FDNY Bronx Dispatch Operations - vintage FDNY video

I recorded this off of public access tv about 13 years ago. I'm sure I'll eat shit for posting it, but I hope you enjoy. This video is copyrighted by the FDNY, recorded and produced by the Audio/Video unit of the New York City Fire Department.

This video is a tribute to some of the great Bronx dispatchers, which are featured here, including Borough Supervisor John Cashin, Supervising Dispatcher Dennis O'Connell (RIP DOC), Ritchie Pressler, now a supervisor in Manhattan, Mark Mianulli (RIP, Mark), Brendan Keeney, Bill Treanor, Vin Allegro, and of course, the Beef.

FDTV was a show on NYC public access, Cablevision, during the mid 1990s, which was a show "for the members, by the members" that offered good training videos and was shown in many firehouses.

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[NYsentinel]

what if its an overnight alarm and the cops get there first on a pick up?

What if the cops force entry to evacuate and get trapped with the people in the house?

Should there a watchstander monitoring police and fire frenquencies for just such an emergency?

[bronxfireradio]

@NYsentinel what?? overnight alarm?? watchstander?? PD doesn't force entry to a pickup of a 59.

[bronxfireradio]

what avenue or street is that near?

[bronxfireradio]

Also, Beef once told me that his alarm receipt appearance in this video was completely staged - further evidenced by the fact that he's on the ERS phone and asking the caller for their phone number...

[JackFrostCT]

Oops!! I meant Dispatcher 3-3-0...

[JackFrostCT]

WOW.. Dispatcher, tree, tree, ate.. One of my favorites!! I can put a face to the name..

[NYsentinel]

GOD Bless

[NYsentinel]

Regarding the hwys There are times FD gets 1st due and PD is stuck in heavy traffic trying to get to the same job The PD dispatcher TMC and others have experinced the difficultty coomunications is btwn agencies.

Someone needs to activily stand "Watchstander" listening to radio communications

Arent we in the middle of a war now

How many more first responders must be lost before we realize that

[NYsentinel]

I work as an authorized hwy tow dispatcher and see it on a regular basis how the agencies respond to the jobs. When one agency responds 1st due the others have very little to no Foward situational awareness. Its best to know whats happening before going 84 then getting there and finding out the hard way after arrival.

Police Patrol continously while firefighters may have hours without a job. In the event of downtime housewatch could programmable scanner with surrounding police frequencies

[NYsentinel]

Many of the FDNY Dispatchers know what I was doing after 9-11

On 9-11 I was at W.Houston and West st Command w/ NYPD Dep Ginn and Dep Insp Angela McCarthy standing Radioman

[NYsentinel]

Thats not true Police force entry to houase fires on a regular basis.

The fact that FD Housewatch only listen to themselves and not surrounding activity shows what the problem was on 911.

I said it would happen when I ran with Tehhouse as an aux 98-99

7The Captain stated they had a command center in 5 & 7

Lot a good that did on 9-11