nd5y
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Does Dallas FD still use 460.575?
Dallas FD 460.575
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Yep
Still being used for “station dispatch”, though that process is also simulcast on NTIRN.
Last time there was a working fire relatively close to me, the old simplex UHF fireground channels were also still being used.
I haven’t noticed consistent usage on the ‘numbered’ fire tgid’s, but TGID 32013, DFR Fire Channel 5, is set up in the Calls section of Broadcastify, and is carrying what seemed to be fireground traffic. I listened to one fairly lengthy recording and it was traffic between units at a hazmat incident. But calls history is not ‘dense’ enough to see that it is used consistently. Calls history, on that specific channel, showed a little less than 30 hits from 2:39pm on 05/6 to 7:15pm on 05/11. Obviously, that being all that was recorded, it’s not remotely capturing every call dispatched during that time period.
Another lengthy audio clip, also on TGID 32013, was units (engines, trucks, etc) audibly checking enroute to a structure fire, repeating the address and equipment number. These were widely separated calls, so apparently that channel is not dedicated to only a specific section of the city.
I’ll set up my SDS200 to record all activity on those channels (Fire 5 to Fire 12), with Tac A to Tac D included just in case, and see if more are in use.
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nd5y
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I heard something weak on 460.575 this morning way down in the noise. Sounded like the high-low alert tone at the beginning. I wasn't sure if that was still in use.
Don't know how the band was but Houston fire still uses 460.575 for alerting.
I wonder if Dallas FD will eventually move fireground for battling fires to the trunk system ?
DFR is currently using a number of the "Fire #" talkgroups on a working fire in the northwest portion of the city. I missed the specific address, but since Engine 58 is assigned, this may be in the Cypress Waters area, which is wedged between northern Irving and Coppell, in the area previously used by the (now demolished) Northlake power plant.
"Channel 4", which is listed as DFD EMS 2" (TGID 32004), is active. Also in use, as fireground, are Channels 5 & 6.
'Channel 4' shows about 30 transmissions so far in the Calls platform, in the last 45 minutes, all seemed linked to this incident (based on UIDs logged). Fire 5 & Fire 6 also have a number of logged transmissions in Calls, all in the last hour or so, same incident it appears. There was no logged recent Calls activity on these until, apparently, this incident.
Heard last week: Training OPS dispatched on Channel 4 (EMS 2 TG32004) as working structure fire with the instructions that Command was Fire 5 and Mayday was Fire 6. Maybe they are starting to use NITIRN TGs after all ?
I'm starting to wonder it the encrypted talk groups are going to be the fireground channels ? That would figure 😢
Fire 5 and 6 are being used for communications and RIT training currently. They will probably switch over to those soon. Fire 5 is being used as a command channel and fire 6 is being used as a tac channel. Fire 12 will be used occaisionally as well. The fires heard on fire 5 and 6 are just training, as they still use the simplex channels for actual fires. The simplex fire 12 (465.6375) is now known as "Direct 16" on DFR radios.
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