South Plainfield Fire Department

johnls7424 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-11-2012, 9:28 PM

I heard the fire trucks taking off. Heard the UHF or VHF fire call through the talk-group on the Middlesex County Talk-Group's South Plainfield, but nothing more from dispatch. I used to hear them all the time. Can someone cross-check this?

johnls7424 · #2 (**permalink**) 11-13-2012, 8:13 PM

Has anyone checked this yet?

johnls7424 · #3 (**permalink**) 11-13-2012, 8:14 PM

Heard them on their pager but nothing yet on the dispatch on the TRS.. TG 14-025

GM · #4 (**permalink**) 11-14-2012, 6:02 AM

Post Hurricane Sandy, South Plainfield Fire Dept. has switched back to their former UHF frequency for operations I've observed due to problems with coverage issues on the County TRS. When paged out, you will hear the page on everything: VHF-Low, UHF, and 800 MHz (and I think the EMS VHF-Hi freq. sometimes). I would plug in 500.86250 DCD 565 freq. and monitor that on a regular basis. Their is also a Fire Ch. 2 in simplex mode, but I'm not sure what it is.

johnls7424 · #5 (**permalink**) 11-14-2012, 9:55 AM

Thanks GM for the info

johnls7424 · #6 (**permalink**) 11-29-2012, 4:49 PM

I havent been monitoring SPFD. Have they switched back to the county band or they still on their VHF/UHF convential bands?

johnls7424 · #7 (**permalink**) 12-25-2012, 12:07 AM

The fire dept for South Plainfield is back on their county bands/talk-groups

r60 · #8 (**permalink**) 03-01-2013, 9:59 AM

The on again (Middlesex) off again (500.8625 Fire) back and forth switching MAYBE done for good.

As of Monday March 4th at 08:00 South Plainfield Fire will return to it's local repeater for both
dispatch and operations.

The stituation is very very complicated as to why it has been on and off again.

Let's just leave it as that there has never been a problem with the 500.8625 repeater system.

KC2ZHY · #9 (**permalink**) 03-01-2013, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by r60

The on again (Middlesex) off again (500.8625 Fire) back and forth switching MAYBE done for good.

As of Monday March 4th at 08:00 South Plainfield Fire will return to it's local repeater for both
dispatch and operations.

The stituation is very very complicated as to why it has been on and off again.

Let's just leave it as that there has never been a problem with the 500.8625 repeater system.

I was talking to one of the SP guys a couple weeks ago who told me this would be happening. They cannot stand the Middlesex County system, stating they have coverage gaps everywhere in analog and digital mode. Not surprised by this move back in the slightest.

GM · #10 (**permalink**) 03-01-2013, 11:02 AM

Looks like I better find out what Ch. 16 on the TRS radios are before it's gone for good... (suspected to be a simplex frequency in the I Tac range).

johnls7424 · #11 (**permalink**) 03-01-2013, 12:30 PM

Think South plainfield all together will switch back to a repeater or old VHF ?? Like the pd