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Chicago Fire Department moves to digital radios – more

This from Chris R:

HELLO CHRIS

… A PAGE FROM THE CFD RADIO  TRAINING CLASS HANDOUT

PAY ATTENTION TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE FOR THE COLOR CODE KEY TO THE ANALOG,DIGITAL,SIMPLEX OPERATION. REMEMBER DIGITAL CHANNELS HAVE A NAC CODE,ANALOG CHANNELS HAVE A PL CODE.

THIS SYSTEM IS A DIGITAL UHF P25, AND REPEATED ANALOG, AND SIMPLEX ANALOG NON REPEATED ANALOG SYSTEM NOT A P25 TRUNKED DIGITAL SYSTEM.

AND THE O’HARE 800 MHZ CFD TRUNKED SYSTEM WILL BE GONE SOMETIME IN 2013,ALL CFD FIRE APPARATUS WILL BE ON THIS UHF SYSTEM, THIS WAS IN THE POWER POINT PRESENTATION FOR THE CLASS.

THERE WILL BE NO RADIOS INSTALLED IN THE FIRE APPARATUS TILL AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR ALL RADIO COMMS ARE BY HT RADIOS AND THE COMMS TO NIFERN OR MUITIAL AID ARE BY COMMAND PERSONNEL RADIOS ONLY THE REGULAR FIREFIGHTERS RADIOS ARE PROGRAMMED BY THIS ATTACHED PAGE NO IDEA ABOUT COMMAND RADIOS YET.

Chicago Fire Department digital radio programming

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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.

Chicago apartment fire 10901 S. Michigan Avenue

Eric Haak photo

Chicago apartment fire 10901 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago Truck 42

Eric Haak photo

Chicago apartment fire 10901 S. Michigan AvenueEric Haak photo

Eric Haak photo

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