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Mutual aid radio system. Each PD is assigned a station number and that's how they identify themselves on the hotline. It's like one big intercom. the f3 is relatively new within the last 7-8 years. Designed to have a interoperability. at a scene all jobs can switch to it and communicate with each other

"f3" is not the hotline. "f3" is the county channel 3 radio frequency or the "MARS" radio. The Hotline is a telephone based way of instant communication between all of the departments and some Ct departments that border Westchester. It is used the way described above.