FDNY announcement

[MasterPo]

I started to hear a announcement on Staten Island Fire dept about a some kind of radio change start at 1 am tomorrow 7/20/21 but could hear all of it because priority kicked in and miss most of the announcement, did anyone else hear this if so what did it say

Thanks


Bill

 

[MStep]

I believe that the Signal 65-2 stated that at 0100 hours tonight (1 am Tue, in about 5 hours), the Computer Assist Dispatch System (CADS) will be offline. Units will be dispatched via Voice Alarm and Radio. Could make for some interesting listening.

 

[MasterPo]

ahh ok thanks will set up recording

Bill

 

[GTR8000]

You both know that all FDNY UHF channels are streamed and archived on OpenMHz, right? No need to speculate or guess, just listen to the recordings.

 

[ten13]

When the FDNY first got computers, someone in the training program was asked how it was working with them.

His answer was very prophetic, and very true:

"It made a good Dispatcher better, and a bad dispatcher worse."

And that was over 40 years ago!

 

[MStep]

Seems like the CADS System went down at 0108 hours. Radio traffic has been busier than what you would usually hear the time of night. I did not hear any plan for the time it would be coming back online. Maybe they are finally replacing the old Radio Shack Model 3's. LOL.

 

[MStep]

When the FDNY first got computers, someone in the training program was asked how it was working with them.

His answer was very prophetic, and very true:

"It made a good Dispatcher better, and a bad dispatcher worse."

And that was over 40 years ago!

My recollection is that is was first field tested in Brooklyn late 1970's and the city was fully online around 1980. My brain is a little shakey on the dates--- around those times. I edited a hand-out about it for then Asst Comm. Gregory but have been unable to find that documentation so many years later.

 

[MStep]

Manhattan just announced CADS is back up again. I would imagine the other boroughs will be following shortly. Let's see.

 

[n3obl]

0253. cad back in service..

 

[LukeB]

A new CAD system will go online in the very near future. When the CAD system goes down, in-firehouse alerting is unavailable so all runs will be announced over the Voice Alarm in the firehouses. As a scanner listener, this will likely only be noticeable for units going 10-84 (on scene) for runs they are on as the MDT on the trucks may not be online so they have to announce their arrivals over the air.

 

[zerg901]

Manhattan FDNY just announced via Manhattan Boro channel that the Manhattan CAD is temporarily shut down - 540 pm edt