jethunder
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Don't know why they're doing it, but the Fairfax Public Safety Trunk is apparently [mostly] offline tonight, and they're instead using the backup talkgroups on the County Services trunk. "Mostly" because the talkgroup for state police and one or two others on the Public Safety trunk still are being used, but police and fire dispatch and response are showing up on the backup talkgroups on the Services system.
And more info: they're identifying talkgroups with labels such as fire response "on 48 Baker" and fire dispatch on "48 Alpha". The RR database shows the backup dispatch is TG25040 but tonight it's happening on TG25232 which the database shows is "Incident 5 back-up". The back-up "48 Baker" response has been on TG26672 which the database identifies as "4M" for calls in the Skyline/Bailey's Crossroads area. But there was one dispatch for an event in the Skyline area where the response WAS identified as being on "4M" (TG26672). These "48 Alpha...48 Baker...etc." identifiers don't appear in the RR database.
On the police side, the backup dispatch talkgroups shown in the database have been used, but there are other talkgroups that don't appear in the database that have also been used, such as 24880 for Franconia (area 6) dispatch...24912 for West Springfield (area 7) dispatch...26032 for apparent school security...and several I haven't been able to identify: 25744...26096...26160...and 26192.
As I type this, fire has just dispatched for a house fire in the Woodlawn area off Route 1 with the response on "48 Delta". Responding units have come up on TG25328 which the database identifies as "Incident 8 Back-up".
Looks like a large-scale re-structuring -- or at least re-labeling -- of the backup talkgroups.
And with the main public safety system still working for at least a couple of talkgroups, still no idea why they're using the backup system. While all this has been happening on the Services system, earlier tonight there was also activity on the P25 system but haven't heard any activity on the P25 system in a couple of hours.
This is your reporter...reporting.
And more info: they're identifying talkgroups with labels such as fire response "on 48 Baker" and fire dispatch on "48 Alpha". The RR database shows the backup dispatch is TG25040 but tonight it's happening on TG25232 which the database shows is "Incident 5 back-up". The back-up "48 Baker" response has been on TG26672 which the database identifies as "4M" for calls in the Skyline/Bailey's Crossroads area. But there was one dispatch for an event in the Skyline area where the response WAS identified as being on "4M" (TG26672). These "48 Alpha...48 Baker...etc." identifiers don't appear in the RR database.
On the police side, the backup dispatch talkgroups shown in the database have been used, but there are other talkgroups that don't appear in the database that have also been used, such as 24880 for Franconia (area 6) dispatch...24912 for West Springfield (area 7) dispatch...26032 for apparent school security...and several I haven't been able to identify: 25744...26096...26160...and 26192.
As I type this, fire has just dispatched for a house fire in the Woodlawn area off Route 1 with the response on "48 Delta". Responding units have come up on TG25328 which the database identifies as "Incident 8 Back-up".
Looks like a large-scale re-structuring -- or at least re-labeling -- of the backup talkgroups.
And with the main public safety system still working for at least a couple of talkgroups, still no idea why they're using the backup system. While all this has been happening on the Services system, earlier tonight there was also activity on the P25 system but haven't heard any activity on the P25 system in a couple of hours.
This is your reporter...reporting.