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Greetings all,

I am looking for some information on a radio system. Rural/Metro Ambulance is using a 220 Mhz trunked system in the Snohomish and King county areas. It is supposedly a private business system being run by someone other than R/M. Word is it will go away soon. Can anyone spend some time searching and see if they can find frequencies, etc?

I work for them and as a long time pubic safety worker (ex-PD, sheriff, fire, ambulance) I am quite familiar with good and bad systems. This one is bad. Lot's of blind spots, lot's of times when the system is busy and we can't get on the air. Our other system is Nextel. Again not ideal by any means. I don't like the fact that we are depending upon a civilian commercial cell phone service to provide emergency communications for a (private) public safety agency. In the event of a natural disaster or a Sept 11th type event our comms will be gone.

So, anyone want to see what they can come up with?

Thanks!

:D It wouldn't do you much good. Very few scanners -- if any can monitor the 220 Mhz trunked systems. Without a radio -- you can't listen in. That's part of the reason for the very poor coverage. If you work for the company -- someone on the "inside" should be able to tell you "who's radio system" they use.

Not only can no one tell me about the system, no one even knows our call sign. And this is from the dispatchers! We have VHF radios in the rigs with HEAR, the Snohomish county fire channels, etc. There are people who have worked there for years that don't know how to use the HEAR system. They had no idea you could change the channel and talk to the hospital.

Bang head here!

Sounds like a "Failure to communicate". Start looking for a new job -- because the company -- may be going out of business. Years ago -- there were just a few types of radio systems available. Today -- there are as many systems -- as there are fools.

Hmmm...it's been awhile but I recall about two years ago that Rural Metro was using a 900-meg system. I'm at work but am pretty sure I have info on it on my DOS PC at my Everett home that is running the Trunker software.
DennisE

Last week -- 900 mhz. This week -- 220 Mhz. Today -- Nextel. Next week two tin cans and a very long roll of string and then -- out of business. And Dennis is correct. They were on a 900 mhz system.

The only 900 system they use is the Tacoma public safety system. R/M has a talk group on that system.

If they are listed on a system in Snohomish county it must be on paper only because there are no 800-900 systems installed. I'm pretty sure I'd notice it in the rig.

Seems that you have a good handle on things. The best way to go from here -- is to ask someone at metro that would know "what's what". Good luck.

This is from a few years ago, haven't looked for it lately.

PierceCo system - 938.5375, 938.5500, 939.6000, 939.6125, 939.6250. Ambulance TG 4816.

I likewise recall a 900 MHz system in Snohomish County, but later couldn't find its control channel and flushed it from my records.

For 220, try WPCV599 or WPCV600 - they're the only trunked 220 systems listed in SnohCo.

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