Colorado Springs Fire Station 23

[radio]

I;ve been hearing dispatches for Engine 23. It appears to be in the Co 8 and 11 area. It started a week or so.

 

[BoxAlarm187]

I could be mistaken, but I thought that E23 runs from Fire HQ on Printers Parkway?

 

[radio]

It could be considering where the calls were. However, I have never heard E 23 or any unit running that were not dedicated on the station roster.

The other day I heard them on full structure assignment, but it had a 3rd engine attached to it.

Could this be a new phase of the new recruit training?

I did notice that E 23 had the UIID from E 2 that was just replaced by a new one as well as E 3, 11 and 14.

 

[eyes00only]

I'm jealous. Can't monitor fire in Denver anymore

 

[Spitfire8520]

It sounds like Engine 23 went in service on March 24th. They might be responding out of the Fire Department Complex, although I am not sure if that has been verified. Given the timing, I would guess that they are a temporary assignment to bolster CSFD's ability to respond to EMS calls.

 

[N0GTG]

Eyesonly, you can still monitor a bit of Denver Fire on the old VHF Vocalarm freq 154.07. It carries station alerting plus a cross-patch from the Dispatch TG (which is still encrypted on the P25 trunk for some secret reason). The Vocalarm only is also in the clear on the P25 Phase 2 trunk on TG 35426.

 

[eyes00only]

Eyesonly, you can still monitor a bit of Denver Fire on the old VHF Vocalarm freq 154.07. It carries station alerting plus a cross-patch from the Dispatch TG (which is still encrypted on the P25 trunk for some secret reason). The Vocalarm only is also in the clear on the P25 Phase 2 trunk on TG 35426.

I do sometimes punch in 154.07. It's been around forever. Didn't know about the Vocalarm but I'm pretty sure it's just dispatch. It's a bummer to hear the dispatch and nothing else.

 

[N0GTG]

And now the P25 TG 35426 has disappeared from the Denver trunk. I have no idea why it's gone, but for now, only the 154.07 is available to us mere mortals.

 

[scanlist]

Are you listening on the simulcast site array or the Mt Morrison site? 35426 randomly shows up on Mt. Morrison and has been full time on the simulcast array.

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[radio]

Living inside the city limits, I listen to the City of Colorado Springs and El Paso County on the Simulcast 853.7125 using a Yagi antenna attached to my radios.

 

[jbeen]

@scanlist From my observation, the last transmission of Denver TG 35426 on the P25 Simulcast array was at 02:10 on 4/4/20. There hasn't been anything since then. If you're hearing the VocAlarm on the P25 system since 4/4, we'd love to know more.
(I'm not tracking the Mt. Morrison site - I'll leave that for someone else to confirm.)

 

[N0GTG]

The Vocalarm has returned to P25. I first noticed it Thursday 4/16.

 

[icemantim8]

I appreciate our neighbors to the North....but you totally hijacked a thread that is specific to the Colorado Springs Fire Department...... lol

 

[radio]

I saw Engine 23 parked in front of a bay door at the Training Facility Complex on Printers Parkway.

They have been running their wheels off too.

Still haven't heard or seen anything about its official opening.