April B/S Chat Thread
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The station that just bought the rescue is one of the only ones in the county set up for heavy rescues. The County owns a cardox unit because of the steel mill. The county got it when they absorbed the former Bethlehem Steel fire department back in the 90s. The county is the only jurisdiction that has it in the baltimore metro area.
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We have to deal with multiple rail lines including the northeast corridor, as well as I 83, I 95, I 70, and Route 40 all of which are heavily traveled by tractor trailers. So we have a pretty big need. We alo have had the amtrak accident from the 80s in Chase MD. That was a big mess. Couldnt keep blades fresh. Another reason we like having the CARDOX unit is because we have one of the backup airports for BWI located in the County.
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I also forgot the USAR unit.
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Our county is just really getting into the HAZMAT/Decon stuff. After 9/11, the state issued to every county (59 of them) a HAZMAT trailer and a Decon trailer. Both of which were fully equipped. They also supplied the truck to tow the trailers around when needed. Our sherriff's dept. just got a new command trailer that we can use for multi jurisdiction incidents. It is setup with a wireless computer network, dispatch post, meeting room with dry erase walls and ceiling so that you can write right on the walls, not need for a black board... lol.
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The county has been setup for hazmat stuff for a long time because of the port of Baltimore, and the 95 corridor. But the decon unit is a new addition. The county also has two hazmat support units that will respond if they dont need to bring the big boys out. The county has a pretty nice mobile command post. If they have to bring that out it is bad. Shoot anything past the first alarm will bring the white wave out. yeah most of those units were just recently added within the last year or two.
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A tanker support unit is essentially a mini pumper that has a very high pumping capacity ( in the ball park of 1000 gpm or greater) that is set up next to the local water supply ( ie lake, river, etc.)and is used for drafting and filling up the tankers. The air unit is probably self explanatory. The air units respond to all working fires to refill scba on scene.