Air ambulance helicopter services for Harrison County

[xlr8]

Hello, I'm heading to the Biloxi area next week and was looking for information on which air ambulance helicopters serve the Biloxi area. Does the Southeast MS Air Ambulance District cover the Biloxi/Harrison County area. Apologies for not being familiar with this, but I'm from out of state and will just be visiting. Thanks in advance for any info!

 

[TheRadioGuru]

Yes, the primary helicopter EMS service for the MS Gulf Coast is Mississippi Air Rescue which is for the most part SEMAAD. You will actually hear a good amount of traffic on their talkgroup during the day, at night it appears they use another method for primary dispatch.

 

[xlr8]

Sounds good. Which frequencies would typically be in use in the Biloxi/Gulfport area? Thanks!

 

[flametamer]

Med-Trans has Rescue 5 in Gulfport. They and Air Methods both have programs in The Mobile area.

 

[TheRadioGuru]

Pretty much all air Ambulance services in Mississippi utilize MSWIN P25 network for their communications.

 

[INDY72]

For the TRS in use: Mississippi Wireless Integrated Network (MSWIN) Trunking System, Jackson, Mississippi - Scanner Frequencies
For SEMAAD VHF: Mississippi - Southeast MS Air Ambulance District Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference
See also UMC/AMR AirCare - Mississippi - University of MS AirCare Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference Also note: AirCare does use some encryption on the MSWIN, but is in the clear on the VHF.

 

[INDY72]

For all LOCAL area Harrison County: Harrison County Public Safety Trunking System, Gulfport, and 4 others., Mississippi - Scanner Frequencies EDACS ProVOICE in use.

 

[TheRadioGuru]

For the record.... AirCare does not use VHF at all anymore. They have swapped to APX 6000s that don't even have the ability to transmit on VHF. Plus they are full time strapped AES on their talkgroup. The aircraft do have the state hospital net frequncy in them, but not the old VHF dispatch / ops one... AirCare also does not primarily respond to anything south of Hattiesburg as Mississippi Air Rescue does all of that, the birds are all owned by the same company after all.

 

[flametamer]

AirCare also does not primarily respond to anything south of Hattiesburg as Mississippi Air Rescue does all of that, the birds are all owned by the same company after all.

While the aircraft are owned by Med-Trans, (except UMC AirCare 1) they do fly to the coast, New Orleans, & Mobile regularly. Especially for-but not limited to Neo & Peds flights.

Dt

 

[MississippiPI]

Oh okay, I spoke with Medcom not too long ago and asked if they were able to receive and transmit on high band because not all of us at the time have MSWIN radios and high band in my vehicle was working fine---they said they could..I will check with them and ascertain for sure.

Be Safe

 

[dosboot]

Lots of EVAC traffic in south Ms. with UMC, Rescue 7, 5, 6
They do a lot of missions.