Nassau County Fire Marshal testing NCPD P25 TRS

[w2lie]

I have noticed an increase on the Fire Talk Groups on the Nassau Police P25 system this week.

Due to this increase, I was able to log TG 4021 as the Fire Marshal's TG. Multiple Fire Marshal radios coming on the air with "Fire Marshal ## Test", and once in a while FireComm will do a radio test with the field unit.

The FD talk groups has been unencrypted for some time. They are currently testing with no encryption. Hopefully the fire talk groups remain unencrypted. But - Lake Success and Freeport PD's were also unencrypted at one point too, and now they aren't.

 

[LIScanner101]

I have noticed an increase on the Fire Talk Groups on the Nassau Police P25 system this week.

Due to this increase, I was able to log TG 4021 as the Fire Marshal's TG. Multiple Fire Marshal radios coming on the air with "Fire Marshal ## Test", and once in a while FireComm will do a radio test with the field unit.

The FD talk groups has been unencrypted for some time. They are currently testing with no encryption. Hopefully the fire talk groups remain unencrypted. But - Lake Success and Freeport PD's were also unencrypted at one point too, and now they aren't.

Thanks for your diligence in keeping an eye on this Phil. Let’s hope they stay unencrypted (after all, it’s not law enforcement, it’s FD comms, I can’t think of anything too sensitive with that but you never know). This may push me to finally get a digital scanner…

 

[w2lie]

after all, it’s not law enforcement, it’s FD comms

You may want to read this. This is how the system was advertised to the FD's back in 2009: http://www.w2lie.net/apps/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?3890.30#post_4474

 

[LIScanner101]

You may want to read this. This is how the system was advertised to the FD's back in 2009: http://www.w2lie.net/apps/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?3890.30#post_4474

Thanks for the link. Hmmmm, looks like they were pushing the "E" side of this hard. Not good.