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I went to Kutta site and the old domain is for sale, and since 2015 kutta aparently is part of SierraNevada Corp, a big defense contractor. Is the Kutta radio even being manufactured anymore, is someone else making something similar? Word in the Operational Refrence is the boxes are being...

Has FDNY sent or on the bubble to send teams to Florida or tenn/n Carolina?

They likely will not fight the fire . The amount of water necessary to deal with a car is prohibitive in most areas of the country. When the trailer caught fire in San Bernadino County, they just let it burn. The issue there is off gassing of toxic smoke. One of the jakes can chime in, but...

Any chance the FDNY would push their own feeds as LA County has?

WOW I certainly did not expect such a discussion, Thanks guys. We out here in the west are used to constant growth, new stations. etc

Couple of thoughts: 20 years or more I was somewhat involved in a system development. Motorola was including their encryption algorithm included in there radios. They marketed as "getting rid of those scanner guys" Second is, and someone with current knowledge correct me. if you get a...

2 questions actually When was the last house opened ? No a relocated house, but a real new added firehouse and Company Is the City landlocked , and cannot expand its geographic footprint?

I herd the Volunteer ambulances (Not the Hospital based Voluntary units ) have been taken out of FDNY CAD Still the case, How are they notified, is it a case where a homeonwner calls a Comunity volunteer ambulance and they call FDNY, or do they respond and they FDNY is never notified?

I went Thru ComL Training with guys from E246 , I think

A bit of history outside of NYC but related to the question. I lived in Missoula Mt and in the late 60s the City paid to have all their hydrants changed to a unique Thread so the Rural Departments could not hook up and it was many years before the city bought adaptors. Another one: My dad told...

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From a article I got https://www.fireapparatusmagazine.com/magazine/fdnys-ferrara-pumper-moving-water-and-foam/

That's interesting, In Arizona we had 3 EMT levels basic, advanced and Paramedic . First responders I do not think are a State certification, and we essentially got rid of "advanced" because they added so many skills it was just a matter of getting signed off on paramedic meds. EMTs can start...

There is a Security Bulletin from the FBI stating all NCIC CJIS information in transit must be encrypted to FIPS standards. There is nothing specifically stating voice communications must be encrypted, and voice communications over cellular networks are exempted. However, states are...

Ok so here is are some questions given the 25th anniversary: How does the CFRD firefighter compare to a NY EMTBasic? Is there any interest in Engine based EMTs? How often is the Engine at scene waiting for the bus or is this stat even kept for 10-37s? BLS (EMT-Basics ) are generally a standard...