Jug -
It has been my experience that when a call is made to our local PD or Sheriff's dispatcher regarding traffic related incidents such as DUI driver, traffic accidents, etc. - they will generally call the CHP dispatcher anyway! As you know, when you dial 911 on a cell phone in California you automatically reach the CHP dispatcher. I have always been connected with a CHP dispatcher that seems to know what they are doing. Maybe in Colorado their State Trooper dispatchers are not as well trained as their CHP counterparts.
In the case with the incident at our last General Meeting, requesting a call transfer to the local Fire Department and/or Paramedic unit would have been the thing to do. I have no idea if that is the way it went down. The bottom line: we lost a FB guy that was certainly an asset to our club in general and good friend to all that knew him. I hope that his passing was in no way related to any delay by an emergency responding agency or their personnel.
73 de Denny AD6EZ<>< ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----
-----Original Message----- From: sbarc-list-admin@lists.netlojix.com [mailto:sbarc-list-admin@lists.netlojix.com] On Behalf Of Michael P. Jogoleff Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 5:06 PM To: sbarc-list@west.net Subject: [Sbarc-list] Here are remarks from Tom Cross, KN6VV, on hearing of the W6VLM incident.
Today, I emailed Tom Cross, KN6VV, about the 911 incident at the May SBARC General Meeting, and here is what he had to say.
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73 de 'Jug' - - - WA6MBZ
Michael P. Jogoleff, 1324 Panchita Place, Santa Barbara, CA 93103-2223
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Many many thanks !!!! !! .end (2002-04-15)