[Scan-DC] NYFD radio comms recorded in fatal fire

[Brendan Benke]

i never post to this list...so i figure while i'm on a roll...

i wrote to andrew at the time of his post:
the fdny instituted a pilot program after 9/11 to record fireground 
comms because of the communication issues/failures at the WTC.  it just 
so happens that one of the batallions responding to the bronx fire was 
one of three in the city outfitted with equipment to monitor fireground 
communications.  as a result of this incident, they are expanding the 
program to the entire dept effective immediately.

you may feel free to pass this on to the group.

-brendan

nb - i'm a dc to ny transplant


Andrew Leyden wrote:

> As you may have heard, three firefighters in NY died in the line of 
> duty this weekend.  Two in once incident were part of a six man team 
> that jumped straight through a window on the fourth floor of a 
> building to escape a fire (the four others are seriously injured).
>
> I noticed this while scouring the net this morning:
>
> http://cms.firehouse.com/content/article/article.jsp?sectionId=39&id=38633 
>
>
> "...The firefighters sent desperate calls for help, which were 
> captured on an experimental radio taping system."
>
> Haven't heard much about this new system (though I thought they 
> recorded everything anyway--maybe this is a fireground tape?).
>
>