I think that @somguy needs to be banned from the site or at least suspended for a time. I have him blocked but even other's responding to his negative posts is still deterring what should be a positive informative message board.
@SumGuy I imagine it was a horrifying and devastating experience for that woman and my heart goes out to her. However, in my opinion, some calls really don't require a comment. What good can be gained starting a thread of conversation about this call?
There seems to be a water rescue starting up at roughly Chelsea Green park (Adelaide and the river) but it's taking them a good half hour, 45 minutes to get started. If anyone was in the water when the call first went out, I can't see how they'd survive that.
As a first responder, the firefighter said he has become all too familiar with two usual responses of recovering someone who has overdosed on fentanyl. “More times than not, they are kind of mad at you for ruining the drug high that nearly killed them”. The other response, he said, is projectile vomiting.
“Usually when it’s a fentanyl overdose, most of these people have what we call the ‘agonal breathing.’ They look like they’re dead and they might be close to death, but they’re breathing maybe once every minute or so with unbelievably small pupils” Login or Register for the link
Lots of Blenheim roads, but this seems to be in Cambridge (county rd 63). 4 males, they want to make sure they're being arrested for attempt murder, not just robbery. If it was just robbery they for sure would be let go on bail.
In Bleinham area, following the car. This is way outside of London, but for some reason OPP arPDsaying that LPD is calling the shots. LPD is making the decisions to put spike belts out, etc. No idea why LPD is in control of this. They are thowing stuff out of the car, looks like cell phone they were tracking.
I started with the opp in 1980 at Port Credit (Mississauga). It was a Highway Detachment and we looked after the QEW, 427, 401, 409, 27, 403. It was there that I learned very quickly about the tow sharks, we called them bandits and that's exactly what they were/are..
@ SumGuy, wait till its drivers from RMS that show up and you will understand. fight other company's physically and drive like assholes to get to a scene to try and get a tow. and i can provide a video of such actions that resulted in charges being laid against the driver
If or when I *NEED* a tow, why would it matter if it was unsolicited or if I called them? If the price is right, they can tow my car. What's the problem with that?
The media isin't reporting very much on the firefighter injured yesterday. Searching for this I see that in March 2014, 2 fire vehicles became involved in a multi-vehicle chain-reaction crash involving eight transport trucks and a few cars during whiteout conditions on a very icy stretch of Hwy. 402. Five firemen were hurt in that crash (4 minor, 1 broken wrist). When will we learn that fire trucks should not be sent out on 400 highways in dangerous conditions unless there is confirmed entrapment or actual fire?
Fire is still being secretive with tow trucks, saying just now "MVC - see your printout for details". What fools. They should be so lucky that a tow would show up in these conditions. Cutting off their nose to spite their face.
My god. They're going to use a snow plow to clear a load of car batteries the came off a transport, kerwood rd and I think 402. I'll come and help and grab a few of those batteries - I could use a few of them.
OPP are wondering / complaining why so many cars still on 401 in areas that should be closed. Wondering if gate arms are down, etc. Very surprising that an amber alert can't be put out telling people to stay off 401 everywhere in SW ontario. Would be the best use of amber alert, as opposed to how they normally use it.
And of course we always have to have Fire available to respond to a Tim Horton's for an unconcious drug user, right? (code 4, regardless sleet or snow or risk of accident)
Thorndale fire (and Dorchester fire?) being dispatched 401 putman for 2 vehicle MVC, no entrapment. Completely asinine to dispatch that fire truck for that reason.
Yes, stay off the road unless you're hauling Toronto garbage to London landfill. It's a matter of life and death to keep that Toronto garbage heading our way, regardless the weather and road conditions. Regardless if empty garbage trucks are blown around and have no traction on their way back to Toronto.
STAY OFF THE ROADS TODAY AND LET EMERGENCY SERVICES DO THEIR JOB. So far a police cruiser, fire truck and ambulance are out of commission because hit by other vehicles while heading to help others.
