18bravo
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I’ll be in Springfield the end of this week. Looking for some help on want FD channels I need to program in for dispatch and tac channels.
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Springfield Fire has a combined dispatch with all of the surrounding fire departments in Greene County. You will hear all fire dispatches on County-Wide Fire Dispatch and Springfield Fire Main. County-Wide Fire Dispatch and Springfield Fire Main are patched together. I suggest monitoring all or most of the Fire OPS channels as well. When ops channels are assigned, they usually start low and progress upward (Ops 1, Ops 2, Ops 3.. etc).
As for each fire department's private channel... each department utilizes it differently. You might hear a lot of chatter, or nothing at all. Most of the time, it's for coordinating the initial response to a call, or local movement within their district. Some use their fire private for a training channel as well.
As for each fire department's private channel... each department utilizes it differently. You might hear a lot of chatter, or nothing at all. Most of the time, it's for coordinating the initial response to a call, or local movement within their district. Some use their fire private for a training channel as well.
| 40751 | 9f2f | D | Grn Co-Wide Fire | County-Wide Fire Dispatch |
| 40126 | 9cbe | D | Spfld Fire Disp1 | Fire: Dispatch 1 | Fire Dispatch |
18bravo
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Thank you. So is PD set up the same way?
SPD has 3 Zones. North (Zone 2), South (Zone 1) and Cental/Entertainment District (Zone 3). 90% of their traffic is on those 3 talk groups.
Greene Co SO has a talk group called Patrol 1. All of the municipal police departments operate on Countywide.
All in the clear unless it's a tac channel, undercover... etc.
MSHP is worth listening to as well.
There is also a lot of DMR activity in Greene & Christian counties. All agencies in Christian County use a DMR Capacity Plus system. Usually able to monitor the Ozark and Nixa sites throughout Springfield.
Greene Co SO has a talk group called Patrol 1. All of the municipal police departments operate on Countywide.
All in the clear unless it's a tac channel, undercover... etc.
MSHP is worth listening to as well.
There is also a lot of DMR activity in Greene & Christian counties. All agencies in Christian County use a DMR Capacity Plus system. Usually able to monitor the Ozark and Nixa sites throughout Springfield.
18bravo
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Thank you for your help.
TreySpooner65
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Unless this has changes in the last year or so (with the new radio change over), OPS channels are assigned geographically and by purpose. I don't recall the exact breakdown, but its based on where in the county the call is, and if its medical or a fire call.
Ops 1/2 for MVCs, Ops 3/4 for Fire Medical, Ops 5+ for fire/EMS/Person trapped.. etc. There could be multiple working incidents on one Ops channel. Fire can request a different Ops channel at their discretion.. in which they would be assigned an Ops channel from 5 and up.
Ops 1 & 3 for northside, Ops 2 & 4 for southside. Cherry St/Mt Vernon (Center of the City) is the dividing line between north and south.
They changed this protocol during the transition from analog to digital so that they could patch more talk groups between the analog and digital systems. They just recently went back to utilizing the Ops channels in the previous format noted above.
@18bravo I also forgot to mention, Springfield Fire Main is patched to Countywide Fire full time. In addition, they have a VHF repeater (154.400 CTCSS 151.4) that broadcasts everything on this talk group. Also, when a Greene Co fire department is toned for a call.. they are toned on Springfield/Countywide.. in addition to their department private talk group. But most of the primary radio traffic is on Springfield Fire & Countywide.
18bravo
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Thank you for all the info guys.
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