PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES IN ARIZONA
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STATEWIDE OR REGIONAL ITEMS
List of 55 FDs (Dec 20, 1999) at www.fire-ems.net(May00 - 61FDs - Fredonia new)
www.azinfo.com - look under Government - Alpine - 2 SO + 1 SP + 15 vol FD - etc - etc
see www.firehouse.com/links for Online AZ FDs - also see The Station (or The Firehouse) - jturner
List of Fire Districts in AZ from www.census.gov - Oct 2000
AZ Fire Chiefs Website - May 2000 - there are hidden docs on this site
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SCANNER / FREQ SITES
www.azrepeaters.net has good list of confirmed public safety freqs for a wide area - 17 Dec 00
http://www.mghusa.com/scanner/fire.html (AZ Fire Radio Freqs List)
�http://www.users.abac.com/drice/index.html (works without "index.html" also - 17Dec00)(Phoenix Area Radio Freqs - good fire dispatch center info)
http://www.nis4u.com/n7qyk (good scanner site with links)
www.incidentcommandpage.com
www.scannerstuff.com (produce the SW Scanner Directory)
www.mghusa.com/scanner (has area scanner links)
www.azradiowaves.com/scanner/
There are 1 or 2 media scanners online - Central AZ has Phoenix FD + PD - ?360.com is the other? (maybe I posted this to sonofrcma@onelist.com)
See the ArizonaScanner list at www.egroups.com / www.yahoogroups.com for lots of info
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From ArizonaScanner 30 May 2001 - 168.225 is the law enforcement channel for BLM & some NPS. There is a site on Smith, Lemmon, White Tanks with a few others. Mostly you will hear Mt Lemmon. 168.300 should pickup soon. 75% of law enforcement traffic from Tonto NF will be on the digital Maricopa Sheriffs system since MCSO does all of the vehicle/person checks for Tonto NF L/E. Some will be on Tonto NF Firenet 1, Tonto NF Ch2 168.725 or Admin, Tonto NF Ch 6 164.825. Also for Prescott NF alot of L/E traffic is on Yavapi Sheriffs office main ch's. So for NF, BLM LE listen to your local county sheriff dept.
In So Cal. California BLM L/E uses the Riverside County Sheriffs system for L/E use within Riverside County. Outside of the county they use other county systems as well as VHF L/E Nets. All NF's use their own ch's for L/E use.
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Rural Metro
Rural Metro is a private, for profit corporation that provides ambulance and fire service to large areas of Arizona.
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per Email received from a Rural Metro officer in Jan 2000 - Rural Metro now provides fire service in Pima, Pinal, Maricopa, and Yuma Counties in AZ - they have communication centers in Scottsdale, Tucson, and Yuma - there are 24 Phoenix area fire stations (with 2 more to be added in 2000), 11 Tucson area stations, and ?4 Yuma area stations. At the present time Rural Metro has road security patrols operating in Maricopa County only.
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Rural Metro Radio system - Primary - 154.37R - 154.40 firescene - 154.385 firescene
Rural Metro provides staffing, equipment, and administrative services to the Fountain Hills Fire District. 2 stations housing a total of 2 engines and 2 ambulances are used to protect Fountain Hills and the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation. 8 firefighters are on duty per shift and they are augmented by 15 reserve firefighters. (The tribal governemt has a agreement with the Fountain Hills Fire District for protection therefore Rural Metro ends up protecting the Indian reservation. Fort McDowell IR may start their own FD in 2000.)
