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QV DISPATCH ROOM PHOTO GALLERY
(JUST CLICK ON A PHOTO TO ENLARGE)
GALLERY 1 SHOWS
PICTURES OF OUR ROOM AND EQUIPMENT AROUND 1983 AND AGAIN IN 1999
GALLERY 2 SHOWS THE MOVE IN PROGRESS, REMOVING THE OLD CONSOLE
GALLERY 3 SHOWS THE NEW ROOM AND EQUIPMENT ON THE SECOND FLOOR AT TROOP D
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OLD MAIN OPERATING POSITION |
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One side of our console showing tone buttons (top), bank of speakers (middle) and tower freq. modules (bottom) |
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OLD COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH COMPUTER AND MED-BASE |
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Our original CAD, written by former dispatcher Dave Kowolenko in DOS. |
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OLD POSITION 1 PHONE |
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Old rotary phone and original E-911 screen equipment |
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FULL VIEW OF OLD CONSOLE |
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A full room shot of our entire 2 position old console |
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TAPE RECORDER AND SIREN CONTROLS |
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Shown here are our old tape recorder which recorded only phone calls and our old Whelen siren control box. |
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VIEW OF BACK WALL (1999) |
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View through the doorway of the back wall of our old room. The window leads to the old State Police dispatch room |
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VIEW OF POSITION 1 CONSOLE UPDATED (1999) |
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Shown is our position 1 with updated 911 equipment and Zetron Board |
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VIEW OF ROOM FROM DOORWAY |
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This shows our room just before the move upstairs took place |
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ANOTHER VIEW OF OUR ROOM FROM THE DOOR |
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THE FINAL DAYS |
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The day before the move. The back wall was already torn down, replaced with a sheet of plastic. |
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ONE POSITION STILL ON THE AIR |
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Just before the cut over, this position and the new one upstairs were both on the air |
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REMOVING OLD CONSOLE |
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The wrecking crew remove the last peices of the old console |
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RADIO MAN AL KOEPKE (RS-3) AT WORK |
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Stripping out the last of the wire, the entire console was gone in about 2 hours |
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THE CREW |
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Dispatchers Andy Duval, Jamie Seney and Phil Lee assist RS-3 cutting wires. |
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NEW CONSOLE |
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A shot of our new console in our new room upstairs |
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RADIO CONTROL SCREEN |
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Our new console is an Orbacom CRT touch screen. Shown here are various frequency controls |
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MANUAL ENTRY SCREEN |
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One layer of the screen allows us to enter codes for any FD tone in the area. Backup tones for TN, KX and WW |
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TONE SCREEN |
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There are 6 screens with columns of tones for our fire and ambulance companies. |
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THE NEW E-911 SYSTEM SCREEN |
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This shows an active 911 call coming in. The number is highlighed red and the caller info (name, number, address) shows up on the left. |
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CAD SYATEM |
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Our CAD screen wher we enter times of responding units and fax incident sheets to companies |
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CAD STREET LOOKUP |
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If the area is unknown, we can enter a street address in the CAD and get cross streets as well as responding agencies |
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ONE POSITION |
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A full view of one new position. 3 computers, 911, dispatch and CAD. |
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EQUIPMENT RACK |
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A rack in our new room houses our Dictaphone recorder (phone and radio) as well as the Danielson FD box alarm system. |
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