AFD Dispatch

[JB]

Which system is Anchorage Fire Alarm working on? The Anchorage system or the ALMR system?

Thanks

 

[retiredmich]

This is what I found


System Name:
Anchorage Wide Area Radio Network (migrating to ALMR)
Location:
Anchorage, AK
County:
2 counties
System Type:
Motorola Type II Smartnet
System Voice:
Analog
Last Updated:
August 2, 2013, 6:20 pm (Deleted Site # 005 (Hope))

32784 801 A Anchor FD Anchorage Fire Alarms Fire Dispatch
32816 803 A Anchor EMS Anchorage Medic Alarms EMS Dispatch
32848 805 A Anchor Tac 3 Anchorage Fire Alarms Tac 3 Fire-Tac
32880 807 A Anchor Tac 4 Anchorage Fire Tac 4 Fire-Tac
32912 809 A Anchor Tac 5 Anchorage Fire Tac 5 Fire-Tac
32944 80b A Anchor Tac 6 Anchorage Fire Marshal Ops Fire-Talk
32976 80d A Anchor Tac 7 Anchorage Tactical Ops 7 Fire-Tac
33008 80f A Anchor Hosp Anchorage EMS to Hospital Hospital
33168 819 A Girdwood FD Girdwood Fire Alarm Fire Dispatch
33616 835 A AFD/LifeMed AFD/LifeMed Alaska OPS EMS-Talk

 

[kikito]

Last time I was in Anchorage, I was hearing AFD on the newer 700MHz ALMR system.

 

[JB]

Last time I was in Anchorage, I was hearing AFD on the newer 700MHz ALMR system.

Thank you. That's what I was wondering.

 

[aps_ak]

They are on ALMR/700mhz AWARN full time now. Tg 44021 is main anchorage alarm.

 

[JB]

When monitoring ALMR for Anchorage FD - which sites do you need to add? Thanks

 

[aps_ak]

774.53125 is the main simulcast site for the AWARN system. Site 4-001. Keep in mind that it is digital simulcast, and it's very prone to poor audio quality/distortion in most common scanners. Also try 771.781250 - eagle river site if you're monitoring from north anchorage and can see the mountain range above eagle river. That's a non simulcast site, and if you're able to decode it well, you shouldn't have any issues.