[Scan-DC] Laguardia crash question

[Eric C. Carlson]

ARFF trucks, like most other airport vehicles that operate in the "movement
area" (controlled by air traffic control), will have aviation radios. They
use these radios to obtain clearances and are usually on the Ground
frequency.

-Eric

On Tue, Mar 24, 2026, 4:24 PM Jeff Krauss via Scan-DC <
scan-dc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> I think I heard on the news that a transmission intended for the fire
> truck was "stepped on."
> That can happen if the tower was communicating with aircraft using
> AM, but fire trucks these days use either FM or digital.
> Do the Laguardia fire trucks have AM radios as well as digital??
>
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