'Pop can alarms' shelved, new fire alerting system live in almost every Nebraska city's fire station

  • Source: KETV-TV ABC 7 Omaha
  • Published: 07/20/2018 12:00 AM

VIDEO - Most of Omaha's fire stations are now equipped with state-of-the-art equipment to alert them to emergencies. It's been five months since KETV Newswatch 7 first reported on firefighters at two stations using a "pop can" alarm as a backup to the broken system. Firefighters placed pop cans on top of a printer and listened for the sound of the cans falling to the floor to alert them to an emergency. "There was no need for the pop cans," Battalion Chief Scott Fitzpatrick said. "The new system will speak for itself. It's much better. They'll be able to get the pre-alerts much faster than a computer printer." The alerting system has a digital display of the nature of the call, address and which rigs are dispatched, along with a clock. The goal of firefighters is to be out the door within 60 seconds.



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