LACo Fire Dispatch channels?

Randyk4661

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Now that county fire has been on their new system for awhile now, I would like to get a better grip on how the dispatching channels work.
I think I have the general idea of the areas with help of the RR database and the battalion coverage combined with the division maps.
Countywide dispatch is still a bit of a mystery. My first thought is it's for helicopters and camp crews but there is alot of routine medical and fire calls dispatched on it.
Can someone give a better description of how the system works with six different dispatch channels?

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Thanks for the reply Officer_415
It's starting to make sense now that I have some dedicated time to closely monitor.
U1 for in station countywide dispatching.
D1-D5 are on radio dispatching and response channel.
The database is somewhat confusing listing them as only dispatch channels

Take me back to the days when there were only 5 or 6 frequencies to program, much simpler :LOL:
 

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Take me back to the days when there were only 5 or 6 frequencies to program, much simpler :LOL:

It's not that different from the old system:

Blue 8 --> LAC U-1 (Countywide Dispatch)
Blue 12 --> LAC D-1 (Santa Clarita/Antelope Valley)
Blue 1 --> LAC D-2 (Southern LA Basin/Catalina Island)
Blue 5 --> LAC D-3 (San Gabriel Valley)
Blue 3 --> LAC D-4 (Western LA Basin/Santa Monica Mtns)
 

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D-2 & D-5 are permanently patched together. Same Dispatcher, just one provides Catalina coverage off three sites.

D-1 & D-3 can be patched together based off Dispatch staffing & activity levels. Same with D-2 & D-4. So hypothetically, you could have D-2, D-4, & D-5 all patched.
Actually D2,D4, & D5 are patched right now.
 
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Here’s the order in which incidents are dispatched from what I remember from talking to LACoFD dispatchers:

1. Call taker receives call and enters into cad, then pushes to the U-1 dispatcher. Not sure if call taker entering the incident triggers the fire station tones, or if U-1 triggers that.
2. The U-1 dispatcher verifies the information of the call and dispatches it over voice. U-1 is broadcasted in all LACo stations continuously.
3. Depending on if the dispatched unit is available in quarters or on voice, the area dispatcher (ex. D-4) will either voice the call over their channel (ex. “Bleed ALS, 8s”), however they will only voice the address and units attached if a unit is being dispatched on voice (ex. “Bleed ALS, 8s. *3 tone* engine 8 with squad 8 on voice bleed als… etc”)
4. All units respond to incidents on their assigned geographical dispatch channel
 

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Here in Palmdale, I receive both D-1 and D-3. Antelope Valley units are assigned to D-1, but D-3 is a bit cleaner voice. D-3 works fine for me. All command channels are loud and clear. I actually like the new system.
 

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Here’s the order in which incidents are dispatched from what I remember from talking to LACoFD dispatchers:

1. Call taker receives call and enters into cad, then pushes to the U-1 dispatcher. Not sure if call taker entering the incident triggers the fire station tones, or if U-1 triggers that.
2. The U-1 dispatcher verifies the information of the call and dispatches it over voice. U-1 is broadcasted in all LACo stations continuously.
3. Depending on if the dispatched unit is available in quarters or on voice, the area dispatcher (ex. D-4) will either voice the call over their channel (ex. “Bleed ALS, 8s”), however they will only voice the address and units attached if a unit is being dispatched on voice (ex. “Bleed ALS, 8s. *3 tone* engine 8 with squad 8 on voice bleed als… etc”)
4. All units respond to incidents on their assigned geographical dispatch channel
Makes a whole lot more sense now. thank you for clearing it up. I was just about to ask this question as well.
 
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