Missouri Public Safety
Most police patrol work in MO is performed by the Highway Patrol, County Sheriffs, and Municipal Police Departments. Fire protection is provided by local FDs and FPDs, State Forestry, and the Mark Twain National Forest. Ambulance service is normally provided by a Countywide Ambulance District. Highway Patrol and State Forestry run their own dispatch centers. County Sheriffs Offices run Countywide 911 Centers for police and ambulance (and some fire) agencies. I am not sure if most FDs and FPDs are dispatched by County 911 Centers or by their own departmental dispatch system. (Peter S Oct 2000)
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Missouri Highway Patrol - handle just about all motor vehicle incidents in the state - whether inside cities or outside cities - except in Saint Louis City (see fireradio list for more info 2001)
On 42Mhz still - May 2001
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Greene County
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07 October 2000
Fire protection districts seek taxes By Jefferson Strait - News-LeaderTwo ballot issues Nov. 7 could mean added funding for two fire protection districts in Greene County, and could mean lower insurance rates for residents of the districts in the future. Bois D'Arc voters will decide whether to increase a levy by 20 cents to pay for a new station on the west side of that district. Residents in the Pleasant View Fire Protection District � the only membership district in Greene County � will decide whether to add that fire department to the tax rolls. Pleasant View Fire Chief Monty Sowersby said that only 50 percent of Pleasant View residents support the district through memberships. "It's more fair to the community ... because everybody pays for what they have," he said. Sowersby added that the additional funding the 30-cent levy would provide could help lower the department's Insurance Services Office rating from eight to seven � which could mean lower insurance costs to residents. Voters will also elect a board of directors for the district to serve in staggered terms. Bois D'Arc Fire Chief Bruce Mullen said that an added station in west Greene County would decrease response time. "Those houses (near the Greene-Lawrence County line) take awhile to get to," Mullen said. "If we have another station in that area, we can probably cut our response time in half." Mullen said an additional station could have the added effect of lowering their ISO rating from nine to eight. "That's why we're trying to impress on people that it's a win-win situation, because they'll save on their insurance policies and we'll have better equipment to serve them," he said.
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Jackson County
Scanner site at www4.ewebcity.com/kcscanning
http://drsm0ke.net/scanner - Kansas City area scanner page (30Oct00)
http://www2.hti-qbd.com/kcscanning/ - new Breaking News Message Board (25Nov00)
Kansas City Firefighters Website - has list of all stations and companies - they plan on adding live scanner audio soon (per message board) - there is no nontrunked dispatch channel now per message board
KC MO to spend $8M to fix Ericcson Radio System - 9 May 98 (I also have this story in storage)
May 09, 2000 - Kansas City Star - page B2 - Firefighters settle lawsuit on emergency radios - story by Matt Stearns - 11 Dec 97 house fire at 4621 Agnes Ave injured 4 firefighters who filed lawsuit - (May 5, 2000 - 2 police officers settle lawsuit against radio manufacturer also)
Kansas City - 18 Dec 00 - implementing 4 new fire tactical radio channels - will be simplex - base and mobile - multiple receiver sites are being implemented to allow the dispatchers to monitor fireground radio traffic - see [email protected] for ?26 Nov 00 list of new freqs
From: [email protected] Date: Sun�Nov�26,�2000�12:02pm Subject: Re: KCMO Tac Channels dec afs aggency 1217 09-081 Fire Tac 2 KCFD TAC 2 1218 09-082 Fire Tac 3 KCFD TAC 3 1219 09-083 Fire Tac 4 KCFD TAC 4 1220 09-084 Fire Tac 5 KCFD TAC 5 1221 09-085 Fire OPS KCFD TAC ops Fire Ground Conventional FireGrnd 1.. 866.4875 156.7 FireGrnd 2.. 867.0500 156.7 FireGrnd 3.. 867.4125 156.7 FireGrnd 4.. 868.4875 156.7 TalkArnd 5.. 860.4375 csq dec afs agency 1041 08-021 FIREDISP KCFD DISP 1042 08-022 MARSHAL1 KCFD DISP 1057 08-041 TAC 2A KCFD TAC TWO 1058 08-042 TAC 2B KCFD TAC TWO 1073 08-061 TAC 3A KCFD TAC THREE 1074 08-062 TAC 3B KCFD TAC THREE 1089 08-081 TAC 4A KCFD TAC FOUR 1090 08-082 TAC 4B KCFD TAC FOUR 1105 08-101 TAC 5A KCFD TAC FIVE 1106 08-102 TAC 5B KCFD TAC FIVE 1121 08-121 TAC 6A KCFD TAC SIX 1122 08-122 TAC 6B KCFD TAC SIX 1185 09-041 TAC 7A KCFD TAC SEVEN 1186 09-042 TAC 7B KCFD TAC SEVEN 1201 09-061 TAC 8A KCFD TAC EIGHT 1202 09-062 TAC 8B KCFD TAC EIGHT 1153 09-001 HAZMAT 1 KCFD HAZMAT
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Apparently the KCMO FD radio system has gone thru many changes. Fireground (TAC channels) were never simplex. They were always on the TRS. Firstly, Channels 2A + 2B + 2C + 2D + 2E etc were the FG channels. Then Tac 2A + Tac 3A + Tac 4A + Tac 5A + Tac 6A + Tac 7A + Tac 8A. Then Tac 2 + Tac 3 + Tac 4 + Tac 5 (different talkgroups IDs).
The NIOSH report on the 1999 fire that killed the Battalion Chief used Tac 5 on the TRS plus a simplex channel. Dispatchers could not transmit to the field units on the Simplex channel. The dispatchers could transmit and recieve on the Tac 5 channel.
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May 2001 - per the kc-scanning list and other sources - KCMO FD is getting new radios and adding receiver sites, and ?reconfiguring talkgroups. Presently, patches are activated when Tac channels are used. These TG IDs are randomly generated by the TRS - therefore scannerists have difficulties in listening to the fireground radio traffic at this time. In the near future, everything will be easier to monitor (per the head of KCMO FD Comms).
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Polk County
Polk Co Firefighter Dies In Crash - ?18 Jan 2000
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Saint Louis County
St Louis Scanner Page by Justin - Jan 2000
Saint Louis County Public Safety
Todd Hartzel's St Louis Area Scanner Page is at http://www.icon-stl.net/~toddh/
I have probably listed varios freqs from the Saint Luois area on the fireradio list
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Missouri Dept of Conservation - April 2000 - now operate 65 lookout towers - once had 130 towers - there is still a 100 foot lookout tower at Lake Ozark HQ near Camdenton - the Rocky Mount LO has been closed - per 17 Apr 00 news article
Radio System - repeaters at 151 Mhz - 1 frequency per district plus 1 statewide frequency
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Scanner Lists
May 2001 - MidMOScan + MissouriScanners
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Updated- 21July00 - KC FF site - 10Oct00 - Greene Co article + general intro info - 25Oct00 - www4.ewebcity.com scanner site for Kansas City - 30Oct00 - http://drsm0ke.net/scanner - 25Nov00 - KC Area Breaking News Message Board -18Dec00 - KCMO Fire Radio Chnls - 30Dec00 - more KCMO FD radio info - 29May2001 - misc updates