(1) 6 years after Carol Glover's death @WMATA & @OUC_DC show, once again, they can't communicate. It took almost a half-hour before the correct assignment was sent for an injured worker inside a tunnel. DC 911 initially dispatched it as a "sick person" at the station. (more) 
(2) A supervisor reported the incident at 10:16 am. Within 2 minutes it was clear this was a worker with an injured leg who couldn't walk. It wasn't dispatched by @OUC_DC until 10:28 when Ambulance 14 was sent for a "sick person" at the Fort Totten station. (more)
(3) It's unclear what new information they had, but @OUC_DC sent Engine 14 on the call at 10:30. When Engine 14 arrived at Ft. Totten they initially couldn't find a sick person at the station or anyone who knew anything about an ambulance being needed. (more)
(4) At 10:38, 22 minutes after this started, Engine 14 finally found someone at Ft. Totten who told them the patient is an injured Metro worker inside the tunnel. @dcfireems special ops chief got involved & ordered a rescue assignment which was dispatched at 10:43. (more)
(5) Luckily, this was a worker with a relatively minor injury who was finally brought out by train about an hour after being injured. Imagine if this was a worker or passenger in cardiac arrest in a tunnel & it took almost a half hour to get this right. (more)
(6) I don't know if this was an @OUC_DC or Metro ROCC problem, or both. But how can this still be happening? Why can't simple messages about an injured person be properly relayed, with the correct @dcfireems assignment dispatched? (more)
(7) What is everyone waiting for? Is it going to take another person to be killed by @WMATA and @OUC_DC's failures before this becomes a priority? Carol Glover wasn't enough? Shameful.
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