Hampden County - Massachusetts
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Misc Radio Info
Date: Sat, Jul 8, 2000, 3:48pm To: [email protected] Subject: [ScanWesternMass] Frequency Searching & Misc Monitorings Reply to: [email protected]
Well while watching tv the other night with the scanner by my side, did some "search'' scanning between frequency ranges.... Here's some results: 168.525 Northampton VA Hospital Security 452.725 (PL 100.0) Peter Pan Bus Operations 453.0625 Remote Transmitter Link -- W. Springfield PD? 460.1375 Remote Transmitter Link _ W. Springfield PD? 461.075 (PL 100) Private Security Forces 463.10 (didn't get PL) used as coordination freq by AMR & BHS ambulance svcs. 463.8125 (no PL), low power freq -- spanish language, my guess is some folks purchased a pair of those Motorola Sprirt Radio w/t's 1or2watt. 464.90 Hotel operations in Springfield, security, housekeeping, maintenance. 954.05 Remote Transmitter Link for Chicopee PD 957.85 Remote Transmitter Link for Chicopee PD?
Also some other items of interest: 154.28 (PL82.5) Fire INtercity.. Chicopee Control runs a test at 9:30 a.m. & called Ludlow, E.Longmeadow, S.Hadley, Souhwick, Springfield, Westfield, W. Springfield, Wilbraham, Longmeadow, Bradley Field, Holyoke, Palmer, Westover ARB --- didn't seem to get too many responses.
451.05 Chicopee Electric Light, pretty much meter readers/installers on this freq. 451.15 continues to be main ops freq (e.g. when the power goes out).
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Scanner Websites
SCANNER FREQUENCIES AND WEB SITES. http://community.webtv.net/CBJ204/BOBSSCANNERPAGE
WESTERN MASS SCANNING FREQS. http://www.javanet.com/~kberrien
MASSACHUSETTS FREQUENCIES http://www.fordyce.org/scanning/frequencies/Massachusetts/index.html
Bob's Scanner Page with much more - [I have this info in storage somewhere I think]
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The UHF link is 453.4125 MHz (PL 82.5) [for 154.28] and the old 451.700 MHz frequency was no goo since the move to the Ludlow Fire Tower. All traffic on 154.280 MHZ and well as the UHF side is repeated. Control stations on UHF are located in Chicopee, West Springfield, Monson, and Palmer at this time. (Monson I installed yesterday). Plans are in the works for additional control stations at Northampton and New Brintree Dispatch centers. Monson Fire will be going up to VHF very soon, as soon as the coordinator clears the frequency. This will be similar to the cross link that is in Holland between 154.010 and 33.460 MHZ. Palmer Fire received their repeater frequencies of 159.345/151.160 MHZ which will be located at the SNET tower on Hovey Hill. October 2000
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Brimfield - has a "part-time" PD - October 2000
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Holland - 27Oct00 - Fire Chief's Wife Slugs Fire Captain
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Holyoke
Holyoke FD Comm Problems - 27Nov00
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Longmeadow
17 May 2000 - Longmeadow FD Moves Into Their New Station
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Springfield - PD radio traffic is online at www.masslive.com (?started in ?July 2000) - www.masslive.com is the Springfield major newspaper - Summer 2000 - FD is getting new radio freqs - October 2000 - FD is getting a more portable radios so that each on-duty firefighter will have a portable 2 way radio - see ?sme2 or [email protected] for details
Profile of Springfield FD by Rick Burnham - 1998 - [Editors note - I also have this article in storage]
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Wales - has a "part-time" PD - October 2000
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This April 1999 list of ambulance services in Hampden County was taken from the W MA OEMS Website on 6 March 2000
Ambulance Services in Hampden County
Agawam Fire Department 1200 Springfield Street Feeding Hills MA 01030 Paramedic Level
AMR Ambulance 595 Cottage Street Springfield MA 01104 Paramedic Level
BHS Ambulance 759 Chestnut Street Springfield MA 01199 Paramedic Level
Chicopee Fire Department 80 Church Street Chicopee MA 01020 Basic Level
Granville Ambulance P.O. Box 66 Granville MA 01034 Basic Level
Holyoke Hospital EMS 575 Beech Street Holyoke MA 01040 Paramedic Level-non transport
Longmeadow Fire Dept 34 Williams Street Longmeadow MA 01106 Basic Level
Ludlow Fire Dept/Ambulance 574 Center Street Ludlow MA 01056 Paramedic Level
Monson Fire Department 200 Main Street Monson MA 01057 Intermediate Level
Palmer Ambulance Shearer Street Extension Palmer MA 01069 Basic Level
Southwick Fire Department 11 Depot Road Southwick MA 01077 Basic Level
West Springfield Fire Dept 44 Van Deene Avenue W. Springfield MA 01089 Intermediate Level
Westfield Fire Department 34 Broad Street Westfield MA 01085 Paramedic Level
Wilbraham Fire Department 2770 Boston Road Wilbraham MA 01095 Basic Level
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Date: Tue, Aug 13, 2002, 9:05pm (EST+1) To: [email protected] Subject: [ScanWesternMass] Fire Dept Radio Checks Reply to: [email protected]
Looking through my notes here's some radio checks & information
West Springfield Fire Department (866.475) -- normally around 0800 hrs daily Station 1, Station 2 Mobile Units: Chief 2, Engine 1, Medic 1, Snorkel, Engine 2, Engine 3 Portables: Chief 2, Engine 1 (Driver/Lt/Rear), Medic 1 (Driver, Side), Snorkel (Operator), Engine 2 (Driver, Lt, Rear), Engine 3 (Driver, Lt, Rear).
Bradley International Airport FD (Windor Locks, CT) (453.30), around 0810 hrs daily Fixed Station: 1, 2, Air National Guard, Troop W Mobile Units: Command 9, Rescue 10, 12, 13, 14, 7, Engine 11 Portables: 1 for each unit
Springfield Fire Department (154.175R (some units on 154.40R at times) -- varies from 0810 to 0830 hrs daily: Mobile Units: Chief 1 & 2, Engines 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16; Squad; Arson 6, Ladders 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10 Portables: For each Engine: A, B, C, D; For Each Ladder: A, B, C; For Squad: A, B, C, D. For other units, one portable each.
Chicopee Fire Department (154.16R) -- also varies from 0800 to 0830 hrs
daily:
portables = ( )
Station 1: Tower 1 (Unit 1, Headset), Medic 2 (Unit 2, Med Tech 2), Medic 3, Light Rescue 13 (Rescue Unit 13) Station 3: Engine 3 (Unit, headset, jumpseat), Ladder 3 (unit, headset) Station 4: Engine 4 (unit, headset, jumpseat), Forestry Truck 4 Station 5: Engine 5 (unit, headset, jumpseat) Station 7: Engine 7 (unit, headset, jumpseat) Station 8: Engine 8 (unit, headset, jumpseat) Car 21 (unit)
BTW construction of new Fire Station #8 continues on James St right next to schools. Will be a three bay garage to house a ambulance also. Anyone else have anything to add as far as other radio checks in Western Mass & units heard.
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Updated - 17May00 - Longmdw New FS - compressed the A info - 30July00 - misc radio info - 19Oct00 - Wales PD + Brimfield PD + www.masslive.com - 25Oct00 - 154.28 link info - 31Oct00 - Holland article + Spgfld FD profile - 30Nov00 - Holyoke FD comms problems - 23Dec02 - radio tests
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