Fire truck in LaGuardia runway collision had no transponder, limiting tower’s ability to track it, NTSB says

A fire truck involved in the fatal collision with an Air Canada plane at New York’s LaGuardia Airport was not equipped with a ...
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Jarring alarms out, quieter alerts in. New firehouse dispatch systems aim to ease stress

DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — Until recently, a call coming into the Danbury Fire Department meant alarms and tones immediately blasting at high volume — startling the firefighters before they headed out to ...