Ventura County Fire Changes??

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I haven't seen any mention of it, but there have been changes posted (still in yellow) on the DB for VCFD, notably the old channel 2 (154.325) which had its CTCSS changed. Why?

As of now (950PM), there is a dead carrier on that channel, encoding no tone (at least none my Pro-2055 can find).

Any ideas what is going on at VCFD?
 

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Those updates were provided to me in the form of a CalFire radio load so they are accurate. It just may not be implemented yet.
 

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The Ventura County Fire Changes have not been implemented yet...still a few months away. The previous load is still being used.
 

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As a quick update, the stuck transmitter was gone as of this morning. Dispatch continues to refer calls over in Battalion 4 (Simi/Moorpark) to use Channel 2. Maybe member MCIAD can shed a little light on this?

(And sorry I stuck this thread in the Statewide forum and not LA-environs one).
 

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The Ventura County Fire Changes have not been implemented yet...still a few months away. The previous load is still being used.

let me know what freqs/tones are still in use and i will update.
 

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The data that was previously there in the database is what is still used for county fire and S.O.. The changeover has not happened yet.
 

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The data that was previously there in the database is what is still used for county fire and S.O.. The changeover has not happened yet.

well, obviously the database has changed, so i need you to let me know what is currently in use and i will update it with a note that changes are forthcoming.
 

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I wish I had a dump of of the old database to provide, but at least in Group 1A:

154.325 change CTCSS to 100.0, and Alpha Tag to VenCoFD 2 (description is fine)
153.95 PL is fine, Alpha Tag is VenCoFD 3, change description to Co Fire East Tactical
 

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From what my friend told me, narrow banding, new frequencies, near 100% countywide coverage via handheld (even Piru and up Hwy 33), new dispatch and command channels, and repeater (a unit in Simi could talk to a unit in Ventura, if they wanted).
 

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These might be some of the new Ventura County fire freqs


40 11 VNC DISP 155.0550 82.5 155.0550 82.5 H N VNC FIRE DISPATCH
41 12 VNC CMD 34 154.3250 79.7 155.8350 79.7 H N VNC COMMAND 36 EAST
42 13 VNC TAC 35 153.9500 127.3 153.9500 127.3 H N VNC TAC 35
43 14 VNC CMD 36 153.8750 85.4 158.8050 85.4 H N VNC COMMAND 36 WEST
44 15 VNC TAC 37 154.0250 100.0 154.0250 100.0 H N VNC TAC 38
45 16 VNC CMD 38 155.9850 186.2 154.7250 186.2 H N VNC COMMAND 38-COUNTY WIDE
46 17 VNC TAC 39 153.8300 100.0 153.8300 100.0 H N VNC TAC 39
 

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These might be some of the new Ventura County fire freqs


40 11 VNC DISP 155.0550 82.5 155.0550 82.5 H N VNC FIRE DISPATCH
41 12 VNC CMD 34 154.3250 79.7 155.8350 79.7 H N VNC COMMAND 36 EAST
42 13 VNC TAC 35 153.9500 127.3 153.9500 127.3 H N VNC TAC 35
43 14 VNC CMD 36 153.8750 85.4 158.8050 85.4 H N VNC COMMAND 36 WEST
44 15 VNC TAC 37 154.0250 100.0 154.0250 100.0 H N VNC TAC 38
45 16 VNC CMD 38 155.9850 186.2 154.7250 186.2 H N VNC COMMAND 38-COUNTY WIDE
46 17 VNC TAC 39 153.8300 100.0 153.8300 100.0 H N VNC TAC 39

Dispatch would be simplex? I can understand the tacs being simplex but not dispatch.
 

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If the "Dispatch" channel is mostly "dispatcher to mobile" or "dispatcher to fire station" comms, then maybe they feel they can get the job done with 1 freq instead of 2 freqs - thereby freeing up 1 freq for some other use.

Boston Mass FD kinda does this - they use 453.65 for the dispatcher to page fire stations, and to announce an incident. The fire station acknowledges via telegraph to the dispatcher. If a unit is out on the road, they are dispatched via 483.1625R (BFD Ch1)

Peter Sz
 

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Those are NOT the new channels. Those are the simplex channels they use for the remote areas of the county.
 

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Those are NOT the new channels. Those are the simplex channels they use for the remote areas of the county.

You guys are going simulcast correct? Is it in 2011? We have some additional stuff in our load for VNC but without looking at the sheet your dept sent out I cant tell if its part of the simulcast system or not.
 

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You guys are going simulcast correct? Is it in 2011? We have some additional stuff in our load for VNC but without looking at the sheet your dept sent out I cant tell if its part of the simulcast system or not.

Radioreference posted the proposed frequencies the department wants to use. The do appear to be simulcast. I am not sure when they will switch over though or if they even do.
 

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Those are NOT the new channels. Those are the simplex channels they use for the remote areas of the county.

Those are the same freqs in the CalFire load I have.

And those aren't all simplex. There are three repeater channels.
 

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A little OT, but what's the word with "Truck" 44? There's one of the older TDA's at the shops marked as Truck 44, and Truck 144 was in service as T30 the other day. From what I heard, 44's will use the truck when Quint 44 is OS, but why mark it as Truck 44?
 
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