Huron County Fire

CDTbolt10033

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Hello,

On Saturday, April 13th, I travelled to Seaforth, Ontario to observe their fire siren test. At noon, Owen Sound Communications began conducting pager tests for Zurich, Seaforth, and Clinton. During the test, Owen Sound Comms asked for a reply from the designated fire officer. However, I didn't hear any response on the county analog paging channel 154.265.

It's possible that I had weak reception with my Minitor V pager. The dispatcher acknowledged the response, but I'm curious as to what Huron East and other Huron County Fire Departments use for Tac channels. I know that North Huron uses DMR channels for some stations and analog channels for other areas like the Municipality of Bluewater Fire and Goderich Fire.
However, I'm not sure about other departments. As I'm too far from Huron County to hear them from Waterloo Region, I was wondering if there is someone closer to Huron County who could scan their frequencies and determine whether they use DMR, analog or other channels.
 

bluwest

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They are usually dispatched and 2 way comms on that channel. They have not as far as I know upgraded their system which is brutal at best. They do not use DMR and are not part of the Huron North system.
 

CDTbolt10033

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Searching on TAFL I found that they cancelled 151.040 and 155.05
(cancel 151.04/155.05 (moved to licence 010949878-001))
It now shows digital with this new licence from 2022
 

bluwest

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That's North Huron. Not East Huron. North Huron went onto a digital system...not Huron East. For some dumb reason the different segments of Huron County do no work together.
 

Forts

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Is North Huron DMR? I know South Huron went with an multi site DMR system about 12 years ago. The county certainly is oddly segmented though, that's for sure.
 

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Only South is DMR with 3 sites site roaming. North is two site simulcast analog.

Bluewater, Huron East and Central Huron are all base mobile. No repeaters. Those municipalities don't have a lot of towns or infrastructure around.
 
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