1984csh
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Having trouble finding the correct talk group for the ambulance to the hospital.
The one on R/R seems not to be correct
The one on R/R seems not to be correct
Paulding County ohio
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If not listed in the RRDB, turn on ID Search or enable wildcard talkgroup on your scanner to try and find it
Have you double checked your control channels? Here’s a list of the TGID’s just in case you needed it.
tvengr
Well Known Member
Is this the one that is incorrect?
| 59808 | e9a0 | D | HOS-6301 | Paulding County Hospital | Hospital |
Have you tried these conventional frequencies?
1984csh
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1984csh
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Well, I don't know exactly the reason. I say this is because I also listen to Paulding county and Defiance County. And I had never heard a patient report from the squad to the hospital to Paulding hospital or Hicksville hospital. With hicksville squad either
The Paulding Co Hospital talk group on Radio Reference is not a talk group for EMS to talk to the hospital. It is a talk group for the hospital to talk to the the Ohio EMA and Health Departments in Columbus. If you catch it at the right time you will hear Columbus doing Radio checks with all of the hospitals in your region. I am not sure what day they do your region but they will do the test 3 times that day. Once during day shift. Once during the evening and once in the middle of the night. They very the times when they do the test. I believe the state has been divided into five districts. so each day of the week Monday through Friday a different division is tested.
1984csh
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Okay, thanks. I just assumed it was for hospital in the squad. So having said that, do you know what channel frequency the Squad communicates to the hospitals on.
Van Wert County Hospital (aka Ohio Health Van Wert) does use their MARCS talkgroup for EMS comms to the ER.
Do you monitor 155.340? I still hear a lot of traffic on that one.
Do you monitor 155.340? I still hear a lot of traffic on that one.
1984csh
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I do not monitor conventional channels. I just assumed all radio communication was on the Ohio Marcs now
In Indiana 155.340 is the IHERN- Indiana Hospital Emergency* Radio Network. Never knew Ohio used it, however that is convenient. Edit: typo
OP, I suggest you program that one in. You’ll be more likely hear traffic on that than anything else.
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1984csh
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OK I will do so thanks
The HOS talkgroups are used for EMS to Hospital reports, Van Wert Hospital and SRMC and LHM in Allen County use theirs everyday for reports.
Ditto most other counties....
Every hospital in southeast Ohio uses their HOS MARCS talk group for EMS patient reports. MARCS replaced the VHF HEAR System (155.34 MHz) and a few random hospitals that used UHF Med channels.
I still hear 155.340 pop up active occasionally. It would make tons of sense for hospitals and EMS to maintain this as an emergency backup in case MARCS crashes (which does happen), but there I go thinking logically again....
Agree 100%. It wouldn't take much to put a one frequency VHF base station at every Ohio hospital. MARCS does crash. Our analog paging base for Athens County EMS (154.1675 MHz) is actually a repeater and can be used for communication in the event MARCS goes down. We have VHF mobiles and portables in every ambulance in addition to the MARCS radio equipment.
