Makes sense as I have 1005, 1006, 1007 and 1008 as dispatch consoles.
AFRRCS - Alberta First Responders' Radio Communication System - Updates
ESF-12
Member
St Albert has changed TG 4492 from " Ops 1" to "Fire 1"
4496 is "Fire 3"
4500 is another St Albert FD training channel
4496 is "Fire 3"
4500 is another St Albert FD training channel
All the Scene talk groups are for Medical Aid calls. We can add
4494 Fire 2
4495 Scene 2 (Medical)
4497 Scene 3 (Medical)
4500 Is Training I'm guessing its Training 7
4501 Still working on it but may be Training as well
4498 Never heard it yet but guessing it may become May Day or Emergency Alert
SierraTangoAlpha
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TGID 68Fh Police Edmonton NW Dispatch in the clear tonight for some reason
ESF-12
Member
Seems to come through clear every now and then, more that the other dispatchers. Holes in the encryption algorithm I assume?
lzrman
Member
I have heard GP RCMP Dispatch in the clear every once in a while, usually a short period of time, sometimes longer. Sometimes a dispatcher accidently hits the encryption button off 
Unless the above is not hex notation, I don't think that's EPS NW you're listening to... or else the RRDB (and every other source I've seen) is wrong... EPS NW according to the DB is 1727 or 6BF not 68F. I don't even see a patch active right now, which *might* explain things if the channel was patched to a clear group (I've seen stranger things happen).
Yes 1727 is EPS NW. Maybe they are sad that the Fire department is getting lots of coverage of spot news in the media and they're not.
And yes I love it when RCMP turn off the encryption. A day or so ago there was a SE EPS to Sherwood Park pursuit was in the clear as they were patched.
Lamont County Fire Update
5551 Training
5552 TAC
5551 Training
5552 TAC
Some may have noticed about 20 new talk groups. They are Edmonton Remand Center (ERC). 19 are encrypted and 1 is clear. They moved off their low power 700 MHz P25 trunked system.
281 GP 1 (General Pod)
282 GP 2
283 GP 3 ?
284 GP 4 ?
285 GP 5 ?
286 Not remand it's Justice Rapid 1
287 ERC ?
288 AD & D (Admissions and Discharge)
289 ERC ?
290 Health Care ?
291 ERC ?
Traditionally Alberta Corrections uses the 400 series groups for inside the facility groups. I've not seen much activity on the next four. I suspect they are still using their old low power leaky coax system but I'll have to be nearby to find it.
491 ERC inside group ?
492 ERC inside group ?
493 ERC inside group ?
494 ERC inside group ?
3199 ERC EMERG ALL CALL GROUP
You will hear:
Code 44 Officer Requires Assistance
Code 66 Inmate fight
Code 77 Escape
Code 88 Fire
Code 99 Medical Emergency
6223 ERC Outside Group
6224 ERC Outside Group
6225 ERC Outside Group
6226 ERC Outside Group
6227 ERC Outside Group
6228 ERC Outside Group
Outside Groups are often used by Court Security Prisoner Transport (CSPT). Also the health care shuttles that take prisoners to hospital. ERC are the only 4019XXX series radios showing up. 4019000 and 4019100 series radios are mobiles and portables. 4019300 series are base stations about 12 of them. It does seem some of the Groups are permanently patched together as you often hear a call on one group and a reply on another.
281 GP 1 (General Pod)
282 GP 2
283 GP 3 ?
284 GP 4 ?
285 GP 5 ?
286 Not remand it's Justice Rapid 1
287 ERC ?
288 AD & D (Admissions and Discharge)
289 ERC ?
290 Health Care ?
291 ERC ?
Traditionally Alberta Corrections uses the 400 series groups for inside the facility groups. I've not seen much activity on the next four. I suspect they are still using their old low power leaky coax system but I'll have to be nearby to find it.
491 ERC inside group ?
492 ERC inside group ?
493 ERC inside group ?
494 ERC inside group ?
3199 ERC EMERG ALL CALL GROUP
You will hear:
Code 44 Officer Requires Assistance
Code 66 Inmate fight
Code 77 Escape
Code 88 Fire
Code 99 Medical Emergency
6223 ERC Outside Group
6224 ERC Outside Group
6225 ERC Outside Group
6226 ERC Outside Group
6227 ERC Outside Group
6228 ERC Outside Group
Outside Groups are often used by Court Security Prisoner Transport (CSPT). Also the health care shuttles that take prisoners to hospital. ERC are the only 4019XXX series radios showing up. 4019000 and 4019100 series radios are mobiles and portables. 4019300 series are base stations about 12 of them. It does seem some of the Groups are permanently patched together as you often hear a call on one group and a reply on another.
lzrman
Member
I'm curious if anyone has the Delta Talkgroups for Central Peace Fire & Rescue. They discontinued their VHF and went purely onto the new AFRRCS system.
I'm not sure about Central Peace but I did hear Peace River testing on Prov 4 yesterday. UID 6490036.
Intelliforce
Member
Athabasca County finally got some more radios. Agency 39
Grassland Fire 3886
Wandering River Fire 3887
Grassland Fire 3886
Wandering River Fire 3887
I had CPO's on 3886 in Athabasca County using UID 390001 with Call Sign 12A.
Have they moved to another talk group?
Intelliforce
Member
Which CPO's ?
I can find out for ya. Who’s 5293 or 5294 ?
I can find out for ya. Who’s 5293 or 5294 ?
Sturgeon County CPO 1 and 2.
I guess the 12A unit could be an Athabasca town CPO but is using Agency 39.
I guess the 12A unit could be an Athabasca town CPO but is using Agency 39.
Intelliforce
Member
Ok. I will find out and let you know. But, 3886 and 3887 are definitely those fire halls.
StampedeCityStringer
Photojournalist
Looks like Calgary Fire has made the switch over to AFRRCS. They are using the "old" backup AFRRCS dispatch channels as primary and we've been seeing some new channels popping up that are sounding like TAC channels. Appears TAC channels are simulcasting on the municipal network for now as well.
smason
Member
Which site are you hearing TAC channels on? I'm listening to a working fire and hearing South TAC on Calgary Municipal (Anderson) and seeing nothing on AFRRCS on Unitrunker on the Southland Plaza site.
StampedeCityStringer
Photojournalist
I'm up on the west side of Nose Hill Park, I typically get Bankers Hall and Forest Lawn.
