Northern Colorado and Poudre Fire Authority TGs

[K0UT]

I recently upgraded to an SDS100. I have all of the Talk Groups for PFA loaded in, including 4063 dispatch, plus 4064, 4065, 4066, 4067 and 4069.

I’ll hear the computer voice with a dispatch, completed by “respond on Med Channel 5” or “respond on Fire Ground 2” or “respond on Fire Ground 3.” After that, I pick up nothing related on the scanner. For the medical dispatches, perhaps Med Channel 5 is encrypted, but I’m wondering why I’m not hearing anything on any of the related TGs for the other calls.

By the way, I ran the scanner in discovery mode for a couple of days, with no hits on any of the other PFA TGs.

What am I missing?

 

[crazy88]

Do you have all the service types selected? (Fire Dispatch, Fire Tac, Fire Talk, EMS Dispatch, EMS Tac, EMS Talk). I hear the initial automated dispatch on PFA 1, then sometimes a human will come on with more info. PFA 2 has a soft encryption, so that may be what you are experiencing. I think the big incidents are on PFA 3 and 4. If you have the hospital service types selected you will hear the UCH amubulances speaking with PVH on TG 9468 when they are about 5 minutes out. I am listening to PFA med channel 5 right now (9-14-22 20:00), and hear plenty of activity. I wonder if patient specific info is just entered into CAD instead of over the air for HIPAA.

 

[K0UT]

Thanks for the reply. Maybe I'm missing PFA med channel 5. What is it? I thought that I had everything in!

The encryption on PFA 2 is interesting. I'm just getting back into scanning after being away several years.

For PFA 3 and 4, I assume that you're referring to TGs 4065 and 4066. Correct?

Also, I've been using DTRS sites Buckhorn, Horsetooth and Fort Collins.

 

[RMason]

Specifically, make sure that Fire-Tac and EMS-Tac service types are enabled. These are disabled by default.

 

[K0UT]

Thanks. I'm not sure what I had wrong, but I reset everything and started over. I verified all of the service types, and I'm picking up the Fire-Tac and EMS-Tac now. It's a learning experience!

 

[crazy88]

Also, if you’re in Fort Collins, do a site hold on Horsetooth instead of scanning all the local sites. It will pick up transmissions a lot faster.

 

[K0UT]

Good tip. Thanks.