Rural Metro Dispatch used to have a website with some wacky audio files but I cant find them now - 1/2000
Also see Oro Valley under Pima County for more Rural Metro info
See scanner section above - the www.users.abac.com site has good rural Metro info (but no list of stations)(perhaps that can be found in the Phoenix FD pdf file)
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Coconino County
Coconino County Public Safety Info
See ArizonaScanner list June 2001 for updated list of fire frequencies
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Maricopa County
June 2000 List of Fire Stations and Units in the Phoenix Area
Fire Districts in Maricopa County per Nov00 info from www.census.gov - DAISY MOUNTAIN + RIO VERDE + AGUILA RURAL + HARQUAHALA VALLEY + SUN CITY WEST + BUCKEYE VALLEY RURAL VOLUNTEER + FOUNTAIN HILLS + GILA BEND + LAVEEN + SUN CITY + SUN LAKES + WICKENBURG + WITTMANN + CIRCLE CITY/MORRISTOWN*
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Phoenix
Phoenix FD Radio Info - Jan01 Phoenix FD Regional Dispatch Infornation (?1999)
Phoenix Fire Station 1 info + photos from a architectual firm
Phoenix FD Standard Operating Procedures - see Portable Radios + Airports + Mutual Aid + 205.00/Comm Resources Deployment + Freeways - lots of good info - 17Dec00
Phoenix FD does not have Volume ?7 of their SOPs on line now - Communications - want ?$30 for it - must have radio freqs are radio words - 17dec00 - also see pdf files on FSs + 911 ops
http://www.mghusa.com/scanner/fire.html (patch of Phoenix PD helo with Bambi bucket)
� http://users.abac.com/drice/index.html (Phoenix Area Radio Freqs - good fire dispatch center info)
http://www.lea-architects.com/phx_41.htm (info + photos on FS41/North Training Academy from architects)
http://www.microsoft.com/europe/industry/crm/casestudies/320.htm (911 Center case study) - (?1997) info about upgrade of Comm center phone equipment
Phoenix FD 2007 Station and Battalion Map
Phoenix Police Radio Channels - November 1999 - Still Using 154Mhz
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Fire Protection In the Carefree Area - March 2000 - Rural Metro FD Plans New Stations
find link to Arizona Central Newsroom with scanner feed
See ArizonaScanner@onelist.com 13Dec00 for info on new Buckeye FD + Buckeye Rural FD radio freqs - they will be dispatched by Phoenix starting ?Jan 2001 - there is also info about their ambulances - Buckeye FD is a combination paid/call FD
Mesa Approves Contract For 800Mhz Trunked Radio System - March 2000
see fireradio@egroups.com for details on new Phoenix 800TRS - ?late August 2000 - info was from MRT or Radio Resource magazine
see scanner sites above for lists of Phoenix freqs and dispatch info
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From: zerg90@webtv.net Date: Mon, Aug 21, 2000, 8:32am To: fireradio@egroups.com Cc: sonofrcma@onelist.com Subject: [fireradio] Maricopa Co AZ Crashes Reply�to: fireradio@egroups.com Maricopa County Sheriff in AZ got a brand new digital TRS this summer. A guess the first Tstorm knocked them off the air.
Date: Mon�Jul�31,�2000�9:43pm Subject: Re: MCSO 800 failure last nite They were still on West Dispatch this morning around 7:00, they sounded sorta like they had forgotten how to use the radios, trying to figure out what buttons to hit for what modes and such..
In ArizonaScanner@egroups.com Was anyone else up about 01:30 last night during that storm and catch MCSO coming up on their old system? Dispatcher stated a complete system shutdown occurred and started moving westside units back to ch1 uhf for a period of time.
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Mohave County
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Pima County
Oro Valley Town Website - look under Council + Advisory Board Minutes for the Fire Advisory Board - in 1999 they are having interesting discussions about the need for 2 FDs - Golder Ranch Fire District plus Rural Metro Fire
Draft Conclusions From Oro Valley Fire Advisory Board - Fall/Winter 1999
See 26 March 2001 post to fireradio for Tucson FD HT IDs - and June 2001 post for new freq uses
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Tucson FD - 26 March 2001 info
How are channels set up? Home channel / primary channel is Channel 1? Units move to other channels only on major incidents?
