Initial Dispatch:

Quote :

"Incident: FAPT : Map: 049K Address: 1933 NORTH HILLS DR Location: Apt: Cross: HILLOCK DR / GENERATION DR Units: RFE16,RFE9,RFE6,RFL3,RFR3,RFBATT3, Talk Group: T18 City: RA Comments: **APARTMENT FIRE** PRIMARY UNIT CH"

That would be Engines 16, 9, 6, Ladder 3, Rescue 3, Battalion Chief 3.


2nd Alarm:

Quote :

"Incident: FMWF : Map: 049K Address: 1933 NORTH HILLS DR Location: Apt: Cross: HILLOCK DR / GENERATION DR Units: RFE17,RFE14,RFE18,RFE11,RFL2,RFR2,RFBATT1,RFC20,RFAIR1,RFC10, Talk Group: T18 City: RA Comments: **APARTM6473980ENT FIRE** PRIMARY UNIT CHANGED TO: RF/RFE16 REPORT NUM: FMT-01 FRF110522013903 - ADDED TO EVENT FOR: RF/RFE16 CHILD INC MEM110522031780 UPDATE RESP TO CHILD INC MEM110522031780 UPDATE CMNT * TO 01 CHILD INC MEM110522031780 UPDATE PRIU"

Add in Engines 17, 14, 18, 11, Ladder 2, Rescue 2, Battalion 1, Car 20, Air 1, Car 10.

EMS Units:

Quote :

"Incident: EMWF : Map: 049K Address: 1933 NORTH HILLS DR Location: Apt: Cross: HILLOCK DR / GENERATION DR Units: EMS5,EMS8,EMS22,MEDIC94,DIST4,DIST5, Talk Group: T21 City: RA Comments: **REPORTED STRUCTURE FIRE** PARE0000160NT INC FRF110522014802 UPDATE RESP TO PARENT INC FRF110522014802 UPDATE CMNT * TO 01 PARENT INC FRF110522014802 UPDATE PRIUNT TO RF/RFE16 PRIMARY UNIT CHANGED TO: EM/EMS35 REPORT NUM: FMT-01 MEM110522031152 - ADDED TO EVENT FOR: EM/EMS3"

EMS Units 5, 8, 22, Medic 94, District Chief 4, 5.

Quote :

"RWECC:Major working fire at Polo Run apartment complex located at 1933 North Hills Dr. Fire units operating on PS TAC18. RWECC"

[Edited on May 22, 2011 at 11:13 AM. Reason : Clarity]

5/22/2011 11:11:01 AM

I see:

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Address: 1933 NORTH HILLS DR
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Translation please?

[Edited on May 22, 2011 at 11:14 AM. Reason : that's better]

5/22/2011 11:14:07 AM

Holy crap, that's a lot of units sent out. Must be a pretty big one.

5/22/2011 11:27:05 AM

^^ I was just trying to get basic info entered in then go back and clarify

So to somewhat sum up: 7 Raleigh FD Engines, 2 RFD Ladders, 2 RFD Rescue Units, RFD Air Unit, RFD Battalion Chiefs, RFD Car 10 (Division Chief), RFD Car 20 (Investigation Unit). Plus 3 EMS Units, EMS Medic Unit, EMS Chiefs.

[Edited on May 22, 2011 at 11:29 AM. Reason : clarity]

5/22/2011 11:28:32 AM

Fire just marked Under Control at 11:29am. Units will be scene on scene for long time doing salvage & overhaul.


@richthofen--It's a normal amount of units for that type of call. Any working house/apartment fire gets 3 Engines, 1 Ladder, 1 Rescue, and Battalion Chief on dispatch. If fire is marked as a "Major Working Fire" (2nd Alarm or higher) then RWECC sends 3 More Engines, Another Ladder, Another Rescue, Another Battalion Chief, Air 1 (More Air Packs for FFs), Car 10 (Division Chief) along with Car 20 (Investigation). Also Chief of FD notified of all Major Working Fires. In this specific situation 1 additional engine was sent due to apartment complex location.

