[Scan-DC] Montgomery FD Using Numbered Task Forces

[Jeff Krauss]

So, how did the "Life Safety Task Force" concept work out in the storm?
I know that in past snow storms they have had County Public Works 
snow plows assigned to some fire stations.
But having a Pepco truck also assigned is a new concept.
I wonder if this will become a standard procedure.
It's the old inventory control problem.
Every day a repair part is in the repairman's truck, its not in the 
warehouse for some other repairman to use.
Every minute the Pepco truck or snow plow is sitting at a fire 
station waiting for an alarm to come in, it's not out in the field 
repairing a downed power line or plowing a street.






At 06:06 PM 10/29/12, ltbrown122 at aol.com wrote:
>Hurricane Ops :
>
>Montgomery County staffing levels increased to 4 person engines, 
>trucks and squads. All Tankers have a driver. At communications they 
>have 2 add'l bodies on the floor.
>
>Life Safety Task Force (Pepco truck, Police, Fire Rescue, and 
>Highway truck) there will be 2 of these 1 station at Fire Station 25 
>(Conn & Bel Pre) and 1 at fire station 26 (Democracy Blvd across 
>from Montgomery Mall). They are called task force 725 and Task force 726.
>
>Then there are swift water rescue strike teams at stations 4, 10, 12, 30, 34.
>
>Joe B
>
>Sent from my HTC smartphone on the Now Network from Sprint!
>
>
>----- Reply message -----
>From: "Jeff Krauss" <jeff at krauss.ws>
>To: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>, <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [Scan-DC] Montgomery FD Using Numbered Task Forces
>Date: Mon, Oct 29, 2012 17:14
>
>
>For several incidents today, MCFD has dispatched a regular fire
>fighting response plus a numbered task force (I've heard Task Forces
>24 and 26).  These are evidently not fire fighting task forces.  (On
>the most recent incident, a fire in an electrical panel, the fire was
>declared out, half of the initial box alarm complement was returned,
>but the task force was held.)
>
>Any idea what these task forces consist of, and their purpose?
>
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