Port Colborne Fire Dept.

[firefgtr]

It now seems that the Port Colborne Fire Dept is now on the Niagara Region Radio System on TG 5231. However, I haven't heard any dispatch for it on that TG.

The VHF frequency (152.135) seems to have gone silent as well

 

[exkalibur]

Has their other VHF frequency (164.715) gone silent as well?

Its possible (and likely) that the full time FFs are dispatched over a wireline system and not OTA anymore, with the volunteers still being paged out on 152.135. You'd have to wait for either a pager test, or a general call.

 

[gary123]

I would carefully monitor the Niagara system. If Ops are on TG 5231 then I would expect a new dispatch TG as well. Exkalibur has good advice. The type of dispatching configuration he describes is very common

 

[mbstone99]

I am seeing a bunch of hits (31) in the past 12 hours on 5231 in DSD+ and there was 1 in the clear transmission at 9:01am this morning on 5250.

Matt

 

[firefgtr]

I heard the audio on 5250. It was a quick radio check between St. Catharines dispatch and Hamilton Dispatch

 

[exkalibur]

Curious. Does XJI81 still dispatch for Port Colborne or is that moving to Hamilton?

 

[firefgtr]

St. Catharines dispatches for Port Colborne. Actually, they dispatch all of Niagara expect Niagara Falls (which is done by them and Welland) and Fort Erie which is done by Tillsonburg FD

I haven't heard St Kitts use that call sign in years. They just call themself "Fire Dispatch"

 

[Gymbag]

St. Catharines dispatches for Port Colborne. Actually, they dispatch all of Niagara expect Niagara Falls (which is done by them and Welland) and Fort Erie which is done by Tillsonburg FD

I haven't heard St Kitts use that call sign in years. They just call themself "Fire Dispatch"

Tillsonburg Fire dispatch 😔. They will regret that move.

 

[firefgtr]

After monitoring the Niagara Regional system, Port Colborne Fire Dept. is being dispatched on 5232, the West Niagara Dispatch TG.