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Three Mouse Clicks from Disaster: June 2015
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Firefighter ■ Power Dispatcher ■ Husband ■ Daddy ■ Grandpa ■ Crazy Man. Sunday, June 7, 2015. Lesson Learned, Lesson Passed On. I was riding with Gary in 579 when we got a call for arcing wires near downtown. It got slightly more interesting when the dispatcher told us the feeder breaker had operated once and then closed again, so something more than a little spit and pop. The dispatcher put the breaker in non-auto so if it tripped again it would not keep reclosing into a problem. And just as we were get...
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Three Mouse Clicks from Disaster: July 2013
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Firefighter ■ Power Dispatcher ■ Husband ■ Daddy ■ Grandpa ■ Crazy Man. Thursday, July 25, 2013. It was 03-something in the morning when the Minitor chirped. Engine, Engine, Engine, Tanker, Tanker, etc. Chimney fire being upgraded straight to a full structure response. This could be interesting, but where is it? Awww snap. Seven blocks away from ol' Grumpy's house, with Station 51 smack in between. Not too many first due-fires for this run-down volunteer, let's hope we don't screw this up. We saved the p...
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Three Mouse Clicks from Disaster: Loving It, Not Loving It
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Firefighter ■ Power Dispatcher ■ Husband ■ Daddy ■ Grandpa ■ Crazy Man. Wednesday, September 21, 2011. Loving It, Not Loving It. Being part of a smaller utility is going to suit me very well for the most part. I've been riding with service crews every other or third day or so since starting here. It is so refreshing to put on the old FR clothes and work boots, and get some sun. Got a new hardhat, decorated it with a little bling, and it's been all business since. Damn This absolutely sucks. Iron Firemen ...
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Three Mouse Clicks from Disaster: No guarantees!
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Firefighter ■ Power Dispatcher ■ Husband ■ Daddy ■ Grandpa ■ Crazy Man. Friday, May 15, 2015. We got a single call for power trouble from a place with three-phase service, some of their stuff wasn't working but they weren't totally out. According to the mapping data, they were served from three individual overhead transformers. Certainly this meant that one of those transformers had failed, especially since we were not getting any other calls. We sent Bear over in 574 to check it out. At this point, if I...
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Three Mouse Clicks from Disaster: Lesson Learned, Lesson Passed On
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Firefighter ■ Power Dispatcher ■ Husband ■ Daddy ■ Grandpa ■ Crazy Man. Sunday, June 7, 2015. Lesson Learned, Lesson Passed On. I was riding with Gary in 579 when we got a call for arcing wires near downtown. It got slightly more interesting when the dispatcher told us the feeder breaker had operated once and then closed again, so something more than a little spit and pop. The dispatcher put the breaker in non-auto so if it tripped again it would not keep reclosing into a problem. And just as we were get...
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Three Mouse Clicks from Disaster: The Grumpy Dispatcher's Favorites
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Firefighter ■ Power Dispatcher ■ Husband ■ Daddy ■ Grandpa ■ Crazy Man. The Grumpy Dispatcher's Favorites. Some posts that I consider worthwhile, and/or seem to get read a lot by visitors. The Grumpy Dispatcher discovers why rescue workers are misunderstood by family. The Ladder 49 Effect. The Grumpy Dispatcher tells of epic pranks:. The Grumpy Dispatcher being grumpy and displaying his attitude:. Go Away, You're Bothering Me. The Grumpy Dispatcher explains why things are what they are:. Her Cry for Help.
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Three Mouse Clicks from Disaster: May 2015
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Firefighter ■ Power Dispatcher ■ Husband ■ Daddy ■ Grandpa ■ Crazy Man. Sunday, May 17, 2015. You wouldn't block a hydrant, but . . . The internet is filled with fun pictures of what happens to cars (especially police cars! That block hydrants, but we in the fire service are all very familiar with bane of overgrown and hidden hydrants as well. Pay no mind to those tripping hazards. A bad hydrant won't generally injure or kill you, transformers are a different story. For this reason, there is a near-u...
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Three Mouse Clicks from Disaster: Would you like it gift wrapped, too?
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Firefighter ■ Power Dispatcher ■ Husband ■ Daddy ■ Grandpa ■ Crazy Man. Saturday, May 16, 2015. Would you like it gift wrapped, too? Power company tale here. Several months ago we got a request from our GIS department. Seems that at the time of transition from AutoCAD feeder drawings to GIS drawings over ten years ago, a lot of data was not transferred properly. We're talking somewhere along the lines of 2,000 units. For realio. Pete researched old database records and asked around, lo and behold he loca...
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