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Anyone have any updates and when the installs will start?

The range on the 5's are not as good as promised by Motorola. Ive been in a number of locations where my pager has not gone off in and around my fire district.

Chappaqua 10/2 11am-2PM

Two things!!! 1. Its a little difficult to criticize a show thay you have not seen and have no idea of how the subject material is treated. 2. Rescue Me shows that firefighters are human too, with drinking problems,drug addictions, family issues etc.... Not to mention how they have taken creative licence to firefighting tactics, radio communications... You get the point. Yet I have heard very few negative comments about that show. As firefighters we fight an ongoing war and yet Rescue Me has been embraced, so why not give "Over There" a chance to prove itself. Come on guys... its just TV!!!!!!!

While I agree with keeping transmissions concise, however the issue regarding redundancy is important to discuss. In order to ensure that apparatus is responding to the correct location, that specific orders from a Chief or officer have been heard and understood by the recieving unit, it is a necissity to have these messages repeated. If you listen, the county dispatchers repeat back(almost) every message the receive to ensure they got it correct. The messages do not need to be long and involved but are necessary.

The latest and greatest news is that the County is in pricing negotiations with Motorola for newer vehicle and portable radios as those that were originally chosen have been discontinued by Motorola. These new radios will hopefully be ready to ship in June sometime. There will be a number of vendors that will be able to perform the installs and each dept will be able to chose from a list of authorized vendors to do the work. I hear the target date to install is August/September.