arlington mass fd is now dispatching all calls via radio and vocal alarm the onduty deputy fire chief requested that all calls be dispatched via radio and via vocal alarm at 415 pm today
the vocal alarm system has been having problems over the last couple of months - apparently the audio coming thru the speakers in the fire stations is getting lower and lower - and sometimes is filled with static previous policy was to dispatch all calls via vocal alarm only (however iirc they were dispatching all calls via radio and vocal about 6 to 9 months ago) thinking back over 50 years - would have to guess that 99% of all calls have been dispatched by vocal system - maybe 1% of thje time they simulcast on the radio the vocal alarm system uses either landlines or fiber optic or something to broadcast the dispatchers voice via loudspeakers in the fire stations - the vocal alarm system is separate from the radio system - except maybe when a dispatcher activates both systems at the same time -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/massfire/CAFXWwKY20%3DgiOHO%3DB2_-FK_vGsJO6aPV_JPVvk2Uxu%3D5N_ahsQ%40mail.gmail.com.
