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I have noticed that there is no Montgomery County Forum. . . . . .anyone have anything new to share?

And also, does any know the Frequencies for Jamison's Towing in KOP?

Thanks, Ryan
 

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Since when does jamison's have frequencies...i work in the tow industry and we deal with them regularly......
 
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Since when does jamison's have frequencies...i work in the tow industry and we deal with them regularly......

They have radio's in all of there trucks, including there service vehicles. They deal with Upper Merion PD Direct sometimes for accidents, and all of there drivers are dispatched Via Radio

What Tow Company do you work for?
 

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ive been in their trucks a few times and have never seen communication radios, just nextels.most of the comms are from driver to dispatch via nextel.......although it is quite possible some of their trucks are radio dispatched...99% of the time when an accident occurs(and plenty do in UM twp)...parties involved call police dispatcher....dispatch assings it to an officer....and once the responsind officer arrives, he determines if a "duty tow" will be needed or if the parties can drive them away, or if its a disabled in traffic, "duty tow" may respond to remove it at police request....also, jamisons is a TRIPLE A SERVICE PROVIDER..so they have to be ready for those calls....but id be very surprised if jamisons has police scanners in their trucks, its one thing if they are on a channel with JUST UM pd, but a tow company can getinto legality issues if they are caught with police radios in their trucks,(unless they are turnpike authorized service providers, in which case they are given turnpike cb's which allow them to communicate directly with highspire and to state police)
 
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ive been in their trucks a few times and have never seen communication radios, just nextels.most of the comms are from driver to dispatch via nextel.......although it is quite possible some of their trucks are radio dispatched...99% of the time when an accident occurs(and plenty do in UM twp)...parties involved call police dispatcher....dispatch assings it to an officer....and once the responsind officer arrives, he determines if a "duty tow" will be needed or if the parties can drive them away, or if its a disabled in traffic, "duty tow" may respond to remove it at police request....also, jamisons is a TRIPLE A SERVICE PROVIDER..so they have to be ready for those calls....but id be very surprised if jamisons has police scanners in their trucks, its one thing if they are on a channel with JUST UM pd, but a tow company can getinto legality issues if they are caught with police radios in their trucks,(unless they are turnpike authorized service providers, in which case they are given turnpike cb's which allow them to communicate directly with highspire and to state police)

Allright dude, I didnt ask you a full description of what they do and dont do, because trust me, I already how it's done! Perhaps I am wrong about exactly how many radios are located in their Trucks, but I am just going on what has been told to me by by a few of the employees that currently work there.

Unless their word isnt good enough??
 
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They have radios for direct contact with Upper Merion PD. I never found the frequency even when I worked at the PD and put the signal stalker on in the middle of the night. The channel was through the radio console so we never saw the equipment directly. Although I think it may have been on a commercial LTR trunk system in the area because the frequency often changed. I knew the radio traffic wasn't very worthwhile so I didn't put a lot of time into it.
 

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SouthernFIRE77 said:
I have noticed that there is no Montgomery County Forum. . . . . .anyone have anything new to share?

And also, does any know the Frequencies for Jamison's Towing in KOP?

Thanks, Ryan
There aren't any individual county forums. Everything is handled in the state forums.
 

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SouthernFIRE77 said:
Well Sorry I didnt know that, I am new to this forum. I'll make sure to learn everything overnight next time!

Dude...RELAX!! You said you didn't see a MontCo forum, I told you why because you're new...There was no attitude to my answer, why are you giving me one? Your other post in this thread had attitude as well...What you can learn overnight is how to talk to people who take the time to help you out!!
 
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Dude...RELAX!! You said you didn't see a MontCo forum, I told you why because you're new...There was no attitude to my answer, why are you giving me one? Your other post in this thread had attitude as well...What you can learn overnight is how to talk to people who take the time to help you out!!

Sent you a PM.
 

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SouthernFIRE77 said:
Allright dude, I didnt ask you a full description of what they do and dont do, because trust me, I already how it's done! Perhaps I am wrong about exactly how many radios are located in their Trucks, but I am just going on what has been told to me by by a few of the employees that currently work there.

Unless their word isnt good enough??
you need to relax dude.JMHO
 

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Got a really nice PM from Southern...He seems like a good guy. Just got a little caught up in the moment. I say we forget about this thread and let him start fresh...I've already forgotten about it...what was I typing about again??
 

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Got a really nice PM from Southern...He seems like a good guy. Just got a little caught up in the moment. I say we forget about this thread and let him start fresh...I've already forgotten about it...what was I typing about again??

sounds good to me.i guess we all can get a little caught up in the moment from time to time.i know i have a bunch of times.
 
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sounds good to me.i guess we all can get a little caught up in the moment from time to time.i know i have a bunch of times.

Thank you very much Gentlemen, and yes I was a little caught up in the Moment.

Now if I could speak to the people who invented "Encryption", I would - well, I'm not gonna go there!

