[Scan-DC] "Fill the Box" fire call

[Doug K.]

While we're at it - the fire station in Falls Church is actually operated by 
Arlington County in that the career personnel there (or whatever the current 
politically correct term is!) are ACFD employees, and the station's calls 
are dispatched thru Arlington.

I think Sim is correct about Ffx  being 10 boxes and Arlington being 7s.  I 
haven't quite figured out the station numbering now used in NoVa - a friend 
is an Arlington firefighter at what is known there as Station 5 (near 
Pentagon City, I think on Eads Street, but the apparatus is called Engine 
105, Truck 105, and Medic 105... the 10 (one-oh) referring, I think, to 
something set up by the local Council of Governments re Mutual Aide?  In 
that same scheme of things, I'm told that Montgomery County is 7... but then 
the Arlington box areas are all 7### - with the second digit being the 
station # (ie station 5 are 75 boxes, station 3 {cherrydale} are 73 boxes, 
and the last two digits referring to the specific geographic area / 
location.

No doubt that someone here will correct me if I'm wrong, and also explain it 
better than I have!

:)

Regards,

Doug

(Box 28-10, Paul-4 Beat, sorry, I don't remember the "CRA"!)  ;)


>From: Starion Wolf <starion5wolf at bluebottle.com>
>To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] "Fill the Box" fire call
>Date: Sun,  6 Mar 2005 00:20:20 -0600
>
>There is a small section of George Mason Drive in Fairfax County near
>the corners of Alexandria and Arlington.  I am fairly sure that the
>10xx boxes are in Fairfax County.  7xxx boxes are in Arlington.
>
>Later,
>     Sim B.
>
>
>I too am amazed at what I can learn by reading messages in this
>group.
>
>Quoting b_thom at juno.com:
>
>
> > George Mason Drive winds around through Arlington County, all the
> > way
> > from Old Dominion Drive in the north to Baileys Crossroads in the
> > south.
> > Without looking this up, I believe an eleven story building on
> > George
> > Mason Drive would be near Route 7, the Leesburg Pike, near
> > Bailey's
> > Crossroads. It is not far from Fairfax County at that point.
>
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