Westmoreland 911 VHF Future Fire dispatch

[plectron911]

Alot of talk locally about Low band paging for Fire depts moving from 33.70 to a VHF previous county police freq. is there anymore info available on this. Thanks

 

[n3obl]

Yes. Originally had suggested using the old UHF detecives repeater channel for a Digital alpha paging system. Departments said no to that so now the idea is to use a VHF freq either existing or a new freq as the fire paging. This is to be rolled out over 2-3 years.

 

[SurgePGH]

Yes. Originally had suggested using the old UHF detecives repeater channel for a Digital alpha paging system. Departments said no to that so now the idea is to use a VHF freq either existing or a new freq as the fire paging. This is to be rolled out over 2-3 years.

They have committed to VHF. They are going to upgrade some existing equipment at 2 tower sites and begin simulcast in 2013.

 

[plectron911]

Thanks for the info. EMS dispatching/paging works great on 155.160, hoping to hear what freq they will be using in the near future.

 

[n3obl]

Any idea if they are going to use an existing freq IE one of the old police channels or get a new freq. That was pretty much were I was unsure of.

 

[SurgePGH]

Any idea if they are going to use an existing freq IE one of the old police channels or get a new freq. That was pretty much were I was unsure of.

Yes they will be using an existing VHF frequency.

 

[radio259]

We have already loaded receive for the new channel in a bunch of radios. we were given 154.040 for the new paging channel. As stated, to be deployed gradually ove a few years as funds permit.