A senior operator at LA Dispatch went into this on the late, lamented www.lacountyfire.com forums a few years back.
The CAD system holds the "Running Cards" for unit dispatch, I believe 5 alarms deep. Also in the Matrix is the move-up list.
Ex: E127 move Stn.16. Sqd, 7 move Sqd. 69, etc. I think there is a finite list of move up Companies, so after the last recommendation, seat-of-your -pants old school dispatching worked it out.
I lived in LA for a few years in the 80's, when LACoFD had 3 dispatch centers: LA, San Gabriel Valley, and Antelope valley. Back then, move-ups were coordinated by County Phone between the 3, as well as on the radio. In the pre-MDT era, everything seemed to be put out over the air. "Squad 36, in place of numerous other squads, traffic collision, Avenue A East and State Route 138, time out xxxx". Bear in mind that 36's is in Carson, in southern LA county, and the response was in the Antelope Valley in the north county area!
I have hours of off-the-air tapes from back then....gotta find 'em.
HTH
The CAD system holds the "Running Cards" for unit dispatch, I believe 5 alarms deep. Also in the Matrix is the move-up list.
Ex: E127 move Stn.16. Sqd, 7 move Sqd. 69, etc. I think there is a finite list of move up Companies, so after the last recommendation, seat-of-your -pants old school dispatching worked it out.
I lived in LA for a few years in the 80's, when LACoFD had 3 dispatch centers: LA, San Gabriel Valley, and Antelope valley. Back then, move-ups were coordinated by County Phone between the 3, as well as on the radio. In the pre-MDT era, everything seemed to be put out over the air. "Squad 36, in place of numerous other squads, traffic collision, Avenue A East and State Route 138, time out xxxx". Bear in mind that 36's is in Carson, in southern LA county, and the response was in the Antelope Valley in the north county area!
I have hours of off-the-air tapes from back then....gotta find 'em.
HTH
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