
Sounds like it's really being conducted in the mall.

 

[leonzo]

I admit it!

I was taken in by the drill last night. For about an hour I thought it was real. My wife and sister in law kept telling me it was a drill. I finally had to break down and call the comm center to confirm it was a drill. Hey at least I admit I'm gullible. But in all fairness I have never heard the FD conduct a drill on multiple main fireground incident channels and never once say "this is a drill".

 

[freqhopping]

I was taken in by the drill last night. For about an hour I thought it was real. My wife and sister in law kept telling me it was a drill. I finally had to break down and call the comm center to confirm it was a drill. Hey at least I admit I'm gullible. But in all fairness I have never heard the FD conduct a drill on multiple main fireground incident channels and never once say "this is a drill".

I thought it was real too when I first heard it. Only one or two times did I hear them call it an exercise. Loudoun conducted a barricaded armed hostage taker exercise last year. I tuned in mid way and it sure sounded real.

 

[Towpro]

I-66 Tanker vs. Jeep/Volvo

One of the worst kind of accident to run.

 

[Mtirv]

Wow. That looks terrible. Where was it?

 

[Towpro]

Wow. That looks terrible. Where was it?

I-66 west @ Rt. 7100, the Fairfax County Pkwy.

 

[freqhopping]

Anybody have more details about what's happening in western Loudoun. It must've started as I was leaving work so I missed the initial response.

It sounds like a missing person search. They were calling for ATV and 4WD vehicles to access the area, but just recently canceled the ATV request because they found a better access point. CIS units and the command bus have been requested. Radio comms are bad and cell phones are useless there. Ops are currently on Tac 2 [1744].