Austin going encrypted April 22

[garys]

I think it's some sort of hand held device so they can get the call if they are out of the ambulance. They then go en route via a voice channel.

I think, but I'm not 100% certain that I heard one of the medics refer to a "page" on the voice channel. That could even be a smart phone. Unlike most of the FD systems around here (and a few up there) ATCEMS does not use an allocution system.

I know you'll be "shocked" to learn that EMS and fire use each others talk groups to communicate and sometimes fire will take a cancel from EMS.

It's a very complex system and that includes the fact that cities can be in two counties. Parts of Austin are actually in neighboring Williamson County and parts of cities in Williamson County are actually in Travis County. There are a lot of what you and I would call Mutual Aid agreements. Austin Fire Department has a station in Cedar Park, which is in Williamson County. As a result apparatus from both agencies will sometimes respond to the same incident and I'll hear the dispatch go out on two different radio systems.

It's complicated.

Page is a broad term. Is it possible that they have the call sent to the MDT and have to verbally acknowledge the call? That would clear up so much radio time that it would make sense (sarcasm that only you would understand.) Or possibly an app? Pages seem so 1980s.

 

[Whospoonbill]

It seems that ATCEMS initial dispatch is via page of some type. Units then respond on a TG or are assigned a Med or event AFD Tac channel to use for the call. The more I listen, the more I'm starting to figure out.

EMT to Hospital TGs are clear.

It’s this frequency I’m surprise you haven’t figured it out yet

1291

50b

D

TCEMS STA

EMS Station Alert

 

[Harold]

Probably using Logis for the dispatch and I know they use Pulsara for generating and transmitting patient information from the field.

 

[garys]

That's what I originally thought, but I don't hear it consistently. Maybe I'll just lock on that TG for a while and listen.

It’s this frequency I’m surprise you haven’t figured it out yet

1291

50b

D

TCEMS STA

EMS Station Alert

 

[garys]

Pulsara is a very interesting program. I only heard of it recently and a couple of clients have showed me how it works. I haven't seen the hospital side of it, and don't expect I will. Other than the information on their website that is.

Probably using Logis for the dispatch and I know they use Pulsara for generating and transmitting patient information from the field.

 

[Whospoonbill]

Have there been a date of when everything will be shut down cause officer keep bragging that hey APD is encrypted so TCSO will eventually be to but I’ve been getting conflicted story however it seems like I was right that APD would most likely go encrypted which they did but other agency wouldn’t follow. And they didn’t EMS reversed there decision so did TCSO and Fire. If we look at Vegas PD there encrypted what the sheriff like Nye county isn’t. Same with some other departments out there where the police department is encrypted but Sheriff’s isn’t or they have it like Tac and swat channel are encrypted but dispatching channel stay open to the public. Maybe sheriff office’s are more open to the public than Police department I mean it shows with APD decision they could have backed out to. So either the officer just are getting the wrong information or are just bragging to brag

 

[Whospoonbill]

Also TCSO and Small police department that gets dispatch on TCSO have gotten new radios from APX I believe 6,000 or 8,000 somewhere around those models to APX NEXT. Don’t know about APD refuse to interact with them.