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Shock … followed by purposeful action

By in Firegeezer at September 11, 2011 at 9:01 am
Mike's recollection of shock followed by purposeful action. Read More »
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London Ambulance Service goes back to manual call taking

By in Firegeezer at June 8, 2011 at 5:52 pm
New call-taking computer crashes, thank goodness for paper and pencils. Read More »
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A New Record For Prank 9-1-1 Calls

By in Firegeezer at May 4, 2011 at 1:54 pm
A FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, MAN is in jail after being arrested Tuesday night and charged with 2,760 counts relating to six charges involving 9-1-1 abuse. Read More »

Morning Lineup – April 27

By in Firegeezer at April 27, 2011 at 8:18 am
Officially called a Remote Mobility Zone, they describe it as a "cell tower in a suitcase" and one of the many uses for it would be a means of internet and phone hookup in remote and/or disaster areas that don't have wireless service. Read More »
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GPS Upgrading is Underway

By in Firegeezer at April 26, 2011 at 2:19 pm
TWO YEARS AGO IT WAS recognized that the second generation of satellites of the Global Positioning System (GPS) would begin deteriorating due to age and would need to be replaced soon. Read More »
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Press “1″ for English

By in Firegeezer at April 12, 2011 at 9:31 am
What's different is that instead of the dispatcher following up with a vocal over the radio, an automated voice takes over and announces the dispatch. Read More »

Morning Lineup – April 12

By in Firegeezer at April 12, 2011 at 7:55 am
Take Time to Thank Your Dispatcher Read More »
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Having Trouble Re-locating the Fire Siren?

By in Firegeezer at February 5, 2011 at 2:25 pm
Obscure Cellphone Company Shows How to Do It. Read More »

Foursquare checking from Outer Space

By in Firegeezer at October 22, 2010 at 10:03 pm
NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock checked in to the international space station, unlocking the “NASA Explorer Badge.” Read More »
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Watch Your Inbox

By in Firegeezer at September 10, 2010 at 8:06 am
A TROJAN-HORSE COMPUTER VIRUS swept through offices, including many major corporations and government agencies, Thursday afternoon. Read More »
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Radio Reference purchases Fire Feed

By in Firegeezer at September 1, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Radio Reference buys Fire Feeds Read More »
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A Netcast Interview That You Won’t Be Hearing

By in Firegeezer at August 13, 2010 at 8:57 am
He literally jumped at the chance and leapt up onto the broadcast table and began jabbering, like he does sometimes, completely ignoring the questions that Rhett and John had for him. Read More »
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Man Dies Waiting For Help at Empty Firehouse

By in Firegeezer at May 2, 2010 at 1:11 pm
WHEN 49-YR.-OLD Vincent T. Chodkowski of Carmel, Maine, began having a heart attack, he pulled onto the front ramp of Bangor FD's station 6 hoping to find help. Read More »

Looking Back

By in Firegeezer at March 30, 2010 at 3:07 pm
Transmission and dispatcher acknowledgement take less than two seconds. Read More »
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“Change Facebook Back To Normal !!”

By in Firegeezer at October 24, 2009 at 11:54 am
Throughout the day and evening on Friday, Facebook friends were logging on and finding a mell of a hess on their Facebook page. Read More »

Ambulance Collision Leaves Other Driver Dead

By in Firegeezer at January 11, 2009 at 8:37 am
AN 18-YR.-OLD DRIVER IN FLOYD COUNTY, Virginia, died early Saturday morning after driving his pickup truck into the path of an ambulance. The Floyd County Rescue Squad ambulance was returning from Radford after leaving a patient at a hospital there and … Read More »
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Faux Castle Burns In Tennessee

By in Firegeezer at January 11, 2009 at 8:12 am
A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MANSION known as the Crantzdorf Estate near Johnson City, Tennessee, had a devastating fire Saturday night that caused extensive damage to the building. Johnson City Press The fire broke out during a storm and was concentrated in… Read More »

Fulton County Bailouts Begin

By in Firegeezer at August 18, 2008 at 9:49 am
THE INGRAINED PROBLEMS OF THE FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, emergency dispatch center have led to the first defection from their coverage area. The city of Milton in the north side of Fulton County announced Saturday that beginning October 1 they will have t… Read More »
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Lock The Door – cont'd.

By in Firegeezer at August 18, 2008 at 9:04 am
CANADIAN RADIO STATION CJAD is reporting that a drunk stole a fire engine in Prevost, Quebec last evening: Local police spotted the fire truck around 8:30 last night, weaving along the street for no apparent reason.  Both the truck's lights and sirens … Read More »
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Travis AFB Update

By in Firegeezer at August 18, 2008 at 8:44 am
THE FINAL COUNT OF BUILDINGS LOST in that strange case of the grass fire getting into the vacant subdivision has been issued by Air Force officials. [photopress:travis_d_kxtv_ch10.jpg,full,centered] KXTV Ch. 10 Firegeezer reported HERE on the wind-whip… Read More »
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Antarctic Shed Fire

By in Firegeezer at May 15, 2008 at 8:48 am
FIREGEEZER'S FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO REPORT on a fire from Antarctica occurred on Monday when a mobile storage shed was consumed by a blaze. [photopress:antarctic_a_fairfaxnz.jpg,full,centered] NZ Stuff.co photo The small, blue equipment shed was nickname… Read More »
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