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Vonage True story? Who knows. To me, it sounds like a bunch of B.S.
However.....
The
True story? Who knows. To me, it sounds like a bunch of B.S.
However.....
The town this person lives in is Chanhassen Minnesota. They have a volunteer fire department.
One of several problems is that volunteer fire departments can't always be "on the scene" in 3-5 minutes like a full time paid department. The biggest part of the volunteer personnel work day time jobs; if you have a fire 8-5, your fire dept. is at their OTHER job. At best, if you have a 45 member dept (like they have) you will get maybe 10 - 12 firefighters which is still delayed.... These guys have to leave their house, go to the fire station, pickup the fire truck (maybe wait on 1-2 other people to arrive) and then head to the fire.
Within 10 minutes or so, you have 3-5 firefighters on scene. In 20-25 minutes you might have a total of 10-12. Even with 10-12 firefighters, you are still short handed on the fire ground.
1 guy pumping truck.... 2 making an attack.... 4 on ventilation ... 2 on search / rescue..... 2 as RIT.... 1 safety.... 1 command that right there is 13 guys; you are already short handed and not all jobs are filled.
Chances of your house burning increase greatly if you have a volunteer fire dept. That's why your insurance rates are possibly higher. It's ISO 3 vs. ISO 10
I can see how it became a 5 alarm fire so quickly. The question is, what percent of ALL of their fires are multiple alarm fires? And, what constitutes another alarm? Do they respond 1 truck and after that, each Mutual Aid dept assisting is each 1 alarm?
Anyway....
Read The Full Thread: Internet phone delays 911 response to fire
• Found this today..
Everyone needs to be concerned with how their 911 service
• If anything, this underscores the imporatnce of having a backup, i.e cell phone,
• I agree..
I think you can still dial 911 with a cellphone that doesnt have service(correct
• There is something wrong here!
You CANNOT go back into a house that is "fully
• Got the story off of a news channel 5 website....So they can make things out to be
• I agree Firewall - if the Police and Fire Dept. were already there telling him not
• The ONLY reason I'd EVER go back in my burning house was if my wifey or any of the animals
• Yeah he is an idiot. Who runs into a burning building to save a computer?
• So did he call Vonage or 911? How did Vonage put him on hold?
• The home’s owner, Loren Veltkamp, says when he called 911, he was put on hold by
grizzley posted "True story? Who knows. To me, it sounds like a bunch of B.S.
However.....
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