Stubbs Tower Demolition Comms

I worked the midnight shift on Saturday morning, but stayed up a bit after getting home to watch the demolition of Stubbs Tower. On the way home from work I heard both Savannah Fire and Savannah Chatham Metropolitan PD preparing to support the demolition. Savannah Fire units requested the use of Fireground 3 (TG 37040) for their operations and used it throughout the morning. SCMPD units used BRAVO 10 (TG 54112) for their operations.

Savannah Fire had several Chiefs on scene as well as what seemed to be two engine companies using the callsigns EXTRA DUTY 1 and EXTRA DUTY 2. Other than standing by and directing placement of personnel and equipment, Savannah Fire was fairly quiet. Just prior to the demolition, they passed 5 minute and 2 minute warining calls.

On the other hand, SCMPD was very busy. They had Traffic Units, Officers, and EAGLE 1 (one of the County Helicopters) keeping a perimeter around the blast zone. EAGLE 1 was particularly helpful in spotting spectators leaking through the perimeter, in making sure the zone was clear prior to demolition, and in confirming that traffic was cleared from the Truman Parkway. On the television coverage, there were several times you could see EAGLE 1 swooping down to check on and/or run off those trying to watch from too close.

I was too sleepy to go watch in person, so I wasn't close enough to search for demolition crew frequencies. The only other frequencies I can pass on were 119.100 for Savannah IAP tower for EAGLE 1's departure and arrival and 124.975 for Hunter Tower where EAGLE 1 passed trafffic advisories because they were working in Hunter's airspace.

Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net