Summit County: Richfield/Peninsula/Valley Fire

[MotorolaDave]

Can anyone answer the below listed questions for Peninsula, Richfield Village, Richfield Township, and Valley Fire. I don't listen to them all that often, but the dispatchers seem to be the same for all of those agencies. I already know that Peninsula and Valley Fire are on the Summit County 800 system, and that Richfield has their own analog 800 system.

Does Richfield dispatch for Peninsula, or does Peninsula dispatch for Richfield? This should also answer my question of which agency dispatches the Valley Fire District.

Are Richfiield Township and Richfield Village both on the Richfield 800 system?

Can anyone give me the PD unit numbers for Richfield Township, Richfield Village, and Peninsula?

Thanks in advance!
Dave

 

[KWs]

Richfield Village dispatches for Peninsula PD and Valley Fire District.
There is no Richfield Twp PD, township police coverage is provided by Richfield Village.
I do not have any info on unit IDs

 

[MotorolaDave]

Richfield Village dispatches for Peninsula PD and Valley Fire District.
There is no Richfield Twp PD, township police coverage is provided by Richfield Village.
I do not have any info on unit IDs

Thanks a lot for that info! I kind of figured that was the setup...I just wanted to confirm it. Richfield needs to hurry up and move full time to the Summit 800 system. I see they have talkgroups on it already.

I'm sure I will be able to determine unit numbers with a little bit of monitoring time. I'm pretty sure Peninsula are 400 units.

 

[a388sig2]

So is it one dispatcher operating two different types of radios? Or do both systems run into a single dispatch console?

 

[MotorolaDave]

So is it one dispatcher operating two different types of radios? Or do both systems run into a single dispatch console?

It would have have to be two different types of radios. The Summit County System users have XTS2500/XTS5000 radios. Richfield users have Jedi series radios.

 

[fordcobra04]

Is the Summit County system P25? Just because they use different series radios doesnt mean they have to use two different consoles...

 

[MotorolaDave]

Is the Summit County system P25? Just because they use different series radios doesnt mean they have to use two different consoles...

The Summit County System is NOT P25. The plans are for it to be in the near future. It will then merge with the Bath P25 system, and the soon to be built Barberton/New Franklin P25 system.

You are right about the console...it could be just one. I do know for sure the users have different radios.

 

[wa8pyr]

It would have have to be two different types of radios. The Summit County System users have XTS2500/XTS5000 radios. Richfield users have Jedi series radios.

Actually this isn't quite correct; the Astro (XTS/XTL) radios will work fine on both systems; the Jedi series (MTS/MCS) radios will only work on Richfield. So the dispatcher could be using a console with Astro series radios only connected to it, or both types.

However, the Richfield dispatcher may just have a console directly connected to that system, and only needs a control station connected to the console for the departments on the Summit system.

 

[MotorolaDave]

Actually this isn't quite correct; the Astro (XTS/XTL) radios will work fine on both systems; the Jedi series (MTS/MCS) radios will only work on Richfield. So the dispatcher could be using a console with Astro series radios only connected to it, or both types.

However, the Richfield dispatcher may just have a console directly connected to that system, and only needs a control station connected to the console for the departments on the Summit system.

I finally found this. Scroll down six pages (or 6 mouse clicks) and it will describe where the consoles are located for the Summit County System.

http://www.co.summit.oh.us/executive/pdfs/800MHz/Life_Cycle.pdf