[Scan-DC] DWH?

airfire at verizon.net airfire at verizon.net
Fri Nov 19 12:53:38 EST 2004


DWH means " doubtful will hold ", used routinely in FDNY progress reports to indicate that given the present assignment of FD resources/apparatus it is doubtful the fire can be brought under control. 

Jim



look in the news ticker, you'll 
> occasionally see something like "Fire is DWH."  From the context, I think it 
> must mean that the fire is out of control, but what the heck does the 
> acronym DWH stand for? 



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