Delaware County Fire

[Audiodave1]

Hey guys,
Could some of you that can confirm the Delco FD system layout have a look at the dB to see if I have it right?

I have some descrepancies compared to a (the) local guide but do not monitor FD that often. those of you that do have knowledge outside the published stuff have a look and let me know via the data submission form or thru a PM.

Thanks,
Dave

 

[JRM5204]

Here's what I have. I heard a rumor they may make some changes soon with Upper Darby joining the system.

506.8125R 173.8 CH01 Fire Primary 4th, 5th, 7th Districts
508.0375R 192.8 CH02 Fire Secondary 4th, 5th, 7th Districts
508.1625R 146.2 CH03 Fire Primary 6th, 11th Districts
506.5125R 107.2 CH04 Fire Primary 10th District & Station 44
508.1375R 100.0 CH05 Fire Primary 1st, 11th Districts
507.8125R 186.2 CH06 Fire Secondary 6th, 11th Districts
508.6625R 156.7 CH07 Fire Primary 2nd, 3rd, 12th Districts
506.7125R 103.5 CH08 Fire Secondary 2nd, 3rd, 12th Districts
507.9875R 100.0 CH09 Blue Route Fire Protection Task Force (Out of service)
506.6625R 110.9 CH10 Fire Primary 8th District
506.6875 110.9 CH11 Fireground Simplex Countywide
507.9875 167.9 CH12 Fireground Simplex Countywide
506.5875 192.8 CH13 Fireground Simplex Countywide
507.9875 173.8 CH14 Fireground Simplex Countywide
506.5875R 156.7 CH15* MED A (EMS East)
506.6875R 141.3 CH16* MED B (EMS West)
508.4375R 151.4 CH17 Command (Interops)

* Some companies use these channel slots for company private channels

46.3800 CS F1 (Not used)
46.4200 CS F2 (Not used)
46.4800 CS F3 County Fire/EMS Dispatch (Voice)
46.0800 CS FPF Fire Police (Not used)

154.2050 Digital Pagers (Non Voice)

Havferford Twp. Bureau of Fire 9th District is dispatched by Haverford Twp. on 46.2200 and 501.0250 PL103.5.
There was an article in the paper not long ago about Haverford Twp. considering joining the county radio system in a few years.

 

[ctrabs74]

Havferford Twp. Bureau of Fire 9th District is dispatched by Haverford Twp. on 46.2200 and 501.0250 PL103.5.

There was an article in the paper not long ago about Haverford Twp. considering joining the county radio system in a few years.

They might as well. I know HTBF has it's own station numbers but also have station numbers used by DelCo FireBoard. In any case, are they talking about both HTBF and Haverford PD joining county radio? If that's true, then Media PD would remain the lone holdout as far as self-dispatching goes.

 

[JRM5204]

The article from what I remember was mainly about them considering joining the county system in the future because it's cheaper than running their own comm center. Some powers are afraid there might be a slight delay in the response times of emergency services being someone in the county comm center not as familiar with Haverford Twp. like there own E911 staff is. I think they said they were going to stick with there system for the next few years anyway. The article was in the Delaware County Daily Times.

 

[ctrabs74]

Some powers are afraid there might be a slight delay in the response times of emergency services being someone in the county comm center not as familiar with Haverford Twp. like there own E911 staff is. I think they said they were going to stick with there system for the next few years anyway. The article was in the Delaware County Daily Times.

Or some powers are afraid of the county taking over their feifdom (a typical situation in DelCo). That said, when Ridley closed their PSAP, most of their dispatchers simply moved over to DelCom/FireBoard. I don't see why that wouldn't happen for Haverford as well. Eventually, Haverford may have to move since I don't know how well their 453 freqs will mesh with the county's 500 freqs.

 

[HM1529]

Or some powers are afraid of the county taking over their feifdom (a typical situation in DelCo). That said, when Ridley closed their PSAP, most of their dispatchers simply moved over to DelCom/FireBoard. I don't see why that wouldn't happen for Haverford as well. Eventually, Haverford may have to move since I don't know how well their 453 freqs will mesh with the county's 500 freqs.

Any UHF portable I have ever seen that covers the 500MHz area covers from 450 to 512, so I don't see there being an issue from a strict frequency compatibility issue.