Joint CAD Incident Tracking System

[Bowlieweekender]

When I'm listening to the audio feed option available on the web site, what actual frequency am I listening to?

It isn't any of the Washington County Metro West freqs I don't believe.

Cheers Nigel

[zpdx]

The WC feed (Washington County Fire and EMS Live Scanner Audio Feed) broadcasts WCCCA dispatch and ops channels 32-39 from the 800mhz trunked system (Washington County / Clackamas County / Newberg Trunking System, Various, Oregon - Scanner Frequencies).

MetroWest's private/company channels are not broadcast. Most comms would be redundant anyway, as they dispatch their own units who then announce themselves to WCCCA on the 800mhz.

[zpdx]

I should mention the RR terms of service prohibit broadcasting private businesses; Metro's VHF could fall under this category since they are the sole user on that freq. The TOS also prohibits broadcasting ambulance-to-hospital comms, which occur on additional talkgroups in the 800mhz system.

[Bowlieweekender]

I hear a lot of Metro West traffic on this feed but wasn't aware they used the 800Mhz system and was confused.

Cheers Nigel

[PMJ2kx]

Originally Posted by zpdx

I should mention the RR terms of service prohibit broadcasting private businesses; Metro's VHF could fall under this category since they are the sole user on that freq. The TOS also prohibits broadcasting ambulance-to-hospital comms, which occur on additional talkgroups in the 800mhz system.

Although I haven't heard anything, supposedly their VHF/UHF assignments are also for non-emergency wheelchair dispatch, but AFAIK, those are separate licenses from their actual emergency dispatch frequency (155.xxx ...something, I forget).

[mjohnston4]

What you might be hearing lately is MWA using OPS37. Their radios have been going down alot lately and I think it's on the dispatched console end and not in the actual ambulances. So they use OPS37 as a back-up when that occurs, so you'll hear all kinds of non-emergency type radio traffic (post changes, hospital arrivals, giving out calls to units). I've heard it a few times in the last week or so.

[Gezelle007]

Now that's a new one..