![]() Rural/Metro, Inc is the 3rd largest fire department in the Valley. ![]() Other than their dispatch channel of 154.340, I don't believe their VHF channels are in use like Phoenix does. Mesa carries both EMS and fire/haz-mat comms on the TOPAZ RWC. ![]() You may have to listen to the simulcast system for both sides. From personal experience, the IR sites don't carry comms from the apparatus/portable radios, just the alarm room. If you want to receive communications from the Mesa Regional Dispatch Center, which covers Mesa, Gilbert, Apache Junction, Queen Creek and Rio Verde, you want to listen to the TOPAZ RWC, which has one simulcast system (the Mesa simulcast) and two IR sites, one on Thompson Peak (separate from the Phoenix site) and one on Shaw Butte in Phoenix. If you want to hear the fire and haz-mat responses, you want to listen to the analog VHF channels. Mountain rescues and major accidents have much more voice activity. You may hear a request for an ambulance/rescue/medic unit if one wasn't on the initial dispatch and is needed. Most comms for the typical EMS responses are handled by the MDC's in the apparatus, such as responding, on scene, enroute to the hospital, available on radio, and available in quarters. K-10 through K-15 are for mountain rescues and major incidents such as roll-over accidents and those requiring extrication. K-6 through K-9 are used for typical EMS calls. The simulcast and IR sites of the RWC system carry the EMS responses. ![]() The Towers Mtn IR, located in Yavapai County, north of the Valley, helps to cover the City of Surprise, as well as the North County Fire and Medical District (Sun City West, Wittmann, and adjacent unincorporated areas), and carries K-1 (dispatch) and K-6 (Northwest Valley EMS responses) on a regular basis. It should also be noted, that the Thompson Peak IR site, located in north Scottsdale, carries K-deck 2, as well as the L-deck talkgroups when they're active, such as during the recent golf tournament. The Uniden scanners are supposedly a little better at receiving the simulcast systems than the GRE/Whistler scanners are. You may not be able to receive anything without a directional antenna in a base station setup. You will want to program in any and all simulcast sites that will cover the areas of the Valley that you will be in.īe aware that many listeners have issues due to multi-path interference that is common with simulcast systems. If you're in Tempe, you should be able to hear simulcasts B, C, F, and H, even though Tempe isn't the primary coverage area for B, C and H.)Īll of these simulcast systems carry the K-deck and L-deck talkgroups. Simulcast H covers the City of Scottsdale. ![]() Simulcast G covers most of the West Valley cities. Simulcast F covers the City of Tempe and the Town of Guadalupe. Simulcast C covers the City of Chandler, the community of Sun Lakes and the Town of Maricopa. If you want to receive communications from the Phoenix Regional Dispatch Center, which covers most of the Central and West Valley, the sites of the Regional Wireless Cooperative (RWC) are: ![]()
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