Mt. Olive Twp. / Roxbury Twp. - Forest Fire

[SCPD]

Reported forest fire near the Oakwood Village Apts and the Roxbury Border (Mooney Mtn.)

NJSP Aviation is overhead. (Helicopter 5)

Flanders Fire / First Aid and Roxbury Fire have been dispatched.

Helicopter 5 is reporting fire is approx. 15 acres.

MOPD 156.060
MO Fire 156.180

Roxbury PD 478.050
Roxbury Fire 478.600

0113

 

[Jafo_the_Kid]

I just heard Roxbury Changed to Fireground 1. Any Idea what is that freq?

 

[Jafo_the_Kid]

My mistake I had it here I just sometimes heard a taxi company on the same freq. and had it locked out.
Rox now on Fireground 1 464.87500
and MO Is on channel 2 (159.10500?)and having troubles with communication on that channel on the ground.

 

[SCPD]

Chester Fire / First Aid and Budd Lake Fire dispatched mutual aid.

NJSP helicopter departed for a medevac request.


Firegound Ops are on CH-2
159.105

0215

 

[SCPD]

Firefighters battle 11-acre brush fire in Morris County | - NJ.com

 

[SCPD]

3 firefighters injured in 11-acre brush fire in Mt. Olive | dailyrecord.com | Daily Record

 

[res5cue]

For any brush fires in the area the NJFFS channels are great too.

 

[radiomanNJ1]

Why would any public safety agency go on a business freq? Sounds like Joe the radio man sold them something they should not be on. They are far enough was from other areas that they can get some 12.5 licensed coordinated UHF public safety channels.

My mistake I had it here I just sometimes heard a taxi company on the same freq. and had it locked out.
Rox now on Fireground 1 464.87500
and MO Is on channel 2 (159.10500?)and having troubles with communication on that channel on the ground.

 

[SCPD]

That's a good question. However, there are numerous agencies on the business band.

Pequannock PD is on 453MHz
Med Channels are 462-463MHz
Butler is on 453MHz

The list goes on...................As long as their licensed it's legal.

 

[robbinsj2]

there are numerous agencies on the business band.

Give or take one or two channels/steps at the ends, 453.0125-453.9875 is public safety (PW) just like 460.0125-460.6375. The med channels, from 462.95-463.175, are also PW, along with the +5MHz pairs for all the ranges mentioned here.

There isn't as much interleaving at UHF as there is at VHF, but there is still some and the business/industrial pool isn't continuous from 450 to 470.

Jim

 

[SCPD]

Did anyone hear any interops on MIRS?

When I was a member of Flanders as an EMT, a lot of our members were afraid to use the radio giving the whole county can hear you.