Dallas Fire Rescue Visit to Communications

One of the events of the IFBA Regional Meeting on 5-14 to 15, 2009 was a visit to the Dallas Fire Rescue Communications facility. This video shows the operations and also toward the end an apartment building fire comes in and they dispatched a box alarm, it went to 2 alarms and then a 3rd alarm after we were on the way to the fire.

[@jonescan88]

great video thanks for the post doc

[@bigdaddylongshanks]

The dispatch center looks disorganized and sloppy.
PS
the old lady was clearly lost and her voice was enough to drive her coworkers crazy.

[@KyleCowden]

@farmtruck551 Dallas Fire has specific companies that receive the pages based on the group selected. Individuals can't sign up, sorry. But scanners are good.

[@DeltaFoxtrotWhiskey3]

Im the one that sent the page:
Dallas| 1 Alarm Fire| 453.875| 3404 Navajo Dr|E-33 O/S heavy fire from 2 sty apts| DFW333
Dallas| 2 Alarm Fire| 453.875| 3404 Navajo Dr|Batt-6 O/S vacant 2 sty apartments, heavy fire showing, transmitting 2nd alarm| DFW333
Dallas| 3 Alarm Fire| 453.875| 3404 Navajo Dr|U/D:: 3rd Alarm For Fire In 2 Sty Apts, Initial Size Up Heavy Fire On 2nd Floor, Still Smoke Showing| DFW333
This was on May 16th. There was another 3 Alm fire on the 3rd that month.

[@farmtruck551]

do you know the entire address for the message on that phone. also do you know how i can sign up to recieve those messages from Dallas Fire?

[@medmark]

what was up with the text message?

[@DeltaFoxtrotWhiskey3]

For those wondering how to get the text messages shown @ 3:07 they are from a company called IPN. You may contact me with private message and I can give you directions on how to subscribe. These alerts ARE NOT free.

[@aal49]

Yez kin buff de skratchers, o yiz kin buff de firemenz, buts ye kin na buff 'em boff at de same tyme.