Placentia Fire Dept.

[PaulNDaOC]

Does anyone out there happen to know what talk groups ID's they have been assigned?

They are going 10/8 on July 1st and should already be ready to go. The PD will be dispatching them and they will have a CAD to CAD connection with the rest of the county.

They will be running one engine at current OCFA Station 35 and a quint at Station 34 with Lynch providing paramedic service and from what I have heard, but not read EMergency Ambulance will still have transports. Strange.

They just approved an auto aid deal with Fullerton, but not Anaheim or Brea as of a week ago, and OCFA refuses to play nice.

 

[Eng74]

Since all of OC is still encrypted right now could be hard to find out.

 

[Mikek]

My bets are that the old LaHabra Fire talkgroups will be assigned to Placentia....

Adding new talkgroups would require reprogramming the entire fleet of fire radios across the board, and, well, it seems they’re not in a hurry to do that.

 

[LAflyer]

If interested here is a city council presentation from May.
Makes mention of "800 MHz radio talk groups approved by Orange County Communications (OCC)"

https://www.placentia.org/DocumentCenter/View/8704/City-Council-Meeting-Presentation--Fire-Department-Quarterly-update-51920?bidId=

 

[PaulNDaOC]

Since all of OC is still encrypted right now could be hard to find out.

I'm hoping since there is supposed to be a shift away from encryption on fire channels that they leave this one open when it is set up. I can wish?

 

[PaulNDaOC]

My bets are that the old LaHabra Fire talkgroups will be assigned to Placentia....

Adding new talkgroups would require reprogramming the entire fleet of fire radios across the board, and, well, it seems they’re not in a hurry to do that.

Your logic and analysis makes complete sense.

 

[Robertolson]

So no Fire dept Paramedics all private outsource?

 

[Kingscup]

So no Fire dept Paramedics all private outsource?

Correct.

 

[tsalmrsystemtech]

Your logic and analysis makes complete sense.

There is no way Placentia Fire will go in the clear. They will just use existing radios and be straight across the board like the rest of the fire department radios countywide. Anything in our favor right now is not happening unfortunately.

 

[Kingscup]

Nevermind

 

[Mikek]

Does anyone have current frequencies for Lynch Ambulance? I found them listed in the DB on an LTR system, but there's been zero traffic over the last couple of weeks.

 

[rsgorman]

Does anyone know if Placentia FD is being dispatched on MetroNet vs. OCFA 5B?

 

[Mikek]

Does anyone know if Placentia FD is being dispatched on MetroNet vs. OCFA 5B?

Placentia Fire is dispatched by 'dual-duty' police/fire dispatchers at the city PD.

 

[rsgorman]

Thank you for the info. So much for listening to Placentia FD!

 

[monitor142]

They are using 2H (old Garden Grove Tac) as of this time.

My bets are that the old LaHabra Fire talkgroups will be assigned to Placentia....

Adding new talkgroups would require reprogramming the entire fleet of fire radios across the board, and, well, it seems they’re not in a hurry to do that.

 

[gabrielm]

Assuming they won’t be on PulsePoint?

 

[MEDIC135]

Dispatch will be on 2P
Response will be on 2H
No word on encryption

 

[PaulNDaOC]

Does anyone know if Placentia FD is being dispatched on MetroNet vs. OCFA 5B?

I would say none of the above. They have hired and trained five new police dispatchers and all are now trained on EMD.

 

[PaulNDaOC]

Dispatch will be on 2P
Response will be on 2H
No word on encryption

Thanks. 2 H was the old Garden Grove tac channel so it must be encrypted.

 

[seligman]

Does anyone know how the Lynch medics are being dispatched?

Also, on a related topic, what changes did OCFA make in Yorba Linda? I know T34 became T32 but there appears to be a Medic 10 now. I don't remember that one previously.