when rrdb and broadcastify list a channel as "operations" or "dispatch" - what they really mean is "primary" or "home" channel.
for rural FDs - the dispatch channel is also usually the channel that the pagers listen to in the big cities - some of the primary radio channels now have relatively little radio traffic due to the extensive use of tablets, cellphones, mobile data terminals and / or status buttons on rrdb and broadcastify - a 'local' channel is usually a channel with a lower level base station that covers just one 'local' area vs covering an entire county - quite often the local channels are licensed to and paid for by the local agency (not by the county or county association) sheriff radio systems are 99% paid for by county government - including repeaters and field radios - fire and ems radio systems might be paid for by Fire Chiefs Associations or rural fire boards or local hospitals or private ambulance companies - nearly 99% of medevac radio channels are on 'business' channels and are entirely funded by the privately owned medevac operators give or take 1000% lol -- 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/CAFXWwKbPS_0kwZZv6F-nfygOUQ-nHvHg-WW4kgt7ysxBnpb3iw%40mail.gmail.com.
