Radio Communications (PC WIN) Flashcards
How many sub-sites?
8 Sub-sites
How many Tucson Simulcast Cells?
2 Tucson Simulcast Cells
Where are the sub-sites located?
Tucson Fire Station 12 (TFD12) • Tucson Fire Station 17 (TFD17) • Tumamoc Hill (TUMAMOC) • Eagle’s Nest (EAGLE) • Rincon Valley Fire Station 1 (RVFD1) • Thomas Price Service Center (TPSC) • Public Safety Training Academy (PSTA) • Swan Rd (SWAN)
What’s the new F2?
Dispatch/Dispatch tfd
What’s the new F1?
Fire 1/Fire 1 tfd
What’s the new F5?
EMS 1/EMS 1 tfd
The new F7/8/9?
FireGnd1/FireGnd 1 tfd
What’s the new F4?
EMS 2/EMS 2 tfd
The new F3?
Car2Car/Car2Car tfd
What are some of the “A” bank channels?
Emergenc/Emergency tfd Dispatch/Dispatch tfd Ops/Operations tfd Fire 1-4/Fire 1-4 tfd EMS 1-4/EMS 1-4 tfd UAPD 1/UAPD 1 FireGnd1/FireGnd 1 tfd mblDVRS1/MblDVRS1 pcw TSN Wide/TucsonWIde tfd Emergenc/Emergency tfd
What channels are on zone “B”?
Emergenc/Emergency tfd Car2Car/Car2Car tfd Ops/Operations tfd TAC1-8/Tactical 1-8 tfd PrevPbEd/PrevntPubEDtfd LogMaint/LogistcsMntTFD Invest/Invstigate tfd TSN Wide/TucsonWide tfd Emergenc/Emergency tfd
What do you use to talk to another TFD unit?
Car2Car zone B
What do you use for training in your Battalion?
Tactical talkgroups in zone B
All BC’s and EC’s have two portable radios, in chargers, in their vehicles, what is one of them recommended to set to?
It is recommended that one of those radios be left tuned to the
“EMERGENCY” talkgroup and the volume turned up at all times
If you need a simplex channel for bullet proof communication, what do you ask for?
FireGnd1
When do you use DVRS?
- Big buildings
- Below grade access
- Poor system coverage – actual or assumed
To monitor or communicate with UAPD?
“UAPD1” channel in Zone A - this is their
main dispatch channel
To communicate with a TPD Officer?
• Have that unit or officer switch to “TucsonWide” talkgroup
For aircraft emergencies or responses to TIA, use what channel?
Monitor or communicate with the Tucson Airport Authority Fire Department
on the “TAA1” channel in the Spec-Ops_TAA Zone
– They use the 76X rig numbers
– You may also have the ability to talk to Tucson Air National Guard Fire Units (77X rig
numbers) on this channel
Eight channels in EVERY radio on PCWIN?
Common 9-16 Zone “C”
Eight channels in EVERY fire department radio on PCWIN?
FD INOP 1-8 Zone “C”
Ho many talkgroups can you patch together?
20
When communicating on a channel or talkgroup that is not a TFD channel or talkgroup, your radio designator should preceded by?
Tucson Fire (not TFD)
• Tucson Fire Battalion 1
• Tucson Fire Ladder 10
If you are responding outside of Pima County, responding with agencies not on PCWIN, or non-PCWIN agencies are responding to assist you, then you must use what channel/s?
AIRS channels to communicate
The only REPEATED AIRS channel in the Tucson area is?
AIRS 2 (known as 8AIRS2 or Pima) in the AIRS Zone
All BC’s and EC’s have two portable radios, in chargers, in their vehicles it is recommended that one of those radios is?
one of those radios be left tuned to the “EMERGENCY” talkgroup and the volume turned up at all times
To monitor or communicate with the Tucson Airport Authority Fire Department, what channel do you use?
“TAA1” channel in the Spec-Ops_TAA Zone
When communicating with a TPD Officer have that unit or officer switch to?
“TucsonWide” talkgroup
