Palmetto 800 Unidentified/New talkgroups

[mrat1234]

Im scanning the ambulance services on palmetto 800 and looking at

51733

ca15

D

Unkn Amb Srvc

Unknown Midlands Ambulance Service

and all the units are in the 300 series. ive heard 305,308,312,315,etc. They are almost always talking. does anyone have any idea what company this is. Ive also created this tread for everyone with new or unidentified talkgroups to post them here for everybody.

 

[brian]

@GearJammersc said in another thread that he thinks 51733 is Logisticare Ambulance Service. I had theorized that it might be LifeGuard Ambulance Service.

 

[mrat1234]

Ok thanks brian

 

[NightF0x]

There are new TGs in the Greenville and Laurens areas as well. I have recordings but haven't had time to listen through them yet

 

[mrat1234]

25344	6300	D	RC ESD PS	Emergency Services	Emergency Ops
25569	63e1	D	RC ESD 5 Hazmat	Hazmat	Emergency Ops
25570	63e2	D	RC ESD 6	Emergency Services Ch 6	Emergency Ops
25571	63e3	D	RC ESD 7	Emergency Services Ch 7	Emergency Ops
25572	63e4	D	RC ESD 8	Emergency Services Ch 8	Emergency Ops
25576	63e8	D	RC ESD 9	Emergency Services Ch 9	Emergency Ops
25574	63e6	D	RC ESD 11 Com	Emergency Services Ch 11	Emergency Ops

Does anybody know the full line up of richland county Emergency Services. Im thinking about putting them in my scanner to monitor them.

 

[brian]

With help from Noah, we have put together a list of talkgroup ranges for Palmetto 800. The link to the wiki page with the list is here: Palmetto 800 Talkgroup Ranges - The RadioReference Wiki

In working with these ranges this morning, I note that there is a logical pattern to the talkgroup assignments.

The creator of the list broke the state into three regions - Coastal (1-14999), Mid State (20001-34999) and Upper State (40001-54999). There also ranges for Georgia (55001-59999) and North Carolina (60001-64999).

Within these ranges, there is a pattern - Interoperability talkgroups are first, followed by a block of 500 for each county in the region listed in alphabetical order), followed by a block for state agencies broken into blocks of 100 talkgroups.

Within the three regional blocks for state agencies, there is a logical arrangement to the lists. We're missing, or there may not exist, assigned talkgroups in each of the state agency ranges, but the pattern is clear.

This should make narrowing down active but unidentified talkgroups at least to a specific agency easier.

There are also logical groupings to several of the county blocks of 500. I haven't gotten that granular yet on the list, but anyone is able to edit wiki pages, so feel free to add information as you see fit. It seems clear that each county is left to designate the assignment of groups within their blocks.

 

[Caesar]

25565	63dd	D	RC EMS 1	EMS Dispatch	Dispatch
25566	63de	D	RC EMS 2	EMS to Hospital	RC EMS to Hospital
25567	63df	D	RC EMS 3	EMS Ch 3	Unit/Dispatch Talk Around
25568	63e0	D	RC EMS 4	EMS Ch 4	Supervisors
25344	6300	D	RC ESD PS	Emergency Services	***This is not correct
25569	63e1	D	RC ESD 5 Hazmat	Hazmat	Fire Marshals/Coroners
25570	63e2	D	RC ESD 6	Emergency Services Ch 6	Public Safety/EMS 2 Fire TAC
25571	63e3	D	RC ESD 7	Emergency Services Ch 7	Special Events
25572	63e4	D	RC ESD 8	Emergency Services Ch 8	DSNT ???
25576	63e8	D	RC ESD 9	Emergency Services Ch 9	ENN / RC Media
25574	63e6	D	RC ESD 11 Com	Emergency Services Ch 11	COM / ???

 

[mrat1234]

So it's all EMS talkgroups and esd is a typo or is esd correct. is it shared fire and ems?

 

[Caesar]

EMS and ESD are the same agency essentially, ESD is correct for the latter talkgroups, but the talkgroup 25344 is not correct. I'm not sure which agency that is for.

 

[mrat1234]

Ok thanks. I'm scanning talkgroups 25573 and 25575 to see if one of those is esd channel 10. Also what is dsnt on ch.8 and comm on ch.11 and enn on ch.9

 

[brian]

25344 is in the Orangeburg County range and is probably not correct. It might be a typo, and should be 25544?

I have no idea what DSNT is.

I remember that Richland Co has a "Media" channel likely designation for the PIO (Public Information Officer) and staff. So that should probably just say "Media" and omit the ENN?

Comm might mean Command, Common or Communications.

 

[mrat1234]

Im current monitoring the 2 ANG talkgroups and only hearing activity on ops 1. i just heard a unit call ops 1 common 2 im thinking that 27870
is common 1. im going to monitor these and see if i can get any further info.

 

[mrat1234]

27871 is McEntire Joint National Guard Base in Hopkins, South Carolina. it called McEntire ops in their radios. National guard control called it McEntire ops

 

[mrat1234]

i will make a submission tomorrow

 

[mrat1234]

Submission made. I encourage anybody Interested to monitor
27872
27873
27874
27875
27876
27877
27878
27879
These are the rest of the SC National guard talkgroups that useage has not been identified yet.

 

[evan]

I remember that Richland Co has a "Media" channel likely designation for the PIO (Public Information Officer) and staff. So that should probably just say "Media" and omit the ENN?

Back in the old Palmetto 800 days, the media channel was used by the PIO to communicate information to the media. He would make an announcement for everyone to standby, then would give a statement, then allow media outlets (WIS, WLTX, etc) to ask questions via radio. So apparently, at least at that time, the media had radios to communicate on Pal800. It was quite an unusual way of delivering information to the media. I only ever heard it once or twice and I seem to recall it was a major incident. Not sure if it is still used in that way.

 

[mrat1234]

Has anybody identified any more forestry talkgroups. Currently there is only 1 talkgroup identified. It's 27827. I believe this corresponds with vhf channel Ch.27 Andrews. i think the talkgroups corresponds directly with the vhf channel number. For example following this idea would make 27801 would be SCFC Statewide Tac 1. I know this may not be correct. i am currently using my scanner to try and see how the forestry talkgroups are laid out. i mainly want to identify the SCFC Law Enforcement talkgroups but also want to identify the regular use talkgroups. Thanks, Noah.