How Do Hillsborough County & Tampa Tone Out Their Fire Stations?

[Homeboys-Scanna]

I never hear any station tones on the EDACS talk groups. So how do they set off station bells to dispatch fire units on calls?

 

[drayd48]

I would assume over some conventional frequency that activates the counties pagers. I know one of my local depts uses a QCII just to activate station lights but no voice goes over the VHF frequency. All the voices go through the trunking system and the QCII is just used to activate station lights.

 

[crash1]

they uses the internet activate lights and voice over EDACS System

 

[TampaTyron]

They were carryng text pagers as of a few years ago.... TT

 

[Homeboys-Scanna]

They were carryng text pagers as of a few years ago.... TT

They still do. I believe what they carry are Advisor Elites on 929.8875 MHz. But that's not what tones out the fire stations.