Simple move.

[den114]

I hear quite often the dispatcher trying to contact a unit on air & asking unit if they are responding to such & such a box, only to hear officer tell dispatcher, “No, nothing on the MDT, please send it”, followed by the dispatcher telling the unit to “ reset your MDT”.
Dispatchers must wonder, “when are they going to get with the program?” Maybe that’s just me thinking that.

 

[Lebby]

I hear quite often the dispatcher trying to contact a unit on air & asking unit if they are responding to such & such a box, only to hear officer tell dispatcher, “No, nothing on the MDT, please send it”, followed by the dispatcher telling the unit to “ reset your MDT”.
Dispatchers must wonder, “when are they going to get with the program?” Maybe that’s just me thinking that.

I'm lost, the MDTs legitimately freeze.

 

[Hank]

Yeah - it definitely is not as easy as just reseting, lol. It is supposed to be but.. The mdt freezes up all the time, and is also often down or not working right.

 

[Lebby]

I've literally gone a whole tour with it not working. It's not the dispatchers, the members or radio repairs fault, the system is unfortunately flawed but we all make do.

 

[scoobyd]

Use the iPAD.

 

[bf231]

IPAD works well if it’s charged and on the rig.
MDT works well enough when it’s working. When it’s working. Runs don’t come up. Reset button doesn’t work. Doesn’t accept inputs when you hit “keys” 10-84, codes etc…
As stated above we’ve gone multiple tours with MDT not working and radio not working at same time. Longest stretch almost a week. IPAD and cellphone time.
Electrical wiring gremlins

 

[memorymaster]

Time to return to bells, telephone and simple radio signals, i.e. "Signal 18 on box xxxx by order of B.C. XXXX, xx Batt."

 

[twoteamtease]

Use the iPAD.

The ipad gets moved around a lot. We use it in quarters to access training videos. Not always on the rig, nor do I ever expect it to be.

 

[nfd2004]

Time to return to bells, telephone and simple radio signals, i.e. "Signal 18 on box xxxx by order of B.C. XXXX, xx Batt."

I got to agree "memorymaster" even though was NOT a part of the FDNY, but based on how busy it was and how things functioned so well.

Let me add:
Let's bring back those old 154 mhz channels
154.19, 154.25, 154.37, 154.40, and 154.43mhz

 

[entropychaser]

IPAD works well if it’s charged and on the rig.
MDT works well enough when it’s working. When it’s working. Runs don’t come up. Reset button doesn’t work. Doesn’t accept inputs when you hit “keys” 10-84, codes etc…
As stated above we’ve gone multiple tours with MDT not working and radio not working at same time. Longest stretch almost a week. IPAD and cellphone time.
Electrical wiring gremlins

The late Mercury/Apollo astronaut Alan Shepard said the thing that scared him the most about being shot into outer space was that everything he was riding on was the lowest bidder.

 

[kidfrmqns]

Use the iPAD.

Can you give signals (IE. 10-84, 10-18) on the iPad?

 

[bxengine]

We

IPAD works well if it’s charged and on the rig.
MDT works well enough when it’s working. When it’s working. Runs don’t come up. Reset button doesn’t work. Doesn’t accept inputs when you hit “keys” 10-84, codes etc…
As stated above we’ve gone multiple tours with MDT not working and radio not working at same time. Longest stretch almost a week. IPAD and cellphone time.
Electrical wiring gremlins

we cant even get them to fix our house phone lines. Complete debacle.

 

[scoobyd]

Can you give signals (IE. 10-84, 10-18) on the iPad?

No. The IC app gets the companies runs.

 

[paul612]

I got to agree "memorymaster" even though was NOT a part of the FDNY, but based on how busy it was and how things functioned so well.

Let me add:
Let's bring back those old 154 mhz channels
154.19, 154.25, 154.37, 154.40, and 154.43mhz

VHF has been added back

 

[paul612]

Does resetting the MDT involve shutting it all the way off and turning back on? How long does the whole process take?

 

[Lebby]

Does resetting the MDT involve shutting it all the way off and turning back on? How long does the whole process take?

Yes, best case scenario maybe a minute or 90 seconds

 

[nfd2004]

VHF has been added back

I need to pass that on

If somebody puts those older vhf channels of the 154.'s in their scanners, they will be able to hear the FDNY within the radio reach ?

 

[Darrell]

Aren't most of the MDT's new anyway, or are majority of them from the early 2000's?

 

[Lebby]

Aren't most of the MDT's new anyway, or are majority of them from the early 2000's?

The MDTs are new, their software not so much.

 

[-Fdnyrigs]

Aren't most of the MDT's new anyway, or are majority of them from the early 2000's?

Would make 0 sense that the dept would get brand new rigs & technology, only to keep and install obsolete old mdts back into them.