FDNY Fireground Frequency

[Salmatt30]

Welp I do not know what frequency the FDNY fireground is. I’m in Staten Island and not sure what frequency they use I have tried all of them that I know of and none seem to work. I pull up app that has a FDNY DARS and heard it but I have a radio and there’s no need to use my phone when I can use my radio.

First question is what frequency does the FDNY in Staten Island use as a fireground?

Second would I ha e to be one scene for me to hear them?

 

[ofd8001]

I presume you have seen this: https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?ctid=1855

If they are using simplex frequencies, they don't "travel" a long way. So you may have to be fairly close to hear all the transmissions.

 

[Salmatt30]

Is there a way I can use non simplex or no ?

 

[jonwienke]

No. If they are on a simplex frequency and not using a repeater, you will never hear traffic unless you are close to the scene.

 

[clbsquared]

Most fireground comms are going to be radio to radio and those are most likely to be handheld radios. At s max output of 5 watts, you would have to be within a 1 to 2 mile radius. And that's pushing it for a handheld in an urban or city area. If....and this is a big if, they are relaying their fireground traffic through a mobile VRS to dispatch, you could possibly hear them from a greater distance. You would need to find the VRS frequency being used, if one is used at all.

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