Pinellas County Florida
Index
1. Radio Info
2. Misc Info
3. Online FDs
4. Sheriff Department
5. Saint Petersburg
6. Sheriff Radio Codes
7. 911 Info
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Radio System Info
Join the TampaBayTRS list at www.egroups.com and see the info located in the FILES section - also see posts at the end of September 2000 and the beginning of October 2000 regarding new consoles at 911 and future plans for upgrading the 800 Mhz trunked radio system.
Trunked Radio Systems in Pinellas County - www.angelfire.com/fl/sputnick/tt/ttmain.html
Pinellas County TrunkTracker Website - www.angelfire.com/fl/pinellastrunktracker
Tampa Bay Scanner Page - ?has feed of radio traffic
More scanner info is probably located at the EDACS website, the Betty Bearcat website, the Warren Whitby website, or the Lindsay Blanton website.
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Misc Info
26 May 2000 - Ambulances - from TampaBayTRS@egroups.com + more
Fire Stations and Units - May 2000
Fire Station Addresses + Radio ID Groupings + Misc Info - June 2000
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Online FDs
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Sheriff Department
Pinellas County Sheriff Department Website
4 June 2000 - info from the website - 582-6200 is the SO business telo # - Links section has media + sports - photo of Sheriff on surfboard in a suit - see FAQ to get a patch - Comms section info - 13 mechanics service 1100 vehicles - there are 24 municipalities in the County - SO Air Unit has 12 people on staff for 5 helos + 2 FW (helo has 144 gallon Bambi bucket) - Marine Unit covers 800 square miles of waterways with 12 FT staff + 13 boats (10' to 27' - includes 1 airboat)
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Saint Petersburg
4 June 2000 - per FD website - no list of stations or rigs - FF/PM Pay Plan FY2001 (firefighters from $27K to $42K - paramedics from $31K to $49K) - run 10 ALS A + 2 ALS E - 13 stations - 40,000 calls per year - FD Media Line is 892-5533 - FD Admin is 893-7694 - per 2000 Capital Budget = $560K to replace fire apparatus + $90K to rebuild Station 12 - $2.082M for water main improvements for fire service - General Fund = $22M for FD + $7.71M to EMS Special Revenue Fund
4 June 2000 - the link on the City Website for the PD takes you to the PD Jobs Section - PD Admin Telo # is 893-7521 - 2000 Capital Budget = $1.36M for take home police cruisers - $55M from General Fund for PD budget
6 June 2000 - per City Website under City Budget - $13.4 for Group Medicine costs
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15 June 2000 - from tampabaytrs@egroups.com
This is what a multi alarm fire looks like on the Pinellas County FL online CAD. 22:31 518B 1ED 10400 PARK BL N MULTI ALARM STRUCTURE T28 E29 E32 D29 S32 T29 E31 SE401 PD4 FP1 SE600 SE402 E25 SE400 SE301 T41 446 E30 T19 E34 E41 D41 S38 SE100 RH48 E33
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26 June 2000
Here is the list of 10 codes and signals that the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office uses.Directly from PCSO: Dispatch Signals: 0: Armed and/or caution 1: Drunk driver 2: Drunk pedestrian 3: Hit and run 4: Accident 5: Murder 6: Escaped prisoner 7: Dead person 8: Missing person 9: Stolen tag 10: Stolen car 11: Abandoned car 12: Reckless driver 13: Suspicious car 13P: Suspicious person or persons 14: Information 15: Special detail 16: Obstruction on highway 17: Contact 18: Narcotics 19: Overdose 20: Mentally ill person 21: B and E 22: Disturbance 23: Pedestrian or hitchhiker 24: Holdup 25: Fire 26: Drowning 27: Prowler or Peeping Tom 28: Riot 29: Noise nuisance 30: Burglar alarm 31: Vandalism 32: Animal complaint 33: Theft 34: Family trouble 35: Anonymous phone call 36: C.F.O. (details unknown 37: Hunters 38: Assault/TBH 39: Neighbor trouble 40: Call for ambulance 41: Assist other agency 42: Open door/window 43: Solicitor/panhandler 44: Trouble at SAB 45: Trouble at County Jail 46: Suicide/attempt 47: Indecent exposure 48: Trespasser 49: Injury 50: Rape/attempt 51: Assist motorist 52: Juvenile trouble 53: Bomb-report or threat 54: Fraud 55: Civil matter 56: Transport 57: Live stock 58: Trash dumping 59: Assist citizen other than motorist] 60: Serve warrant 61: Traffic detail/lights 62: Disorderly conduct 63: Lost or found property 64: Vio. city ordinance