It's clear that Fire response on 400 highways during these conditions need to be changed. Only dispatched for confirmed entrapment. I don't think during any of what has happened today actually required LFD response. Most of the transport trucks involved were hauling garbage from Toronto. They need policy change during this weather, It's a crime to be a truck on the highway for that reason in these conditions.
I have to wonder why they're sending more fire trucks to the wonderland 401/402 area just to be smashed up and involved in more accidents. They need to send a fleet of salt trucks to the area first!
Sounds like an OPP cruiser was involved in MVA, not sure if single vehicle or not. Chatham area? Looks like parts of 401 are going to be closed down for that and other accidents.
@fasfasfa111 It might have to do with the missing person call in the area from last night. LPS just released a statement that she was unfortunately found deceased.
I was looking for that yes. Didn't know what it was at the time, just saw the street blocked off. Deleted my comment after finding out in LF press. Very sad
This study will obviously be used politically to force insurance companies to take vaccine status into account and raise rates or deny insurance to the unvaccinated.
Bogus study making headlines regarding being involved in an MVA and vaccine status. Study period was 1 month in 2021 in Ontario. Included drivers, pedestrians and passengers. But did not include anyone who died (!). Study claimed being vaccinated reduced your risk of being INVOLVED in MVA (not if you were injured or died or even the driver, just involved).
London Police is encrypted and unscannable. London Fire is digital. London EMS is currently analog. Will be switching to digital in the near-ish future and possibly going encrypted.
Can anyone tell me if London fire, police and ems use analog or if they have switched to digital. Maybe the wrong place to ask but I'm looking for a reasonably priced scanner as a gift and this information is needed.
There's a car fire, I think on the 401? flames visible in or from the car, and a person is in the car... It's at the 195 mile marker, within the bounds of LFD range but Dorchester is now also responding, I wonder which one is closer?
A headline that I stumbled across today -> NYC To Start Involuntarily Hospitalizing Mentally Ill Homeless People. Sounds like a good idea - would free up half our police and emergency services.
Is the recreational use of "laughing gas" (nitrous oxide) happening here in London (or Canada generally) ? Apparently it's becoming huge in europe. In the UK, nitrous oxide is now the second-most-used drug among 16- to 24-year-olds.
@sumguy fire and PD does too, they hand write all info and even back when I did police foundations the #1 thing we were told was“whether your in the class or on the job if it’s not in your duty book it never happened”
Is there another spectacular freedom convoy on the 401 today? I hear OPP referencing a convoy at Flying J. OPP says that the convoy is now going "10-8" (ie - in service) westbound from the flying J. 60 vehicles? Highbury and wellington 401 cameras are down. Convoy has now fully exited flying j. I believe that the vaccine mandate is still in effect for truck drivers in Canada. The next camera west-bound (southwold) is frozen and not updating.
It just seems like a waste of time and money to have EMS crews set up to document their own work when dispatch is ALSO doing it - AND there will be an audio recording of all calls that can be referenced if there's uncertainty as to what actually happened.
@ SumGuy, likely for the same reason police do. Accountability. They won't remember everything they do, so they log it in books so if they need to reference a past call they can recall the information they need
Its absolutely nuts that the same information about EMS runs that dispatch is recording and tracking is also being recorded by EMS crews for god knows why. Dispatch knows all the info about each run so why do EMS crews also have to be troubled to record the same info?
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Some sort of situation happening Viscount and Notredame, staging on Belmont (no lights / sirens) a bunch of LFD attending to assist police, air-light not available. Sounds like someone on a balcony? A jumper? Edit: Person in custody.
The COL has a tender out right now for fully encripted two way radios for the fire department. Wonder if they are going to switch them over to P25 and well loose the ability to listen to them
@SumGuy it is because with dfib FD is called to assist EMS in case compressions and ventilation is required. It is not uncommon for 1 or 2 FF to go in the Ambo with medics in order to assist
I have heard LFD being called for TWO defib-VSA's tonight. Why would they keep a patient on-scene (and apparently VSA after being shocked) and call a fire truck instead of transporting the patient to the G-D hospital?
What happened at or near Grahm (sp?) road and a highway (401 or 402?) OPP dealing with some sort of shutdown for a while now. 401 traffic maps show a problem in West Lorne.
