@mathowie I don't know about your jurisdiction, but here, FD dispatch and radio comms are done in the clear, and anyone with a tuned handset can listen. Even if that weren't the case, the stations themselves have speakers that announce the dispatch before the truck rolls.
They do this because hindering access to communication in a disaster is never good, as they've found out a couple of times.
It suuuuucks that ambulance chasers like the ones you describe exploit it, tho. They're the worst.
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