NYPD SOD/ESU Unit Identification

[RedPenguin]

I've looked all over Google but I can't seem to really find out who is who.

I listen to Melsgarage's and hear units like Emergency Service Adam 6 or Emergency Service Truck 6, and south impact, and north sergeant.

What's the difference between ES Adam 6 and ES Truck 6?

 

[captmfa7112]

Emergency Service "Trucks" are the big ESU Trucks that are seen at the bigger jobs. The "Adam Cars" are the smaller trucks with the Ford fronts, they are called REPs or Radio Emergency Patrol vehicles. They have also been referred to as accident response cars. Each Emergency Service Truck has 1 Truck and at least 1 adam car. Some of the busier squads like Truck 1 will have Adam 1, Boy 1 and sometimes even Charlie 1.

The REPs carry enough equipment to handle most jobs but often call or "start out" the big truck or another REP for backup. The big truck is the one that carries all the specialized equipment for everything from building collapses to high angle rescues to pin jobs and barricaded jobs.

A quick search of the net turns up a website on ESU:
http://www.extrication.com/nypdesu.htm

I'm sure there are others here who can go into more detail about ESU and what the trucks and REPs carry but hey this is the summarized version lol

 

[SCANdal]

Once again...

Red,

For all of your New York City needs... www.n2nov.net

Specific to this question... http://www.n2nov.net/NYPD_ESU_Truck_Supv_Numbers.html.

Also, references heard regading "South..." and "North..." are units from the Midtown South and Midtown North Precincts respectively. Unit IDs on precinct channels are routinely clipped; for example "114 [sector] Adam" turns into "4Adam," "Central Park (or 22) Boy" will be "Park (or 2) Boy", etc., etc. IMPACT (Integrated Municipal Police Anti-Crime Team), is a funding source used by the city to pay the salaries of some uniformed police officers (some on overtime). See http://www.criminaljustice.state.ny.us/crimnet/ojsa/impact/index.htm for some details (admittedly a bit dated). The members assigned to cover IMPACT posts will ID as "(precinct number) IMPACT post #."

SCANdal

PS to 7112,
Wow, you're going a ways back....

"accident response cars" was never a term associated with Emergency Service; although I see you're from Staten Island, where at one time - under HESSI - Staten Island's Highway Patrol and Emergency Service were one command, so I can see how you might have gotten the two confused. At one time (circa 1990) Highway Patrol had marked stationwagons (ARU - Accident Response Units) in their fleet that were equipped with a Hurst tool and Hurst pump - designed for a quick response by highway patrolmen to handle "door jobs" (slang term for a simple vehicle extrication). That function, within the NYCPD, is now within the exclusive domains of Emergency Service and the Auxiliary Patrol Support Units.

 

[RedPenguin]

Thank You

See I knew about n2nov, but it only explained in which precinct or area each Truck was, but I didn't see who the "Adam"s were.

Thanks again for post of your replies, the link from the first reply, will give me a lot of nice reading.

I swear, when some people call the NYPD a small army, they are not really lying, it's huge and they have everything you can really think of, from Helicopters and Harbor Units to Emergency Service SWAT-like trucks. Though, since NYC has water, land, and even air, they basically have to have something to combat everything that could possibly happen.

In my area, if our CERT Team ever goes out, it's like a horrific day and a very unusual day, yet, in NYC, it's probably a weird and unusual day if the ESU doesn't go out for at least one thing. So NYC is kinda opposite of my city/county, LoL.

Some tell me, that listening to a scanner is just getting entertainment out of other people's nightmares, but I feel I'm just learning more and more of how the different police agencies operate but also, NYC anyway is entertaining at times, because you get some weird as heck stuff happening.

In NYC, from MelsGarage feed, I've heard anything from a woman urinating and throwing trays in a McDonald's Lobby to a woman who escaped from Coney Island Hospital with an IV still in her neck.

Speaking of Midtown North and Midtown South, how did they ever really come up with those names? I'm looking at the precinct boundary maps, and MTN looks more like Midtown West, and Midtown South, kinda looks like Midtown Central. Also, 10 and 17, look somewhat as if they should be called part of Midtown. Speaking of MidTown, where does MidTown technically start. I know it starts at least by 42nd st but I'm not too sure of exactly where it ends.

http://www.n2nov.net/nypdcom1.jpg

 

[SCANdal]

Red,

Midtown Manhattan is generally considered to run from 57 Street down to roughly 23 Street.

Don't get too hung up on the names assigned to the precincts - their "correct" designations are 14th PCT for the Midtown South and 18th PCT for the Midtown North.

SCANdal

 

[RedPenguin]

Central?

Who is "Central", that they are always calling on MelsGarage and ScanCT's feed?

 

[wnjl]

Who is "Central", that they are always calling on MelsGarage and ScanCT's feed?

The dispatcher.

 

[RedPenguin]

Ok.....

The dispatcher.

Well, I knew that. I meant, more like, what are they called Central? Is it part of the Midtown precincts or are all dispatchers in the NYPD called Central?

 

[n2mdk]

All dispatchers are called Central.

 

[comspec]

All dispatchers are called Central.

And that's because they are actually all sitting in the same room (or rooms) with all the 911 dispatchers citywide.

And before anyone asks, if an actual PCT or other HQ comes up on the radio they will usually ID as "BASE"

For example "Bomb Squad Base to central"

 

[xpawel15x]

Does the ESU use their own freqs or they operate on the Precinct freq they're from?

 

[SCANdal]

Both.

 

[Rudy3145]

Does the ESU use their own freqs or they operate on the Precinct freq they're from?

ESU is dispatched and works on the SOD freq. They will switch to a pct freq as needed. They will also operate on a tac freq as needed for operations, usually Tac-G

 

[nypd1958]

the reason nypd dispatches is called 'central' is because the dispatcher used to be located at central booking until the city purchased a new facility.