Answer - Home is F2 on Zone A and the dispatch includes assignment to either F1 or F3 depending on whether it is EMS or fire related. The typical TFD setup is as follows:
Zone A F1 - EMS (future EMS west) F2 - Dispatch F3 - Fire F4 - Administration (future EMS east) F5 - "Not used" (future Administration) F6 - Sole Provider F7 - Simplex Fireground F8 - Simplex Fireground F9 - Simplex Fireground F10 - Central Arizona Project Incidents F11 - University of Arizona PD Ch. #1 F12 - Gateway (interagency) Zone B F1 - Meds Channel 1 Telemetry F2 - Meds Channel 2 EMSCom F3 - Meds Channel 3 EMSCom F4 - Meds Channel 4 Telemetry F5 - Meds Channel 5 EMSCom F6 - Meds Channel 6 Telemetry F7 - Meds Channel 7 "Not used" F8 - Meds Channel 8 Telemetry F9 - Meds Channel 9 Hospital Radio/RCC F10 - Meds Channel 10 Dispatch F11 - Tucson Airport Authority FD F12 - Gateway (interagency)
1. F6 "sole provider" is for contact with the private ambulances? Right? Yes, currently the contract is held by Southwest/Rural Metro...
2. The gateway freq is linked to ?154.31? the statewide mutual aid fire radio channel? Is A12 and B12 the same "gateway" freq? A12 and B12 is the same but the Gateway system is tri-band using 155.31 / 453.35 / ?866.25. 154.28 is the statewide mutual aid usually used for wildland fires, but is not part of the Tucson/Pima County Gateway system...
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Yavapai County
Jerome VFD Website - May 2000 - pictures of their new "historical" fire station - also see www.jeromechamber.com
Sedona Fire and Rescue Department - June 2001 post to ArizonaScanner - 154.40 is Dispatch - 154.01 is Ops - 154.13 is a fireground channel
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Federal
Grand Canyon National Park Public Safety - June 2001 - per NPS Afternoon Report - have at least 1 or 2 Type 3 wildfire engines
Fire Management on the Globe District of the Tonto Natl Forest
Fire Mgmt Info on the Prescott National Forest - May 2000
May 2000 Walker Fire on the Prescott NF
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Misc July 2000 info
Original Message ----- ...The City of Phoenix has discovered that when they get close to certain cell towers, their 800MHz radios cut out -- completely. They've had to stop a SWAT deployment once because the cops lost communications. Their fire trucks have had to learn where these dead areas are to do work-arounds. We have heard that places in Oregon and Washington have had similar problems. All have reported this to the FCC with no satisfaction. Our dilemma is that there is a proposal to put what's known as an infrastructure cell tower just below our EOC on National Guard property. This is not your usual cell site, but a tower that can have up to over 1000 watts of power and several cell providers. We haven't been able to convince anyone that that could put us out of business, and our community of 3 million people in jeopardy. It seems cell providers have as much power as the railroads had in the last century. The Guard sees this as a way to help their budget by leasing property to the cell infrastructure provider. Of course they made sure the tower was well away from their commo and helipads. Maricopa County Department of Emergency Management
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Check fireradio@onelist.com for freqs of Guardian Air Amb around Flagstaff - ?152Mhz repeaters - see notebook ?7/00
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Last updated - 3 March 2000 - 27May00 - Sedona FD - Jerome FD - Mohave Co - Coc Co - 12Sept00 - Maricopa digital failure - 07Oct00 - list of FPDs - 11Oct00 - Pima Co radio upgrade - 17Dec00 - Phoenix info + azrepeaters.net - 18Dec00 - more Phoenix URLs + scanner / freq URLs + Buckeye FDs + Maricopa Co F Dists - 17Jan01 - Phoenix area Fire Stations + Phoenix Fire Radio - 08Feb01 - fixed link to Phoenix area station list by adding .html at the end of the target URL - 13Feb01 - list of LE agencies - Maricopa Radio Trouble moved to seperate file - 28May01 - BLM/USFS freqs - July 2001 - Tucson FD radio info + Sedona FD freqs
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