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Ossining Boxes?

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Just curious what box numbers mean what, I'm aware a box 6-6 is a general alarm but other then that I'm not sure.

 

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Box 6-6 Full Department Response

Box 1-1-2 South End of Village E97 E100 L41 R14

Box 1-1-3 North End of Village E96 E99 TL42 R14

Box 1-1-4 East End of  Village E98 E101 TL42 R14

Box 1-1-1-1 Center of  Village E97 E98 E99 L41 R14

Box 2-1-3 North End of Town of Ossining E96 E97 E99 TL42

Box 2-1-4 East End of Town of Ossining E97 E98 E101 TL42

Box 5 L41 or TL 42

Box 7-1 R14 & E96

Box 7-2 R14 & E97

Box 7-3 R14 & E98

Box 7-4 R14 & E99

Box 7-5 R14 & E100

Box 7-6 R14 & E101

Box 7-7 R14

Box 8-1 E96

Box 8-2 E97

Box 8-3 E98

Box 8-4 E99

Box 8-5 E100

Box 8-6 E101

 

 

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Awesome to see this. A member asked a simple question out of pure curiosity and another member answered, in detail, with no BS.

I like seeing posts like this. 

Also like that FDs still use box systems, but that's another story.

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I see the Box 1-X and 2-X are location based.  Do the other boxes (in the 5, 7  and 8 range) also have specific locations?  To me it looks like the 7 range is for MVA's and rescue type calls (hence R14 being in them); but the 8 range is specific engines, would make me think that each engine is either responding to a specific area or carries some sort of special equipment.

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MTD7, let me try to answer the previous question even though I have no knowledge of Ossinning.  From looking at the 1 & 2 series boxes, you can figure out the area of town where the engines are located. Example: E97 & E100 are in the south end; E96 & E99 are in the north end. So if you had an MVA in the southern part of the village, you'd probably here Box 7-2 OR Box 7-5 transmitted for the closest engine & the rescue. The 8 boxes are also geographic based on the information provided. So if you needed 1 engine for a trash can fire in the park in the north end of the village you would probably hear Box 8-1 OR Box 8-4 for either E96 or E99 to respond. How's that for an educated guess?

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10 hours ago, LayTheLine said:

MTD7, let me try to answer the previous question even though I have no knowledge of Ossinning.  From looking at the 1 & 2 series boxes, you can figure out the area of town where the engines are located. Example: E97 & E100 are in the south end; E96 & E99 are in the north end. So if you had an MVA in the southern part of the village, you'd probably here Box 7-2 OR Box 7-5 transmitted for the closest engine & the rescue. The 8 boxes are also geographic based on the information provided. So if you needed 1 engine for a trash can fire in the park in the north end of the village you would probably hear Box 8-1 OR Box 8-4 for either E96 or E99 to respond. How's that for an educated guess?

LayTheLine pretty much hit the nail on the head 

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17 hours ago, LayTheLine said:

MTD7, let me try to answer the previous question even though I have no knowledge of Ossinning.  From looking at the 1 & 2 series boxes, you can figure out the area of town where the engines are located. Example: E97 & E100 are in the south end; E96 & E99 are in the north end. So if you had an MVA in the southern part of the village, you'd probably here Box 7-2 OR Box 7-5 transmitted for the closest engine & the rescue. The 8 boxes are also geographic based on the information provided. So if you needed 1 engine for a trash can fire in the park in the north end of the village you would probably hear Box 8-1 OR Box 8-4 for either E96 or E99 to respond. How's that for an educated guess?

 

7 hours ago, MTD7 said:

LayTheLine pretty much hit the nail on the head 

 

Thank you, guys!  That's here my thoughts were leaning.  Thanks for confirming that!

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On 10/9/2016 at 2:27 AM, MTD7 said:

Box 6-6 Full Department Response

Box 1-1-2 South End of Village E97 E100 L41 R14

Box 1-1-3 North End of Village E96 E99 TL42 R14

Box 1-1-4 East End of  Village E98 E101 TL42 R14

Box 1-1-1-1 Center of  Village E97 E98 E99 L41 R14

Box 2-1-3 North End of Town of Ossining E96 E97 E99 TL42

Box 2-1-4 East End of Town of Ossining E97 E98 E101 TL42

Box 5 L41 or TL 42

Box 7-1 R14 & E96

Box 7-2 R14 & E97

Box 7-3 R14 & E98

Box 7-4 R14 & E99

Box 7-5 R14 & E100

Box 7-6 R14 & E101

Box 7-7 R14

Box 8-1 E96

Box 8-2 E97

Box 8-3 E98

Box 8-4 E99

Box 8-5 E100

Box 8-6 E101

 

 

Thanks.. much appreciated!

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