Hotlines

[licpl8man]

Just curious, is there a hotline for Litchfield County similar to FAPERN or the New Haven hotlines? I just heard the Southbury dispatcher refer to getting a call from Troop L on the hotline but it wasn’t on any of the hotlines I have programmed both conventional or on CLMRN.

Thanks all

 

[55engine]

it maybe both

 

[izzyj4]

Troop L had access to the New Haven and Hartford 45.86 hotlines (different PLs) and also the old WARN (Waterbury Area Regional Network) UHF police hotline on 460.300. There are also "hotline" talkgroups on the CLMRN system they have access too as well.

 

[cg]

The various low band 45.86 hotlines are patched to CLMRN, on tgs 5295, 5395, 5495 Fairfield county uses 5195 but no idea what (if anything) it is patched to.
Some dispatch centers are now using CSSI which is essentially a direct intercom between properly equipped centers. Beats dialing your neighbor psap regularly.

 

[iowa9015]

Just curious, is there a hotline for Litchfield County similar to FAPERN or the New Haven hotlines? I just heard the Southbury dispatcher refer to getting a call from Troop L on the hotline but it wasn’t on any of the hotlines I have programmed both conventional or on CLMRN.

Thanks all

Litchfield County/Region 5 does not have a hotline like Region 1, 2, 3 and 4 do.

Like cg said, what you’re probably hearing referenced as "the hotline" could be a console-to-console intercom within CLMRN using CSSI. A lot of centers still use the term generically even though it isn’t an RF-based hotline.

These are basically core-routed console-only voice paths/resources on the system that aren’t carried on any talkgroup or frequency, so there’s nothing to monitor. Only CLMRN consoles with permission can monitor or transmit on them.

 

[Bearded_Schnauzer]

I have heard FAPERN and UASI Calling used in a similar fashion in SW CT.

 

[KB1JHU]

I have heard FAPERN and UASI Calling used in a similar fashion in SW CT.

Danbury. Troop A, Brookfield & New Milford use FAPERN like it's a hotline. Region 1 UASI calling ends up getting used like a hotline for some FD stuff because phones are apparently too hard to use.

 

[pvnh]

LCD has a direct link to A, B, L, and NWCTPS on their consoles, nothing to listen to with a scanner

 

[MississippiPI]

Could have been received call on "hotline" phone

 

[cg]

I believe that is a function of CSSI, essentially console to console talking. Eliminates the need to dial up a neighboring dispatch center but instead talk like an intercom

 

[Firebuff66]

because phones are apparently too hard to use.

Just FYI the Hot lines/FAPERN/UASI Calling etc. etc. are used like that so more than 1 dispatch center can hear the message at the same time, this speeds things up and allows for better operational awareness for departments close to the the incident but not involved yet.
Let say I was a dispatcher, and I worked at a regional center, and I had 70 channels on my console and I actively use about 14 all the time, and the rest were used sparingly but in times of need, I would want to be able to use 1 channel to talk to mutable centers to get my message out quickly, instead of making 4 or 5 phone calls while managing the incident, and taking 911 and routine phone calls

 

[iowa9015]

Just FYI the Hot lines/FAPERN/UASI Calling etc. etc. are used like that so more than 1 dispatch center can hear the message at the same time, this speeds things up and allows for better operational awareness for departments close to the the incident but not involved yet.
Let say I was a dispatcher, and I worked at a regional center, and I had 70 channels on my console and I actively use about 14 all the time, and the rest were used sparingly but in times of need, I would want to be able to use 1 channel to talk to mutable centers to get my message out quickly, instead of making 4 or 5 phone calls while managing the incident, and taking 911 and routine phone calls

Lets say!

 

[izzyj4]

Just FYI the Hot lines/FAPERN/UASI Calling etc. etc. are used like that so more than 1 dispatch center can hear the message at the same time, this speeds things up and allows for better operational awareness for departments close to the the incident but not involved yet.
Let say I was a dispatcher, and I worked at a regional center, and I had 70 channels on my console and I actively use about 14 all the time, and the rest were used sparingly but in times of need, I would want to be able to use 1 channel to talk to mutable centers to get my message out quickly, instead of making 4 or 5 phone calls while managing the incident, and taking 911 and routine phone calls

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[nhfdcadet]

Just FYI the Hot lines/FAPERN/UASI Calling etc. etc. are used like that so more than 1 dispatch center can hear the message at the same time, this speeds things up and allows for better operational awareness for departments close to the the incident but not involved yet.
Let say I was a dispatcher, and I worked at a regional center, and I had 70 channels on my console and I actively use about 14 all the time, and the rest were used sparingly but in times of need, I would want to be able to use 1 channel to talk to mutable centers to get my message out quickly, instead of making 4 or 5 phone calls while managing the incident, and taking 911 and routine phone calls

Imagine if the regional dispatch center would even go as far as to multi-select their towns that go to the same call, instead of doing 3-4 different dispatches for the same incident. Now we're getting somewhere!

 

[nikronzo]

I would want to be able to use 1 channel to talk to mutable centers to get my message out quickly, instead of making 4 or 5 phone calls while managing the incident, and taking 911 and routine phone calls

Do you mean to say that the technology exists to key multiple TGs/channels at once instead of having to repeat the same BOLO 6 times over 6 channels, or dynamically regroup a pool of radios to the same channel to ensure everyone at a incident is correctly talking to each other.

 

[iowa9015]

phones are apparently too hard to use.

It is quite funny to be offput by radios/consoles being used to communicate between PSAP's rather than phones on a radio enthusiast forum...

 

[KB1JHU]

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I'm a dispatcher. There's a huge amount of chatter on these channels at times that strictly involves the two agencies where other agencies really have no need to know about it.