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I just returned from the coast and was able to obtain some fire department frequency and information. I haven't been able to verify them all, but the ones I have verified seem to be right on. Hopefully this will help clarify information already shown in INW. Here goes:

NAME RECEIVE TONE TRANSMIT TONE Comments

Grays Harbor County (see notes below)

Fire East F1 154.34 103.5 154.34 103.5
Fire North F2 154.325 CS 154.325 CS See Note 1
GH Mutual Aid 154.19 CS 154.19 CS
Red Net F4 153.83 CS 154.83 CS
Aberdeen FD F5 154.31 103.5 154.31 103.5
Hoquiam FD F6 154.145 103.5 154.145 103.5
Montesano FD F7 154.385 103.5 154.385 103.5
Ocean Shores F8 154.175 103.5 154.175 103.5
South Beach F9 154.235 100 154.235 100 See note 2
South Beach Tac 3 /153.86 100 153.86 100

Pacific County

PCFD #5 154.235 100 154.235 100 See note 3
Raymond FD 154.19 127.3 154.19 127.3

Other frequencies common to both counties

State Parks 151.28
USCG 16 156.8 CS 156.8 CS
USCG 22 157.1 CS 157.1 CS
USCG 23 157.15 CS 157.15 CS

WSP Hoquiam 154.695 CS RX only
WSP Olympia 154.92 CS RX only

Note 1:
Includes Grays Harbor FD # 8 on Highway 109 in Pacific Beach
and GHFD #7 in Copalis Beach.
Pacific Beach units are 87XX/Copalis Beach are 79XX
XX=is unit number, ie: 8702 or 7902 (example # only)
(Pacific Beach is station 87)
Copalis Beach is station 79

Note 2: The following use this frequency:
City of Westport This is Station 80
170 West Spokane St
Units are 80XX

South Beach EMS/Paramedics (This is station 70)
170 West Spokane St, Westport
Units 7041 and 7042

GHFD # 3 Rural Westport-Covered by Westport FD

Grayland FD #11 (This is station 77)
1785 State Route 105
Grayland
Units are designated 77XX

Ocasta FD #14 (This is station 84)
119 Johns River Road
Ocasta
Covers Ocasta, Markham and Bay City
Units are designated 84XX

Pacific County FD #5 (This is station 54)
2829 State Route 105
North Cove, Wa
Dispatched by Grays Harbor using 154.235
Units are designated 56XX

Note 3:
Dispatched by Grays Harbor on 154.235

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Wayne
KF7FYL

I tried to line the columns up so they could be easily read. It didn't work. The columns are as follows:

Name Receive Tone Transmit Tone Comments

Sorry, but I tried.

Wayne

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Wayne
KF7FYL

Thanks Gampawayne for lots of good info on the coast.

I really enjoy visiting there and the freqs and their users can be confusing out there.

I believe OS Fire is F8.

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Jim N7UAP - Bellingham, WA / InterceptRadio.com

Thank you Jim. You are absolutely correct re Ocean Shores. I have edited the original posting to reflect Ocean Shores as F8. I don't like to receive bad info let alone post incorrect information. Thanks again for the correction.

Wayne

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Wayne
KF7FYL

Ocean Shores station 74 is located at:

676 Pt. Brown Way NW
Ocean Shores

Units are designated as 74XX. Pictures and actual numbers are located on their website.

I have been told, but haven't been able to verify that paramedic service for the North Beach area is provided from/by the Ocean Shores Fire Department. Can anyone verify this?

Wayne

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Wayne
KF7FYL

Speaking of Ocean Shores. Does anyone know what freq they use to set off the
tsunami warning alarms on the beach there?

I wonder if it is NOAA or the National Weather Service or ???

I think it is NOAA.

See this link http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/education/ITT ... K_hill.pdf

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" SILENCE IS CONSENT "

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1) Measured with a micrometer.
2) Marked with a chalk.
3) Cut with an axe.

Jim N7UAP - Bellingham, WA / InterceptRadio.com

I believe the tsunami alarm is set off by a signal sent by the Natioinal Weather Service
from Olympia. The same as the one that alerts for wind storms and floods.
It is a special data sent to activate these alarms just like regular weather radios
are activated. 162.475 MHz for Ocean Shores. The one at Long Beach is received from
the NWS transmitter in Astoria, Or on 162.400 MHz.

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" SILENCE IS CONSENT "

Made to Government Specs:
1) Measured with a micrometer.
2) Marked with a chalk.
3) Cut with an axe.

Jim N7UAP - Bellingham, WA / InterceptRadio.com

OK, I updated the database with the frequencies/PL Tone changes you scanned.

Specifically:

Added Fire North F2 154.325 CS 154.325 CS See Note 1
Pacific County
PCFD #5 154.235 100 154.235 100 See note 3
Raymond FD 154.19 127.3 154.19 127.3

Updated PL Aberdeen FD F5 154.31 103.5 154.31 103.5
Montesano FD F7 154.385 103.5 154.385 103.5

I don't know the frequencies but I do know the code(s) they use to activate the alarms thanks to KIRO NEWS! It looks like he is using VHF because all they use is VHF...

http://www.kirotv.com/video/15506052/index.html

Maybe I am doing something wrong but I don't get anything from the KIRO link above?

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" SILENCE IS CONSENT "

Made to Government Specs:
1) Measured with a micrometer.
2) Marked with a chalk.
3) Cut with an axe.

Jim N7UAP - Bellingham, WA / InterceptRadio.com

Radio Hacker alert!!!
(Perhaps they need some assistance with 'testing'...)

"Radio Hacker alert!!!
(Perhaps they need some assistance with 'testing'...)"

Oh Oh...

Kerchunk, Blaaaaat, Whoop whoop whoop :D

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Made to Government Specs:
1) Measured with a micrometer.
2) Marked with a chalk.
3) Cut with an axe.

Jim N7UAP - Bellingham, WA / InterceptRadio.com

I remember the Westport PD would switch to the fire channel whenever an aid call went out back in the 80's. My brother was the paramedic for South Beach until the city pulled out the funding. The temp freq switch had something to do with only one channel could be monitored at a time with the console.

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The frequency sheet that fire uses still shows a shared channel with Westport PD.

The other thing which has happened in Grays Harbor County, at least on the fire side is that they have gone to narrow band. The troops are not happy. A couple have told me they can receive and talk to Aberdeen (Harbor dispatch) without a problem. They say they can't talk to each other on a call or anywhere else for that matter.

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Wayne
KF7FYL

Hard to say if that's a narrowband problem or something else like simulcasting. I know in Thurston Co, 2 fire chiefs in different ends of the county have told me they think the fire radio system is crap.

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