LaSalle Fire UHF Frequencies

[bosco836]

I was looking at LaSalle Fire's frequencies in the Industry Canada database and came across the following UHF frequencies. Anyone have any idea if these are in use or not? If so, for what purpose. I know LaSalles Dispatching and Fire Operations are done on 164.48000.

469.537500
469.937500

I also found another VHF frequency 154.070000 registered to LaSalle Fire. Anyone have any idea what that ones used for or if it is even in use at all?

Thanks,

 

[Jammin_Jay]

154.070 is the Fire Marshall Frequency for Ontario (province wide)

Its a secondary channel, that is used by fire depts across the province when more then one fire is going on, on a lot of activity within the district or county on the main channel.

For example

Theres a forest fire in the county, and also theres a barn fire, in a different township , but the same county/district.

The Fire dispatch may ask forest fire response team to switch to FMO 154.070
well the Barn Fire crew will continue to operate their radios on the local fire frequency

Its like Provincial Common Channel , that police use 142.770
In this case is a provincial common fire channel, 154.070 if u want to look at it that way, best as i can describe it,
so different fire depts across the province in different counties/regions/districts can communicate with each other.

There may be 2 different frequencies , 1 in county a, and another in county b. The fire could be on or near the county border, so in order to
communicate, they require a common channel which is on all fire radios in the province, FMO 154.070

 

[hawkeye32]

154.070 is a ontario wide for county units. I personally haven't heard much on any of those freq's other then 154.070

 

[bosco836]

Thanks for the quick responses. Anyone have any idea what the UHF frequencies are being used for?

 

[rc1990]

154.070

I also found another VHF frequency 154.070000 registered to LaSalle Fire. Anyone have any idea what that ones used for or if it is even in use at all?

Thanks,

It's the Ontario's Fire Marshal - mutual aid channel for all Ontario FDs.

 

[mrweather]

Thanks for the quick responses. Anyone have any idea what the UHF frequencies are being used for?

I haven't lived in the area in years but the .5375 frequency used to be the dispatch channel from Windsor. Not sure if WFD still dispatches those county departments (Lasalle, Essex, Belle River, Amherstburg) anymore or not.

 

[bosco836]

I know most of the surrounding county departments are dispatched on 153.770000; however, I can not confirm that they are not simulcasted or otherwise dispatched on the .5375 frequency either.

Anyone have any further insight?

 

[mrweather]

My mistake. Looking in my old Haruteq scanner book from 1993 the 469.9375 was the county dispatch frequency, not .5375.

I recall hearing Windsor dispatch on UHF and the individual fire halls respond on the 153.770 frequency.

 

[bosco836]

Yeah. Unfortunately, I don't have a scanner (Only a VHF Handheld) so I have no way of monitoring these (469.537500
469.937500) frequencies.

Hopefully someone will have an answer.

 

[125]

Many "Comm Centers" use a UHF link to the towers much like radio stations use the 450 mhz or 900 mhz to link to studio to the transmitter. Some areas are linked via telephone (you will some times hear those automated telemarketing calls over the tower).