[P-40]

NYC should have a wad of them, and emergency communications coordination.

They did have many channels set up for different purposes but they generally stayed flooded, did not work beyond certain floors due to various failures, didn't work well between departments due to a lack of protocol, etc. If you want a fairly concise summary I can locate one for you.

[Smokin' Joe]

I would like to read a summary, thanks.

While some hand sets will not do well from inside a building, with the sheer number of high-rise buildings there, you'd think that would be just part of the specifications for personal (as opposed to vehicle mounted) radios,

Even a channel set aside for 'announcements' in the event of a major incident, to direct responding units to a specific frequency or one of several frequencies reserved for major incident response using a 'looped' message would have helped sort things out.