New York Post: 911 dispatchers forbidden from saying ‘Ebola’ on the radio
In an article posted in the New York Post on October 16, 2014:
An FDNY memo instructs all personnel to use code words when dispatching a call and when referring to Ebola.“ At no point shall a dispatcher transmit over the radio any message containing the word ‘Ebola’ or related terminology,” according to the advisory, which was obtained by The Post.
Dispatchers instead must use the code letters “F/T,” as in Fever/Travel, to indicate that a 911 caller has a fever and a history of travel to West Africa. “Engine XXX, utilize Universal Precautions — you are responding to a Fever/Travel incident,” dispatchers are now ordered to say.
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