Delco Fire Station Numbers

[jjimenez01]

They are the Motorola professional series radios. CDM-1250/1550 and HT-1250's etc. Under the MDC signalling tab in the CPS is an option to add more than one data burst during the transmission of the identifier. When I did the 15, 41 and 56 radios I set them to 3. Allows any console or radio decoding a better chance to receive the ID. Some radio systems have inherient delays which may clip the first portion of the data burst.

JJ

[One13Truck]

Originally Posted by jjimenez01

They are the Motorola professional series radios. CDM-1250/1550 and HT-1250's etc. Under the MDC signalling tab in the CPS is an option to add more than one data burst during the transmission of the identifier. When I did the 15, 41 and 56 radios I set them to 3. Allows any console or radio decoding a better chance to receive the ID. Some radio systems have inherient delays which may clip the first portion of the data burst.

JJ

Awesome, thanks! I know a lot of people hate hearing the MDC's but I love them. At least 1 person out there besides the ones working the consoles appreciates your work. LOL
My Relm that I have is ancient so I'll have to remember those settings when it finally kicks and I replace it. Can that be set for the multiple burst on post or pre/post or just pre? Like you were describing about some systems not getting the data burst our ops channel has gone down the toilet since the County took it over from our former dispatch center so a lot of times the info doesn't hit. The 3 burst would work out nice.

[CommJunkie]

When I did 69's I set them to 2. Same reason. Sounds cooler too :P

[jjimenez01]

Originally Posted by One13Truck

Awesome, thanks! I know a lot of people hate hearing the MDC's but I love them. At least 1 person out there besides the ones working the consoles appreciates your work. LOL
My Relm that I have is ancient so I'll have to remember those settings when it finally kicks and I replace it. Can that be set for the multiple burst on post or pre/post or just pre? Like you were describing about some systems not getting the data burst our ops channel has gone down the toilet since the County took it over from our former dispatch center so a lot of times the info doesn't hit. The 3 burst would work out nice.

You can get that option on the Pre, Post or both transmission. What company are you with and what frequency did the county take over?

JJ

[Septa3371CSX1]

Those key up sounds allow me to easily identify whose radio is keying up. Not only on Sector 4 can I often tell what department is keying up but in some instances which officer or car is keying up. Same with the fire / EMS side.

[Fred1]

What happened to DTVF station 4 on Hook Rd. Out of service.

[One13Truck]

Originally Posted by jjimenez01

You can get that option on the Pre, Post or both transmission. What company are you with and what frequency did the county take over?

JJ

Ah nice to hear it can be done on any of the 3 options. I'm certainly going to keep that in mind. Thanks!

I'm in Northeastern Pa. The County took over the neighboring town's channels when they were forced to shut down their local dispatch center in 2009. We willingly moved from the ops channel we'd been using since the jump up from low band to high band w/o a repeater over to theirs that has one when given the option. A few other departments were offered to go too and declined. I don't know why. It was the best move we've ever made. I get that it all counts on the Tx hitting the system to get the Rx back in any quality otherwise it's no better than the old ops channel we worked on but the way they set up the new channel to receive before the County took it over wiped out the old dead spots and makes it much better for us to use.
I hope that made sense. I'm on about 5 hours of sleep since Sunday. Haha!!

[dawilkiejr]

Originally Posted by 6211A

Since there is a topic about Delco Medic Units, I figured I would throw the Fire Station numbers out there, so you know what it is you are listening to.

Fire Departments: (all units dispatched on 46.480 unless otherwise noted)

