Mercy Air

[Junior1970]

When Mercy Air lands at an accident site what frequencies do they use. Is there a statewide repeater they communicate with the ground crews with when arriving on scene.

I did an FCC search and found nothing listed under Mercy Air.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[MtnBiker2005]

RR Topic: http://forums.radioreference.com/ne...um/209145-mercy-air-frequency-vegas-area.html

WQFS232 - LIFECOM/AIR METHODS
FRN - 0009230640
http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseFreqSum.jsp?licKey=2845258

MERCY AIR = AIR METHODS

 

[Duster]

In California, GENERALLY speaking (because each agency has their own procedures), CALCORD is used as (and intended to be) a multi-jurisdictional, multi-disciplinary (law/fire/ems) on-scene coordination (read: tactical) frequency. In northern California, it is very often used as coordination between fire resources and EMS or Law resources, since it is often the only common frequency that all the units have in their radios.

EDIT: I realize now that you are referring to the Vegas area, so I don't know the channel. I didn't see what forum this was in before I posted, and thought you were talking about southern California's Mercy Air ships. Sorry about that...

 

[Junior1970]

RR Topic: http://forums.radioreference.com/ne...um/209145-mercy-air-frequency-vegas-area.html

WQFS232 - LIFECOM/AIR METHODS
FRN - 0009230640
ULS License - Public Safety Pool, Conventional License - WQFS232 - LIFECOM/AIR METHODS - Frequencies Summary

MERCY AIR = AIR METHODS

Maybe that why? The name threw me. Thanks for the heads up. Trying to get all my programming done for next weekends roll into town.

Thanks.

 

[jcinnv]

What I have heard is if thier responding to an incident on I-15 they talk to CCFD on the SNACC system, to the ground unit for instance if resque 87(out of Jean) is on scene, Mercy contacts them on the SNACC, If on the California side they contact medic ambulance 53 or engine 53 (out of Baker) on calcord, 157.0750, which is the standard for San Bernidino co. J.C.

 

[Duster]

CALCORD is 156.075, but otherwise sounds right...

What I have heard is if thier responding to an incident on I-15 they talk to CCFD on the SNACC system, to the ground unit for instance if resque 87(out of Jean) is on scene, Mercy contacts them on the SNACC, If on the California side they contact medic ambulance 53 or engine 53 (out of Baker) on calcord, 157.0750, which is the standard for San Bernidino co. J.C.

 

[Junior1970]

What I have heard is if thier responding to an incident on I-15 they talk to CCFD on the SNACC system, to the ground unit for instance if resque 87(out of Jean) is on scene, Mercy contacts them on the SNACC, If on the California side they contact medic ambulance 53 or engine 53 (out of Baker) on calcord, 157.0750, which is the standard for San Bernidino co. J.C.

A couple more questions then. On SNACC which talkgroup do they use in this case? In Utah on the UCAN system there are two landing zone talkgroups (LZ 1 & LZ 2) that are used for this purpose. Does the SNACC system set aside a talkgroup for this purpose? In the rural areas (Indian Springs, Bunkerville to the AZ line) is there a VHF freq such as the Mutual Aid channel that they use?

I guess Mercy landed on 15 near Mesquite at an accident that the Beaver Dam & Mesquite crews worked and always wondered this in my many travels to Mesquite.

The info so far has been great!! Thank you.

 

[jcinnv]

mercy air

Sometimes it's on a dispatch channel or it could be a tac, depends on the call,if their is a lot of resources responding say from LasVegas, and a lot of extracation and mutiple injures, they might use a tac channel, I've heard it both ways,when unit on scene asks dispatch to respond mercy air, dispatch will tell M/A, which channel to come up on. hth jc