Ten Signals: 10-1: Receiving poorly 10-2: Receiving well 10-3: Stop transmitting 10-4: Acknowledgment-message received OK 10-5: Relay to _____ 10-6: Busy 10-7: Out of service 10-8: In service 10-9: Repeat, conditions bad 10-10: Out of service-subject to call 10-11: Dispatching too rapidly 10-12: Officials or visitors present 10-13: Weather or road conditions 10-14: Convoy or escort 10-15: Prisoner in custody 10-16: Pick up prisoner at _____ 10-18: Complete assignment quickly 10-19: Return to station 10-20: Your location? 10-21: Call this station by telephone 10-22: Disregard 10-23: Stand By 10-24: Trouble-send help 10-25: In contact with _____ 10-26: Message received 10-28: Check registration 10-29: Stolen and/or wanted 10-30: Against rules and regulations 10-32: Intoxilyzer Operator 10-33: Emergency traffic 10-35: Confidential information 10-36: Correct time 10-37: Operator on duty? 10-38: Block road(s) at _____ 10-39: Message number _____ delivered 10-42: Out of service at home 10-43: Any traffic for _____? 10-45: Call _____ by phone at _____ 10-46: Urgent 10-48: End of message-did you receive? 10-50: Stopping vehicle (Tag and 10-20) 10-51: Enroute 10-52: Estimated time of arrival 10-53: Coming by office 10-54: Negative 10-55: Car calling to car 10-56: Meet _____ at _____ 10-58: Chow and location 10-65: Can you copy? 10-66: Cancel 10-70: Send wrecker 10-71: Send ambulance 10-80: Check subject 10-80 file 10-94: Send back-up 10-96: Change frequency to channel _____ 10-97: Arrived at scene 10-98: Completed assignment 10-99: Unable to receive your signal
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Controversey over New Lealman Fire Station and new Seminole Fire Station - June 2000 + July 2000
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911 System Info
While were going back in time, might as well address the history of 911 in Pinellas county...directly from the CES (?county emergency services?) website. *In Pinellas County the 9-1-1 system has been in place since 1985 and there is now one Primary Safety Answering Point (PSAP) with twelve secondary PSAP's. If all fifteen of the incoming 9-1-1 trunks are busy at the Primary PSAP, the system automatically spills over to a secondary PSAP. That way no 9-1-1 callers should ever get a busy signal or a no answer. As shown in demographics the center handles over 400,000 9-1-1 calls. There are also thousands of administrative calls, hang-ups and no answer's. Our outstanding operator turn a call around and have help on the way in an average of 23 seconds. (That is from the time the telephone first rings until help is on the way.)
All of the equipment was updated in 1997 and our Primary Center now has the latest state-of-the-art equipment. A new centralized dispatch center is on the drawing board and should be in operation sometime around 2003 or 2004.
We have now put in place a Public Education program designed to instruct the general public on the proper use of 9-1-1. This has resulted in dropping the number of non-emergency and hang-up calls received in the center. � This frees up 9-1-1 lines for true emergency calls and allows our operators to get help to those that need it without delays.
We do have tours available for those that would like to see the center in action. We are located in the Pinellas County Courthouse Annex at 400 S. Ft. Harrison in Clearwater. To schedule a tour call 464-3835.
*The CES website did not list any info as to the history of the trunked system.
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Message: 6 ���Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 19:56:23 -0400 Subject: Re: Re: Structure Response? Actually, the Structure Response (4SR) is a brand new nature code that is now in use. The idea of having a generic Structure Response natue code came about when that parking garage in downtown St Pete recently.collapsed. For lack of a better nature code, the call was coded a Structure Fire (4SF), even though that's not really what the problem was. There are certain calls that require a full structure response, but using the Structure Fire nature code is misleading.
Shortly after that incident at the parking garage, one of the 911 operators suggested adding this new nature code. It has now been implemented. In the past there were times where the 1-Alpha operator would use the verbage 'Structure Response' over the radio even though the call was coded a Structure Fire. This was done to avoid sounding misleading over the radio, even though there was no official 'Structure Response' nature code. Well. Now it's official !!
The bottom line is that it ultimately doesn't matter either way. Code 4 calls always result in the same number and type of units being dispatched, whether it be a Structure Fire, Structure Response, Odor of Smoke Inside a Structure (4OS), a Gas Leak (4GL), a Hazmat (4HM), a Sink Hole (4SH), or a Plane Crash (4PC). The CAD system only looks at the 4 in the nature code, and then assigns the FD units, regardless of the verbage.
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Created - 27May 2000
Updated - 1 June 2000 (fire stations + Med Control) - 4 June 2000 (added SO + St Petersburg info) - 7June00 (more FD addresses and radio groupings) - 15June00 (CAD multi + 1 scanner site) - 6July00 - new Lealman FS + new Seminole FS - 20July00 - 911 system info - 01Aug00 - Tampa Bay Scanner Page - 08Aug00 - www.eastlakefirerescue.com - index
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