Talk:Odessa Trade Union massacre/101 call

Recording apparently starts at or before 19:40 pm, since recording timestamp 27:00 is 20:07 pm local time. May be starting at earlier local time, since apparently recording is voice-activated (further local time reports are behind later time stamps)


 * (0:0) a woman on Kulikovo, saying that fire approaches the building and urging the operator (o) to :send (fire truck) immediately. Operator tells the caller the fire is on open air and there is no danger. :Caller insists. Operator than insists for the caller to say whether or not she is herself in the open space. :Once confirmed, operator hangs up on her immediately. Some giggles or noises follow. Then audio, :which appears to be the same woman goes
 * (0:45) (o=operator) "comrade Colonel (c), now 2 calls received already, that the tents are on fire . :They burn fast, they are on open air, and we see it on TV. So I explain people that this is an open area, :and there is no danger".
 * (c=colonel): hm-mm, yeah... and who calls? (in Russian, strong Ukrainian or southern accent)
 * (o) a woman called two times already
 * (c) so, civilians are calling?
 * (o) yes, I explain there is no danger
 * (c) yeah, not a question (i.e. approves “no danger” answer)
 * next caller: we see lots of smoke
 * (o) yes, we know
 * so what's going on, are they burning tires?
 * (o) yes


 * (3:08) Chief car arrived to our post, they left Savchenko, and  departed
 * (3:21) (man) who deals with the photos?
 * (o) photos are taken
 * (man) forward to me than


 * (4:48) Tania, you called us and asked, are you watching? Or, never mind, it was “7” calling
 * (5:37)(man, who is hesitant to describe who he is and eventually presents himself as a volunteer, of paramilitary sort) Athens hall on fire, we have some smoke. (o) asks many questions, apparently just some smoke, not much happening there
 * (7:00)policeman on duty for the city of Odessa (city wide watch) calls and tells to dispatch dire track :(o) asks somebody for advice. Advice is to say (apparently pretend) that they are sending the fire trucks.
 * (o) asks why they are needed, it’s just the tents. In the end, no indication that anything is sent


 * (7:47)(o) Alina, when did you call us about news you saw on TV? About 5 pm
 * (o) No it was earlier. –OK, I will ask Azhinskii (?), we were together, and call back ( answer apparently revised to 3 pm)


 * (8:15) A woman calls, says the building is on fire, and molotovs/IUD going off can be heard. (o) The building itself? (confirms she understood)
 * (9:16)A man calls and tells (o) to prepare, so when the command is given, they are ready to go
 * (10:27)somebody they know calls, and tells, OK, send the trucks already, fire is now on the building footsteps (o) is in favor of thinking it is just the tents on fire; in the end says “I understand”
 * (10:53) A woman calls to report fire. ( o) says it’s just some tires burning, and there is no danger
 * (11:20) policeman on duty for the city of Odessa calls, and tells an order to deploy is given. (o) is skeptical why this is needed, asks some questions. Ends with (o) saying “I understand”.
 * Some 9 -10 calls come in, saying that building is on fire, all floors, people are trapped, asking to send trucks, demanding to know why there are no trucks. (o) tells she “understand”, or hangs up sometime
 * (14:19) (man, barely audible)
 * (another man, well audible)help is needed, to receive photos, and to send them with a courier dispatch, OK?
 * OK.
 * (14:42)somebody from “HQ for civilian security” (  in charge of block posts  ) calls to report fire at Kulikovo building. (o) “understands”.
 * about 11 incoming calls, reported fire, fire trucks are needed, high ladder is needed
 * (17:50) A man on duty calls. Why don’t we go to Kulikovo already? Top brass now starts to yell at me
 * (o) OK, we will go
 * man: oh, it has not been done yet?
 * (o) it has been
 * (18:15) dispatching 1 (one) fire truckto Kulikovo, instructed to enter from Kanatnaia Street, next to military commendatura   (HQ) “ tents on fire, and some fire on footsteps.” Local time = 19.56.


 * 17 or so more incoming calls, building on fire, people are trapped, not a single fire truck
 * Caller urges to send ALL trucks not just one
 * caller urges to make sure there is safety net, as people jump from the building
 * A cell phone number of a woman trapped inside, who called back home, is given to the operator
 * (25:40) some difficulty to reach the building is reported


 * (27:06) fire water-tanker type truck is dispatched
 * (27:20) truck with ladder is dispatched . Local time 20.07 pm.
 * about 6 more calls that no trucks have arrived
 * (29:15-32:43) (20.17-20.25 pm local) water tanker, pump, another fire truck are dispatched. Names of crew chiefs are given
 * 29:35 (o) asks "Lilia" what trucks she has still left, answer is ГДЗС ("gases and smoke protection vehicle"), and рукавный truck (providing mobile pipework to feed water). Those two trucks are dispatched at (29:47) =20.17 pm local.
 * (32:59) incoming call, people trapped in burning building, 5 floor, suffering from smoke
 * cell phone number of a trapped woman is provided to (o)


 * (34:45) “18 coroner reports “ called for
 * HQ car has left? No, it’s still here.

.--Resup (talk) 02:25, 18 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Link for video with the calls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN8VR4PpjZ0 KatKan (talk) 01:16, 19 October 2014 (UTC)