Westcom

[freqhunter]

Anyone have any information on “Westcom” in the North Olmsted / Westlake area? I listened to them on 453.3000 NFM last night and today with a CTCSS of 192.8. They most recently called out Rocky River Medic 67. There are also periodic MDC type tones that seam to always be in pairs.

I know WEB was supposed to go to a centralized dispatch for fire and EMS. I have yet to see any channel allocations or information on this.

 

[n8vur]

I know I've heard the various westshore departments calling Westcom on the old westshore fire 154.25. This is the first I've heard of them on UHF, but Westlake has had the allocation for a while...

http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=1212370

 

[FPO703]

North Olmsted recently applied for a repeater for the FD on 460.1250

 

[freqhunter]

If I am not mistaken, Westcom was to be located in Westlake. The Westlake members of WEB put a big push on for this. Westlake is also the most influential in WEB. They also have the most cash. I was in the new WLPD Dispatch Center a year ago….. WOW!

 

[FPO703]

The new WEB Dispatch center is supposedly located in St John's West Shore Hospital.

 

[freqhunter]

WEB & Westcom

WEB does not have a dispatch center. WEB is deployed on an as needed basis. WEB is generally deployed outside of the normal channels of communication such as dispatch on any given Westshore municipality. WEB does use the Westshore frequencies but generally this is done on scene and at low power. Many WEB functions are handled via cell. Westcom was to be located at St.John Westshore. They have done major renovations there in the last year. This may be one of them. There have not been any new antennas put up there yet. I will have to stop by there tonight and find out.

BTW Westcom just dispatched from "Station 1". I think this is WLFD Station 1.

 

[tonya]

What does WEB stand for? I just heard Rocky River FD dispatched to a stove fire on 453.300 but all other traffic was on 154.250

 

[freqhunter]

Web

Westshore Enforcement Bureau

 

[kf8yk]

Zetron Fire Station Alerting System

Anyone have any information on “Westcom” in the North Olmsted / Westlake area? I listened to them on 453.3000 NFM last night and today with a CTCSS of 192.8. They most recently called out Rocky River Medic 67. There are also periodic MDC type tones that seam to always be in pairs.

What you describe sounds like an implementation of the Zetron Model 6/26 fire station alerting system.

Check here for the spec's:

http://www.zetron.com/data/site/tem...restationprod&area_1=pages/products/fsa/m6-26

The periodic ‘MDC type’ tones in pairs you describe is the Model 26 master unit at dispatch polling the Model 6 fire station unit. If a Model 6 fails to respond to a programmable number of poll requests the Model 26 indicates to the dispatcher a system failure.

The Model 6 can be commanded to open and close the path from the radio to the fire station public address, it can generate a variety of alert tones and can transmit status and relay commands between the dispatcher & the fire station.

A handset can be fitted on the Model 6 to allow an intercom feature between the dispatcher & the fire station.

The 6/26 is used by several departments in Cuyahoga county such as: Cleveland Hts, Shaker Hts, University Hts and South Euclid. However most departments use leased telephone lines, not radios, for the connection between the stations & the dispatch centers. The 6/26 can use telephone lines, microwave, conventional radio or trunked radio to connect the stations to dispatch. Some configurations use one radio frequency or talkgroup for the public address audio and a second for the data packets.

- Eric KF8YK