Monday, August 21, 2006
YOUR THOUGHTS...
Blah-ger Note: Email From Someone NOT Afraid To Stand Up And Tell The County To Get Things Repaired. Note, the letter is signed !
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Dear Blah-ger,
I am a station 14 firefighter for Westmoreland county. Station 14 is Rillton VFD. My chief was one of the first contacted tonight when 911 notified us that the North Huntingdon dispatch tower (and others, by what I’m hearing) is down and that we will not have our tones activated by 911.
I see this as a serious problem. Since that time, I have heard MANY MANY MANY other fire chiefs told to contact 911 because of towers being down (I presume). I have also heard on the hempfield fire operations channel from chief 61 that they will have to have one of their own personnel on stand-by ALL NIGHT to listen for calls and activate their pagers from their OWN station.
My Brother is a firefighter at Station 8, Circleville VFD. He informed me of what I already knew. North Huntingdon Police are dispatching the fire departments in that township for the time being. I presumed this already because I had heard, and I quote, “North Huntingdon Dispatch to station 8, did your siren and minitors activate?”
I hope this issue can be resolved promptly and accurately. If not, I feel that major incidents will have major consequences, especially for major fires and major car wrecks. Lives could be at stake, and this needs to be solved NOW!!!
-Joe Minkel
-Fire Police 14-3
-A.K.A. “Down In Flames”
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Blah-ger Note: Thanks Joe for the "signed" Letter. More people need to do this to WAKE 911 Management Up !
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