djm
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I noticed this week that BCFA is dispatching by station number now, instead of the name of the jurisdiction/community. Does anybody know the numbering scheme? The calls I've noticed are dispatched to Station 1xx (i.e. 145, 108, etc.).
Bexar Co Fire Dispatching by Station Number
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scrotumola
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Bexar County Fire Station Number Assignments
As it was explained to me, the necessity to assign county/agency station numbers because under the new regional cad system, there 'can only be 1 (sounds like a line from Highlander) 'Station-1.' Ergo, since SAFD has their station one, and the City of San Antonio is a majority shareholder in this CAD project, SAFD retained their station numbers. The County/'outside agencies' were given station numbers starting with 101 on up.
To make matters worse for the dispatchers, the code writers couldn't fathom the concept of station tag aliasing, so they strayed from the incident command system verbal ID of the responding asset and gave it a cad-only friendly numerical tag.
Another challenge for the Dispatchers is tracking individual apparatus status, (i,e. en route, on location, clear scene, available, at quarters) for each unit, VERBALLY and WITHOUT THE USE OF MDTs, which makes no difference on the SAFD side, but for the county dispatchers, who must now toggle and scroll through pages of new unit/station identifiers to maintain status.
Now here is the breakdown of the new station numbers. I don't have the other info available yet, but it should become pretty clear after listening for a little while what the rest means.
STATIONS STATION IDENTIFIER
Bexar Bulverde Station 1 Station 103
Bexar Bulverde Station 2 Station 104
Camelot Station 1 Station 108
China Grove Station 1 Station 110
Converse Station 1 Station 111
Converse Station 2 Station 112
District 7 Station 1 Station 115
District 7 Station 2 Station 116
ESD5 Station 1 Station 118
Gardendale Station 1 Station 120
Geronimo Village Station 1 Station 121
Geronimo Village Station 2 Station 122
Geronimo Village Station 3 Station 123
Grey Forest Station 1 Station 126
Harmony Station 1 Station 127
Helotes Station 1 Station 128
Hollywood Park Station 1 Station 129
Jarret Station 1 Station 130
Kirby Station 1 Station 131
Leon Springs Station 1 Station 132
Leon Springs Station 2 Station 133
Leon Springs Station 3 Station 420
Lone Oak Station 1 Station 136
Lytle Station 1 Station 206
Lytle Station 2 Station 706
Rehab Station 148
Sandy Oaks Station 1 Station 138
Somerset Station 1 Station 140
South Bexar Station 1 Station 141
St. Hedwig Station 1 Station 142
Windcrest Station 1 Station 145
As it was explained to me, the necessity to assign county/agency station numbers because under the new regional cad system, there 'can only be 1 (sounds like a line from Highlander) 'Station-1.' Ergo, since SAFD has their station one, and the City of San Antonio is a majority shareholder in this CAD project, SAFD retained their station numbers. The County/'outside agencies' were given station numbers starting with 101 on up.
To make matters worse for the dispatchers, the code writers couldn't fathom the concept of station tag aliasing, so they strayed from the incident command system verbal ID of the responding asset and gave it a cad-only friendly numerical tag.
Another challenge for the Dispatchers is tracking individual apparatus status, (i,e. en route, on location, clear scene, available, at quarters) for each unit, VERBALLY and WITHOUT THE USE OF MDTs, which makes no difference on the SAFD side, but for the county dispatchers, who must now toggle and scroll through pages of new unit/station identifiers to maintain status.
Now here is the breakdown of the new station numbers. I don't have the other info available yet, but it should become pretty clear after listening for a little while what the rest means.
STATIONS STATION IDENTIFIER
Bexar Bulverde Station 1 Station 103
Bexar Bulverde Station 2 Station 104
Camelot Station 1 Station 108
China Grove Station 1 Station 110
Converse Station 1 Station 111
Converse Station 2 Station 112
District 7 Station 1 Station 115
District 7 Station 2 Station 116
ESD5 Station 1 Station 118
Gardendale Station 1 Station 120
Geronimo Village Station 1 Station 121
Geronimo Village Station 2 Station 122
Geronimo Village Station 3 Station 123
Grey Forest Station 1 Station 126
Harmony Station 1 Station 127
Helotes Station 1 Station 128
Hollywood Park Station 1 Station 129
Jarret Station 1 Station 130
Kirby Station 1 Station 131
Leon Springs Station 1 Station 132
Leon Springs Station 2 Station 133
Leon Springs Station 3 Station 420
Lone Oak Station 1 Station 136
Lytle Station 1 Station 206
Lytle Station 2 Station 706
Rehab Station 148
Sandy Oaks Station 1 Station 138
Somerset Station 1 Station 140
South Bexar Station 1 Station 141
St. Hedwig Station 1 Station 142
Windcrest Station 1 Station 145
texasemt13
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Thanks for the great info on the new station numbers. This info should definitely be incorporated in to the Bexar County Wiki. When I have time I will, if it hasn't been done yet.
Thanks for the great info on the new station numbers. This info should definitely be incorporated in to the Bexar County Wiki. When I have time I will, if it hasn't been done yet.
djm
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Thank you, scrotumola, for your thorough response. Looks like they just pulled the station numbers out of a hat!
otter9309
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alphabetical
djm
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D'oh! You're more observant than I!
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