Recent content by jlab

Some type of device leaking radiation outside the quarters of Eng 166 L 86 See article below. https://www.silive.com/news/2025/09/emergency-response-including-hazmat-at-firehouse-on-staten-island.html

https://www.silive.com/crime-safety/2025/09/fdny-responds-to-early-morning-house-fire-in-stapleton-on-thursday.html

Arthur Kill Road and South Bridge St. Richmond Borough Gun Club Area of brush 50 x 50 20:57 Under Control 1 hr and 20 minutes

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/nyregion/rescue-medic-wall-street-.html

There are 3,000 pounds of Lithium Ion batteries on board a Cyber Truck. https://nypost.com/2025/08/28/business/family-sues-tesla-after-cybertruck-owner-dies-in-5000-degree-inferno/

https://www.silive.com/crime-safety/2025/08/fdny-fights-fire-at-shopping-plaza-in-rossville-on-staten-island-tuesday-morning.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/us/wildfire-firefighters-masks-smoke.html

Looks like it was the second floor of the Buttermark Plumbing office. Is this correct ?

However, as I read the bill, access is still only to "emergency service organizations and journalists". It does not, as the Post headline gives the impression, make police communications accessible to the general public as it was previously. https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/a3516

Now that we have ended the street shacks for restaurants that sprouted up due to Covid we are now adding a new obstacle for fire fighters, rows of 800 gallon trash bins.......see NYT article below. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/nyregion/sanitation-bins-garbage-nyc.html

If they encrypt the fire and ems dispatches why can't they play them back not encrypted with lets say a 5 minute delay ? That would mean they had to record and decrypt the communiucations and the playback would be unencrypted. That process would seen to take care of the potential for...

https://www.silive.com/news/2025/04/fast-moving-fire-spreads-through-two-staten-island-homes-wednesday-night.html

NYT article about LA firefighters working at recent urban Wildfire conflagration show elevated levels of mercury and lead intheir cells. Levels are high compared to wildland fire fighters fighting fire in non-urban areas. Hope this doesn't turn into another WTC like scenario with multiple cancer...

Any good frequencies to monitor ?