18-3box said:Heard it again:
"Engine 2-1 respond to set up a landing site for MSP trooper. (shuts off)..... Eagle 1 with a 10 minute E.T.A. at XXXX middle school (yadah yadah yadah yadah yadah). What is this all about?
bear105 said:I live within a 1/2 mile of I-95 and the MSP Troopers fly over the house daily. I guess they follow 95 North and South. I rarely hear any specific traffic as they are traversing except the initial call out on 44.74Mhz. Every now and then some chatter on 123.025Mhz. Is there other freqs I should be listening to??
wadeless28 said:As a little commentary to that. All citizens in Maryland that have drive cars that are registered in Maryland pay for the Medevac service provided by the MSP. It is a charge that was added to your registration fee's a few years back. If I am lying in a ditch and need a medevac I would prefer to have an MSP Trooper transport me to Shock Trauma then have private carrier decide whether it would be monetarily feasible to do that. Then charge me for something that I, and everyone else, already pays for. End of commentary.
Mike
Dank said:What are you asking about the engine company to setup an LZ or first hearing a reference to MSP and then Eagle? It's routine to dispatch an engine to secure the LZ antyime a medevac helo lands somewhere that is not an airport or approved helopad. Depending on resources available you can even have a squad or truck company handle the LZ. I think alot of the helo dispatch confusion is due to available resources. Naturally most MD usints will ask for MSP or 'start a trooper'. I have heard many comms where the dispatcher replies to the requesting unit , 'per syscom you have ....' I assume that is the first due helo is not available syscom will then dipatch the next one.