what would be more appropriate would be Engine XXX 22 at the hydrant on the corner of A and B streets...i could see that so other engines know that hydrant is taken...
theres a lot of redundancy on the radio..."alright 23"...isnt the purpose of sayin "23" to avoid verbal acknowlegments as in "ok" or "alright" or "show me 21"...just sayin "##00 21"
i said it in another post...its the people not the procedures that are the problem...
Are you refrencing the AFA tripped by matches used for "Sanitary reasons" a few nights ago?
Yea, 2 nights ago i was woken up by my pager going off at a bar, and they had to 13 because of "sanitary reasons"???. Sanitary reasons... hmm... what could that mean?
But no, thats not what i meant. For example: 3 nights ago there was a automatic at the birch elementry school. whe all units who signaled 21 22'd, the cheif said there is a "signal 12". Then 650 responded "23. All merrick units respond signal 12." But why? all units 22'd
Um, any chance that the chief wanted it announced that the situation was under control? Any chance that there may have been more units responding. If not on the road, possibly responding, as per the rolling order? Just a hunch.
It's really not too hard. Anyone who can't do it simply because their "just so used to it" is full of it.
And while we're on the subject ... saying "K" might go back to the days of the telgraph, however PD used it as well. If your calling the borough communications office and expect a reply, you'd finish your message with a "K". However you would never say "10-4 K", just "10-4". Again, anyone who mixes it up and says "Fire Com 123 K ..." is just full of crap. It's obvious mixing of SOP's and you sound stupid. The only exception I might consider is if someone was a dispatcher in the City and then worked out here as well, but even then I doubt that they'd be confusing certain things like this.
Legend, you make an exception for anyone who works in the city and also works out here if they slip once in a while? Very interesting observation you made and brought a hot topic to light. Very RARELY do you ever hear a city dispatcher that works out here say "k" but my pet peeve is how they drum it into all dispatchers heads in the city that there is no zero, it's "O" not zero. Nothing wrong with teaching that in the city, what works well there is fine with me, but for crap sake, leave it in the CITY. When you came out here, we here in Nassau believe not only was the alphabet invented for a reason but along with that the numbering system was also invented and should be used when your here. That's how things work in Nassau. I don't make the rules, I just like to follow them. You wanna hear an office with "O" desease, keep an ear out on your former employer on the south shore, every week, your bound to hear it.
well i love the city guys that have the need to say ladder 303 or engine 354 21. Why? do members of the departments not know what the rig is responding are the chiefs unsure????? man cut the crap we are NOT the city and there is no "K" in Nassau County
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