Lexington County Fire Locution

[evan]

It sounds like Lexington County is moving to computerized voice dispatch/locution. They are testing it this afternoon.

 

[KMG54]

Greenville County has been using it for about a month now, seems to be mostly city, but some county FD's dispatched also. I don't think it is ready for prime time yet.

 

[gpsblake]

I hate it and Lex Co using it full time on dispatch on 154.130 . Don't know if EMS is doing it also because they are digital, but sad.

 

[evan]

Lexington County dispatching continues to evolve. EMS and Fire are now being dispatched on the same channel (TG 24542 formerly fire dispatch only, tone outs simulcasted on 154.13). Medical calls and EMS ops are primarily using Ops 1.

 

[evan]

Disregard, this was apparently testing only and they are back on main channel. But I'm guessing they will move in this direction at some point in the future.

 

[mrat1234]

Evan this is the line up I've had for the past 2 years.

24525 - 5FCD - D - Public Safety Command (Fire/EMS/Emergency Management)
24542 - 5FDE - D - Public Safety Dispatch (Fire/EMS/Emergency Management)
24543 - 5FDF - D - Fire Admin (Fire Only)

24566 - 5FF6 - D - EMS Dispatch (As of now used as primary Dispatch but could turn into secondary/back-up Dispatch)
24567 - 5FF7 - D - EMS Admin (EMS Only)
24568 - 5FF8 - D - EMS Log (EMS Only)
24569 - 5FF9 - D - EMS To Palmetto Health
24570 - 5FFA - D - EMS To Lexington Medical Center

24531 - 5FD3 - D - Public Safety Ops 1
24532 - 5FD4 - D - Public Safety Ops 2
24533 - 5FD5 - D - Public Safety Ops 3
24534 - 5FD6 - D - Public Safety Ops 4
24535 - 5FD7 - D - Public Safety Ops 5
24536 - 5FD8 - D - Public Safety Ops 6
24537 - 5FD9 - D - Public Safety Ops 7
24538 - 5FDA - D - Public Safety Ops 8
24539 - 5FDB - D - Public Safety Ops 9

 

[mrat1234]

Lexington county is using Locution again on fire dispatch (24542). Been hearing it all night and this morning. Occasionally a dispatcher will come on and correct what the computer dispatch said but mostly only heard the computer locution dispatching.

 

[evan]

I originally called the system Locution but the voice sounds more like PURVIS which I believe is what Charleston County uses. I find the computerized voice used by PURVIS a little harder to understand than Locution.

 

[mrat1234]

It appears Lexington county has made the switch to fulltime Purvis/Locution dispatch. Nothing but computer dispatching now on fire dispatch (24542)

 

[Tech21]

While you may not like it, automatic dispatching saves valuable time on every call that goes out.

 

[Tech21]

I hate it and Lex Co using it full time on dispatch on 154.130 . Don't know if EMS is doing it also because they are digital, but sad.

Automated dispatching saves valuable time on every call that gets dispatched. It's the direction a lot of 911 agencies are going to. The Golden Hours in Fire/EMS is real and every second matters.

 

[mrat1234]

For now it seems Lexington county has switched back to a human dispatcher giving out the calls. Maybe it was a trial run to see how the fire departments like it and how it worked.

 

[Caesar]

For now it seems Lexington county has switched back to a human dispatcher giving out the calls. Maybe it was a trial run to see how the fire departments like it and how it worked.

No human dispatcher for the past few days :-/

 

[mrat1234]

I'm surprised that it was not Columbia/Richland county that switched to computerized dispatch instead of Lexington county

 

[dlansche]

Lexington county ems is testing automated dispatch again today just FYI