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  1. grumpy grizzly

    Openmhz.com

    Did you ever solve that problem? I have the same situation, sometimes it advances and transmits, other time it just advances and there is silence.
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    Apparatus

    Or what about the Ops Reference Guide?
  3. grumpy grizzly

    Autoplay and OpenMHZ

    To those who use the OpenMhz site I have a question. What is the function of the autoplay tab on the lower left hand of the site? I used Open to monitor Boston and Chicago FD's. The Boston site has the advantage of monitoring basic dispatch and information, as well as Fireground and the...
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    7-26-25.....DOG SET ON FIRE IN QNS NY

    Well if he gets jail time there is a pecking order among the inmates. Abusing a animal is right there with being a pedophile. Better sleep with your back against the wall.
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    7-26-25.....DOG SET ON FIRE IN QNS NY

    Authoratories will tell you there goes a serial killer. Most have a history of abusing animals.
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    Maryland FD destroys Firetruck driving in floodwaters.

    Several years ago in Chicago a piece of apparatus tried to drive through a flooded viaduct. I believe the piece was a Spartan aerial with the intake located low on the chassis. The unit received major damage and was OOS for almost year.
  7. grumpy grizzly

    7-20-1978 A wild night in Boston

    yup, corrected it.
  8. grumpy grizzly

    7-20-1978 A wild night in Boston

    Living in Cambridge at the time. , slept through it!
  9. grumpy grizzly

    7-20-1978 A wild night in Boston

    Yup, amazing after all these years we get the correct date. Doesn't say much for the proof reader. I am sure I submitted the correct date! Oh well at least someone read the article. But I have the right date in the last paragraph!
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    7-20-1978 A wild night in Boston

    For the first time in its history Boston Fire fought 2 simultaneous five alarm fires.
  11. grumpy grizzly

    Illinois/ Chicago Public Pensions

    I believe 4 years without a contract.
  12. grumpy grizzly

    New FDNY Tillers

    Yes I guess the squeaking wheel get the grease while the other one falls off.
  13. grumpy grizzly

    Illinois/ Chicago Public Pensions

    I now live in Central Illinois, just S of I-74. For years the politicians have acted if there is no civilization S of I-80 except when they need money to support Crook County and to a lesser amount the 6 border counties. Now the recent budget that was passed has a .50 to 1.50 delivery tax to...
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    NYS Legislators pass law to open NYPD radio encryption to public

    I remember when Bearcat came out with the 210, a fully programmable unit. Just type in the freqs ad you were good to go. Then came the hand-held model, take it anywhere. Just get the scanner book from Radio Shack to get the freqs. I still have a 210XL that works!
  15. grumpy grizzly

    Chicago O'Hare Apparatus

    Squad 7 has a response area that is around the airport as well as responses to the Interstate, I-90.
  16. grumpy grizzly

    Bloomington IL High rise fire (delayed)

    Last night Bloomington crews were dispatched to reports of a high rise fire on the tenth floor of a public housing building. Firefighters encountered a heavy smoke condition from the apartment, firefighters found fire located in a stove. The occupant had placed a burning lithium inside the...
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    31 workers rescued after Los Angeles tunnel collapse 7/9/25

    Peter Pirsch delivered the smoke ejector truck to Chicago in the hopes he could get some favor and possible apparatus sales. Sadly this did not happen but the CFD shops did build their own unit using the chassis of a 1922 White Speed Wagon.
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    Fall River MA 7/13/25 9 Dead in Assisted Living Facility Fire

    According to Boston.com there were a number of problems with this residence. One was a defective elevator that was OOS for 9 months trapping the third floor residents.
  19. grumpy grizzly

    Fall River MA 7/13/25 9 Dead in Assisted Living Facility Fire

    The Fall River chief said 8 out of the 10 companies were staffed under the national levels.
  20. grumpy grizzly

    Boston firefighters evacuate hundreds of stranded commuters (delayed)

    Hundreds of stranded commuters were evacuated from a stranded Blue line MBTA train Tuesday afternoon. Train was in a tunnel under Boston Harbor between the Maverick and Aquarium stations. It took BFD firefighters about an hour to evacuate approximately 500 passengers. They used 3 Nolan carts, 2...
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