| Re: Our apology for the error, Stanley Wilson was a Firefighter, not Captain. Hey, Dallas fallen Fire Captain Stanley Wilson's widow, Jenny Wilson, has one simple wish after her husband's line-of-duty death: a fireground radio transmission recording system. But City Manager A.C. Gonzalez said yesterday that he can't guarantee that Jenny Wilson will get what she covets because the price tag could end up being too high. "If it's something that is very reasonable ... why not?" Gonzalez said. "If it's something that's very expensive, I'll have to look at what we are trading off for that - is that the best use of our money? "In the absence of knowing what that's going to involve cost-wise, I don't know if that is something I can say we're going to do." Nice thought out answer to the widow of a man that lost his life working for you, boss. Recording on-scene radio transmissions was among the many recommendations by investigators following Captain Stanley Wilson's death on May 20, 2013, while operating at that building fire. THIS ISNT THE FIRST TIME...as a system of recording fireground transmissions was also recommended - to no avail - after the 2011 line-of-duty death of Dallas Fire-Rescue Lt. Todd Krodle. Stop the bullsh*t---a system that records repeated or simplex radio transmissions won't break the City-or most any other jurisdiction. It can be done through a central location or battalion chief buggies can be equipped with them...simple fireground recorders. And you don't even need to form a committee... As an example, I searched and found www.FireVideo.net and for much less than $200.00 each, you can have a dash (or rear of command buggy) recorder with audio and video for every buggy-it can record over 10 hours and it automatically turns on. So let's just say the "big D" has 9 battalions and a few other senior chiefs/safety officers etc per shift. So, for about $2000.00 total, EVERY on-duty DFR buggy has a working, state of the art recorder. That's less than it will cost to buy lunch at the next city council meeting. Where there's a will, there's a way. That was easy. Either way, it's 2015 and it's ridiculous to not be able to go back and listen to fireground channels-after fires that went well or ones such as this one where Captain Wilson was tragically killed. Look, if we can go on the Internet and watch Freddie firefighter with his helmet cam stretch a booster line to a raging mulch bed on fire, fireground channels can be recorded right at the buggy. It may cost some a little money, but that's the price of putting a sign in front of a building and calling it the "FIRE DEPT" Here is more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20150429-dallas-official-request-of-firefighters-widow-will-come-down-to-cost.ece Take Care. Be Careful. Pass It On. BillyG The Secret List 4-30-2015-1330
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