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05/19/11 119 W - + 5 - 2 That Long String of Tones

Exactly how many different dispatch tones do we hear, for a haz-mat call at North Carolina State University? Tonight's is the third (or is it fourth?) in recent days. Let's see if we can count and correctly identify them:

1. Engine 5 on main campus or Engine 20 on Centennial Campus
2. Engine 8 (usually responding as SR2, a recon unit)
3. Ladder 7 
4. Ladder 5 (usually responding as SR 3, a decon unit)
5. Rescue 3
6. Battalion 3
7. Air 1
8. Haz-Mat 1 (staffed by Engine 2)
9. Haz-Mat 2 (staffed by Engine 15)
10. Car 10

That should be about right. Might be a second Battalion Chief in there. What's the EMS response, you ask? Three ambulances, two chiefs, one APP, and the special operations support unit. e.g., big ol' Truck 1.

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