BCFA will soon tone-out/dispatch Leon Valley directly!
Bexar County Fire Alarm Tone-Outs for programming Scanners and Pagers
Department Station Tone A (hz) Tone B (hz)
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All Depts - Severe WX,Notices,CAD Issues ALL None 1006.9 (Long B)
Bexar Co Rehab- OnScene Support Vehicles 149 810.2 496.8
Bexar/Bulverde FD Based- Hazmat/WMD Team 156 600.9 496.8
Leon Springs FD Based - Hazmat/WMD Team 155 600.9 496.8
Note: Hazmat/WMD(Weapons of Mass Destruction)Teams have specialized equipment
used for Toxic Chemical Spills, Biological and Nuclear Weapons Type Disasters.
Bexar/Bulverde 103/104 707.3 389.0
China Grove 110 1433.4 457.9
District #2 EMS(West Side) 121/122/123 1687.2 1006.9
District #2 EMS(South Side) 161/163 1781.5 1006.9
District #2 Fire(D2 FDs) 121/122/123/161/163 1687.2 483.5
District #7 EMS & Fire 115/116 1122.5 433.7
ESD #5 EMS & Fire 118/119/130 788.5 410.8
Gardendale EMS 120 1285.8 1006.9
Gardendale EMS 164 539.0 1006.9
Gardendale Fire 120/164 1285.8 457.9
Grey Forest 126 979.9 433.7
Harmony EMS 127 1513.5 1006.9
Harmony Fire 127 1513.5 483.5
Hollywood Park EMS 129 746.8 1006.9
Hollywood Park Fire 129 746.8 389.0
Jarrett(Part of ESD#5) 130 928.1 410.8
Leon Springs 132/133/134/420 1063.2 433.7
Leon Valley EMS? 159 903.2 1185.2
Leon Valley FD? 159 903.2 688.3
Lone Oak 136 1185.2 457.9
Lytle 206/706 832.5 410.8
Shavano Park EMS 139 767.4 1006.9
Shavano Park Fire 139 767.4 389.0
Somerset 140 879.0 410.8
St Hedwig 142 1357.6 457.9
Windcrest EMS 145 510.5 1006.9
Windcrest Fire 145 510.5 349.0
Special note: I just logged Leon Valley S#159 test tones - will sort out their EMS/FD tone out pairs
as soon as BCFA starts to dispatch them directly instead of being under the Grey Forrest dispatch.
Quadrant Multiple Dept Group Dispatching (still a work in progress)
Quadrant 1 (ESD5) (VonOrmy118/VO119FD) None 445.7 (Long B)
Quadrant 2 (Jarrett130/Lytle206/706/Som140) None 410.8 (Long B)
Quadrant 3 (BexarBul103/104/HP129/SP139) None 389.0 (Long B)
Quadrant 4 (CG110/GD120/H127/LO136/SH142) None 457.9 (Long B)
Also trying to nail down these Quadrant (multi-dept group) tone outs using a single long B tone (6 sec)
Note: Without replaying a frillion calls I can only remember hearing reference to Quadrant 1 & Quadrant 4
So I am trying to piece together exactly which departments would make up Quadrant 2 & Quadrant 3 ?
The official BCFA map/chart which does not mention "Quadrants"
https://www.bexar.org/636/Resources
So one would think that for example Harmony S#127 w/ B-tone=410.8 would belong in Q2 not Q4 right ?
This will all sort itself out in time with future dispatches to learn from and perhaps some community help
Lastly, a big Texas thanks to the BCFA radio dept for finally fixing on or about Aug 17,2017 that right console (maybe?) programming error
the result of which was when Shavano Park EMS would be dispatched all the pagers I programmed with the ALL DEPT CALL would sound off ;(
So perhaps the timing of the Shavano Park EMS B-Tone was not right or to long so all the Motorola Minitor IV pagers alerted like a long type
(6-sec) 1006.9 B-Tone ALL DEPT CALL instead of a standard (4-second) 1006.9 B-Tone that Shavano Park EMS uses. Oh the calls I got
during this period asking me to reprogram and remove the ALL DEPT CALL tone - speaking of the last ALL DEPT CALL WX call was logged Aug 7 !
Further my BCFA dispatch log shows the last Station #149 REHAB call was back on Aug 17, 2017 to assist Castroville FD. Is R#149 still active ?
Are these events possibly all related to the relocation of the BCFA Dispatch center from downtown out to the new SP area $2M dispatch facility ?