we might have posted this before - but lets try it 1 more time Metro Fire Boston has several radio channels - lets try to outline what they are and how they are used
MetroFire White - 483.2875 R - dispatcher to dispatcher radio traffic - used several times every day MetroFire Red - 483.3125 R - this channel seems to work in the red line subway tunnels - maybe in other subway tunnels also - over the last 10 years this channel seems to be used very very very rarely - maybe they try to keep it clear for any subway incidents - and as a spare FG channel for Boston MetroFire Admin - not sure if this channel really exists - it might be an encrypted channel only available to one chief from each FD MetroFire North - this channel has radio tests run by Belmont FD - the FDs called are on the west and north sides of Boston - the channel does not seem to be used for anything else even though the SOPs show it used as cover channels for multi FDs - maybe this is intended as a backup dispatchers net during a mega disaster MetroFire Central - this channel has radio tests by Cambridge FD for FDs that border Boston (part of the UASI district / urban homeland security whatever district) - the channel does not seem to be used for anything else MetroFire South - not sure if this channel still exists or not - nominally is a regional channel for FDs to the south of Boston MetroFire Fireground channels - there are now 6 short range channels that can be used for FG ops - apparently these simplex channels are used quite commonly by Revere / Everett / Malden etc - not sure if anyone else uses them or not - they might not get heavily used because maybe emergency buttons wont really work on these short range channels - whatever MetroFirre ?gold? or ?orange? - there might be 1 repeater pair that can be used with transportable repeater / MO3 / FB2T whatever - have never heard this used in 30 years Bottom line - of these 13 channel - we can only really swear that 1 of them is used regularly - [we are not located real close to Everett or Malden etc so it is hard to confirm that they actually use those short range channels] - Everett, Chelsea, and Revere all have 2 or 3 local repeater pairs each - but Everett and Revere use simplex channels as FG - Chelsea might use a repeater channel for FG - all of these channels are at least 20 years old - you would think they would have tons of remote receivers on these channels by now to give great portable coverage in their cities One other note - several of the FDs have multi local repeater channels licensed now - Waltham + Newton + Watertown + Belmont + Cambridge + Somerville + Quincy + Weston + Burlington - but there is also a dozen or more FDs that just have 1 repeater pair licensed - Arlington + Lexington + Winchester + Woburn + Stoneham + Wakefield + Reading + Wellesley + Needham + Milton etc Another note - many of the MetroFire FDs that are in Norfolk County make use of the Norfolk County FG channels - such as Braintree + Milton + Randolph + Norwood + Canton etc so yeh - its a huge ball of yarn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/massfire/CAFXWwKYBvCj2KEzLoDLeUqmJLpdPSrh4c7%3D-1p3BM15Mxwnq7Q%40mail.gmail.com.
