Welland Fire Department

[CDTbolt10033]

Thought this is worth mentioning.

"Exclusive radio frequencies for Welland Fire and Emergency Services are part of the package when Tillsonburg Fire Communications takes over dispatching services later this year "

Welland fire department to get exclusive radio frequencies with change in dispatch services | Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs

www.oafc.on.ca

 

[mikewazowski]

Looks like the new frequencies are in TAFL already.

 

[Gymbag]

Anyone have any idea when Tburg takes over dispatching for Welland?

 

[Forts]

Anyone have any idea when Tburg takes over dispatching for Welland?

December according to this:

Tillsonburg Fire to take on Welland Fire and Emergency Services dispatching | Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs

www.oafc.on.ca

A quick look thru TAFL shows:

153.800
160.005
166.140
169.560

All indicated as NFM modulation.

 

[ATCTech]

153.800 is a widely-used fire paging frequency for Niagara that goes back to the 1970s (still active today) and 169.560 is Niagara Fire TAC-1 according to "local lore" in this very interweb.

 

[firefgtr]

169.560 is Niagara Fire TAC-1and is now offline. NFFD is now on the Niagara Regional P25 PII system
153.800 is currently Welland FD, Wainfleet FD and Pelham FD paging.

Most of the Niagara Region has migrated to this system

Niagara Region Trunking System, Niagara Region, Ontario

Niagara Region Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

Except Fort Erie and soon to be Welland to Tillsonburg FD dispatch service

 

[ATCTech]

Thanks for updating the TAC-1 situation, that was very old info and I'm far enough out of range to not know if they were using it as a local fireground or training frequency.

 

[inmarsat]

Hearing Welland fire on 155.445 P25 with NAC 911 RID 1 TG 1

 

[VA3ADP]

Hearing Welland fire on 155.445 P25 with NAC 911 RID 1 TG 1

I captured that a few weeks back on CloseCall. It sounded to me almost like an analog patch being broadcasted over the P25 Freq.

 

[mciupa]

Hearing Welland fire on 155.445 P25 with NAC 911 RID 1 TG 1

I have been informed that this was activated for testing purposes only. It has since been shut down.

 

[firefgtr]

Lot of testing "5 counts" on 169.560 no PL

 

[firefgtr]

Welland Fire and Emergency Services switches to Tillsonburg FD Dispatch service Monday, Nov 28.

 

[firefgtr]

Welland FD had been dispatching and running calls on 169.560.

 

[ATCTech]

For those perhaps not in range or on the fringe this is an analog repeater, input would appear to be 166.140 from the TAFL data. The 169.560 frequency is perfectly receivable from my QTH west of Toronto. Thanks to@firefgtr for the heads-up.

 

[OntFF221]

WFES has moved to Tillsonburg dispatch; and the new system is active; but they are still dispatching on the old channel as well - not sure if they're doing this intentionally, or if some of the truck radios aren't setup properly yet.. I've heard multiple calls where FireCom (Tillsonburg) reminds the responding truck they're on the old channel, and to switch to TAC1.

 

[Saint]

169.560 coming in nice and clear in Fort Erie
Steve

 

[gunz2000]

Is this now digital? I plugged in 169.560 last night and have not heard anything yet, I find that odd for Welland, lol.

 

[OntFF221]

I heard plenty of activity on the Welland channel the last couple of days, maybe just a quiet spell?

Listening now (2022-12-27 / 11:08) and hearing Welland traffic...

 

[ATCTech]

Is this now digital? I plugged in 169.560 last night and have not heard anything yet, I find that odd for Welland, lol

Nothing special required to hear it and from my post about 5 lines up:

For those perhaps not in range or on the fringe this is an analog repeater.

 

[gunz2000]

Thanks, maybe I am just missing everything. I should be able to hear them, I am in Wainfleet.

I did hear a Wainfleet firefighter trying to talk on his portable. He was choppy and St. Catharines Control told him he was on the Welland channel. His next transmission was clear after that.

Nothing special, just thought it was funny