Maricopa County, Arizona Fire Dispatch inquiry

[Car150]

Anyone out there monitoring Maricopa County, AZ fire dispatch ? Specifically, I was having issues (confusion ?) re fire dispatch for some specific fire depts. Programming his 996P2 for a friend who winters there (retired ff). He has some freq in now but a lot of PD endless chat...which he wants NO PD. Specifically he is looking for Sun City, Sun City West, Surprise, El Mirage, Glendale, Avondale, Tolleson, Buckeye, Goodyear, Whitman, Wickenburg, Phoenix, Tempt, Chandler.
when I look in the data base for Maricopa county I do not find it broken down for those specific cities other than phoenix ? Any help greatly appreciated.

 

[N9JIG]

Phoenix FD dispatches much of the fire activity in the Valley. Look at the database for the Phoenix Fire Dispatch freqs and the wiki (Maricopa County (AZ) - The RadioReference Wiki) for the numbering system.

 

[KB7MIB]

The Phoenix FD Regional Dispatch Center dispatches for:
Phoenix (includes Paradise Valley and Laveen)
Glendale
Peoria
Sun City-Youngtown
El Mirage
Surprise
Sun City West-Wittmann (note: not spelled Whitman or Whitmann)
Tolleson
Avondale
Goodyear
Buckeye
Buckeye Valley
Tonopah
Harquahala Valley
Daisy Mountain (includes Desert Hills, Anthem, New River, Black Canyon City, and Cave Creek)
Scottsdale
Tempe
Guadalupe
Chandler
Sun Lakes
Maricopa (Town of, in Pinal County)

They also serve as the 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Point for several others, although the call is then transferred to the other department/district for the actual dispatching, as I understand it.

Circle City-Morristown FD (between Wittmann and Wickenburg, at US 60/AZ 74, or Grand Ave & Carefree Highway) has its own repeater. I believe Rural-Metro handles their dispatching. I can hear it in Peoria, a mile west of Downtown Peoria.

Wickenburg FD has their own repeater, and self-dispatches, I believe. I've heard their repeater as far south as Bell Rd/Sun Valley Parkway in Surprise. You may not hear it much further south/southeast, though.

Luke AFB FD operates on the base trunked system. They sometimes respond off-base on mutual-aid incidents, and will then use either Phoenix or Rural-Metro channels.

Rural-Metro FD has two stations in the West Valley. Fire Stations 833 and 837. They're also in Carefree, Rio Verde Foothills, east Mesa, and San Tan Valley in Pinal County, southeast of Mesa Gateway Airport. Rural-Metro has their own channels.

Tonto Foothills is a small HOA-like community at the north end of the Carefree/Cave Creek area. They have their own small FD, with their own repeater.

Mesa FD Regional Dispatch Center dispatches for:
Mesa
Gilbert
Queen Creek
Superstition (Apache Junction, Gold Canyon, and surrounding area)
Rio Verde
Fountain Hills
Ft. McDowell (?)
Florence (in Pinal County)

The Salt River Community has it's own fire department, and they operate on their trunked system.

The Gila River Community has its own fire department and they operate on their trunked system.

That covers the entire Phoenix Metro area, and then some. There are some industrial fire brigades, such as Palo Verde NGS, McDonnell Douglas at Falcon Field in Mesa, the automotive test tracks (like Toyota in Wittmann) etc.

John
Peoria

 

[Foresigt]

Great job with one correction. The Phoenix Fire Regional Dispatch Center is a secondary PSAP. The local law enforcement PSAPs initially receive the 911 calls and then forward fire/ems calls to them.

 

[KB7MIB]

Great job with one correction. The Phoenix Fire Regional Dispatch Center is a secondary PSAP. The local law enforcement PSAPs initially receive the 911 calls and then forward fire/ems calls to them.

I worded it incorrectly. As I understand it, when someone calls 9-1-1, law enforcement, being the primary PSAP, answers first. If it's a fire/EMS call, they will then transfer it to a secondary PSAP, like Phoenix FD, who will then transfer it to, for example, Luke AFB FD dispatch, for the actual dispatching.
I don't know if there's a list of the FD's that Phoenix FD RDC does this for, unlike the list of departments that are actually dispatched by Phoenix FD RDC.

John
Peoria

 

[GlobalNorth]

Wittmann is the only agency on your list that isn't dispatched by RWC. All other agencies use RWC.

 

[KB7MIB]

Wittmann is the only agency on your list that isn't dispatched by RWC. All other agencies use RWC.

Wittmann is FS 106 of North County Fire & Medical District, Arizona Fire & Medical Authority. They are dispatched by Phoenix FD RDC.

John
Peoria