I'm curious whether any of you familiar with the regional dispatch center for Phoenix Metro Area fire departments know if they ever tried splitting dispatches among geographic areas. (Not talking about the old days, just the period since the launch of the RWC.)
I ask because in other parts of the country, many central dispatch centers use different channels for different areas. FDNY comes to mind, which has separate alarm dispatch channels for Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and combines Staten Island with one of these. There is also a Citywide channel that announces working fires and greater alarms. Adjoining borough dispatchers also coordinate. (EMS operates on an entirely different radio system.)
Around Phoenix, the regional alarms are virtually continuous during busy periods and seem close to impossible to listen to, not just for scanner listeners but for fire crews.
Would separate north, south, east, west dispatch talk groups work here, or have they been tried?
Thanks.
I ask because in other parts of the country, many central dispatch centers use different channels for different areas. FDNY comes to mind, which has separate alarm dispatch channels for Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and combines Staten Island with one of these. There is also a Citywide channel that announces working fires and greater alarms. Adjoining borough dispatchers also coordinate. (EMS operates on an entirely different radio system.)
Around Phoenix, the regional alarms are virtually continuous during busy periods and seem close to impossible to listen to, not just for scanner listeners but for fire crews.
Would separate north, south, east, west dispatch talk groups work here, or have they been tried?
Thanks.