If I were you I'd put in all of FDNY VHF dispatch channels, 6 of them (one dispatch channel for each borough and citywide) I don't think your old scanner will support the new FDNY UHF freqs. The FDNY doesn't announce every call over those channels, but most of the good stuff comes over.
The VHF and UHF frequencies are simulcast. Anything you hear on a borough's UHF frequency will be heard over the corresponding VHF frequency, and vice versa. The FDNY announces all alarms over the radio.
yes there isIs there a trunked system for NYC?
yes there is
The VHF and UHF frequencies are simulcast. Anything you hear on a borough's UHF frequency will be heard over the corresponding VHF frequency, and vice versa. The FDNY announces all alarms over the radio.
Yeah sorry about that, I misspoke.
Only 5-7 Signals and above are announced over the air. EMS runs, rubbish fires, water leaks, stuck elevators, etc. are not.
If units are in quarters, the calls come over the computer system. Whoever is on housewatch at that time will acknowledge the call via computer, read the printout and announce the call over the firehouse pa system (giving box #, location, type of call, who's going and what the response order is..like 1st due engine, 3rd due truck etc). The system will "gong" by itself though with an automated voice saying whatever is needed ex. "engine" or "ladder"
If units are out of the firehouse they're usually raised over the air via the dispatcher, and calls come over the MDT. Stuff like enroute, on scene is done over computer also, not by voice.