by Peter Szerlag - May 29, 1999
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Index
1. Web Sites
2. Info About Toronto FD + FD Radio System
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Web sites
City Of Toronto Web Site with Links to FD, EMS, and PD
Mississauga City FD - ?old web site
Mr Clay's Huge List of Toronto Police Radio Frequencies
Mr Clay's Huge List of Public Safety Radio Frequencies for the Toronto Area
NF2G's Big List of Toronto Area Public Safety Radio Frequencies
Toronto Scanner Page- The Listening-Post (hard to find freqs) or The Listening-Post
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Fire - 1998 - all FDs in Metro Toronto merged - as of 7/99 they are all still using their seperate, original radio systems.
Radios - 7 radio sites - all use DPL031
Dispatch 1 - primary
Dispatch 2 - only used when Dispatch 1 is busy
Dispatch 1 - 414.7625 - not a repeater
Dispatch 2 - 415.3125 - not a repeater
Ops - 411.9875R / 416.9875in (units responding to and returning from incidents)
Tac 2 / Fireground 1 - 411.7875R / 416.7875in -
Primary Fireground (FG) Channel
Tac 3 / Vehicle Mounted Repeater Access -
412.6625
Tac 4 / Fireground 2 - 411.8625R / 416.8625in -
2ndary FG Channel
Tac 5 / VMR Access - 412.7125
Tac 6 - 412.8125 - non repeaterized - patched to
154.07 - used in subways
Tac 7 - 412.3125 - non repeaterized - Supervisors
Only
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Canadian FCC info - 411.8625/417.7125 - ?VMR
414.6375R / 419.6375in - ?use
417.6625 - ?F3 input
417.6625 / 411.7875 - ?VMR
417.7125 - ?F5 VMR in
info received 6/98 (?came from TASC?)
doesnt seem to strictly match up to the known
freqs or what the VMRs might be
questions - are Dispatch 1 and 2 repeaterized (if so, what are the input freqs) - can supervisors talk to dispatchers on 412.3125? - I have the Tac 3 and 5 freqs written down somewhere - I have a list of all assigned freqs from the TASC also (Canadian FCC)
More Questions - what about these freqs (which are the other halves of some of those listed above) - ?410.3125 - ?419.7625 - ?417.8125 - ?417.3125 - I believe that RCMA Magazine tackled this question ?12 years ago - if I recall correctly, the Canadian FCC does not always pair these freqs up in a standard manner and some of these unknown oddballs might be link or portable freqs for utilities or busineses
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From the Canadian Online List of Radio Freqs at http://spectrum.ic.gc.ca/tafl comes the following info on 7/16/99
All listed to City of Toronto
411.7875 - 416.7875in - 22 St Clair Ave E + 260 Adelaide St W + 100 Queen St W + 275 Main St (Site 1)
411.8625 - 416.8625in - same sites
412.8125 - simplex only - no paired freq in other words - same sites as above plus 65 Hendrick + 3135 Yonge St
412.3125 - 65 Hendrick + 3135 Yonge + 22 St Clair Ave East + 260 Adelaide St + 100 Queen St West + 275 Main St (Site 1)
411.9875 - 416.9875input - 22 St Clair Ave E + 260 Adelle St West + 100 Queen St W + 275 Main St (Site 1)
411.7875 - 417.6625in - 260 Adelaide St W (?HQ)
411.8625 - 417.7125 - 260 Adelaide St W (?HQ)
412.6625 - no listing in Toronto (Chatham Ont rptr)
412.7125 - no listing in Toronto (London Ont rptr)
410.3125 - no listing
409.7625 - no listing
414.6375 - 419.6375 - 260 Adelaide St W + 100 Queen St W X 2
414.7625 - 32 locs in Toronto (?fire stations)
415.3125 - 32 locs in Toronto + 275 Main St (Site 1)
this info answers many of my questions but there is still those freqs with no listings - wonder if they are undercover freqs or something? - 7/20/99
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One firefighter in each station is assigned to monitor the Dispatch channels at all times to receive emergency dispatches and business/administrative messages. Dispatch 1 carries 95% of all the Dispatch traffic - Dispatch 2 is only used if Dispatch 1 is busy - this keeps the dispatching of any simultaneous calls from being delayed. The Dispatch channels carry digital messages followed by voice repeats of the digital messages. All messages are immediately acknowledged by the firefighter on watch duty.
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FD Union Website - �Toronto FD Union Website�
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Update on Toronto Fire extra alarm procedures - December 1999 - info from a Toronto FD member via Email
As of Nov '98 Toronto no longer has assist calls and help calls. This was done to equalize response levels in the six boroughs that were consolidated into the new Toronto Fire Services. The old assist call was an extra 1+1 above a first. The help call was an extra pump and the heavy rescue (if not already assigned) above the assist call. These two alarm levels gave us alot of flexibility without having to bang a 2nd. Radio terminology was simply "requesting an assist call...". The alarm levels are now: 1st = 2 pumps, 1 aerial, 1 heavy rescue or rescue/pumper, and 1 district chief. Each additional alarm brings another 3+1+1+1 as well as various support apparatus. Occupied O.M.D.'s are an automatic 2nd on the receipt of the working fire. Hope I've cleared it up,
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It will come in good in Toronto cuss Toronto fire is short will Messages Exempla Toronto fire dose not use a Trunk system but 5 channel Non Trunk system. Win they have a call and the dispatcher ses Pumper 1, Pumper 7 ,Pumper 2, Aerial 2 , Aerial 3 , Rescue 1 and car 41 go to Spadina Ave and Front St for smoke visible acknowledge . Than all you here is Beep Beep Beep Beep cuss they it a spc button and it sends a ID as Pumper 1 as acknowledge so the dispatch dose not have to her it but see it on the computer screen.. Same win they cancel . Win Pumper 1 ses to dispatcher (Toronto fire this Pumper 1 wee have a fals alarm all trucks are cancel) and Dispatcher ses Pumper 7, Pumper 2, Aerial 2, Aerial 3, Rescue 1 and car 41 you cancel acknowledge than you her Beep Beep Beep Beep cuss they it a spc button and it sends a ID to the dispatcher s screen than that trunk has acknowledge. Some times win they get back to station they it a spc button and it sends a ID to the dispatcher s screen than they back in station. All the beep not me any thing to me cuss I cat get there ID some time they have problems getting there own ID like (Pumper 27 this is Toronto fire you ID is coming up has Pumper 17) wall if they have trouble than what ?? IF there is a decoding program that me now so I can pick up there ID
19Oct00 from livescanneraudio@egroups.com
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FireNews: The Toronto Fire Services switched over to a new trunked radio system this morning at 10:52. All 80 firehouses have been renumbered with new 3-digit company #'s. District boundaries remain unchanged until the consolidation of the remaining four alarm offices in the new year. (28Nov00)
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Updated - 6/1/99 - 7/4/99 - 1/9/2000 - 16 March 2000 - 19Oct00 - 01Dec00 (FD to 800)
