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Re: UHF Fire

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radiosification wrote:
thelad wrote:Most areas can switch to DMR now when working with other areas that use DMR all the time.
I would assume that actually any areas with DMR radios would be using DMR, and then would switch back to analogue if they were working with another unit that has only analogue radios.
Not always true. Notts still using analogue as primary mode with Mototrbo radios.
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radtech wrote:Not always true. Notts still using analogue as primary mode with Mototrbo radios.
Interesting. I wonder why they don't use DMR. Maybe not everyone in Notts has got the new radios yet?
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I think as far as the Fire Brigade Union in Notts is concerned it is a Health and Safety issue..

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Metradio wrote:I think as far as the Fire Brigade Union in Notts is concerned it is a Health and Safety issue..

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The analogue audio is fantastic on those Mototrbo radios, alot better than the old Entels they used to use.
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A fire near me last night in Trethomas, just outside Caerphilly, involved a lot of units as was in an old closed pub premises, most likely set ablaze by children.

2 channels in use AFAIK:

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus (BA) inside burning building were using 457.4875 NFM.

Firefighters outside front and rear of building using 457.0375 NFM
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457.2375 being used locally for number of hours. Sounds like a training exercise, I have heard similar before as I am less than 2 miles from the local fire station. I know that they have a training tower and do BA training etc there.
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I dont think any of the DMR sets are IS (intrinsically safe) rated

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does anyone have the proper list of uhf frequencies plz.
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bigbloke wrote:I dont think any of the DMR sets are IS (intrinsically safe) rated
Tait, Hytera and Motorola do them..

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sec1223 wrote:does anyone have the proper list of uhf frequencies plz.
455.9875
457.0125
457.0375
457.0875
457.1375
457.1875
457.2375
457.4875
462.5375
462.5625
462.5875
462.6375
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JohnB57 wrote:
sec1223 wrote:does anyone have the proper list of uhf frequencies plz.
455.9875
457.0125
457.0375
457.0875
457.1375
457.1875
457.2375
457.4875
462.5375
462.5625
462.5875
462.6375
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Re: UHF Fire

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Thanks JohnB57 for that list. I listen at home in the lower end of the Rhymney valley and is part of the South Wales Fire and Rescue service. I have been informed that some South Wales Fire and Rescue service areas (Cardiff?) are using DMR for fireground communications, but around the Caerphilly Fire Station area I have only ever heard analogue FM in use.

I have highlighted the channels used below:

455.9875
457.0125
457.0375 - Firefighter to firefighter and firefighter to appliance (fire engine)
457.0875
457.1375
457.1875
457.2375 - Training channel
457.4875 - Breathing apparatus (BA)
462.5375
462.5625
462.5875
462.6375

Perhaps we can fill in the gaps and try to compile some kind of confirmed list for different areas as there seems to be a lot of confusion, obviously we know that TETRA is used from the appliances for main comms.

Edit - list copied incorrectly
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Greater Manchester are using DMR.
457.0375 being channel one and in use regularly. Not heard traffic on other channels yet, waiting for the next big incident to see if I can hear anything.

DP4600 used by firefighters, DP4800 used by retained firefighters and some senior officers and DP4400 Intrinsically safe radios for ATEX use.

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Scott_93 wrote:Greater Manchester are using DMR.
457.0375 being channel one and in use regularly. Not heard traffic on other channels yet, waiting for the next big incident to see if I can hear anything.

DP4600 used by firefighters, DP4800 used by retained firefighters and some senior officers and DP4400 Intrinsically safe radios for ATEX use.

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This article from 2014 might be of interest:

https://newsroom.motorolasolutions.com/ ... ations.htm
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