01 - Folcroft
02 - Norwood
03 - Clifton Heights
04 - Darby #1
05 - Glenolden
06 - Collingdale #1
07 - Ridley Park
08 - Prospect Park
09 - Sharon Hill
10 - Colwyn
11 - is OOS (Morton and Rutledge Merged)
12 - Eddystone [460.625]
13 - Morton/Rutledge
14 - Swarthmore
15 - Radnor Twp.
16 - Yeadon
17 - Essington (Tinicum Twp.)
18 - Folsom (Ridley Twp.) [46.240]
19 - Lansdowne
20 - Garrettford-Drexel Hill (Upper Darby Twp.) [154.190]
21 - Darby #2
22 - Milbourne [154.190]
23 - Media
24 - East Lansdowne
25 - Lester (Tinicum Twp.)
26 - Highland Park (Upper Darby Twp.) [154.190]
27-31 are OOS
32 - Marcus Hook
33 - Trainer
34 - Llanerch (Haverford Twp.) [46.220] {Known on Haverford Radio as Station 2}
35 - Brookline (Haverford Twp.) [46.220] {Known on Haverford Radio as Station 3}
36 - Cardington-Stonehurst (Upper Darby Twp.) [154.190]
37 - Upper Darby (Upper Darby Twp.) [154.190]
38 - Oakmont (Haverford Twp.) [46.220] {Known on Haverford Radio as Station 1}
39 - Lower Chichester Twp.
40 - Boothwyn
41 - Newtown Square
42 - Collingdale #2
43 - Holmes (Ridley Twp.) [46.240]
44 - Springfield Twp.
45 - Parkside
46 - Rocky Run (Middletown Twp. Lima 69/Lenni Heights 54 Merged)
47 - Chester Twp.
48 is OOS
49 - Milmont (Ridley Twp.) [46.240]
50 - Middletown Twp.
51 - South Media
52 - Brookhaven
53 - Broomall (Marple Twp.) [453.225]
54 - OOS (Lenni Heights)
55 - Ogden
56 - Manoa (Haverford Twp.) [46.220] {Known on Haverford Radio as Station 5}
57 - Upland
58 - Bon Air (Haverford Twp.) [46.220] {Known on Haverford Radio as Station 4}
59 - Concordville
60 is OOS
61 - Reliance
62 - S.M. Vauclain (Ridley Twp.) [46.240]
63 - Green Ridge
64 - Edgmont Twp.
65 - Garden City
66 - Bethel Twp.
67 - Woodlyn (Ridley Twp.) [46.240]
68 - Lennox Park
69 - is OOS (Lima)
70 - Leedom (Ridley Twp.) [46.240]
71 - Chester Heights
72 - Aston-Beechwood
73 - Rose Tree (Upper Providence Twp.)
74 - Primos-Secane-Westbrook Park (Upper Darby Twp.) [154.190]
75 - Briarcliffe
76 - Darby Twp.
77 - Goodwill
78 is OOS
79 - Boeing Fire Brigade
80 - Sun Oil Refinery Fire Brigade
81 - City of Chester
82 - City of Chester
83 - City of Chester

Unit Designations:
1 - Engine
2 - Engine
3 - Engine
4 - Engine / Tactical unit
5 - Ladder
6 - Rescue
7 - Ambulance
8 - Utility Vehicle
9 - Chief
9A - Deputy Chief
9B - Assistant Chief
10 - Safety Officer
11 - Battalion Chief (only for City of Chester, volunteer companies use 11 as an EMS officer)
12 - Fire Captain
13 - Fire Lieutenant
14 - Engineer

More than one of the same type of vehicle will result in adding letters to the number. For Example, a station with 2 ambulances will have XX-7 and XX-7A.
Generally, most companies are using plain talk instead of the unit numbers, For Example, Engine XX or Ladder XX instead of XX-1 or XX-5.

updated

[jjimenez01]

15- Radnor Dispatched on 33.900 PL136.5
34- 46.480
35- 46.480
38- 46.480
56- 46.480
58- 46.480
53- Broomall Dispatched on 46.480

-All Haverford companies and EMS are on 46.480
-Im pretty sure but cannot confirm that all Ridley Township companies are also dispatched on 46.480

JJ

[benrussellpa]

Originally Posted by jjimenez01

15- Radnor Dispatched on 33.900 PL136.5
34- 46.480
35- 46.480
38- 46.480
56- 46.480
58- 46.480
53- Broomall Dispatched on 46.480

-All Haverford companies and EMS are on 46.480
-Im pretty sure but cannot confirm that all Ridley Township companies are also dispatched on 46.480

JJ

Yes, Ridley is now on 46.48. I think they switched a year or two ago? Used to be 46.24, but no longer.

