[Scan-DC] Montgo multiple alarm update

[Doug Kitchener]

Montgomery Chief 706 advises me privately that there is a 2nd working incident on Valleywood  Drive in Wheaton, and that a bunch of units from PG, DC, and Ffx have been transferred to Montgomery County.  (I have a scanner at work but can't use it during the day shift because the tones "bother" my office-mates... who come running and ask, "What's going on?" whenever they hear a siren or see an emergency vehicle.  :(



----- Original Message -----
> From: Ed Tobias <edtobias at comcast.net>
> To: Brian Rokus <brianrokus at hotmail.com>; scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Cc: 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 3:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Montgo multiple alarm update
> 
> Sounds like they have it knocked, except for hot spots, now.  This is a three 
> story garden apartment with extension to an exposure.  It's on the boarder 
> between Chevy Chase and Silver Spring, as best I can determine without hauling 
> out my map.
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Brian Rokus 
>   To: edtobias at comcast.net ; scan-dc at mailman.qth.net 
>   Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 3:02 PM
>   Subject: RE: [Scan-DC] Montgo multiple alarm update
> 
> 
> 
>   Heavy smoke has been visible for the past 10 minutes or so on the horizon (I 
> assume from this incident) from my building here near Capitol Hill.
>   
> 
>   > From: edtobias at comcast.net
>   > To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
>   > Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 14:59:02 -0400
>   > Subject: [Scan-DC] Montgo multiple alarm update
>   > 
>   > Now a third alarm. Units told to evacuate the roof and interior. Going to 
> large master stream exterior attack. Trying to get a ladder to side C to get 4 
> firefighters off the roof.