Allegany County Md, New FIRE/EMS UHF channels.

[wmbio]

Hi All,
I have submitted this for inclusion into the Allegany County Md data base here. So if you cannot wait, here are the new County wide UHF non-trunked Fire/EMS system frequencies. Enjoy Wmbio

Dans
Channel 1- 460.1250- 465.1250- 71.9
Channel 3- 460.3750- 465.3750- 71.9
Channel 4- 460.6250- 465.6250- 71.9
I.C.S.- 460.5500- 465.5500- 136.5
Channel 2- 453.9750- 458.9750- 162.2

Big Savage
Fire- 460.2625- 465.2625- 71.9
Channel 3- 453.4875- 458.4875- 71.9
Channel 4- 453.6000- 458.6000- 71.9

Luke
Fire- 460.0375- 465.0375- 71.9
Channel 3- 460.5750- 465.5750- 71.9
Channel 4- 460.4625- 465.4625- 71.9

Warrior
Fire- 460.1125- 465.1125- 71.9
Channel 3- 460.2500- 465.2500- 71.9
Channel 4- 460.5250- 465.5250- 71.9

Town Hill
Fire- 460.5875- 465.5875- 179.9
Channel 3- 453.4875- 458.4875- 179.9
Channel 4- 453.6000- 458.6000- 179.9

Cumberland
Fire- 453.7375- 458.7375- 179.9
Channel 3- 460.5750- 465.5750- 179.9
Channel 4- 460.4625- 465.4625- 179.9


Seneca Seneca Fire- 453.1875- 458.1875- 82.5
Knobley Knobley Fire- 453.5875- 458.5875- 82.5

Talk Arounds
Dans 3- 460.3750- 460.3750- 71.9
Dans 4- 460.6250- 460.6250- 71.9
Savage 3- 453.4875- 453.4875- 71.9
Savage 4- 453.6000- 453.6000- 71.9
Luke 3- 460.5750- 460.5750- 71.9
Luke 4- 460.4625- 460.4625- 71.9
Warrior 3- 460.2500- 460.2500- 71.9
Warrior 4- 460.5250- 460.5250- 71.9
Town Hill 3- 453.4875- 453.4875- 179.9
Town Hill 4- 453.6000- 453.6000- 179.9
Cumberland 3- 460.5750- 460.5750- 179.9
Cumberland 4- 460.4625- 460.4625- 179.9

State wide Mutual aid
Ucall A- 453.2125- 453.2125- 156.7
Ucall- 458.2125- 458.2125- 156.7
Utac 1A- 453.4625- 453.4625- 156.7
Utac- 458.4625- 458.4625- 156.7
Utac 2A- 453.7125- 453.7125- 156.7
Utac 2- 458.7125- 458.7125- 156.7
Utac 3A- 453.8625- 453.8625- 156.7
Utac 3- 458.8625- 458.8625- 156.7

 

[ka3jjz]

This is the first I've heard of the UCALL frequencies being used state-wide. Is this something new?

My area here in AA county is pretty much trunked, so I wouldn't expect fire or EMS to revert to using conventional frequencies - I suppose they could, though, since I know EMS still use MED channels from time to time. They do in Baltimore county too 73s Mike

 

[wmbio]

Hi Mike....

This is one of those tri funded projects...and I think put together with state, county, and city funding...Not my choice of how the system should have been setup...your right, much better ways to do this.

These are streight forward repeaters with PL's on different mountain tops, they are now on the air and the mobiles have been installed.

The major play here is to get off low band fire.

Take care,
73's Wmbio

 

[ResQguy]

This is the first I've heard of the UCALL frequencies being used state-wide. Is this something new?

My area here in AA county is pretty much trunked, so I wouldn't expect fire or EMS to revert to using conventional frequencies - I suppose they could, though, since I know EMS still use MED channels from time to time. They do in Baltimore county too 73s Mike

They're nationwide. That doesn't mean that every agency has to have a radio capable of using them, just that IF you have one, these channels should be included. If you have 800mhz radios, you should have a zone of the 8Tacs, and a VHF radio should have the Vtacs. The local interoperability solution will have all 3 types, to facilitate patches.

 

[R8000]

Thanks for posting this !

I was Midland FD 18-9 communications officer for a few years. Moved out of the state in 1998. Now I can take my Motorola low band X9000 out of the car now.

