84 Direct - Fairfield county

jjbllitz

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Fire units in Fairfield County (and I believe Licking Co as well, but not 100%) will occasionally move scene operations to "84 Direct". Assuming this is some kind of a talk-around group or frequency. I realize I'd have to be close to the scene to pick this up, but would be interesting to try. Anyone know the details on this talkgroup/channel? Is it part of MARCS or some local designation? Digital or Analog? TIA for any information.
 

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I don't know, that almost sounds like a Washington County channel because 84 is our number, but it can't be because it's not near here. So whatever it is, I guess it can't be a MARCS channel.
 

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I don't know, that almost sounds like a Washington County channel because 84 is our number, but it can't be because it's not near here. So whatever it is, I guess it can't be a MARCS channel.

7FIRE84 is a National Interoperability Field Operations Guide (NIFOG) designated name, and perhaps just a coincidence in Ohio that it's so close to Ohio County 84?
 

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Fire units in Fairfield County (and I believe Licking Co as well, but not 100%) will occasionally move scene operations to "84 Direct". Assuming this is some kind of a talk-around group or frequency. I realize I'd have to be close to the scene to pick this up, but would be interesting to try. Anyone know the details on this talkgroup/channel? Is it part of MARCS or some local designation? Digital or Analog? TIA for any information.

7FIRE84D.

Simplex, very low power and short range. You won’t hear anything unless you’re very close.
 

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It might be that channel and freq but my money is on a Pyramid repeater. Lots of dead spots for portable coverage in Fairfield county. The FD I was doing some work with explained they use those a lot. There's a chance that situation may change.
 

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It might be that channel and freq but my money is on a Pyramid repeater. Lots of dead spots for portable coverage in Fairfield county. The FD I was doing some work with explained they use those a lot. There's a chance that situation may change.

They use a separate frequency for the vehicle repeaters. 7FIRE84D is part of their fire programming, and is specifically intended for close-range fireground use; many counties in this area have a similar channel for a similar function.
 
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