Q-ball said:
Awesome Ben!!, i hafta ask, please tell me you know all these unit terms and corresponding responsibilities from being in the line of work. Anyways, thanks for the info..i hear deputy 54 on event 2...sounds like they are going room to room to evacuate people, why did they respond from the fire academy?...and i havent heard any comms on the fireground channels, ive been monitoring fg1 and fg2.
I've owned scanners/radios for 16 years, known people in fire/ems/police for nearly that long, and been involved directly for six years or so....
The IST is something relatively new to Montco. There was an article with a roster of involved personnel (and their radio designators) in the "Pennsylvania Fireman" a while back.
I can only assume there was some equipment they needed to pick up at the Fire Academy for use at the call.
Some other designators you'll hear in Montco:
DPS - Dept of Public Safety management staff (everything below is part of DPS)
FA - full time staff of the County Fire Academy
EDS - personnel from Emergency Dispatch Services
TAC - Tactical Dispatch Team personnel (primary staffers for Field Comm 1)
HM and EM - full-time county personnel involved in hazmat & emergency management
FM - municipal fire marshals
The 800MHz fireground channels are simplex (direct radio to radio). You're only going to be able to hear comms on these frequencies from a mile or three away depending on the terrain.