Gonna be visiting the family for xmas, so I better bring the UHF radios with me

Anyone know if they have low band and UHF patched ? how about alerting ?

Thanks !

Matt

 

[wmbio]

Hi Matt,

Bring both, low band and UHF..everyone is still on 33.78....ect. I have not heard a patch from low band to UHF yet ...but I'm sure the ability is there at CD/911.

They need to get the EMS people off UHF call one for their paging and tones outs...Co 53 has new pagers/minitors on order.

The radios have been installed and the list provided above is directly from the radio people programming the equipment.

Have a safe trip home...enjoy the holidays

73's Bob,

 

[doctordave]

This is the first I've heard of the UCALL frequencies being used state-wide. Is this something new?

My area here in AA county is pretty much trunked, so I wouldn't expect fire or EMS to revert to using conventional frequencies - I suppose they could, though, since I know EMS still use MED channels from time to time. They do in Baltimore county too 73s Mike

Mike,

The State of MD has been pursuing a "Tac-Stack" plan....such that towers will deployed statewide w/ the capability to patch V-Tac, U-Tac and 8-Tac freqs of choice together. Via this system, one of your AACo PD units could theoretically be in Alleg Co and come up on an 8-Tac freq for patch into a U-Tac freq that an Alleg Co Sheriff unit is operating on, for example. I have no idea how far along this project is.... the last I'd read, it was still in the planning stages.

 

[ka3jjz]

Interesting - a year or two ago, several of us here in central Md. heard testing on the 8TAC channels, and it was discovered that a series of towers - at least 1 or 2 near the I95 corridor - had been built. Those freqs have pretty much been silent since.

Gracias Dave 73s Mike

 

[ResQguy]

NPSPAC repeaters normally remain turned off. You shouldn't hear traffic on them unless they were turned on for a reason.

 

[Dispatcher308]

ResQguy you are correct. We can turn them on & off here at MEMA & the Local Jurisdictions can do the same. These channels are not for use for you day to day mutual aid operations. They are for large scale incidents were mutiple agencies are invloved.

 

[ocguard]

Nate can you turn them on so we can chat in Sunday night?

 

[maus92]

I heard the NPSPAC freqs in use once during a surveilance op in Howard County. When the suspect moved into PG County from HC, the OIC of the op told his units tailing the suspect to switch from a HC Tac TG to a channel on the HC system that translated to a NPSPAC freq. I guess that the NPSPAC repeater had been enabled for the op.

 

[wbw]

Besides Fire and EMS who else will use the "new" UHF system? Once all the UHF repeaters are operational does anyone know if the Allegany 800mHz system will remain?

 

[radiolistener]

What is channel 2 on the new systems..It's not listed on the list for any tower except Dans..Also what is happening to call 1 I hear Co.53&55 now alerted off Fire 1 33.78 and haven't heard any communicatioon off call 1 462.950 for sometime...

 

[ambdrvr]

Allegany County Radio System

Channel 2 on all the tower sites will be used for Law Enforcement, not Fire/EMS. The fire and EMS companies won't have access to those channels. As for Co. 53 and 55 they were both moved to Fire 1 because of the EMRC console coming to Allegany County and the state requested them off of the Call 1 channel. Hope that fills in the gaps. Later.

Ambdrvr

 

[radiolistener]

Do you have the law enforement freq.'s for the towers and/or the license numbers . Also is call 1 no longer going to be used in our county??

 

[ambdrvr]

Allegnay County....

Call One will be used by the EMRC when it is installed, since Allegany EOC will be routing the EMS patches for Allegany, Washington and Garrett Counties. I don't know as of yet it's exact use but I'm sure they will let everyone know. If you look up the counties new radio license (WQFD361) you can pull up site by site and just find the freq. that isn't listed in the database for fire/ems. Ok, later.

Ambdrvr

 

[andsmith79]

So does anyone know if this system is actually being used yet? I have my scanner configured for all frequencies, but all I ever hear is station ID tones (??) every once in a while.

 

[Whistler]

Most of the repeaters are up now but not sure if they are being used in more than a test phase. The powers that be haven't decided what they want to do yet. The channel 2's are available now.

 

[Whistler]

I also believe the only repeater that is on Haystack/Seneca, that the County owns, is the 453.1875. I believe the "Haystack" repeaters are actually at CD. Ambdrv will probably be your best source of info about this system I usually get my info 3rd person.