Chester fire brigade on 457.0375

[Crusader]

Got Chester Fire Brigade on 457.0375 right now in the River Dee attending some sort of incident,keywords so far are bronto, heart team,race course,launch boat near Elan Homes on Sealand road.lots of activity.

http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/about-us ... n-vehicles

[Crusader]

Update... they just said they are "putting a line across the bridge" as the drunken man is getting aggitated & if he jumps he will land on the bank & not in the water,so there you have it folks a "jumper" on Grosvenor bridge in Chester next to the racecourse.

[Crusader]

Deffo at the Grosvenor Bridge,my mate just drove down there & took this picture in the corner of the carpark which is directly next to the bridge,seems they talked sense into the man & the incident is now over as the bridge has reopened,ohwell surprised to see Chester fire brigade still using anologue UHF gear.

[liamcarbin]

Its one of the UHF handheld radio channels that the fire brigade use when on scene.

[Crusader]

Hi Liam,yes super thanks for the info,just good to know theres still stuff like this to listen to on air as things are a lot quiter around here now as even the ambulances around here have gone TETRA anyways another freq for my memory banks on the 780

[liamcarbin]

There are 6 more channels that the fire brigade use when on scene, you have to be pretty close to hear them though.

457.0375
457.0875
457.0125
457.1875
457.1375
457.2375
457.4875

[Minus1]

Here's the complete list with channel numbers.
The repeaters can be heard at greater distances.
Some repeaters are permanently active at high risk sites like prisons or airports.

455.98750 Fire:7 / Fire:8 FM Fire :7 Simplex / :8 Control vehicle based repeater? 462.5375
457.01250 Fire:3 FM Fire handhelds. rptd BA Primary?
457.03750 Fire:1 FM Fire handhelds. Primary. -
457.08750 Fire:2 FM Fire Base/Repeater. Winson Green Prison. EGBB:9 462.5875
457.13750 Fire:5 FM Fire Base/Repeater 462.6375
457.18750 Fire:4 FM Fire handhelds • RAF fire
457.23750 Fire:6 FM Fire handhelds. Water relay appliances (exercise) -
457.48750 Fire:9? FM Fire Service BA? "BA Team"
462.53750 Fire:8 FM Fire (repeater input) 455.9875
462.58750 Fire:2 FM Fire (repeater input) 457.0875
462.63750 Fire:5 FM Fire (repeater input) 457.1375
862.96250 NFM Fire Service BA Telemetry (Very short data bursts)

[liamcarbin]

Here's the complete list with channel numbers.
The repeaters can be heard at greater distances.
Some repeaters are permanently active at high risk sites like prisons or airports.

455.98750 Fire:7 / Fire:8 FM Fire :7 Simplex / :8 Control vehicle based repeater? 462.5375
457.01250 Fire:3 FM Fire handhelds. rptd BA Primary?
457.03750 Fire:1 FM Fire handhelds. Primary. -
457.08750 Fire:2 FM Fire Base/Repeater. Winson Green Prison. EGBB:9 462.5875
457.13750 Fire:5 FM Fire Base/Repeater 462.6375
457.18750 Fire:4 FM Fire handhelds • RAF fire
457.23750 Fire:6 FM Fire handhelds. Water relay appliances (exercise) -
457.48750 Fire:9? FM Fire Service BA? "BA Team"
462.53750 Fire:8 FM Fire (repeater input) 455.9875
462.58750 Fire:2 FM Fire (repeater input) 457.0875
462.63750 Fire:5 FM Fire (repeater input) 457.1375
862.96250 NFM Fire Service BA Telemetry (Very short data bursts)

Thank you very much for them.

[thelad]

Are any of the above used for airport fire service? Have been trying to get some for leeds bradford airport, but no luck. They have a west yorkshire call sign and can attend fires near by to the airport depending on conditions, wonderd if they use the same freqs.

[Crusader]

There are 6 more channels that the fire brigade use when on scene, you have to be pretty close to hear them though.

457.0375
457.0875
457.0125
457.1875
457.1375
457.2375
457.4875

Cheers Liam,will add those to my scanner,im not sure how many watts those UHF handys put out,but they were 2+ miles from me & i was getting them very strong with full noise quietening on their signals which is very good as there is plenty of bricks & mortar between myself & where they were at,cheers for the list

[Minus1]

Are any of the above used for airport fire service? Have been trying to get some for leeds bradford airport, but no luck. They have a west yorkshire call sign and can attend fires near by to the airport depending on conditions, wonderd if they use the same freqs.

There is a repeater on channel 2 at Birmingham Airport (EGBB).
This is used to allow local authority fire vehicles to talk to airport fire vehicles.
It is refered to as "Channel 2" by West Mids Fire, and as "Channel 9" by Birmingham Airport Fire.

Birmingham Airport Fire use 455.575 / 461.225. They refer to this as "Channel 2", Channel 1 being the Airport's Ground controller (no idea what :3 to :8 are, or if they even exist)
You can see the obvious confusion coming a mile off! "Is that your channel 2 or our channel 2?"

I don't know if all airports have such a repeater, I suspect not as the one at EGBB seems to be a fairly recent enhancement.

EGNM Fire will probably have their own 455 frequency, which you should find in the WTR, though it won't say which is fire, which is ground, etc.

[thelad]

Are any of the above used for airport fire service? Have been trying to get some for leeds bradford airport, but no luck. They have a west yorkshire call sign and can attend fires near by to the airport depending on conditions, wonderd if they use the same freqs.

There is a repeater on channel 2 at Birmingham Airport (EGBB).
This is used to allow local authority fire vehicles to talk to airport fire vehicles.
It is refered to as "Channel 2" by West Mids Fire, and as "Channel 9" by Birmingham Airport Fire.

Birmingham Airport Fire use 455.575 / 461.225. They refer to this as "Channel 2", Channel 1 being the Airport's Ground controller (no idea what :3 to :8 are, or if they even exist)
You can see the obvious confusion coming a mile off! "Is that your channel 2 or our channel 2?"

I don't know if all airports have such a repeater, I suspect not as the one at EGBB seems to be a fairly recent enhancement.

EGNM Fire will probably have their own 455 frequency, which you should find in the WTR, though it won't say which is fire, which is ground, etc.

thanks for that, sorry for Hijacking the thread abit.

[Crusader]

No probs,all interesting & helpfull stuff

[bpoolfc95]

I think that the brigade around me have gone to trbo. Not 100% sure, but I have a feeling they have. Let's hope they haven't do I can scan on bonfire night.