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[Neil]

What former cities, present boroughs have/had the Opticom system?

Does the system from one area work in another?

[Stéphane BRUNET]

In the West-Island Pierrefonds (57) and Pointe-Claire (55) had opticom for sure. I'd be very surprise to hear that DdO (61) had the system. No former volunteer fire dept had the system.

I know that Pierrefonds had (or still have) an opticom device on the roof of the station and it's purpose was to desactivated the lights at the corner of Pierrefonds and René-Émard. The opticom, on the roof of the station, was activated by the dispatcher on duty. I'd be curious to know if it's still working or if they still use it when they leave for a run. All units (257, 457, 657) still have the device - except of course 6657 which is the former Senneville tanker.

Now in Pointe-Claire, since units 103 (chief), 121 (first responder unit) and 151 (ladder) are gone there's only the pumper unit that still have a strobe on it (I'll have to check again to be sure).

In the dispatch center, we (I say we because I used to work there) had a switch that desactivated the lights on St-Jean for two cycles. Same thing in Kirkland (54), Hymus and St-Charles (and that one still works... I used it last week). But those are not opticom they are simply a switch.

Joel would know if the device work or not in other area. I'd personaly incline to say yes.

STÉPHANE BRUNET

[Alexandre Sigouin]

LaSalle l'a... et Dorval aussi.

Si vous allez voir les véhicules, vous pouvez voir le strobe sur le toit du véhicule. Le 263, l'ancien 265(2XX), l'ancien 254 (298), l'ancien 2063 (DRMI/290)...
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[mtlfirebuff]

Cote St. Luc had an opticom system also.

Followup question - which cities had a ram key system?

[Mathieu Sabourin]

What is a Ram Key system ? Is it a system where they use radio transmitters instead of an optical system ?

If we look outside of Montréal, in Québec City, they use a radio transmitter system : each truck has a control box and the driver (or officer) can either use it manually (they specify in which direction they're going ... N, S, E or W ) or select the automatic procedure, where a small GPS unit detects in which direction the truck is going and automatically changes the traffic lights accordingly. When you're in Québec City, you can notice that there are small white strobes on the top of traffic lights, those are to adivse the upcoming fire trucks if the system is working ... they're also good for fire buffs driving around to know when a call is nearby !

Talking about manually operated traffic lights, in Sainte-Foy (now Québec City stations 9 and 10), they had (and still have) a big Red button on the wall of the station near the officer's office so when they have a call, they would just push the button and all the surronding traffic lights would turn green !!!


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[JordyR]

RAM key (also known as a Knox Box) is the radio-released key system used to gain entry into buildings. In Cote St-Luc, a lot of the high-rise buildings have them, most of the hospitals and seniors' residences and a few private homes.

Basically, if you can not gain access into the building, you ask dispatch to release the RAM key, which is done over the radio airwaves to a receiver / key holder in the vehicle. The signal releases the key, which you insert into a box mounted near the door. Some systems are set up that when you open this box, there are standard keys inside (usually tie-wrapped to a chain) to open the doors. The fancier systems are set-up that when you put the key into the slot and turn, it automatically opens all of the automatic doors and returns the ground level.

When not in use, the key is returned to the receiver and is locked there until it is released again by the console in the dispatch centre.

-Jordy

PS: Cote St-Luc's fire station and trucks all had Opticom strobe lights on them, as do the EMS vehicles (except for one).

[Stéphane BRUNET]

Pointe-Claire, Beaconsfield-Kirkland had the KNOX box. It was in the 103 (Chief).

Stéphane

[Tim Rowcliffe]

During the construction of the over/under passes at Woodland and Morgan roads, Baie d'Urfe had the Opticom system installed on its first due pumper (now SSIM 254). This was used to activate the lights on Hwy 20 at Apple Hill road.

[Alexandre Sigouin]

Et es-ce que les unités se servent toujours du Opticom?

Aussi, es-ce que ce sont seulement les intersections majeures qui ont le système ou toutes les intersections?
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[Alexandre Lacombe]

[big55]

OPTICOM est encore opérationnel au 55 même que l'arrondissement budget encore des $$$ pour la maintenance des capteurs... la ville de Pte-Claire a même exige au SIM d’installer le strobe 3M sur le 455 l’année dernière.

[big55]

Alex… au 55 le système OPTICOM est seulement sur seulement deux artères (St-Jean nord/sud et Hymus est/ouest) et oui les capteurs s’encrasse facilement surtout l’hiver avec le calcium.

[Alexandre Lacombe]

10-4 Merci pour les infos

[marso87]

L opticom devrait etre installé a grandeur de la ville , surtout au centre ville . Ce n est pas juste pour pouvoir roulé plus vite , mais surtout pour évité des collisions aux intersections ce qui est la phobie de tout chauffeur de véhicules d urgence.

Je suis sure que l investissement , versus l économie en réparation de la flotte et dédomagement aux véhicules des citoyens , la ville serait gagnante et la sécurité du personnels et des citoyens s en porterait mieux
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[CCSI62]

Salut,

Entièrement d'accord avec toi Marso.

Ce n'est pas la question de rouler plus vite ou d'arriver plus tôt, c'est d'arriver sans accident, sans blessures et sans perte de vie.

Je suis d'accord que d'avoir ce système serait idéal pour éviter les accidents, donc les blessures ou décès de citoyens ou de pompiers, ainsi que les dommages aux véhicules civils et pompiers.

Malheureusement, comme toute chose, c'est encore une question de $$$.

A+

Joel
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[impala911]

Salut,

Il y a déjà un projet en élaboration, le chef Carrière qui travaille au 200 Bellechasse (je l'ai connu quand j'étais au RCI, C'est lui qui a élaboré le tableau de bord (statistique)).

Le système marche avec le GPS (système de préemption), qui envoie un signal au 2 prochaine lumière qui précèdent le véhicule pour faire changer du rouge au vert.

Le problème c'est qu'il faut modifier les lumières à la grandeur de la ville donc on parle de beaucoup d'argent.

A+
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[Pierre Breton]

A Quebec le systeme utilise coute environs 20000$ par intersection et c'est des techniciens des signaux lumineux de la ville qui l'on elaboré. C'est pour cela que c'est pas toutes les intersections qui on les feux de preemption.
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