[Scan-DC] Fire at Navy Med Building 1, 18th floor

[Jeff Krauss]

Are you asking what criteria do public safety agencies use to decide 
how many units to dispatch?

In this specific case, the incident started with a smoke 
investigation by station 50 and 51 units, and then the on-duty chief 
from station 50 reported heavy smoke on the 18th floor and asked 
Montgomery County to dispatch a additional full high-rise box alarm 
plus an additional engine and truck.

What exactly are you asking?



At 10:59 PM 7/16/2013, Andrew Feinberg wrote:
>Does Montgomery have to really dispatch that much apparatus? With 
>the  (fully staffed vis a vis MoCo's 3 to an engine) engines at NNMC 
>and NIH plus NIH's truck/tower (can't remember which is where), plus 
>what I am certain is a fact that every single guy staffing the EMS 
>transport out of both of those houses is FF qualified (plus 
>truck/tower qualified at NIH) can't the initial response and 
>investigation be handled by the Federal guys without tying up an 
>entire RID from 23/26/6/R1/maybe even 5?
>
>I realize the Federal guys routinely run off base/campus to assist 
>on MoCo dispatches (I actually think my apartment complex might 
>technically be  in 50's first due) but isn't there a threshold below 
>which at least 50 and 51(which I often wonder about the logic of 
>keeping as separate companies other than that one is a naval base) 
>keep things "in the family," so to speak?
>
>
>
>On Jul 16, 2013, at 10:09 PM, Jeff Krauss <jeff at krauss.ws> wrote:
>
> > IC reports that all elevators are out of service due to flooding 
> from last week.
> > Small fire reported, water flow activation, sprinkler head is 
> causing additional flooding.
> > Montgomery has sent Rapid Intervention Dispatch.
> > It sounds like this is a big problem because of the electrical 
> problems caused by previous flooding, need for firefighters to walk 
> up to 18th floor, but not a big fire.
> >
> >
> > At 09:58 PM 7/16/2013, Jeff Krauss wrote:
> >> TG 7G
> >> Heavy smoke reported.
> >>
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