Related to voice dispatch in Delco, is there any current talk of moving to VHF hi or UHF for voice paging? I'm not sure I understand why they never went UHF giving companies an option to monitor their assigned response channel as the second pager channel.

[CommJunkie]

Originally Posted by benrussellpa

Yes, Ridley is now on 46.48. I think they switched a year or two ago? Used to be 46.24, but no longer.

Related to voice dispatch in Delco, is there any current talk of moving to VHF hi or UHF for voice paging? I'm not sure I understand why they never went UHF giving companies an option to monitor their assigned response channel as the second pager channel.

Ridley switched in 2007.

There is 508.2375 simulcast dispatch which will allow you to put your fire channel in channel 2 of a pager.

[CommJunkie]

Since this thread keeps popping back up, here's the update as of today.
All stations are dispatched on 46.480 with simulcast on 508.2375, except for Upper Darby Twp, which uses 154.415

01 - Folcroft
02 - Norwood
03 - Clifton Heights
04 - Darby #1
05 - Glenolden
06 - Collingdale #1
07 - Ridley Park
08 - Prospect Park
09 - Sharon Hill
10 -
11 -
12 - Eddystone
13 - Morton-Rutledge
14 - Swarthmore
15 - Radnor
16 - Yeadon
17 -
18 - Folsom (Ridley Twp.)
19 - Lansdowne
20 - Garrettford-Drexel Hill (Upper Darby Twp.) [154.415]
21 - Darby #2
22 - Milbourne
23 - Media
24 - East Lansdowne
25 -
26 - Highland Park (Upper Darby Twp.) [154.415]
27 -
28 -
29 -
30 -
31 -
32 -
33 -
34 - Llanerch (Haverford Twp.)
35 - Brookline (Haverford Twp.)
36 - Cardington-Stonehurst (Upper Darby Twp.) [154.415]
37 - Upper Darby (Upper Darby Twp.) [154.415]
38 - Oakmont (Haverford Twp.)
39 - Lower Chichester Twp.
40 - Boothwyn
41 - Newtown Square
42 - Collingdale #2
43 - Holmes (Ridley Twp.)
44 - Springfield Twp.
45 - Parkside
46 - Rocky Run (Middletown Twp.)
47 - Chester Twp.
48 - Tinicum Twp.
49 - Milmont (Ridley Twp.)
50 - Middletown Twp.
51 - South Media
52 - Brookhaven
53 - Broomall (Marple Twp.)
54 -
55 - Ogden
56 - Manoa (Haverford Twp.)
57 - Upland
58 - Bon Air (Haverford Twp.)
59 - Concordville
60 -
61 - Reliance (Upper Chichester Twp.)
62 - S.M. Vauclain (Ridley Twp.)
63 - Green Ridge
64 - Edgmont Twp.
65 - Garden City
66 - Bethel Twp.
67 - Woodlyn (Ridley Twp.)
68 - Marcus Hook-Trainer
69 -
70 - Leedom (Ridley Twp.)
71 - Chester Heights
72 - Aston-Beechwood
73 - Rose Tree (Upper Providence Twp.)
74 - Primos-Secane-Westbrook Park (Upper Darby Twp.) [154.415]
75 - Briarcliffe
76 - Darby Twp.
77 - Goodwill
78 -
79 - Boeing Fire Brigade
80 - Sun Oil Refinery Fire Brigade
81 - City of Chester
82 - City of Chester
83 - City of Chester
92 - Colwyn

Unit Designations:
1 - Engine
2 - Engine
3 - Engine
4 - Engine / Tactical unit
5 - Ladder
6 - Rescue
7 - Ambulance
8 - Utility Vehicle
9 - Chief
9A - Deputy Chief
9B - Assistant Chief
10 - Safety Officer
11 - Battalion Chief (only for City of Chester and Upper Darby Twp., volunteer companies use 11 as an EMS officer)
12 - Fire Captain
13 - Fire Lieutenant
14 - Engineering Staff

More than one of the same type of vehicle will result in adding letters to the number. For Example, a station with 2 ambulances will have XX-7 and XX-7A.
Generally, most companies are using plain talk instead of the unit numbers, For Example, Engine XX or Ladder XX instead of XX-1 or XX-5.

