Thank you. Its a very odd talkgroup, fire uses it for dispatching and response and security uses it for calling control to notify status and alarms then switches over to a secondary dispatch channel for main patrols. I will submit it as Multi-Dispatch
Actually, it would depend on what the
primary use of the talkgroup is, especially if it's a separate dispatcher.
If Security is doing their primary dispatch on another talkgroup and only using this talkgroup to notify Fire Dispatch of alarm status it should really be tagged Fire Dispatch. Many LE agencies have access to Fire Dispatch talkgroups and do advise the fire dispatcher of this and that as the need arises, but the primary function of the talkgroup is Fire Dispatch.
We try not to use the "Multi-XX" tags unless the talkgroup is truly used for multi-discipline functions (somewhat rare for a dispatch talkgroup); in this case it appears kind of a gray area so Multi-Dispatch can be used, but I'd suggest watching things to see how often the Security folks pop up and submitting a change if necessary. Consider whether the Security people are actually being
dispatched for security-type stuff on this talkgroup, or are they only using it to advise the fire dispatcher of certain things; if it's only advisory, then Multi-Dispatch probably isn't appropriate.
