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Manager
John DonFrancisco
qvec@sbcglobal.net
860-774-7557

Supervisor
Charles Kelleher
ckelleher@qvec.org
860-774-7557

Fax
860-779-0712

Website
Deanna DonFrancisco
brycie8@yahoo.com

All other inquiries
860-774-7555
860-564-5610

 


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Town of Killingly
   K-B Ambulance
   Dayville Fire
   Attawaugan Fire
   South Killingly Fire
   East Killingly Fire
   Danielson Fire
   Williamsville Fire
Town of Scotland
   Scotland Fire & Amb
Town of Woodstock
   Woodstock Fire & Amb
   Bungay Fire
   Muddy Brook Fire
Town of Plainfield
   Plainfield Fire
   Moosup Fire
   Moosup-Plainfield Amb
   Central Village Fire
   Atwood Hose Fire
Town of Canterbury
   Canterbury Fire & Amb
Town of Brooklyn
   Mortlake Fire & Amb
   East Brooklyn Fire
Town of Thompson
   Thompson Hill Fire
   Community Fire & Amb
   Quinebaug Fire
   East Thompson Fire
   West Thompson Fire
Town of Sprague
   Baltic Fire & Amb
Town of Lisbon
   Lisbon Fire & Amb
Town of Pomfret
   Pomfret Fire & Amb
Town of Griswold
   Griswold Fire
   Griswold Ambulance
   Jewett City Fire
Town of Hampton
   Hampton Fire
   Hampton-Chaplin Amb
Town of Chaplin
   Chaplin Fire
Town of Putnam
   East Putnam Fire
Town of Eastford
   Eastford Fire
Town of Voluntown
   Voluntown Fire & Amb
Town of Sterling
   Sterling Fire
   Oneco Fire
Paramedic Service
   American Ambulance
 

 

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

OLD MAIN OPERATING POSITION

One side of our console showing tone buttons (top), bank of speakers (middle) and tower freq. modules (bottom)

OLD COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH COMPUTER AND MED-BASE

Our original CAD, written by former dispatcher Dave Kowolenko in DOS.

OLD POSITION 1 PHONE

Old rotary phone and original E-911 screen equipment

FULL VIEW OF OLD CONSOLE

A full room shot of our entire 2 position old console

TAPE RECORDER AND SIREN CONTROLS

Shown here are our old tape recorder which recorded only phone calls and our old Whelen siren control box.

VIEW OF BACK WALL (1999)

View through the doorway of the back wall of our old room. The window leads to the old State Police dispatch room

VIEW OF POSITION 1 CONSOLE UPDATED (1999)

Shown is our position 1 with updated 911 equipment and Zetron Board

VIEW OF ROOM FROM DOORWAY

This shows our room just before the move upstairs took place

ANOTHER VIEW OF OUR ROOM FROM THE DOOR

THE FINAL DAYS

The day before the move. The back wall was already torn down, replaced with a sheet of plastic.

ONE POSITION STILL ON THE AIR

Just before the cut over, this position and the new one upstairs were both on the air

REMOVING OLD CONSOLE

The wrecking crew remove the last peices of the old console

RADIO MAN AL KOEPKE (RS-3) AT WORK

Stripping out the last of the wire, the entire console was gone in about 2 hours

THE CREW

Dispatchers Andy Duval, Jamie Seney and Phil Lee assist RS-3 cutting wires.

NEW CONSOLE

A shot of our new console in our new room upstairs

RADIO CONTROL SCREEN

Our new console is an Orbacom CRT touch screen. Shown here are various frequency controls

MANUAL ENTRY SCREEN

One layer of the screen allows us to enter codes for any FD tone in the area. Backup tones for TN, KX and WW

TONE SCREEN

There are 6 screens with columns of tones for our fire and ambulance companies.

THE NEW E-911 SYSTEM SCREEN

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.

CAD SYATEM

Our CAD screen wher we enter times of responding units and fax incident sheets to companies

CAD STREET LOOKUP

If the area is unknown, we can enter a street address in the CAD and get cross streets as well as responding agencies

ONE POSITION

A full view of one new position. 3 computers, 911, dispatch and CAD.

EQUIPMENT RACK

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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