Dade County Fire MedComm?

[Mirazh3]

One of my cousins is a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and we were both trying to figure out all the fire frequencies used so he can listen in on his days off. I was able to verify the fact that their radios transmit in the 458.xxx range and receive on the 453.xxx range when I was next to him right before a call. That being said I know that the dispatch and tactical channels are right. The MedComm frequencies are the ones we're trying to figure out. According to everything I've seen the frequencies used for MedComm are as laid out here: http://www.kenji-d.com/scanning/html/mutual.htm ... However all those MedComm channels seem to be dead, which my cousin tells me is never the case on a regular day.

According to the Florida State Emergency Medica Services Communication Plan ( http://www.doh.state.fl.us/workforce/ems1/Telecom/EMSVolumeII-04.pdf ) the frequencies listed are correct but why is it that nothing can be heard on those frequencies? The only actual thing I have ever heard was the morse code repeater station announcement (like amateur radio repeaters) on medcomm 8 which is the statewide channel.

Does anyone know if those are the actual ones being used or if there's something different going on?

 

[precoislen]

MDFR should be using TG's on the county's 800 mghz EDACS system to "hail" Med-Comm for the local hospitals in Dade County.

MDFR's day to day stuff is on the UHF system as you have identified already, but I vaguely remember hearing some Dade units communicating on the EDACS system for the local hospitals, when I lived down there.

 

[Mirazh3]

Revisiting this topic, in the past two weeks I have heard "Dade county testing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1" on Medcomm 4 (463.075) in the morning (about 9:30-ish). A few minutes ago I passed over Medcomm 6 (463.125) and heard an open mike. I did a tone scan and there was a 210.7Hz tone being transmitted. After listening to it a little more the mike was finally shut (key depressed) and the channel went silent again. Now the thing that bugs me is that at the end of all MDFR radio calls you can hear a few small/very faint click-like sounds (more like a spring-loaded ptt button being depressed)... and I heard that same sound at the end of that transmission.

Does anyone have any idea about what's going on?

 

[EMS12]

Certain MEDCOM talk groups are simlu cast on UHF.

Miami Dade MEDCOM is now on the Miami Dade EDACS system. You can find the info here on RR and get the talk group information as well.


=)

 

[JimD56]

MDFR MEDCOMM ON EDACS

The above posting is correct. I am an MDFR fireman. MEDCOM is on the 800mhx trunked ge/edacs system. The reason you may not hear alot is because we have pulled all the 800 mhz radios from the trucks and the emergency rooms. In a nutshell, they suck. We only work off of portables within a couple of miles of a hospital.

 

[EMS12]

Re: MDFR MEDCOMM ON EDACS

The above posting is correct. I am an MDFR fireman. MEDCOM is on the 800mhx trunked ge/edacs system. The reason you may not hear alot is because we have pulled all the 800 mhz radios from the trucks and the emergency rooms. In a nutshell, they suck. We only work off of portables within a couple of miles of a hospital.

LOL you are so right the EDACS system does SUCK!

MDFR tried the EDACs system for a few years back. I think it was like 2 days before they switched back to UHF after seeing how badly the EDACS system performed in a real world enviroment.


MDPD uses the same EDACS system and to be honest I can't see how there effective. The coverage is awful it drops in and out depending where you are in the county. LOL its bad.

 

[KG4PSN]

MDFR FIRE TALKGROUPS

ALL THE FIRE TALKGROUPS, (except for the two in MIA) that are on the EDACS system will be turned off permanently.  This includes ALL of Medcom.  Everything in MDFR will be implemented into a county-wide UHF infrastructure.

 

[EMS12]

Re: MDFR FIRE TALKGROUPS

ALL THE FIRE TALKGROUPS, (except for the two in MIA) that are on the EDACS system will be turned off permanently.  This includes ALL of Medcom.  Everything in MDFR will be implemented into a county-wide UHF infrastructure.

WoW great to hear.

I knew the MDFD hated the EDACS system just didn't realize it hated it THAT bad.

 

[FTLAUD]

Any reason why the Airport Talkgroups will be different? and for Airport Alerts will they still use the UHF tactical channel.

 

[ezyproductions]

These are the conv channels for Miami-Dade Fire, they are not trunked. They are the only system left that isnt trunked.


453.5250 NORTH
453.7000 CENTRAL
453.8000 SOUTH
453.8500 WEST
453.6000 TACTICAL
453.5000 TACTCAL-A
453.1000 TACTICAL 1
453.1500 TACTICAL 2
453.2000 TACTICAL 3
453.3250 TACTICAL 4
453.4250 TACTICAL 5
463.1750 RYDER TRAUMA