Santa Ana headed to OCFA

[Markb]

Changes include OCFA Zone 1 and 15 plus the ability to scan the Zone 3 frequencies listed above.

Uuuh, OCFA has a zone 15? That's the first time I've heard that. Can anyone elaborate on the contents of zone 15?

 

[drsl2000]

Uuuh, OCFA has a zone 15? That's the first time I've heard that. Can anyone elaborate on the contents of zone 15?

Zone 15:
015 (F) Corona Del Mar 866.21250 867.21250 868.21250c 868.96250a

 

[Markb]

Zone 15:
015 (F) Corona Del Mar 866.21250 867.21250 868.21250c 868.96250a

Yes. You are correct that radio site 15 is the CDM IR site, but that does not correlate with what would be programmed into zone 15 of the radio. Looking for talkgroups or conventional frequencies.

 

[monitor142]

Well....it's a done deal. As of 8am today, the 128 year old Santa Ana Fire Department has transitioned over to Orange County Fire Authority. Other than some minor technical issues such as no operational MDC's yet, everything is running fine.

Care Ambulance has a 120 day contract for transportation until the final RFP is decided. They have several units posted in the city running calls.

Dispatch 3C (with a multicast of 5B)-you'll hear all 5B dispatches on 3C now
Primary Tac 3D
Secondary Tac 3E

-M142

 

[RadioDaze]

I head the announcement on Dispatch-to-Dispatch. Wish I was near the recorder.

 

[Robertolson]

Is The 3D (Response tac) is it just temporary or a permanent thing?

 

[monitor142]

3D is the normal response tac. Units do talk on 3C also to dispatch but that will be less once the MDC's are functioning and they can do status changes that way. Santa Ana is using a different CAD then OCFA so the system needs to be merged or connected which is in progress. They are dispatching in a manual mode. If you listen you'll notice they put out a lot more info then normal dispatches. If they are in the field other than a pager they need to write the info down.

Division 6 (Santa Ana) will remain on the South Cell because of coverage. The South Cell has a site at the Court House, Countywide does not have a site in Santa Ana.

-M142

 

[bigmattyl]

'all but certain that 4G is for the north, and 5K is for the south. if you monitor the control channel using Trunker, etc., you can see pages being sent from handheld radios in the field, to the radios in the ERs. someone in the ER answers a short time later.

The medics pick the hospital by dialing a hospital number on the radio on the the ER contact frequency... they use the radios now in leiu of calling the old paramedic line phone number from inside the ambulances.

The ambulance companies still use cell phones to call the "BLS" line to the ER.