A question about mutual aid frequencies...
Here in Florida, the 800 MHz band channels allocated for mutual aid purposes are 866.0125 and 866.5125. Has anyone ever actually heard any traffic on these frequencies? 853.3875 used to be the Florida mutual aid frequency, but in the five years I have lived here and have been monitoring the scanner, on only one occasion have I heard any activity on this frequency.
As far as the supposed nationwide frequency of 155.475 goes, I think that in the 25 years I have been a scanner listener (in various states), on maybe as many as five occasions have I heard any traffic on 155.475. I have never heard so much as a peep on the supposed national fire mutual aid frequency of 154.280 anywhere, anytime.
I find it surprising that there is apparently such little use of mutual aid channels. Why is it that police and fire officials cry so much about a lack of interoperability between agencies when all they have to do is click over to one of the mutual aid channels? I have heard that in the weeks after Hurricane Katrina, ambulances from all over the southeastern USA converged on southern LA and MS but were largely unable to communicate with one another for lack of a common frequency. Again, what happened to 155.475? 154.280? or the HEAR frequency of 155.340?
Does anyone know anything about usage of any of these frequencies, especially 866.0125, 866.5125, and 853.3875? Thanx
Here in Florida, the 800 MHz band channels allocated for mutual aid purposes are 866.0125 and 866.5125. Has anyone ever actually heard any traffic on these frequencies? 853.3875 used to be the Florida mutual aid frequency, but in the five years I have lived here and have been monitoring the scanner, on only one occasion have I heard any activity on this frequency.
As far as the supposed nationwide frequency of 155.475 goes, I think that in the 25 years I have been a scanner listener (in various states), on maybe as many as five occasions have I heard any traffic on 155.475. I have never heard so much as a peep on the supposed national fire mutual aid frequency of 154.280 anywhere, anytime.
I find it surprising that there is apparently such little use of mutual aid channels. Why is it that police and fire officials cry so much about a lack of interoperability between agencies when all they have to do is click over to one of the mutual aid channels? I have heard that in the weeks after Hurricane Katrina, ambulances from all over the southeastern USA converged on southern LA and MS but were largely unable to communicate with one another for lack of a common frequency. Again, what happened to 155.475? 154.280? or the HEAR frequency of 155.340?
Does anyone know anything about usage of any of these frequencies, especially 866.0125, 866.5125, and 853.3875? Thanx