[Scan-DC] Adaptive Response in Montgomery County

[Jeff Krauss]

I've noticed that at times when resources are stretched, Montgomery 
County Fire uses an "adaptive" response scheme where they don't 
dispatch the full box alarm provisioning (4E + 2T) if the dispatchers 
think it is unwarranted.  But usually, smoke in or near the house 
from an unknown source with no evidence of fire will nonetheless send 
the full box assignment.

I'm not sure what the criterion is in DC to distinguish between 
dispatching a box (4 or 5 + 2) vs. a local alarm (2 + 1).



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>Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 15:42:30 +0000
>From: "Doug Walton" <dswfd2119 at comcast.net>
>Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] here we go again, another Mtgy house fire
>To: "Doug Kitchener" <oldsdoug at hotmail.com>,
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>How about just putting out working incidents? As the weather gets 
>colder, smoke scares can be caused by furnace malfunctions, as well 
>as other reasons.