Harrison County Indiana

[pe1959]

Does anyone know the new digital system Harrison County, Indiana Police and Fire started using in the last 2 weeks?

 

[INDaviation]

Going off the database, it seems they're converting the old VHF frequencies to NXDN. You'll need a scanner capable of receiving NXDN to hear them if that's the case.

 

[pe1959]

Thank You

 

[west-pac]

The Harrison County RRDB homepage was updated on June 3rd to indicate they were switching to NXDN, and to ask for any updates.

 

[reera96]

Harrison County Indiana, both fire and police, has switched to NXDN digital. But the wonderful sheriff of the county that has to control everything has also had the system setup to be encrypted. Therefore, no scanner is going to pick it up. My Uniden BCD996P2 w/ DMR & NXDN addons flashes “nx4” for a split second and then “ENC”. All you hear is garbled garbage.

 

[AK9R]

Is Harrison County fire and EMS remaining unencrypted? How is EMS handled in that county--run by the fire departments or contracted out?

 

[west-pac]

Is Harrison County fire and EMS remaining unencrypted? How is EMS handled in that county--run by the fire departments or contracted out?

It looks like Harrison County EMS is its own entity, with 3 stations.

 

[reera96]

EMS is provided by Harrison County Hospital (mostly). Police, Fire, EMS (in which fire and EMS use same frequency) are all encrypted. Harrison County Emergency Management Agency used to handle radio communications and fire,EMS, police dispatch but when new sheriff was elected, he took control. He went out and got grants and sweet talked county council into adding some funding for the upgrade to NEXEDGE digital with encryption. So a radio system that should be public due to taxpayer dollars funding it, is now encrypted. Fire cannot even talk with police on accident scene anymore. Radios issued to all fire departments in county do not have any police channels. It’s not good.

 

[west-pac]

EMS is provided by Harrison County Hospital (mostly). Police, Fire, EMS (in which fire and EMS use same frequency) are all encrypted. Harrison County Emergency Management Agency used to handle radio communications and fire,EMS, police dispatch but when new sheriff was elected, he took control. He went out and got grants and sweet talked county council into adding some funding for the upgrade to NEXEDGE digital with encryption. So a radio system that should be public due to taxpayer dollars funding it, is now encrypted. Fire cannot even talk with police on accident scene anymore. Radios issued to all fire departments in county do not have any police channels. It’s not good.

Without getting too far off track, FD radios don't need LE channels, that's what interop channels are for. Plus a new law goes into effect June 1 (or July 1) mandating SSN be transmitted over encrypted channels, for identity theft/privacy concerns. I'm not at all surprised that volunteers don't have access to police channels.

 

[pe1959]

Do you have the frequnses and ran no. for harrison county? thanks Phillip

 

[mricketts]

RAN 61 for fire and RAN 62 for Sherriff Dispatch