FDNY Tales - Not Your Standard Phonetic Alphabet

FDNY Tales - Not Your Standard Phonetic Alphabet

Some dispatchers took liberty with the phonetic alphabet.

An address was given as: Ocean Parkway, between Avenues J as in Jewish and K as in Kosher". The fact that this happened in the middle of the night didn't stop the switchboard from lighting up like a Christmas tree - someone was listening (Jim Murray)

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Thanks, Ira Hoffman