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There's a "simple" guide for programming your scanner to do exactly what you want it to do: http://myweb.cableone.net/marksscanners/BCT15/bct15.html Scroll down to "Tone Out For...menu" All you'll need to do is find out the frequency(s) of the tone(s) your department uses. You can do this.

I'm also sorry to hear that your softball tournament was not very well received. For those who are interested, there is going to be ANOTHER Ronan Tynan performance- The Gift of Christmas Song, at The Paramount Center for The Arts, scheduled Saturday December 20th at 7:30PM. This is a benefit concert presented by and for the Peekskill Fire Dept. Sam Oitice Heroes Remembered Memorial Committee, Tickets are now on sale! The last Ronan Tynan fundraiser concert this past March was an absolutely fantastic performance. PS: PFD165, you might want to enter this date in the event calendar!

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Coincidence? A routine fly-over would hardly be responsible for generating a "Sonic-Boom" least of all, causing a tree coming down. The military does not do supersonic flight operations over densely populated areas, I would think especially anywhere near, or over the NYC metro area.

That was cool!

I'm guessing Ossining didn't attend this one....

IA from last night: http://www.emtbravo.net/index.php?showtopic=26630 It turns out this incident did not involve natural gas. Apparantly an occupant in the premises set off a BUG BOMB (literally!) which resulted in an ignition. Lessons Learned: Aerosol insect foggers can be EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE! Many of these contain propane as a propellant and under certain conditions can create an explosive atmospheric mixture. If you must use one of these, follow all label directions and remove ANY potential ignition source prior to discharging the contents.

I'm curious if any resolution has been reached regarding the village's engine purchase that unfortunately went south? http://www.emtbravo.net/index.php?showtopic=23877&st=0 (story embedded links have expired)

Heads are rolling. I figured it'd come down to that, sooner or later.

It 's a possibility that the chlorine gas fumes got sucked into the engines and an acidic reaction has caused a contamination of the lubricating oils, and other serious internal engine corrosion problems are happening as well. Chlorine compounds formed in an internal combustion engine environment can create acids that attack parts in an engine such as bearings, pistons and other metal alloys, as well as break down rubber, neoprene, cork, and other seal and gasket components.

I see you edited your picture. Those half-face respirators and Magenta cartridges in the original picture are only good for dust particulates, chemical fumes will go right through them. That one most likely has a chemical cartridge, except that won't do anyone any good if there is less than 19% atmospheric oxygen ... For chlorine or any other IDLH atmosphere a supplied air respirator is required. Additionally, depending on circumstances, protective clothing impervious to chemicals is also required, Interior firefighter turnouts are not always up to the task when chemical fumes are present.

You don't mean those useless toss-away painter's masks, do you? I have never seen a cop with SCBA. Maybe ESU, but not the rank-and-file street cops, that would have been sent to this, or any other fire.

Not likely. According to the story he was arrested in connection with the death several days AFTER the blaze at his business.

I have a sneaking suspicion on who might possibly be piloting that ship....

Very simply, without the control computer to affiliate the talkgroups, the system can still operate, but not normally. There are redundant site and zone controllers, however if a site controller or Zone controller or both were to fail, depending on how they're programmed, the radios in a talkgroup can still communicate amongst themselves, as long as they are on the same site (tower) (LAN vs WAN). Here's much more: http://www.freqofnature.com/SmartZone101.html

It sounds as if you have ID SEARCH enabled on your scanner, where you will pick up ALL traffic on the trunked system, or they're enabled under ID Scan. You will need to reset the scanner's trunked system parameters to ID Scan and program in all the talkgroup ID's you want, and either remove or lock out the bus talkgroup ID's, in order to not hear those.

We'll create a new thread for your question. The thing with conventional UHF/VHF frequencies is once a carrier is opened, that channel becomes unavailable for anyone else to use, within range of the signal. With a trunked radio system there can be as many as 28 frequencies, or channels, that the system talkgroups can utilize. A computer system allocates an available frequency for each and every transmission. You don't hear any other traffic other than what is in your talkgroup. The Westchester System has 5 channels for the north zone and 6 for the southern zone, in addition to a control channel to operate each zone. There are 54 emergency ops groups, as well as Hospital and Bee Line Bus Groups Check out RadioReference.com, for a start http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Trunking

DonMoose, I think you completely misunderstood Seth's post intent, at least that's the impression I get from reading your reply. Where did you get the idea that anyone needs permission to post? Nobody is "limiting" or discouraging anyone. I think the message that applies to everyone is think twice, post once.

I found one of our members, LFD171, has an incredible web collection with photos of apparatus from around the area. http://public.fotki.com/lfd171/ Doing a search through his collection using photo tags, I came up with an outstanding list of Pierce Apparatus, complete with photos. http://search.fotki.com/lfd171/?q=pierce Excellent job, LFD171!

I thought the same thing... if you put the address in a browser their site comes up. It's a domain registration thing. NHFD.org is registered to New Hamburg fire district, which is also a part of the Wappingers Falls coverage area. Other NHFD domain levels are taken.

There's no reason that I am aware of, why a department can't exceed ten identifier units. For example in NewRo, you could have 230-10, 230-11, 230-12, and so on. If I'm not mistaken, White Plains FD does something similar for their code enforcement and other support units. The only problem, ( if it is in fact a problem) is whether or not CAD can accept a unit identifier having in excess of four numeric characters, especially if it's going to be responding to incidents and needs to be logged.

Not every unit is a Chief. One very important consideration that you are probably missing out on with car number assignments is that many of those units are company captains, lieutenants, and deputy chief's, in addition to the actual Chief's.

Here's the link for the latest.. ummm...journalism: http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008807200373 In my opinion it's a poorly written article (surprised?) plus there is a bunch of other unsubstantiated hearsay stuff in there. I agree, I wouldn't want to have to "dispatch" an animal either, but if it was attacking, sick, or seriously injured, I would have no problem doing so.

Many Municipalities have Alarm Permits with a schedule of fines for multiple/nuisance false alarms. I see nothing wrong with them doing that, it creates an incentive for residents to maintain their alarm systems. But as far as charging someone to put out a fire, that's plain nuts.