New Lane County Firecom freqs

[OregonScanner]

I was in the valley over the weekend and noticed some changes to central Lane's fire freqs:

154.355 [186.2 PL] Eugene / Springfield dispatch base-mobile (old tac-1 had pl on mobile side--now on base side)
154.445 [146.2 PL] Eugene Fireground repeater (in place of old tac-2)
154.760 [100.0 PL] Springfield fireground?? repeater (licensed to SFD)
154.205 [CSQ] Central Lane Rural Dispatch base-mobile (old tac-4)

All are narrowband. Please post if you notice anymore changes.

 

[OregonScanner]

oops make Springfield Fireground 155.76 not 154.xx

 

[rcluster]

Here's what I have so far, but it's not complete yet.

Firecom 1 154.355 186.2
Metro 2 154.445 146.2
Metro 3 155.760 186.2
Metro 3 Input 151.130 186.2 (Mobiles only)
Tac 3 154.430 186.2
Tac 4 154.205 141.3 (Used for rural dispatch)
Lane 5 159.135 186.2 (Used for rural tac north of town)
Firecom 6 154.295 186.2
Tac 8 155.340 CSQ (No change)

All channels up thru Firecom 6 appear to be narrowband now. Unsure on Tac 8.

For the in-town channels, the PL tones now appear to be in use by both dispatch and mobiles (It used to be that only the mobiles used the tones).

I wouldn't put any of this in the database just yet. We need a few more days of monitoring. Even then, I probably wouldn't include the PL tones until we are sure they are using them all the time.

Of course, if somebody has the right contacts we could get a good listing figured out much quicker...

 

[jcpd815]

Lane County Zones

Here are the new radio plans for Lane County. They are currently only partially implemented and will be fully operational in October.

METRO ZONE PLAN

MetCom Metro Dispatch 1 154.3550
Metro2 Crestview Command 2 154.4450 146.2
Metro3 Quarry Command 3 155.7600 186.2
Metro4 Skinner Command 4 154.2500 186.2
Lane5 Lane County Command 5 159.1350 186.2
Metro6 Riverbend Hospital 6 155.3400 CSQ
Metro7 McKenzie Willamette Hospital 7 155.3400 CSQ
Metro8 SHGH University Hospital 8 155.3400 CSQ
Metro9 Metro Training 9 153.9500 186.2
Lane10 Lane County Air Ops 10 154.2800 CSQ
Metro11 Metro Tactical 11 154.1900 186.2
Metro12 Metro Tactical 12 154.2650 186.2
Metro13 Metro Tactical 13 154.1300 186.2
Metro14 Metro Tactical 14 154.1450 186.2
Lane15 Lane County Tactical 15 154.2050 CSQ
Lane RIT County RIT Frequency 16 155.1600 CSQ

EAST / SOUTH ZONE PLAN

EastCom East Side Dispatch 1 154.4300 186.2
East2 McKenzie Comand 2 155.9250 186.2
East3 Lookout Command 3 154.8900 146.2
Lane4 Bear Mtn Command 4 155.8650 186.2
Lane5 Lane County Command / Coburg 5Rptr159.1350 186.2
East6 Hansen Butte Repeater 6 154.4000 186.2
East7 Santiam Repeater 7 154.4150 CSQ
East8 Leaburg Repeater 8 155.9250 146.2
Lane9 Rural Training Frequency 9 150.7750 186.2 150
Lane10 Lane County Air Ops 10 154.2800 CSQ
Lane 11 Lane County Tactical 11 154.2950 186.2
Lane 12 Lane County Tactical 12 158.8800 186.2
Lane 13 Lane County Tactical 13 154.1750 186.2
Lane14 Lane County Tactical 14 154.0100 186.2
Lane15 Lane County Tactical 15 154.2050 CSQ
Lane RIT County RIT Frequency 16 155.1600 CSQ

