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« on: May 06, 2010, 07:21:21 » |
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Heard quite a few calls for Inspector Sands to go to "the London end of Platform One" around 6:30 this morning. Is it true that if these calls are not responded to within a certain amount of time then evacuation mode is triggered?
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« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2010, 08:23:52 » |
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« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2010, 09:19:37 » |
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In a similar vein, I once heard at an announcement at Hamburg Airport for "Mr Flash and Mr Gordon" to contact the Information Desk.
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« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2010, 10:03:21 » |
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Major Stations, airports, ferry terminal, the Underground indeed all large public buildings need to have an effective way to communicate to staff that certain events or actions need to be done; this may be just a radio check or more complex. There is nothing new in these coded announcements its just nowadays they are made robotically, when I worked at Paddington 20 plus years ago there was a similar system except the station announcer made the call one was an "Inspector (can not remember the name) to call the SMO" another was "will Dr Zackey Smith-Jones go to the ticket office" only problem with that was one day there was someone of that name on the station.  There will be several layers to these announcements all meaning different things, some of what the actions are, are kept confidential as they relate to the security systems the place will have. |
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« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2010, 11:59:46 » |
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Having worked in supermarkets in the past we had similar coded announcements. "Code 99" was the announcement to alert staff of a possible shoplifter in the Beers, Wines and Spirits aisle.
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« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2010, 13:19:34 » |
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Billericay Swimming Pool uses " code brown" for a certain emergency situation. (not very subtle is it?)
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« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2010, 14:00:39 » |
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Does Inspector Sands get 'paged' (or should that be 'tanoyed!') at TOC▸ managed stations, or is he only on call at Network Rail stations? Do TOCs have the services of a colleague of Insp Sands?
I wonder if the PA▸ at Leeds said today "would Inspector Sands please report to Paddington station as soon as possible"?
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« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2010, 15:29:50 » |
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Does Inspector Sands get 'paged' (or should that be 'tanoyed!') at TOC▸ managed stations, or is he only on call at Network Rail stations? Do TOCs have the services of a colleague of Insp Sands?
I wonder if the PA▸ at Leeds said today "would Inspector Sands please report to Paddington station as soon as possible"?
There is a different Inspector at St Pancras |
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« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2010, 17:05:53 » |
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There is a different Inspector at St Pancras
Is it Inspector Clouseau perhaps |
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plymothian
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« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2010, 18:12:39 » |
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Last time I was as Paddington Insp. Sands was called to the footbridge, over which I was passing, but there was no perceivable reason why.
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« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2010, 18:28:02 » |
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I have heard Inspector Sands tannoyed at St. Pancras International- in two languages as well!!!
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« Reply #11 on: May 06, 2010, 18:29:13 » |
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I have heard Inspector Sands tannoyed at St. Pancras International- in two languages as well!!!
French police and border staff operate at St Pancras, so it would make sense for security announcements to be bilingual. |
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« Reply #12 on: May 06, 2010, 21:09:21 » |
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Inspecteur Sands priez rapporter aux toilettes
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James Vertigan
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« Reply #13 on: May 06, 2010, 22:48:42 » |
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Having worked in supermarkets in the past we had similar coded announcements. "Code 99" was the announcement to alert staff of a possible shoplifter in the Beers, Wines and Spirits aisle.
Billericay Swimming Pool uses " code brown" for a certain emergency situation. (not very subtle is it?)
When I worked at my local Virgin Active they had "code 99" as well. The announcement would be made over the tannoy as well as being heard via the speaker on the office phones, in a similar way to the Inspector Sands announcements being heard in shops in stations, it usually meant something like someone had collapsed in the sauna/swimming pool etc. |
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« Reply #14 on: May 06, 2010, 23:51:03 » |
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We have a similar system at the hospital I work at- a call of "2222" followed by an area will get the doctors running- it means a medical emergency.
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