Is there a way to tell the time of each archived fire? I’m looking for around 8:30-845am yesterday (Oct 22) I can tell the date but hard time making out of each archive has the time in the title. Any help much appreciated. Thanks!
People say that fire arrives on scene faster than EMS but I regularly hear the call go to fire first, a good minute before EMS gets the call. So fire usually gets a head start.
I'm wondering why fire would be called to an unconcious (not VSA) in a nursing home. What can fire do in that situation? Give oxygen - and nursing home staff can'd to that? EMS is also naturally called and presumably would be there in minutes so again what can fire do there in that situation?
@ SumGuy, Generally the municipality decides on responses and tiered response agreements between services. Fire is guided by insurance policies and NFPA standards in the states (ie x# of personnel and apparatus to a fire within x# of minutes).
What body, group or organization determines what emergency service is deployed for any given 911 call (In Ontario)? I'm looking for who creates or the "SOP" (standard operating procedure) for deploying emergency services for 911 calls. Would this be a federal, provincial or municipal responsibility? Is there enabling legislation for this?
CODE 1 Clear and available
CODE 2 Out of service but available for second alarms
CODE 3 No lights or siren response, obeying all traffic signals to a call that poses no threat to life or property (e.g. open burn)
CODE 4 Lights and siren (Response to a call that possibly poses a threat to life or property)
CODE 5 Completely out of service (e.g. Training, apparatus not functioning, vehicle is short staffed)
Station #1 and Headquarters, 300 Horton Street East
Car-1 (Platoon Chief), Engine-1 (pumper/extrication), Hazmat unit, & Service 1(service vehicle) Plus fire prevention vehicles (FPO units) Station #2 1101 Florence Street
Car-2 (District Chief), Engine-2 (pumper), Marine-2/Zodiac-2 (Marine/Zodiac unit), Rescue-2 (Heavy rescue extrication). Station 2 also has their Apparatus division. Station #3, 550 Commissioners Road West
Engine-3 (pumper), Marine-3/Zodiac-3 (Marine/Zodiac unit) Station #4, 807 Colborne Street
Engine-4 (pumper) Station #5, 751 Deveron Crescent
Engine-5 (75' Quint/pumper), Tanker-5, Air-Light (technical rescue vehicle) Station #6, 590 Oxford Street West
Car-6 (District Chief), Engine-6 (pumper/extrication), Truck-6 (ladder truck) Station #7, 1295 Webster Street
Engine-7 (pumper/extrication), Truck 7 (ladder truck with platform) Station #8, 1565 Western Road
Engine-8 (pumper/extrication), Service 8 (Hazmat decontamination trailer) Station #9 and Training Tower, 746 Wellington Road South
Car-9 (District Chief), Engine-9 (pumper/extrication), Truck 9 (ladder truck). Training division South location. Station #10, 2125 Trafalgar Street
Engine-10 (pumper/extrication) Station #11, 3970 Savoy St.
Engine-11 (pumper/extrication), Tanker 11. Station #12, 275 Boler Road
Engine-12 (75' quint/pumper) Station #13, 790 Fanshawe Park Rd. E.
Engine-13 (75' quint/pumper) Station #14, 2225 Hyde Park Road
Engine-14 (pumper/extrication)
EMS Codes
CODE 1 Any non-important call
CODE 2 Scheduled call
CODE 3 Prompt call, not life threatening, lights and siren optional
CODE 4 Life Threatening, lights on, siren optional
CODE 5 Obviously dead (Rigidity, Decomposition, Vivisection)
CODE 6 Legally dead
CODE 7 Unstaffed at station
CODE 8 Standby at location
CODE 9 Unit in for servicing (Not Usable)
CODE 10 Lunch Break
CODE 19 non-essential call
10-3 All Vehicles stop Transmitting
10-4 Acknowledged
10-6 Busy-Stand by unless Urgent
10-7 Arrived (or OUT of Service)
10-8 Departed (or IN Service)
10-9 Repeat last Transmission
10-13 Unable to reply (Relative near by etc)
10-19 Return to Base
10-20 Whats your Location?
