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Well, if my cover wasn't actually blown, it came pretty darn close to it.All my posts have been placed offline for now while I decide how to proceed. I know that while most of stuff is just rambly...
View ArticleSo, the next step (with corrected email)....
If you came back to see this note, a good six months since I went sort of under the radar, then it is hopefully safe to let you know that the blog is coming back with a slightly altered identity.Most...
View ArticleIf you're seeing this in your feed, please update your blogroll! :)
If you browse a lot of fire/EMS blogs, you'll possibly eventually find a link to my new blog when I comment on something, or you can email me at grumpydispatcher@gmail.com and I'll gladly share the new...
View ArticleAppreciation
I ran into Steve at the local Gas-and-Go today. We had a long chat. I hadn't seen him in over a year.Steve left our fire department a couple of years ago because he no longer had time to devote as a...
View ArticleWhat's Different in This Picture?
Engine 51, Engine 53, Medic 97, off to a traffic accident...It wasn't especially noteworthy. I arrived first by myself in E51 and established command. Two patients in a car that had wiped out and spun...
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Apathy
Two nameplates with the same typo at the same substation are better than one, said the engraver, and the installer.-----------------------------------------And hey, as long as we're posting pics, this...
View ArticleContemplating the End
Now that it's been three years, I am looking at what I am doing here and wondering if it is time to call it a day.Not the Job or the other Job. The blog.I was pretty unhappy with the absurdities of my...
View ArticleWhen Trouble Finds You
The question of whether the blog should end or not isn't meaningful if it is going to be kept online for access to some of the old stuff some of you guys find of value. I never intended to delete the...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Paul
An email came down from the power company's marbled halls that a new security firm was taking over the contract for the operations facility. It noted that nothing would change other than the uniforms...
View ArticleWould you let this man drive?
Just read the latest post at Notes from Mosquito Hill.Nostalgia againWhile I can't quite yet claim to having spent more than 50% of my lifetime as a firefighter, I am pretty darn close.Replying to the...
View ArticleAnother Cat Call
So a little girl of nine years old found her kitty up a tree. Being resourceful and with her Mom's permission, she looked up the non-emergency number of her local fire department (not my agency) and...
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Another Sendoff
The power dispatching world is a small one, a very tight community. I've bounced around a little, as have many of us, and I now know folks in dispatch and operations management all over the country...
View ArticleHappens to All of Us
Beeeeep.Engine 54, Engine 51, Engine 53, respond to a smell of smoke in a home.....Upon my solo arrival in Engine 51, 54's crew was already in the house with the TIC trying to find the source of the...
View ArticlePAR
Still here. Still in semi-blog-retirement but not ruling out future content that I often have promised but as yet failed to deliver.Just in case anyone was wondering.Hope your holidays and new year...
View ArticleRule Breaking
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,...
View ArticleRestoration
It has begun.34 posts reviewed and restored so far. Still over 200 left to sift through.Kind of amusing reading over my own stuff from when I was much more of a grump than I am these days.Stay safe,...
View ArticleEmails from the Crazies
At the power company, we responded to a routine outage, about 20 people were out due to the failure of underground cable.I've always been a little annoyed at the physics involved in faulted cable....
View ArticleEmails from the Awesome
Counterpoint to our previous post, this gem arrived recently from one of our end users.---I am unsure if this response is automated or not, either way I am going to leave you with a slew of compliments...
View ArticleMaybe I should start a sister blog about crazy emails
Got this one shared with us by the customer service friendlies today.They got this message first.From: [name] [mailto:[handle]@hotmail.com]Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 2:30 AMTo: [custsvc]Subject:...
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