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Howard County P25:

10941 - FD Training Academy
10942 - FD Training Academy
10946 - Fire India 6 - FD units use it communicate with Fire Marshal's.
10983 - ENC
11003 - ENC
11010 - ENC
11011 - ENC
11069 - Gov Announce
11072 - ENC
11097 - Clear/ENC - Radio Training. Schools Related?
11110 - "SS or ES" Announce
11111 - Bureau of Facilities Maintenance
11122 - Utilities User on it
11125 - ENC?
11130 - Active - Discussions of sessions, start/end times, etc. Surveying?
11136 - Highways User on it
11144 - ENC?
11180 - Schools Announce
11183 - Rec & Parks Deer Management/Sharpshooter Program



911 Center Common Emergency Revert (11211) is "Sierra 1"

Any idea what COOP East (11100) and COOP West (11101) name stand for? I noticed 11100 broadcasting National Weather Service Statements/Warnings.
 
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Given the context, COOP may stand for "continuity of operations". This acronym is typical on gov installations. Its an operational procedure for when the SHTF like natural diasters, severe weather, an attack, etc.
 
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KD3ANI said:
Given the context, COOP may stand for "continuity of operations". This acronym is typical on gov installations. Its an operational procedure for when the SHTF like natural diasters, severe weather, an attack, etc.
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I assumed such, was just curious if meant something different for Howard users.
 
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Both talkgroups active today with EMS Training/mock medical reports.

10943 - FD Training Academy 3
10944 - FD Training Academy 4
 
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11040 - Sheriff/Corrections?
11130 - Bureau of Engineering
11184 - Rec Parks? Discussion about fish tournament at Centennial Lake
11189 - Rec Parks?
 
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I may have asked this before. I could not find that thread. I am putting Howard Co back in my Unication. How are the talkgroup groupings assigned. example. 1 incident gets what possible groupings.

Is it Bravo 1,5,6 or Bravo 1,2,3,4,5,6? Is there a separate command channel like in nova jurisdictions? How do the announce groups work?
 
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N4VKF said:
I may have asked this before. I could not find that thread. I am putting Howard Co back in my Unication. How are the talkgroup groupings assigned. example. 1 incident gets what possible groupings.

Is it Bravo 1,5,6 or Bravo 1,2,3,4,5,6? Is there a separate command channel like in nova jurisdictions? How do the announce groups work?
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Typically for Howard County, everything stays on either Bravo-1, Charlie-1, etc unless its not a large incident like gas leak, serious accident, fire but typically you'll hear them go to Alpha-2 if there is no need for separate talkgroup for the incident. The only times I've heard them using Bravo-5 or 6 has been at a large fire involving a staging area or a tanker fill site in the western end.
 
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So how are the talkgroups assigned then? major vs minor? Programming the unication is very specific. I want to make sure I can separate out the incident channels and groupings correctly. Is A6 always used for knox box release?
 
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Small incidents go to A2. Large incidents with more than 3 or 4 responding units (think in terms of engine staffing- expecting more than 12-15 people on scene with radios) go to B1 first, C1 second if B1 is in use, and D1 third if both of the others are in use. Significant effort is devoted to minimizing this expansion as the communications centre is not heavily staffed. If something can get away with being on A2 (for instance it was dispatched as a fire box but there is no active fire and it's now just a smoke investigation) it will go there.

If an incident expands significantly it will start to utilise the other channels in its zone. A multi-alarm response for a B1 incident will trigger additional alarms responding to staging on B6 and a staging officer managing that ready stack. A tanker task force response for a B1 incident out of hydrant coverage will trigger use of B5 for water supply coordination with an officer overseeing the multiple tankers, fill site(s), and dump site(s) involved in that process. B2 through B4 remain available in case incidents have to expand to multiple-branched operations or require additional capacity to get attack ops off a mayday channel or something like that.

A6 is used for administrative chat, e.g. knox box function checks while not on an incident, fleet service coordination, commanders' tactical discussion RE ambulance staffing etc.
 
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riveter said:
Small incidents go to A2. Large incidents with more than 3 or 4 responding units (think in terms of engine staffing- expecting more than 12-15 people on scene with radios) go to B1 first, C1 second if B1 is in use, and D1 third if both of the others are in use. Significant effort is devoted to minimizing this expansion as the communications centre is not heavily staffed. If something can get away with being on A2 (for instance it was dispatched as a fire box but there is no active fire and it's now just a smoke investigation) it will go there.

If an incident expands significantly it will start to utilise the other channels in its zone. A multi-alarm response for a B1 incident will trigger additional alarms responding to staging on B6 and a staging officer managing that ready stack. A tanker task force response for a B1 incident out of hydrant coverage will trigger use of B5 for water supply coordination with an officer overseeing the multiple tankers, fill site(s), and dump site(s) involved in that process. B2 through B4 remain available in case incidents have to expand to multiple-branched operations or require additional capacity to get attack ops off a mayday channel or something like that.

A6 is used for administrative chat, e.g. knox box function checks while not on an incident, fleet service coordination, commanders' tactical discussion RE ambulance staffing etc.
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Thanks that was a good explaination
 
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