[Scan-DC] A few pictures from my tour of McConnell Center

[Doug Kitchener]

Excellent!  Many thanks, Andy - great shots.  I like the site, it's a good layout... might give it a try myself.

Where is the center itself located?

Thanks and merry xmas-

Doug

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> From: w4jecom at w4je.com
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:29:38 -0500
> Subject: [Scan-DC] A few pictures from my tour of McConnell Center
>
> Here is a link to a handful of pictures from my tour of the McConnell Public
> Safety and Transportation Operations Center. This center is used by Fairfax
> County, Virginia State Police, and VDOT for emergency operations, 911 call
> centers, traffic control, etc. Sorry I don't have close up pictures of the
> radio equipment, but we were not allowed to take pictures on the floor of
> the 911 center. But at least now when I listen to the VSP
> (Arlington/Fairfax), I know where their dispatch is coming from. And for you
> Fairfax County people, now you know where their dispatch comes from. The
> VDOT controls all the their traffic flow and signage (like HOV lane
> reversals, accident messages, etc) for the northern Virginia area from here.
> The large emergency operations center room is activated when there is an
> emergency (it was probably activated this past weekend for the snow storm).
>
> This is a trial account on PBase, a picture hosting site. If you have time,
> let me know if you do or don't like it.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
> http://www.pbase.com/andrewclegg/mcconnell
>
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