Fire Department Orders Probe of Radios

"We moved too fast before. Were going to proceed in a manner where we can thoroughly evaluate the pros and cons of the new system."
Meanwhile, firefighters have been reissued the older radios which employ older analog technology, according to Gribbon.
He added that analog technology is less flexible, but the human voice is transmitted instantly.
"We think we can re-program the radios so that we dont have firefighters stepping on each other when they use the radios," the fire official said.
The Dept. has moved Assistant Chief Salvatore Cassano off his regular assignments and assigned him to study the radio problem.
Motorola has insisted that its radios were not defective.
All 3,500 of the new radios were recalled on Mar. 21 after a firefighters calls for help were not heard by most of his colleagues after he ran out of air and collapsed while battling a house fire in Richmond Hill