Ryan
 
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Jamisons

Ok so back to the Jamison's Towing Topic. . . . .

I was riding along with a Manager from Jamison's Towing last night. During the day and up until about 10pm, there are all Radio Dispatched via the Radios mounted in the Trucks.

I do not belive they are on any kind of Trunking System, but I could be wrong. They have 2 Frequenies on all of there Radios, but Channel 1 is used more then Channel 2 (I am not even exactly sure when Channel 2 is used) They also have UMPD, but in order to contact them, the radio must be switched over?? If anyone could help me let me know.

I also know that there radios are programmed and serviced by Sunshine Communiations, and maybe there frequencies are typed in with the one posted under Montgomery County? I belive I am to far out of range in order to monitor Sunshine from my current location (Willow Grove)

If anyone can find out anything please let me know. Thanks in advance!

RL
 

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SouthernFIRE77 said:
Ok so back to the Jamison's Towing Topic. . . . .

I was riding along with a Manager from Jamison's Towing last night. During the day and up until about 10pm, there are all Radio Dispatched via the Radios mounted in the Trucks.

I do not belive they are on any kind of Trunking System, but I could be wrong. They have 2 Frequenies on all of there Radios, but Channel 1 is used more then Channel 2 (I am not even exactly sure when Channel 2 is used) They also have UMPD, but in order to contact them, the radio must be switched over?? If anyone could help me let me know.

I also know that there radios are programmed and serviced by Sunshine Communiations, and maybe there frequencies are typed in with the one posted under Montgomery County? I belive I am to far out of range in order to monitor Sunshine from my current location (Willow Grove)

If anyone can find out anything please let me know. Thanks in advance!

RL

Jamison's has an expired license for a 900MHz trunked system:
http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseFreqSum.jsp?licKey=1928984

Not sure if they still use that or not. System channels listed are:
935.1500
936.1375
936.2375
937.7250
938.7250

EDIT: I didn't hear any control channel or other activity on these old 900MHz freqs when I checked.

Also, Sunshine Communications operates a bunch of conventional repeaters and LTR trunked systems all over the Philly metro area. Perhaps Jaimsons is using one of those now.

If you search the FCC database for Sunshine and limit it to PA, you'll get a bunch of results. http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls
 
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Jamison's has an expired license for a 900MHz trunked system:
http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseFreqSum.jsp?licKey=1928984

Not sure if they still use that or not. System channels listed are:
935.1500
936.1375
936.2375
937.7250
938.7250

EDIT: I didn't hear any control channel or other activity on these old 900MHz freqs when I checked.

Also, Sunshine Communications operates a bunch of conventional repeaters and LTR trunked systems all over the Philly metro area. Perhaps Jaimsons is using one of those now.

If you search the FCC database for Sunshine and limit it to PA, you'll get a bunch of results. http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls


Thank you for the Help on this. . . . .Do you live close to Jamison's, within possible listening distance?

Thanks, Ryan
 

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Hey Ben, without starting a new thread, did u happen to catch the action on event 7 this morning, i heard units referred to as " is1 and is2" as well as communications to a "fieldcom1" saying they were leaving the fire academy in plymouth and heading to high and penn streets in pottstown...one unit warned the other to watch for the speed traps on 422.....it was several units. Its possible they were "not is1 and 2" maybe they said "if1 and 2".....wouldn't something like this go to a fireground channel, or its that only if they have their portables?
 

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Q-ball said:
Hey Ben, without starting a new thread, did u happen to catch the action on event 7 this morning, i heard units referred to as " is1 and is2" as well as communications to a "fieldcom1" saying they were leaving the fire academy in plymouth and heading to high and penn streets in pottstown...one unit warned the other to watch for the speed traps on 422.....it was several units. Its possible they were "not is1 and 2" maybe they said "if1 and 2".....wouldn't something like this go to a fireground channel, or its that only if they have their portables?



IS = Fire Incident Support Team

The IST or FIST is made up of a group of fire officers from around Montco who will respond, when requested, to assist with incident command matters at large fires or other large scale calls.

Field Comm 1 is the county's mobile command/dispatch center. It is loaded with a bunch of mobile radios, caches of portable radios and batteries, a video camera on a telescoping antenna, a very small conferencing area (can fit four or squeeze six), and other fun stuff. This will respond to any event it gets requested for. Once it is on scene, the dispatchers staffing the truck will take over responsibility for coordinating communications on scene thereby freeing up the dispatchers in Eagleville to go back to handling the rest of the county. There is a second Field Comm unit down in Abington. FC-1 stays up in Eagleville.

There is a 3 alarm fire in downtown Pottstown which is where everybody is going.
 

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Awesome Ben!!, i hafta ask, please tell me you know all these unit terms and corresponding responsibilities from being in the line of work. Anyways, thanks for the info..i hear deputy 54 on event 2...sounds like they are going room to room to evacuate people, why did they respond from the fire academy?...and i havent heard any comms on the fireground channels, ive been monitoring fg1 and fg2.
 
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