WEST ZONE CHANNEL PLAN

WestCom West Side Dispatch 1 154.9950 186.2
West2 Walker Command 2 151.3700 146.2
West3 Prairie Command 3 155.1900 146.2 158.7750 146.2
Lane4 Bear Mtn Repeater 4 155.8650 186.2
Lane5 Lane county Command / Coburg R5ptr 159.1350 186.2
West6 Junction City Dispatch 6 154.3700 156.7
West7 Junction City TAC2 (JCFD2) 7 154.4150 156.7
West8 Linn County Dispatch 8 154.3100 167.9
Lane9 Rural Training Frequency 9 150.7750 186.2
Lane10 Lane County Air Ops 10 154.2800 CSQ
Lane 11 Lane County Tactical 11 154.2950 186.2
Lane 12 Lane County Tactical 12 158.8800 186.2
Lane 13 Lane County Tactical 13 154.1750 186.2
Lane14 Lane County Tactical 14 154.0100 186.2
Lane15 Lane County Tactical 15 154.2050 CSQ
Lane RIT County RIT Frequency 16 155.1600 CSQ

 

[Fielder3]

Lane County Fire Frequencies

Just started listening to 154.445 pl 146.2. WOW, scratchy but readable. Nice to get fireground traffic from Eugene with conditions are nice like this afternoon. -Listening from Keizer/Salem.

 

[rcluster]

jcpd815, Thank you very much.

You just saved me a BUNCH of head scratching!

 

[jcpd815]

These won't be fully operational for a few more weeks but Central Lane is testing all of the sites. Every department in Lane County will be on this new system around October.

 

[oregontreehugger]

MANY thanks for the info!

 

[slick97454]

Will Have More Info on this tomorrow. I spoke to a local firemen where i live and they have invited me up to talk to the guys programming there radios tomorrow for the new setup.I was also told not to get to used to them because in a month or so they will be switching the channels around again...in a month or so..but dont know for sure until i go see these guys tomorrow. Will post and update here as soon as i get back

 

[slick97454]

Just got back from talking to those guys there.There are 2 attachments.First is the current temporary channel plan as of right now.Second attachment is the channel plan for end of september which should be permanenr. There is one repeater the coburg repeater which is currently pending being approved through the FCC.That is on the final channel plan for september.Havent had a chance to input the new frequencies in the scanner yet.Once i have and listened for a bit will report back.According to the guys at the firestation the channel plan in the first attachment is in use now and was just programmed in there radios this morning.


Hope this helps anyone in same area

 

[rcluster]

Thanks slick97454!
I suspected that (mostly) empty first section was so each department can program in their own channel plan. Good to have some confirmed usage for Mohawk.

If anybody else has access to similar info for their area of Lane County, please post it if you can.

 

[OregonScanner]

I went ahead and submitted all of the freqs that JCPD815 posted as well as the mohawk ones. The latest State Radio Project progress report shows that the Walker Point tower is being replaced and should be complete soon which is probably why the West freqs aren't up yet (still Firecom 4).

 

[mikepalandri]

Trouble with Eugene fire Dispatch

Just fired up the Pro-96 in the Eugene area after only using it in Redding for the last several years. Not having much luck on the fire frequencies.

Looks like Fire dispatch is still 154.355, but the scanner locks on and won't let go even at maximum squelch.

Researching this, I found this post. Do I need to do something to compensate for the narrowband and the PL tones mentioned in this thread?

I use Win96 to program the scanner.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Fielder3]

Firecomm Eugene

Just wondering if newer radio plan for FIRE is now in use? (with the pl's.) Anyone in Lane County/Eugene able to confirm that?

 

[OregonScanner]

Its a work in progress. From what I have monitored, the East / West fire freqs are all the NFM ones in the DB. Metro fire (Eugene / Springfield) is currently being dispatched on Firecom 1 154.3550 CSQ wideband FM and are responding on Firecom 2 154.265 186.2 PL wideband FM. Occasionally metro units will use the new Metro NFM freqs, but for some reason they are using their old wideband ones the most. I recently heard the dispatcher tell metro units to respond on "Firecom 3." I don't know what freq that is since the old wideband firecom 3 is now East dispatch.

 

[mikegilbert]

I was down in Eugene for a couple of days and observed the same behavior; dispatch was on the old Firecom 1 with responses on Firecom 2 and hospital comms on the old HEARSnet Ch 1

 

[OregonScanner]

155.7600 186.2 PL was changed from "Metro 3" repeater to "Firecom 3" simplex.