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CFD switches to digital radios … last analog fire

This from Eric Haak:

At 0656 hrs Sunday morning, Engine 62 pulled up in front of the vacant 2-story ordinary at 10901 S. Michigan in Chicago and reported the last working fire to be communicated over the old analog radio system.  It took less than 10 minutes to knock it out as Engine 62 led a line through the front door to the first floor.  Engine 93 took the hydrant at the corner of 109th and Edbrooke Avenue and led out to the basement.  Truck 42 was RIT.

Eric Haak photo

Eric Haak photo

Eric Haak photo

Tags: apartment fire in Chicago, CFD digital radio system, CFD switching from analog to digital, Chicago Engine 62, Chicago Fire Department switches to digital radios, Chicago switches to digital radios, Chicago Truck 42, Eric Haak, historic change in Chicago Fire Department radio usage

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3 Comments

• #1 by Radioman911 on November 18, 2012 - 7:13 PM

  

  The minimum scanner requirement is that it be capable of “P25 digital”.

  Chicago’s First Still & Box Alarm Fire (w/ EMS Plan 1) On The WPSG985 Digital Radio System 7702 S. Kingston Ave.
  Part 1 http://www.justin.tv/radioman911/b/341233604
  Part 2 http://www.justin.tv/radioman911/b/341231767

• #2 by Bill on November 18, 2012 - 6:26 PM

  

  Hello

  I want to buy a scanner so i can hear the suburbs and the city. I don’t want to buy the most expensive either. What are the minimum gadgets (functions), a scanner most have that I buy so I can listen to both?

• #3 by Radioman911 on November 18, 2012 - 5:39 PM

  

  11/18/12 Chicago’s Last Working Fire On The KSC711 Analog Radio System – Recording by Radioman911.com http://www.justin.tv/radioman911/b/341218352

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