The barn fire today in Winchester at 320 Bolton Rd as seen from Tkaczyk Farm Rd. in Guilford,Vt. This was taken right after the tones went out. Photo by Mike Tkaczyk (90C2)

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KEENE FIRE DEPARTMENT PROMOTIONS

Promoted tonight are Lt. Robert Diluzio to the rank of Captain and FF Michael Gianferrari to the rank of Lieutenant. From left to right, Deputy Howard, Lt. Gianferrari, Capt. Diluzio and Chief Lamoureux. Photo by FF LaPlante. KFD Promotions 062612

ALL FIRE DEPARTMENTS INVITED TO FITCHBURG,MA.

It is my great pleasure to invite all the Southwest NH Fire Departments to participate in the City of Fitchburg Ma. annual 4th of July Parade. We will be holding our parade on Wednesday July 4th @ 1000 hrs. Line-up is at our Summer St. Station 42 Summer St. Fitchburg Mass. at 0845 hrs. We will have coffee and donuts and a few awards will be handed out. We are looking for Modern Apparatus, Hand-tubs, Antiques and privately owned apparatus as well. We are trying to have a great turnout and hope to see a few towns from Southwest NH attend. If there are any questions please email me at pjr35c6@yahoo.com. Thanks for your time. On a side note we lead the parade! So in-service companies will not be tied up long. Hope to see you on the 4th.

Patrick Roy Fitchburg Fire Department

SELL YOUR OLD FIRE HOSE YOU NO LONGER USE

I am again in need of several thousand feet of used 2-1/2" and 3"fire hose. If you would please notify the departments in the mutual aid system that there is a market for their old hose, it would be much appreciated. This hose is for construction site use only and not firefighting, and should be capable of withstanding 100 PSI.I may be contacted via e-mail at tmfret@sbcglobal.net , or phone at 860-646-4242.Thank you. Peter Beckwith

FIREFIGHTER FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT

The Wilmington,Vt. Fire Dept regrets to announce the passing of Retired Firefighter Mike Raymo. Mike was a long time member and was instrumental in formation of the Fire Department Marching Unit. The funeral will be Saturday June 9th at 1300 at the Covey and Allen Funeral Home, East Main St in Wilmington. Personnel are asked to meet at the Wilmington Fire Station at 1200 in full dress uniform if you have one. There are no calling hours.

A LOOK INSIDE THE DISPATCH CENTER

Have you ever wondered what the dispatch center looks like? Here are a few pictures and descriptions. Photos by Lt. Tom Redin, Fire Mutual Aid. The full dispatch position with 5 screens, 2 keyboards, 3 mice and multi line telephone.

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The 2 large monitors. The left one is a status board that all dispatchers have access to for updating at any time. The right one is for a security camera outside.

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The patch board representing all the fire departments dispatched by us.

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A close up of the radio console screen. Each square module represents a different antenna site and or frequency for the radios that we talk on.

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The incident entry screen on the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system. This is the screen where all incidents that are dispatched are entered.

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The 2 Digitize alarm receivers. The left one is for the Gamewell system that receives all box alarms for the City of Keene. The right one is owned by Mutual Aid for private alarms from residential and commercial properties. Have your alarm monitored here. Call us for details.

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