[benrussellpa]

Originally Posted by CommJunkie

Ridley switched in 2007.

There is 508.2375 simulcast dispatch which will allow you to put your fire channel in channel 2 of a pager.

I know they put tones out over that freq...wasn't sure if there were plans to expand the UHF. Doesn't that just transmit from one site? I didn't think you got good countywide coverage with it.

As for Ridley...my how time flies. I must be getting old.

[mlmummert]

Radnor Township still has 33.90. How about Eddystone?


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[Septa3371CSX1]

All non-corporate fire and EMS in Delco are dispatched on 46.48/508.2375 with the exception of Radnor on 33.90 and Upper Darby on 154.415. All alpha paging is done on 154.205.

[mlmummert]

Originally Posted by Septa3371CSX1

All non-corporate fire and EMS in Delco are dispatched on 46.48/508.2375 with the exception of Radnor on 33.90 and Upper Darby on 154.415. All alpha paging is done on 154.205.

What goes out on the text pagers? Are there any lists of cap codes anywhere?


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[ctrabs74]

Originally Posted by CommJunkie

Since this thread keeps popping back up, here's the update as of today.
All stations are dispatched on 46.480 with simulcast on 508.2375, except for Upper Darby Twp, which uses 154.415

01 - Folcroft
02 - Norwood
03 - Clifton Heights
04 - Darby #1
05 - Glenolden
06 - Collingdale #1
07 - Ridley Park
08 - Prospect Park
09 - Sharon Hill
10 -
11 -
12 - Eddystone
13 - Morton-Rutledge
14 - Swarthmore
15 - Radnor
16 - Yeadon
17 -
18 - Folsom (Ridley Twp.)
19 - Lansdowne
20 - Garrettford-Drexel Hill (Upper Darby Twp.) [154.415]
21 - Darby #2
22 - Milbourne
23 - Media
24 - East Lansdowne
25 -
26 - Highland Park (Upper Darby Twp.) [154.415]
27 -
28 -
29 -
30 -
31 -
32 -
33 -
34 - Llanerch (Haverford Twp.)
35 - Brookline (Haverford Twp.)
36 - Cardington-Stonehurst (Upper Darby Twp.) [154.415]
37 - Upper Darby (Upper Darby Twp.) [154.415]
38 - Oakmont (Haverford Twp.)
39 - Lower Chichester Twp.
40 - Boothwyn
41 - Newtown Square
42 - Collingdale #2
43 - Holmes (Ridley Twp.)
44 - Springfield Twp.
45 - Parkside
46 - Rocky Run (Middletown Twp.)
47 - Chester Twp.
48 - Tinicum Twp.
49 - Milmont (Ridley Twp.)
50 - Middletown Twp.
51 - South Media
52 - Brookhaven
53 - Broomall (Marple Twp.)
54 -
55 - Ogden
56 - Manoa (Haverford Twp.)
57 - Upland
58 - Bon Air (Haverford Twp.)
59 - Concordville
60 -
61 - Reliance (Upper Chichester Twp.)
62 - S.M. Vauclain (Ridley Twp.)
63 - Green Ridge
64 - Edgmont Twp.
65 - Garden City
66 - Bethel Twp.
67 - Woodlyn (Ridley Twp.)
68 - Marcus Hook-Trainer
69 -
70 - Leedom (Ridley Twp.)
71 - Chester Heights
72 - Aston-Beechwood
73 - Rose Tree (Upper Providence Twp.)
74 - Primos-Secane-Westbrook Park (Upper Darby Twp.) [154.415]
75 - Briarcliffe
76 - Darby Twp.
77 - Goodwill
78 -
79 - Boeing Fire Brigade
80 - Sun Oil Refinery Fire Brigade
81 - City of Chester
82 - City of Chester
83 - City of Chester
92 - Colwyn

Is Rocky Run a new fire company? I remember when 46 was one of the old Marcus Hook/Trainer fire stations.

[Septa3371CSX1]

Yes, Rocky Run is the company formed by the merger of Lenni Heights (54) and Lima (69) Fire Companies. As of right now I believe they are operating from 69's station with plans to build a new station in the area.