Fire Pager???

[kirb1985]

This may be a stupid question. I have read about these on here. What is a fire pager and how does it work??

Thank You

[bezking]

A fire pager is a small, single or double frequency radio reciever. It is used by fire departments to alert members as to when and where to respond. The squelch is opened by a set of bells and whistles that are coded to a specific frequency, each department has a different set of tones.

[nd5y]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pager
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_MINITOR_pager

[Grog]

They are small, cost more than some radios, and always go off at the wrong time (good thing I don't carry one anymore).

[FarmingtonFire]

Originally Posted by Grog

They are small, cost more than some radios, and always go off at the wrong time

aint that the truth

[squirrel]

Originally Posted by Grog

They are small, cost more than some radios, and always go off at the wrong time (good thing I don't carry one anymore).

Are you saying the Minitor V is small? You might as well attach a brick to your belt.

[rescue161]

Originally Posted by squirrel

Are you saying the Minitor V is small? You might as well attach a brick to your belt.

It's certainly a lot smaller than the Minitor that I used to carry. Now that was a brick.

[MEBUCKO]

where can i look for TONE OUT frequencies. I live in Montgomery County Maryland.
the scanner i am looking at lets you enter the tone frequencies but i cant fine the site that I remember seeing them on.
thanks for any help you have.
Mark.

[Grog]

Originally Posted by squirrel

Are you saying the Minitor V is small? You might as well attach a brick to your belt.

Never had one, and from the sounds of the quality, would not carry one. I come from the time of the Min 1, sometimes in doing testing I would carry two

[squirrel]

Originally Posted by rescue161

It's certainly a lot smaller than the Minitor that I used to carry. Now that was a brick.

I still have a Minitor I sitting in my den. And it still works better than my V did.

I have had them all I,II,III,IV,V but I reverted back to a Minitor II.

My fire department had a demo pager from SwissPhone (RE629) which in a side by side comparison next to the Minitor V blew it away in size, weight, sensitivity and audio quality. Anyone who is unhappy with the direction the Minitor line has gone should take a look at them.