SLATER tones

[firebell9137]

Does anybody know the tones for st louis county south fire dispatch for my unication G5 pager? TIA

 

[bdzig]

There are no tones on SLATER for the north or south region based on department. If you listen carefully, the tones that go out indicate the level of the call (still alarms/medical, vehicle rescues, first alarms). The VHF dispatch frequencies are being maintained as a backup, but not regularly used.

 

[firebell9137]

There are no tones on SLATER for the north or south region based on department. If you listen carefully, the tones that go out indicate the level of the call (still alarms/medical, vehicle rescues, first alarms). The VHF dispatch frequencies are being maintained as a backup, but not regularly used.

Yeah. I know. Those im talking about. Do you have the code ranges for my G5? the pps asks for the ranges for p25 digital trunking tgids.

 

[firebell9137]

There are no tones on SLATER for the north or south region based on department. If you listen carefully, the tones that go out indicate the level of the call (still alarms/medical, vehicle rescues, first alarms). The VHF dispatch frequencies are being maintained as a backup, but not regularly used.

So the g5 can alert to the tones with the ranges.

 

[bdzig]

Try 800 and 1500 Hz.

 

[firebell9137]

Try 800 and 1500 Hz.

Ok thanks. Which tones are these? Hi lo or the 5 beeps?

 

[bdzig]

Should be hi-lo. The 800 hz should also be your still alarm tone.

 

[firebell9137]

Ok thanks

Should be hi-lo. The 800 hz should also be your still alarm tone.

 

[llzel]

There are no tones on SLATER for the north or south region based on department. If you listen carefully, the tones that go out indicate the level of the call (still alarms/medical, vehicle rescues, first alarms). The VHF dispatch frequencies are being maintained as a backup, but not regularly used.

What's a "still alarm" I hear it often

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

What's a "still alarm" I hear it often

From a different thread...

If a call came in via telephone alarm or if a citizen reported directly to the firehouse an alarm of fire, then it was considered a "Still" or "Still Alarm" because no action took place over the Gamewell system. Meaning "the bells stayed still".

 

[scanman1958]

Jefferson County SLATER does use tones on their dispatch audible but I am not sure if they are usable on the tone outs on Uniden Scanners.

 

[firebell9137]

Should be hi-lo. The 800 hz should also be your still alarm tone.

All the tones youve given me work. Thanks

What depts keep talking on south main like police giving license plates and other stuff? It sounds like police depts. Sometimes on north main too.

 

[bdzig]

There shouldn't be any police traffic on South Main. What are you hearing them say?

You may want to check what talkgroup numbers you are picking up.

 

[firebell9137]

There shouldn't be any police traffic on South Main. What are you hearing them say?

You may want to check what talkgroup numbers you are picking up.

The south main tg. 54756.

They say on it license plates, dob's, dl numbers. Im using a unication g5 still. Cant afford a Uniden scanner at this time since i got the unication pager which was $700+.

 

[scanman1958]

This is an odd note, I think. I was driving past the old South County fire alarm building behind Mehlville seven house and noticed all the antennas (except for cellular) on the tower have been removed. I know CCE911/SLATER does VHF back up tone testing on occasion, so what locations do they use for the VHF signal?

I apologize if the antennas have been gone for a while. I usually take note of the tower since I frequent the medical buildings off Butler Hill and usually view the antennas.

 

[bdzig]

They still have antennas in Fenton and Crestwood.

 

[bdzig]

Not to mention they can also page out South from the Ellisville site.

 

[rjvalenta]

is there a way to figure out which house/trucks are being called when listening to SLATER via the new digital signalling? i hear what seems to be a digital tone or a series of beeps, they're obviously not using QCII anymore in their trunked system. like i just heard a call on North Dispatch for 4034 (a pumper) and another for an ambulance... did the tone or beeps before the call not include the house/unit number?

i would think the Astro25 system could limit traffic via something in CPS, but i'm not familiar at all with how things work past the old school QCII tones... anyone know how that works so every house/unit isn't being lit up at every call? some way to have it only open squelch if the house or units you want to hear calls for are called?

 

[bdzig]

All that the tones indicate is the type of call. In reality, Samantha (the computer voice over the dispatch talkgroups) is a backup to the 4-5 other ways that the depts get called out now so there is no need for depts to listen to it regularly.

 

[rjvalenta]

All that the tones indicate is the type of call. In reality, Samantha (the computer voice over the dispatch talkgroups) is a backup to the 4-5 other ways that the depts get called out now so there is no need for depts to listen to it regularly.

is there no way to (for example) limit all the North Dispatch traffic to only open squelch for Hazlewood (or it's units)?