10-21 Phone by land line or Cellular
10-25 Non-Violent Psychiatric Patient
10-26 Call is cancelled
10-27 Hostage Taking or SWAT Standby
10-34 Whats the Hospital status
10-36 Emergency is CLOSED (Critical care Bypass)
10-37 Emergency is OPEN to Code 3's only (Redirect Considerations)
10-38 Emergency is CLEAR
10-50 Violent Psychiatric Patient
10-100 Bomb Threat
10-200 Have Police Attend (often abbreviated to 10-2's)
10-2000 Send Police IMMEDIATELY
OPP Codes
10- 1 Receive Poorly
10- 2 Receive Well
10- 3 Stop Transmitting
10- 4 Acknowledgement
10- 5 Relay
10- 6 Busy/Standby
10- 7 Out of Service/Off Duty
10- 8 In Service
10- 9 Repeat Message
10-10 Permission To Talk To Other Unit
10-11 Disturbance/Assault/Fight
10-12 Drunk Person
10-13 Weather/Roads
10-14 Noise Complaint
10-15 Suspicious Person/Vehicle
10-16 Pick Up Prisoner
10-17 Fire/Fire Department
10-18 Expedite Assignment
10-19 Return To Station
10-20 Location
10-21 Call By Phone
10-22 See Complainant
10-23 Indecent Act/Exposure
10-24 Person Using Firearm
10-25 Gas/Asphyxiation Complaint
10-26 Detaining Subject - Expedite
10-27 Driver's License Check
10-28 Vehicle Registration Check
10-29 Check Records For Wanted
10-30 Improper Use Of Radio
10-31 Sickness/Injured Person
10-32 Vehicle To Be Towed
10-33 911 Activation - Emergency
10-34 Alarm - Other
10-35 Major Crime Alert
10-36 Correct Time
10-37 Theft
10-38 Investigation Alert
10-39 Purse Snatching
10-40 Stolen/Recovered Vehicle
10-41 Break & Enter
10-42 Armed Robbery
10-43 Sexual Assault
10-44 Homicide/Murder
10-45 Sudden Death
10-46 Suicide/Attempt
10-47 Fraud
10-48 Convoy Or Escort
10-49 Threats/Obscene Calls
10-50 M.V.A./M.V.C.
PD = Property Damage
PI = Personal Injury
H&R = Hit & Run
10-51 Tow Truck
10-52 Ambulance
10-53 Supervisor/Sargent
10-54 Identification Unit
10-55 Domestic Disturbance
10-56 Missing Person
10-57 Barking/Vicious Dog
10-58 Lost/Found/Seized Property
10-59 Mental Health Act AKA - MHA
10-60 Subject Negative
10-61 Subject Has Record - Not Wanted
10-62 Subject Possibly Wanted
10-63 Positive Hit
10-64 Use Extreme Caution
10-65 Assist Re: 10-64
10-66 Subject Under Observation
10-67 Subject Parolee
10-68 Subject In Charged Category
10-69 Clear To Copy Message
10-70 Subject In Probationary Category
10-71 Subject In Refused Category
10-72 Subject In Prohibited Category
10-73 Subject In Elope Category
10-74 Subject Is Missing
10-75 Subject In Pointer Person Category
10-76 Narcotic Control Act
10-77 Emergency Landing
10-78 Assist Officer - Emergency
10-79 Hostage - Extortion
10-80 Special Situation
10-81 Parental Abduction
10-82 Stalking
10-83 Infectious Disease
10-84 Demonstration/Strike
10-85 General Broadcast
10-86 Compassion To Locate
10-87 Drugs
10-88 K9 Unit Required
10-89 Tactical Unit Required
10-90 Bank Alarm
10-91 Armored Car
10-92 Person In Custody
10-93 Road Block
10-94 Operation Red Leaf
10-95 Driving/Traffic Complaint
10-96 Warrant Execution
10-97 Drivers Licence Suspended
10-98 Marine Accident
10-99 Officer Update Your Status
10-100 Bomb Threat
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Agreed!
