Westmed Ambulance

[ScannerDude244]

Do any of you know if they have their own Radio system? Any frequencies? I just wanted to know if they did. They will start supplying ambulance service on January 1st here in Monterey County after AMR lost their contract with the county due to employees were involved in illegal drug.

 

[Kirk]

Interesting news. I don't see anything pending on the FCC site for Westmed, but I suspect something will show up soon.

How are ambulances dispatched in Monterey County today? I know AMR has their own repeater licensed on Mt Toro on 463.650, and I assume the County still has repeaters in service on the Med channels.

I know Mt Toro is a good site, but I can't imagine it covers everything. Especially down into King City, Big Sur, etc.

 

[Ben96cal]

re: westmed

this is a couple years old. is it possible these are shared freqs?

http://www.scancal.org/monterey/ems.html

 

[ScannerDude244]

Interesting news. I don't see anything pending on the FCC site for Westmed, but I suspect something will show up soon.

How are ambulances dispatched in Monterey County today? I know AMR has their own repeater licensed on Mt Toro on 463.650, and I assume the County still has repeaters in service on the Med channels.

I know Mt Toro is a good site, but I can't imagine it covers everything. Especially down into King City, Big Sur, etc.

Yeah AMR use the MED channels they also have a frequency channel named "South County 464.3000" witch AMR dispatches rigs from Gonzalez-King City. Any repeaters south of King City are on William’s hill Mt Toro is to far cover. AMR has there own dispatched center. From what I heard my dad works for public works here in Soledad he told me that new ambulance will be station with the fire dept. So i'm thinking they might get dispatched by county comm

If you guys want to read why all this is happening here is a link

http://www.kion46.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=6FFA35E5-6FC1-4C4F-BEB4-FF75E038BCD8

 

[Kirk]

this is a couple years old. is it possible these are shared freqs?

http://www.scancal.org/monterey/ems.html

That listing still shows Penninsula Paramedics, which hasn't existed in twenty years.

 

[ScannerDude244]

yeah thats real old. Maybe it would get updated once westmed gets their radio plan.

 

[ScannerDude244]

I found some more info

Vehicle Radio Equipment
CONTRACTOR agrees to equip all ambulances with 2-way Motorola or Kenwood radios
that enable CONTRACTOR crews to communicate directly with first responders. Mobile
and portable radios shall be able to transmit and receive from authorized local
government and state frequencies in accordance with the County Inter-operable Plan (to
be developed) and the County Fire Chief’s “Policy on Paramedic Ambulance Use of
Monterey County Fire Frequencies.” (Motorola and Kenwood radios can be reviewed in
detail in Attachment 2 of the CONTRACTOR’s proposal.) CONTRACTOR also agrees
to equip all County emergency ambulances with Nextel 2-way radiophones as a backup
to ensure uninterrupted communications. CONTRACTOR further agrees to offer the
County dispatch center Nextel two-way radiophones as an interface backup.
CONTRACTOR agrees to comply with all applicable FCC regulations.

 

[Mick]

When I have visited that area a few times a year this has been the system in use:
462.975R 173.8 Ambulance dispatch
463.125R 173.8 Ambulance to hospital
The next time I'm in that area I will listen in to see if the new ambulance service contract has any changes.

Do any of you know if they have their own Radio system? Any frequencies? I just wanted to know if they did. They will start supplying ambulance service on January 1st here in Monterey County after AMR lost their contract with the county due to employees were involved in illegal drug.

 

[ScannerDude244]

Yeah Mick Thats what AMR is on now, I guess I gotta wait and see i'll update you guys ASAP when something happens.

ARM dispatch call sign "E.M.S"
AMR uses Fire Comm as dispatch as well
Med 1 463.0000 Big Sur Coast Area
Med 2 463.0250 Back up ring down for Hospitals in Salinas
Med 9 462.9500 Salinas,North County
Med 10 462.9750 Marina,Seaside,Monterey,Pacific Grove,Carmel
Med 7 463.1500 ring down to SVMH Hospital in Salinas
Med 5 463.1000 ring down to Mee Memorial Hospital in King City
South County 464.3000 Gonzales-King City

 

[ScannerDude244]

Update, Well I been hearing Westmed doing radio checks on the Meds channels out the county dispatch center. See what happens January 1st.