[Scan-DC] Choopers and Mtgy

[Doug K.]

Interesting item last night - apparently not all the medevac helicopters got 
the word that Muttgummery (fire) jumped to 800... last night one of the 
Medstar copters was en route to Holy Cross, called HQ on VHF... I finally 
phoned them to tell them that the copter was calling.  Then, E-191 couldn't 
talk to them - copter didn't want to land at Holy Cross due to 
construction/no lights on the tower crane there... 191 and HQ recommended a 
couple of places - nobody could talk to anybody - I think HQ was landline 
with Syscom - copter wound up landing at Blair High School at 4 Corners, but 
HQ and 191 didn't know where they were!

(Muttgummery is obviously not monitoring 154.16 any more - earlier when I 
was at lunch, RESQ engine 3-3 called them on VHF, they said the only reason 
they heard them was that someone in the PSCC had a VHF portable on - but 
RE3-3 doesn't (yet) have an 800 radio.)

Doug

KMG-365

_________________________________________________________________
Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE*  
http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail