listening to falmouth mass fd yesterday

[agent yo'range]

listening via scanner feed - 33.78 is the listed channel - audio is
very loud and clear

all initial dispatches are done by computer synthesized voice

all follow up comms are done by humans making human speaking sounds
lol (apparently lol )

all field radios sound fine - no static

the computer voice is too hot on the feed and its hard to hear the addresses

they seem to be running 6 stations now - heard a couple of calls in "District 6"

some serious ems calls get just 1 ambulance - they might run 3 man
crews on some ambulances

residential alarms and even commercial alarms get 2 engines

response times were 8 or 9 minutes for 3 of the alarm calls

units sign on the radio as they keave the station so you can get a
good idea of how fast they get out the door - usuauly 1 to 2 minutes

Engine 20 and Amb 37 are running to District 6 calls in Hatchville -
the news did report that their new station 6 is near Hatchville -
seems to check out - both units go to car crashes - unknown injury and
air bag deployed

the same two tone pager signal precedes each dispatch - there might be
a very short key up tone or digital signal before that 2 tone pager
signal - the 2 tone pager signal is a 2 second tone followed by a
different 2 second tone

618 am - page for 1 firefighter needed for the day tour

828 am - E22 and E22 went to an alarm in District 2 - 9 minute response time

850 am - E20 sent to alarm call in Dist 5 - 851 am Eng 10 sent - the
dispatch went out over both the dispatcher and Eng 20 - could hear all
3 of them talking at the same time - 8 minute response time for both
engines

historically - iirc - E21 was at Sta 1 downtown - eng 22 was at sta 2
at woods hole maybe - eng 23 was at sta 3 - eng 24 was at sta 4 in
north falmouth maybe - eng 25 was at sta 5 in east falmouth

not sure where eng 10 and eng 20 are based

945 am - E24 and E21 went to an alarm call in Dist 4 - 953 am units
clear - caused by workmen

1351 hr - A34 to seizure call in Dist 1 - arrived at 1355

1424 hr - E22 and A32 to stroke in Dist 1 - ? A36? at scene 1431

1448 hr - A34 to airway obstruction in Dist 5 - 32 went (also) - 1450
reported as piece of candy stuck in throat - 1455 someone at scene -
(a34 at scene - 1456)

1452 sinkable episode - in district 1 - A39 sent then e21 sent also -
tey signed on at 1453

got busy - couldnt keep track of everything

no cross streets given iirc - definitely no box numbers given

this is the hardy season on cape cod - all of the beautiful people
have left for florida for the off-season