Dutchess County NY FireGround - Radio system discussion

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Just interested in some information on the current Dutchess County NY FireGround radio system. I noticed that radio towers are listed with several frequencies. Are they repeater towers ? or are the portable radio just for on-scene distance. Can Dutchess 911 monitor attack crews radio transmissions ?

Fireground - Illinois Tower (Lloyd) FM Fire-Tac

453.45000 KED348 RM 82.5 PL 7/8 Fireground - Clove Tower (Unionvale) FM Fire-Tac

453.62500 KED348 RM 82.5 PL 9/10 Fireground - Hosner Tower (East Fishkill) FM Fire-Tac

453.95000 KED348 RM 114.8 PL 11/12 Fireground - Milan/Pawling Tower FM Fire-Tac

453.85000 KED348 RM 114.8 PL 13/14 Fireground - Silver Tower (Millerton) FM Fire-Tac

460.45000 WPQD608 RM 114.8 PL 15/16 Fire Operations / Helicopter Landing Zone FM Fire-Tac

453.91250 KED348 M 136.5 PL 17 Fire Police

Thanks in advance for replies and discussion.

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Just interested in some information on the current Dutchess County NY FireGround radio system. I noticed that radio towers are listed with several frequencies. Are they repeater towers ? or are the portable radio just for on-scene distance. Can Dutchess 911 monitor attack crews radio transmissions ?

Fireground - Illinois Tower (Lloyd) FM Fire-Tac

453.45000 KED348 RM 82.5 PL 7/8 Fireground - Clove Tower (Unionvale) FM Fire-Tac

453.62500 KED348 RM 82.5 PL 9/10 Fireground - Hosner Tower (East Fishkill) FM Fire-Tac

453.95000 KED348 RM 114.8 PL 11/12 Fireground - Milan/Pawling Tower FM Fire-Tac

453.85000 KED348 RM 114.8 PL 13/14 Fireground - Silver Tower (Millerton) FM Fire-Tac

460.45000 WPQD608 RM 114.8 PL 15/16 Fire Operations / Helicopter Landing Zone FM Fire-Tac

453.91250 KED348 M 136.5 PL 17 Fire Police

Thanks in advance for replies and discussion.

All Firegrounds work in pairs. For example, Fireground(s) 7 and 8. F/G 7 is a repeater channel, and F/G 8 is a talkaround. You can hear all transmissions from F/G 7 on F/G 8 (since it has hit the tower and rebroadcast), and, so long as you are in close enough proximity, you can hear F/G 8 transmissions, on F/G 7. Some F/Gs work on multiple towers, and are disabled except for one, and can be switched as needed. That being said, all the odd number F/G are repeaters, and all the even numbers are talkarounds.

So long as the talkaround is close enough to our facility, we can monitor those frequencies, and the repeaters can be monitored.

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?ctid=1838

Channel 1 - Dispatch (only)

Channel 2 - Response (responding units, on scene, updates, in service etc...)

Channel 3 - Command (IC to DC911 - Repeater)

Channel 4 - Command (T/A)

Channel 5/6 - Repeater/Talkaround (fireground)

Channel 7/8 - Repeater/Talkaround (fireground)

Channel 9/10 - Repeater/Talkaround (fireground)

Channel 11/12 - Repeater/Talkaround (fireground)

Channel 13/14 - Repeater/Talkaround (fireground)

Channel 15/16 - Field Operations (Helicopter LZ command --> medivac, knox box activations [Repeater/Talkaround])

These are the main, day to day channels used. Some, but not all departments own their own channels that they will use for internal operations (standard A/F/A, MVC, etc...). County Fireground channels are supposed to be a common channel that all departments in the county have in their radios, and, if a larger scale incident, where mutual aid occurs, sometimes not all departments will have the host department's private channel, so the common County channel will get assigned so communication can occur.

Hope that helps!