I haven't listened to Citywide in years. Do they still broadcast all "all hands" and greater in the City over it ?
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Yes they do.
Unfortunately, yes.
It's almost like they're reading from a script: the same or similar size-ups, same terminology, same number of progress reports (3 or 4) and the fire's under control.
They should eliminate the "All Hands" reports and hold off until a 2nd Alarm, like they did during the 1970s.
That....and the Radio Mechanic. You'd think by now they'd be sending him text messages as to where to go and what needs to get fixed.
So would it be safe to say fire buffs monitor this channel so they don’t miss anything per say?
They probably send it to his MDT which is most likely down lol.
That's because they essentially are. The aides are reading from a fill-in script and the radio dispatcher essentially just repeats that on the citywide relay.
Not used on a normal basis. Can be used for a boro if the normal channel goes down or maintenance. Also can be used for large scale incidents of needed
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