Metronet testing

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pathalogical

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Anyone know more about this ? Heard some testing going on a couple weeks ago and heard agencies being called out to, some answered, some didn't. Testing seems random and they use some kind of touch-tone alerts prior to verbal announcement such as "Metronet to Toronto Police how do you copy ?". Who's on the list when they do these tests ?
 

radioman253

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re: METRONET testing

I hear them Tueday mornings approx 10AM.
I wondered whether METRONET has ever been used in an actual emergency situation
Anyone know?
I figured this was some sort of civil defense net that originated from the Cold War era.

What type of equipment are they using for this? Perhaps they are using Motorola desksets or something similar
 

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It was used during the blackout, and during the 911 "blackout" a couple of years back.

As far as agencies that are on the MetroNET, I've heard at least the following;

Toronto Police
Toronto Fire
Toronto EMS
Toronto Works
Toronto Parks & Rec
Toronto Public Health
Toronto Transit Commission
Office of Emergency Management (Toronto)
Emergency Management Ontario
City Hall
Toronto District School Board
Bell Canada
Toronto Hydro
Enbridge

Basically, everyone who could possibly have a need to talk to each other is on it.
 
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