Fire Departments Need New Terminology for Events (1 Viewer)

[Soulfly3]

@IAFF36

Mass Casualty incident declared at L'Enfant Metro Station.

 

[Soulfly3]

https://twitter.com/IAFF36/status/554746973962903554

 

[Soulfly3]

Hope this is not terror related. Ive had enough of this ####.

 

[TLEF316]

Thread title seems slightly misleading at this point

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Dude -- way beyond not cool. There was some ####### smoke and trains were delayed.

 

[JaxBill]

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- The L'Enfant Plaza Metro Station is being evacuated due to heavy smoke in the station, according to WMATA.

The station remains closed and all trains are currently bypassing this stop.

According to Metrorail Info, Yellow line trains are turning back at Pentagon City and Mount Vernon Square. There is currently no service between Mount Vernon Square and Pentagon City. It is advised to use the Blue Line as an alternate to/from Virginia.

Green Line trains are turning back at Navy Yard and Mount Vernon Square. There is no service between Mount Vernon Square and Navy Yard.

The fire department is currently at L'Enfant Plaza Metro. The source of the smoke is unknown, authorities said.

We will continue to update you as more information comes in.

Orange/Silver/Blue lines: Trains are BYPASSING L'Enfant Plaza due to fire department activity. L'Enfant Plaza Station is closed.

— Metrorail Info (@Metrorailinfo)

January 12, 2015

Orange/Silver/Blue lines: Trains are BYPASSING L'Enfant Plaza due to fire dept. activity. L'Enfant Plaza Station is closed. 3:48p #wmata

— Metrorail Info (@Metrorailinfo)

January 12, 2015From 3:55

http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/2015/01/12/evacuation-at-lenfant-plaza-due-to-smoke-in-station/21651281/

 

[Ted Mullins]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dr-gridlock/wp/2015/01/12/lenfant-plaza-station-evacuated-for-smoke/

 

[Soulfly3]

Thread title seems slightly misleading at this point

edited to reflect original tweet from Fire dept.

Dude -- way beyond not cool. There was some ####### smoke and trains were delayed.

Im not the originator of the tweet, it'd be the local fire Dept who used the term "Mass Casualty INcident"

 

[Steve Tasker]

Evacuated due to smoke per the Washington Post?

 

[Soulfly3]

DC Fire Fighters L36 @IAFF36 · 3m3 minutes ago
"Mass Casualty" is a term utilized when additional resources are potentially necessary on large scale incidents

Are they effing serious?

 

[boots11234]

What city

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Change the title. There's ZERO evidence there's any sort of attack or casualties.

L’Enfant Plaza Metro station is closed after officials evacuated it for smoke Monday afternoon, shutting down rail service for a large portion of the Green and Yellow Lines, Metro Transit Police said on Twitter.

Green Line service is suspended between Navy Yard and Mt. Vernon Square. Yellow Line service is suspended between Pentagon City and Mt. Vernon Square, Metro said.

Blue, Orange and Silver lines trains are bypassing L’Enfant Plaza, but service is not affected at other stops.

D.C. fire department spokesman Tim Wilson said that firefighters are on the scene but had found no fire. On Twitter, the firefighters’ union said that a second alarm had sounded.

Metro spokeswoman Caroline Laurin said that Metro did not know the cause of the smoke.

Metro said riders should consider alternate travel options. Roads near the station were also closed.

 

[Apple Jack]

Thanks posty.

 

[rockaction]

Josh Gordon caught a pass?

 

[Soulfly3]

Change the title. There's ZERO evidence there's any sort of attack or casualties.

L’Enfant Plaza Metro station is closed after officials evacuated it for smoke Monday afternoon, shutting down rail service for a large portion of the Green and Yellow Lines, Metro Transit Police said on Twitter.

Green Line service is suspended between Navy Yard and Mt. Vernon Square. Yellow Line service is suspended between Pentagon City and Mt. Vernon Square, Metro said.

Blue, Orange and Silver lines trains are bypassing L’Enfant Plaza, but service is not affected at other stops.

D.C. fire department spokesman Tim Wilson said that firefighters are on the scene but had found no fire. On Twitter, the firefighters’ union said that a second alarm had sounded.

Metro spokeswoman Caroline Laurin said that Metro did not know the cause of the smoke.

Metro said riders should consider alternate travel options. Roads near the station were also closed.

Edited.

And again, I WAS POSTING THE EXACT VERBAGE FROM THE DC FIRE SERVICE.

After a plethora of tweets and minutes later, they added a tweet to clarify what "Mass Casualties" means in Fire Language

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

lol ... nice work on the retitle.

 

[jon_mx]

Thread title seems slightly misleading at this point

Yeah...My first thought was this was a thread only about semantics, not a real disaster.

 

[Soulfly3]

Well.... Guess I shouldve kept the Original title