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    Sirens: Any Idea What's Going On Right Now?    
    Monday, January 12 2009 @ 07:36 PM GMT+4
    Contributed by: johnll

    Questions & AnswersIt's about 3:35 PM on Monday the 12th. I live off Western Ave. For the past half hour I think I've heard at least a dozen sirens of emergency vehicles. They seem to be headed to Exit 3, but I can't quite tell. Anyone have a scanner who knows what's up?

     

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    Sirens: Any Idea What's Going On Right Now?
    Authored by: cgrotke on Monday, January 12 2009 @ 07:42 PM GMT+4
    I don't know, but thanks for the reminder to program the newly donated
    scanner. (It's now on my to-do list for this week.) It would be perfect
    for this sort of question.

    I have the instructions and the frequencies, so it shouldn't be that hard,
    right? : )
    Sirens: Any Idea What's Going On Right Now?
    Authored by: virgogal55 on Monday, January 12 2009 @ 08:05 PM GMT+4
    Yeah... I was wondering the same thing. I'm at work at the Marlboro Tech
    Center and it sounds like trucks from Vernon and Hinsdale have gone by,
    along with the Brattleboro trucks. Also, Rescue. Anyone out there know if
    there's another big fire?


    Sirens: Any Idea What's Going On Right Now?
    Authored by: annikee on Monday, January 12 2009 @ 08:06 PM GMT+4
    Fire in the Brooks House 4 th floor!

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    Nyah nyah, nyah nyah!
    Sirens: Any Idea What's Going On Right Now?
    Authored by: annikee on Monday, January 12 2009 @ 08:08 PM GMT+4
    Sorry- 3rd floor!

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    Nyah nyah, nyah nyah!
    Sirens: Any Idea What's Going On Right Now?
    Authored by: Timmy on Monday, January 12 2009 @ 08:06 PM GMT+4
    Ah! Now something's going on here!

    Free TV : Ustream

    Sirens: Any Idea What's Going On Right Now?
    Authored by: Maus Anon E on Monday, January 12 2009 @ 08:11 PM GMT+4
    Thanks for the view!

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    Freemarket economy: A socialist system in which workers' earnings are redistributed to affluent citizens.
    Sirens: Any Idea What's Going On Right Now?
    Authored by: annikee on Monday, January 12 2009 @ 08:13 PM GMT+4
    And a firefighter just very nicely told me that what I just did is how people end up dead.

    If the entire building's alarms go off, leave the building.

    It doesn't matter where you've lived, what fires you've been thru before, it only takes this one to kill you. Next time, I'll leave.

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    Nyah nyah, nyah nyah!
    Sirens: Any Idea What's Going On Right Now?
    Authored by: johnll on Monday, January 12 2009 @ 08:37 PM GMT+4
    At the Wilder Building, we had a lot of false alarms. One day, one of the firefighters told me always to leave the building. And one day, I followed his advice, and it did save my life.

    My guess is that Brooks House has a sprinkler system. Which probably saved the building. This is just a guess. In my opinion, every apartment building in this town should be required to have a sprinkler system.

    After the Wilder Fire, one of the firefighters said, "if this place had had a sprinkler system, it would have just been a mattress fire, with some smoke and water damage." We all know what it turned out to be instead.

    I know from experience that the Brattleboro Fire Department is the best.
    Sirens: Any Idea What's Going On Right Now?
    Authored by: annikee on Monday, January 12 2009 @ 08:47 PM GMT+4
    Yeah, it does, and it never had to go off. The fire (s?) were put out quickly.

    All multilevel buildings should have sprinkler systems, amen.

    Glad you got out of the Wilder, john.

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    Nyah nyah, nyah nyah!
    Sirens: Any Idea What's Going On Right Now?
    Authored by: annikee on Monday, January 12 2009 @ 10:19 PM GMT+4
    I've been here 2+ years and the system smoke alarms never went off before. I've set my apt. alarm off several times and a couple neighbors have, but I never was in such a close call. And I'm surprised at my first reaction. And learned a lesson.

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    Nyah nyah, nyah nyah!
    Sirens: Any Idea What's Going On Right Now?
    Authored by: annikee on Monday, January 12 2009 @ 08:20 PM GMT+4
    It's all over, but the mess and smoke. The BFD are the best. There may have been 2 at one time- close call there.

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    Nyah nyah, nyah nyah!
    Sirens: Any Idea What's Going On Right Now?
    Authored by: Maus Anon E on Monday, January 12 2009 @ 08:27 PM GMT+4
    There were two fires? Both at the Brooks House?

    Do you know yet if there was any damage?

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    Freemarket economy: A socialist system in which workers' earnings are redistributed to affluent citizens.
    Sirens: West B. too?
    Authored by: pjmelton on Monday, January 12 2009 @ 08:42 PM GMT+4
    Maybe there were two fires, because there were tons of trucks out here in West B. this afternoon as well. I saw a couple pull into Garfield Drive. Any info on this?

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    Paula
    Sirens: Any Idea What's Going On Right Now?
    Authored by: annikee on Monday, January 12 2009 @ 08:44 PM GMT+4
    I don't know about damage, but it was smoky as all get out, and smells like burned cheese.

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    Nyah nyah, nyah nyah!
    Sirens: Any Idea What's Going On Right Now?
    Authored by: rbremmer on Monday, January 12 2009 @ 09:36 PM GMT+4
    There's also a fire in Guilford...3 alarm...on Carpenter Hill Rd. Fire trucks
    were being sent out Hinesburg Rd in West Brattleboro as the other end of
    Carpenter Hill was blocked.
    Egad!
    Authored by: BrattMan on Wednesday, January 14 2009 @ 01:12 AM GMT+4
    I used to live on the third floor of the Brooks House!
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