Bigbear fire Question

[mtnmadman]

When Im on 8-fire-1, I can hear the dispatch, but not the units? whats going on? Splinter system? Also looking for DEC/HEX codes for caltrans in the mtns..... Thanks , and stay dry!

 

[jlanfn]

Which station units can't you hear?

The same dispatcher sometimes handles 8-Fire-1 and 6-Fire-3 simultaneously and only the dispatcher is heard on both systems. In those cases, a unit on 6-Fire-3 will not be heard on 8-Fire-1.

 

[mtnmadman]

Here lately, I have been hearing both now. 6-fire 1 is Desert comm right? Still looking for Caltrans freq for the mtns. I dont think its all off of Santingo peak... I Think caltrans has a site off of Heaps, or Onyx. Thanks for your help!

 

[jrholm]

desertcomm no longer exists. Big Bear Lakd and City FD's are now dispatched by Comm Center out of Rialto. They actually tx and rx on a vhf freq which is patched to 8fire1. For some reason though their traffic is frequently not repeated on 8fire1. If you monitor the vhf freq you will hear both sides. I'm mobile without my SBCO radio plan. But if you look in the database you can find the freq listed under Big BEar

 

[mtnmadman]

I thought they dumped the VHF sims..... Im i wrong? THANKS

 

[jrholm]

At least with Big Bear, can't speak for the rest of the county because I don't get to monitor them enough.

Here is the freq.
155.36250 WQAQ678 RM Big Bear FD Big Bear City & Lake FD Dispatch

 

[mtnmadman]

Thank you! I know that some of the sims have been axed, but I will give this one a try!

 

[zz0468]

If dispatch has things multi-selected, you'll find times when you hear dispatch traffic, but not all the mobile traffic. Patches tie two or more channels together so all traffic is heard on all patched channels. There may be times when things are either multi-selected, or patched.

 

[f40ph]

Correct, normal procedure for Comm Center is to multi-select 8-Fire-1 with the Big Bear VHF channel, not patch. You should hear the dispatcher on all channels but the units will only be on either VHF or 800mhz.

 

[mtnmadman]

Thanks again, all!!!!