5/22/2011 11:37:02 AM

"battalion chief" is a badass-sounding title

does a Ladder truck still have all the water hoses? What's a Rescue truck? It sounds similar to EMS units.

5/22/2011 11:49:49 AM

Quote :

"Air 1 (More Air Packs for FFs)"

I'm glad you clarified air units. I was thinking of one of these guys:

5/22/2011 11:59:22 AM

Legeros has some preliminary pics up on this site:

http://legeros.com/ralwake/photos/2011-05-22-rfd-north-hills-dr/

5/22/2011 11:16:03 PM

I feel bad chuckling at this.



[Edited on May 22, 2011 at 11:39 PM. Reason : image]

5/22/2011 11:34:51 PM

[Edited on May 22, 2011 at 11:40 PM. Reason : damn double ]

5/22/2011 11:34:51 PM

north raleigh is a powderkeg

5/22/2011 11:36:22 PM

all I can gather is that someone has been fapting and it's pretty epic

5/22/2011 11:39:18 PM

Speaking of, I was near Triangle Town Center Friday afternoon when this big line of fire trucks went by, all with the sirens on, headed north up Capital. From towns and stations all over.

I asked a cop directing traffic, and they were all taking youth burn victims to camp for a weekend. There were something like 40 trucks in the line, I couldn't see the front of it.

Glad nothing caught fire then.

5/22/2011 11:41:13 PM

^^

raptor+fapping=fapting EXPOSED???

5/22/2011 11:42:07 PM

yeah...this is my complex. I was trying to leave but the fire was at the closest entrance. Strange thing is that I didn't hear any sirens.

5/22/2011 11:44:33 PM

Quote :

"Quote : "Air 1 (More Air Packs for FFs)" I'm glad you clarified air units. I was thinking of one of these guys "

I was thinking the same thing, like when did Raleigh get a chopper??

5/23/2011 3:05:27 PM

are the black ambulances like the one on the left part of Wake County EMS? or are they a private service or what? i like the look of them, but they aren't very visible (compared to the blue/white/safety green ones)

5/23/2011 4:30:58 PM

Running from the police

5/23/2011 4:31:39 PM

@jtw208: Are you talking about the dark blue EMS unit in the right in this photo?




That would be the old Six Forks EMS Unit that now goes by the name of "Wake EMS 35". Six Forks EMS ceased operations at the beginning of this month and had their operations taken over by Wake EMS. That unit is being used as a temporary unit until they can get one of these "official" units out there:


It is an anomaly and will be replaced soon.

5/23/2011 6:45:13 PM

Somehow I missed tchenku's questions. Sorry about that.
Ladder trucks can carry Fire hose but it is best to think about an FD Ladder (or Truck) as being like the firefighter's tool box with some hose-- carrying ladders, rescue equipment and other tools while the Engines handle most of the H2O pumping to put "the wet stuff on the red stuff".

As for FD Rescue Trucks...they look different than your normal EMS Transport Unit (like my post above).
Here is Raleigh FD Rescue 3 at the North Hills Drive Fire:



Remember that Raleigh FD acts as a "First Responder" because they are so many more pieces of FD apparatus compared to EMS Transport Wagons. If Ladders are the FD Tool Box then an FD Rescue unit is the Swiss Army Knife of the FD RFD Rescue Units have all the necessary tools to help out in situations like car accidents where patients are trapped or pinned in a vehicle, in structure fire calls where they may have to assist their own FD as RIT (Rapid Intervention Team), or in water rescue or high angle rescue situations, building collapses, etc. As of right now RFD has 3 Rescue Units on duty 24/7 and one reserve Rescue Unit.

Hopefully this answers your questions but let me know if I forgot something along the way.

5/23/2011 7:16:47 PM