Posts Categorized: 911 Audio
Publishing of radio traffic from NY LODD creates controversy. Owego FD encourages boycott of local paper.
Is the press being insensitive? Should the fire department lead the charge against the paper? Lots of questions.
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Mayday audio: From Baltimore County, MD fire that critically injured Reisterstown VFC Firefighter Gene Kirchner.
Firefighter found on the second floor unconscious.
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Local paper identifies victims in West, Texas, including 9 firefighters from 5 departments. 911 calls from explosion released
Donate to NFFF West, Texas fund.
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UPDATED: Listen to initial fire & police radio traffic from Boston explosions. Raw video of blasts at Marathon. 3 dead & more than 100 hurt.
Listen to first moments after blasts occurred.
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Pre-arrival video: House fire in Livingston, NJ with evacuation ordered.
April 6 fire on Hazel Avenue.
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UPDATED: PGFD/West Lanham Hills VFD Lt. Ryan Emmons went back into surgery Wednesday night after arm reattached. New details from surgeon & police after Beltway crash.
PGPD says preliminarily "we believe the tractor trailer was the favored driver" as pumper made u-turn leaving crash scene on Beltway.
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Fireground radio traffic: Detroit heavy rescue transports two little boys from house fire due to lack of EMS. One dead, one critical.
Commissioner Don Austin holds rare press conference to defend response.
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Dash-cam arrival video & radio traffic: House fire in Wylie, Texas.
Fire on the first floor and attic.
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Raw video & fireground audio: House fire in Lehigh Township, PA.
Heavy fire load with a lot of storage in the house.
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Radio traffic: Police department audio from ambush in Webster, NY.
Police and fire department radio traffic from ambush in real time.
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Update from Webster: Latest news & videos on the murders of two firefighters & wounding of two others during ambush at house fire.
Updated details on ambush yesterday morning.
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A must listen. Extreme courage under fire. Calm & deliberate radio transmissions from firefighters wounded in Webster, NY.
Both wounded firefighter provide calm updates to incoming units despite their serious wounds.
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UPDATED with extended audio – Emergency radio traffic from CT elementary school shooting. At least 26 dead, including 18 children.
Police, fire and EMS radio traffic from school shooting.
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Radio traffic: Man trapped in burning car near closed fire station. Brown-out controversy in Lexington, KY.
Fire chief recently said firehouse closings will be around through 2014.
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Must see dash-cam video: Lawsuit after WI police officer chases volunteer firefighter responding to firehouse. FF claims excessive force when gun is pointed at him during traffic stop.
Volunteer firefighter claiming excessive force in $50,000 lawsuit.
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Audio: 911 calls, radio & other communications from controversial Alameda drowning released. Listen to recordings & read timeline.
Open records request gives new insight into response to drowning.
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A must listen: WTOP Radio reports DC 911 call taker can’t find major intersection in the Nation’s Capital. Is this really a glitch in the system?
911 director for DC says the call taker did a good job. Did she?
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Pittsburgh paramedic fired after snowstorm ordered reinstated with back pay. Arbitrator says Josie Dimon is a ‘scapegoat’ following the death of Curtis Mitchell.
Paramedic wanted Curtis Mitchell to walk to ambulance.
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When seconds count: TV station looks at mutual aid agreements after closest company didn’t respond for woman trapped in burning home. Chiefs defend system that keeps resources at home.
Frantic call does not bring closest fire company.
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911 calls from Tucson shooting that wounded Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords & left six people dead.
Listen to series of 911 calls from shooting scene.
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TV station questions dispatchers’ handling of cardiac arrest call. Listen to 911 recording & read reports from Ocean City, Maryland.
Internal email indicates there is some validity to the claims by the victim's family.
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When you get that earthquake feeling, what do you do? Call 911, of course.
Listen to 911 calls recieved in Montgomery County, Maryland after the earth moved this morning.
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A lesson for us all: Why it is important to remain calm even under the most dire of circumstances. Please listen to this 911 call.
Elderly disabled woman helps save herself by remaining calm as her vehicle filled with water.
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How to win ‘Dispatcher of the Year’: Just remain calm & professional, even when it is your own home on fire. The story from Cocke County, Tennessee.
911 center worker stayed focused on his job, despite his own home burning.
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Delay in forcing front door during medical call reviewed in Florida. Bayshore Fire Department chief says better info from 911 could have brought earlier treatment to dying woman. 911 says no policies will change.
Fire chief says two important pieces of information from 911 could have brought earlier action by firefighters.
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