Recent content by bklyndisp54

Wonder why E278 didnt get the run. Only 3 or 4 blocks away!

E278 shoulda been right on that!

Now that Radio Shack has essentially disappeared, anyone have a lead on where scanner repairs can be obtained? Have a virtually new PRO-160 that crapped out.  What a shame.  Don't want to toss it if I can avoid it.

Ret. Richmond (Staten Island) Chief Dispatcher, and later Chief of Dispatch Operations, Patsy P. Maggio, passed away this past week aged in his early '80's.  He loved the job, and loved his people.  I could reminisce for pages, but I'll leave it at this:    What a nice guy!

Last summer, the Fire Patrol bill overwhelmingly passed the NYS Senate and was delivered to the Assembly.  Instead of allowing a vote, the Assembly leadership decided to refer the bill to a committee, where it sat and died when the Assembly adjourned for the rest of the year. Now, NYFP...

On Thursday June 21, 2012 the Fire Patrol bill overwhelmingly passed the NYS Senate and was delivered to the Assembly.  The bill had the votes to pass the Assembly... BUT... instead of allowing a vote, the Assembly leadership decided to refer the bill to a committee, where they allowed it to sit...

The NY FIRE PATROL news page has just been updated, and includes the latest information about: Fundraiser gathering scheduled for September 8th Federal funding granted to the Patrol Status of Fire Patrol legislation pending in Albany Becoming a member of the N.Y. Fire Patrol The news page can...

Important enabling legislation allowing the NY Fire Patrol to fully begin operations is now before the NYS Legislature as Assembly Bill # A8117 and Senate Bill # S5573. These bills are now in the hands of the "Corporations Committee" of both the Assembly and the Senate. It is hoped that...

Unless things have changed I think that this hits the nail on the head.  My recollection is that the highest alarm you could transmit would be the 5th.  There were no pre-programmed responses for "alarms" above that.  Additional units would be assigned via special-call or by the famous...

New Orleans | 6 Alarm Fire | Prytania St @ Josephine St | 6th Alarm for Explosion & Heavy fire in a large 3 Sty vacant church, major power outage.

NEW YORK STATE LAW: became effective Jan. 1, 2011 Ambrose-Searles ??Move Over Act?? Protects law enforcement officers and emergency workers stopped along roadways while performing their duties. ?h Drivers must use due care when approaching an emergency vehicle that displays red and/or white...

Less than 5 years after the disbanding of the patrol formerly run by the NY Board of Fire Underwriters, the Fire Patrol has re-emerged as an independent "Not-For-Profit Corporation".  It has already received IRS approval as a 501(c)3 charitable organization  (meaning that the organization is...

0710: Bn 41 reports all hands operating box 3956 245 Lenox Road Fire in basement of 6 story OMD.

I somehow have the impression that in its latter years the Patrol did a lot of in house training from video tapes.  Does anyone here have them, or know how/where copies might be obtained?

Does anyone recall the make/model of the rigs that were most recently used by the NY Fire Patrol?