Recent content by DrWho999

Experience, alas, is no guarantee of getting it right all the time. IC can make mistakes, have lapses, whatever. Part of life, and I've seen it. Not sure what is up with the hostility(?) when looking at this call, 12 FF were taken to hospital. But If I've misread the hostility, let me know!

That may be...but probably better to err on the side of caution regardless.

D14--hold off on the 10-66 C4E...Naw, we ain't doing that. Transmit the 10-66, and also transmit a full 4th alarm. Policy is set out for a reason, and it's always easier to cancel a response that is not needed than to get a response that was needed 5 minutes ago.

So I guess what I want to know is this: what are the tactical fire alarm dispatchers doing when Field Comm is not on a run? Are they taking calls at the dispatch center?

Dispatcher from Toronto Fire here. Just curious, how are the field comm units staffed? Are they actual fire alarm dispatchers who would normally be answering the phones? I'd love to know more about how this unit operates from when they are sent to major incidents, who staffs them, etc. Thanks...

It depends. I'm a dispatcher for Toronto Fire for about 25 years. Normally when you have an extra alarm, you want the closest apparatus to respond. So you relocate trucks into the empty halls so that the closest are always responding. The problem with this is that while the closest apparatus are...