Salt River PD & FD

[cellphone]

It appears that Monday began the transition of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community to their new radio system. It was reported that Monday, Salt River PD moved from UHF to the new trunked system. FYI, it now appears that Salt River PD is encrypted full time.

Anyone know if fire transitioned yet? Can anyone ID any new talkgroups?

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Trunking System, Scottsdale / Ft. McDowell, Arizona - Scanner Frequencies

 

[p19997]

I reported at the beginning that their PD would be totally encrypted, and it is. There is one TG that is not. It may be because it will be for interoperating on other systems (e.g. a "Metro" channel) or it may be a Public Works to PD type channel.

8001 seems to be Fire Dispatch and 8002 EMT Dispatch but they may be inconsistent or there is something I haven't figured out.

8003 is fireground. I am listening to a fire on it as I write.

 

[cellphone]

I am hearing 8003 now. There are firefighters talking on it that sound like they are using SCBAs.

Did you hear if this is a confirmed working fire or a training?

 

[p19997]

I am hearing 8003 now. There are firefighters talking on it that sound like they are using SCBAs.

Did you hear if this is a confirmed working fire or a training?

Missed the beginning and couldn't listen to it for long. It sounded like a real fire, though.

 

[cellphone]

I have had my BCD536HP sitting in discovery mode for about a day. I can only receive the Thompson Peak site from my home. Here are the talkgroups I have so far:

7001 PD Dispatch - Encrypted
7002 Encrypted
7003 Encrypted
7008 Encrypted
7011 Encrypted
7018 Encrypted
7021 Encrypted

8001 FD Dispatch
8002 FD TAC 2
8003 FD TAC 3?

8101 Encrypted

8500 Radio Techs

 

[p19997]

Here's what I have:

7001 Encrypted
7002 Encrypted
7003 Encrypted
7004 Not Encrypted
7005 Encrypted
7006 Unknown
7008 Encrypted
7009 Encrypted
7011 Encrypted
7013 Encrypted
7014 Encrypted
7015 Encrypted
7016 Unknown
7017 Unknown
7018 Encrypted
7020 Encrypted
7021 Encrypted
7022 Encrypted
7023 Unknown
7024 Not Encrypted
7025 Encrypted
7026 Encrypted
8001 Not Encrypted
8002 Not Encrypted
8003 Not Encrypted
8004 Not Encrypted
8005 Not Encrypted
8101 Encrypted
8102 Encrypted
8103 Encrypted
8104 Encrypted
8500 Not Encrypted
8501 Not Encrypted
8502 Encrypted
8503 Not Encrypted
8504 Not Encrypted

The ones marked "Unknown" exist but haven't been used when I have been monitoring. Since they are in the PD range, I suspect they are encrypted.

 

[cellphone]

I'm out of range of their UHF. Are they still using any of the UHF freqs for fire dispatch?

 

[p19997]

I'm out of range of their UHF. Are they still using any of the UHF freqs for fire dispatch?

I doubt it. They are using their new radios a lot. By the way, I don't think I can pick them up on UHF either. I'm on the Chandler/Baja Tempe border.

 

[desert-cheetah]

I do still hear both fire and pd on analog. Not a huge amount, but I heard them as recently as Thursday. I'm less than a mile from the reservation. I heard them more frequently before my unit moved back to the main Scottsdale building and the building blocks a lot of stuff.

 

[cellphone]

The fire department was doing testing tonight on talkgroup 8005 which they were identifying as channel 5. They were talking with SCBA masks on, and it sounded terrible. This is going to get someone killed! It reinforces why Phoenix fire insists on doing fireground communications on analog simplex.

 

[KB7MIB]

Ok, it's been 7 months now. The DB still shows Salt River FD using 453.725. Have they retained it for some reason, or should it be removed from the DB, because the FD has completely transitioned over to the trunked system?

I'm updating the programming in my scanner, by hand, and I want to know if I should retain it or not.

John
Peoria

 

[rpgaun]

To the best of my knowledge Salt River Fire & PD are only using their trunked system. The only time they are on UHF is when they are patched to Salt River Fields Fire/Medical frequency. This happens for large events where SRFD Rescue 299 and Engine 299 are on standby at the ballpark.