Montgomery County, Maryland Fire & Rescue Service Land Mobile Radio System PDF

Montgomery County, Maryland Fire & Rescue Service Land Mobile Radio System “One Book” Version 2.0 – May 2021 Created and Maintained by MCFRS Technical Operations For On‐Call Technology Support Call (240) 777.2233 select...

Montgomery County, Maryland Fire & Rescue Service Land Mobile Radio System “One Book” Version 2.0 – May 2021 Created and Maintained by MCFRS Technical Operations For On‐Call Technology Support Call (240) 777.2233 select Option “1”  Table of Contents Montgomery County Specific 3 …………………………………………………… Quick Reference > Total Radio System Failure 4 …………………………………………………… About the Montgomery County Radio System 5 …………………………………………………… MCFRS Normal Operations Channel / Talkgroup Assignments 6 …………………………………………………… Site Trunking & Failsoft Quick Reference 7 …………………………………………………… Failsoft Channel / Back‐Up Zone Talkgroup Assignments 8 …………………………………………………… VHF System Usage (7000 & Multiband radios) 9 ………………………………………………… 800 Channel Usage (6000 series radios) 10 ………………………………………………… Apparatus Cell Phone (Zello) Usage 12 …………………………………………………… MCFRS Back‐Up & Secondary Channel / Talkgroup Assignments 13 …………………………………………………… MCFRS Back‐Up & Secondary Channel / Talkgroup Assignments Maryland Jurisdictions 15 …………………………………………………… Prince Georges County Talkgroup Assignments & Radio Procedures 16 …………………………………………………… Frederick County Talkgroup Assignments & Radio Procedures 17 …………………………………………………… Howard County Talkgroup Assignments & Radio Procedures 18 …………………………………………………… Carroll County Talkgroup Assignments & Radio Procedures 19 …………………………………………………… Anne Arundel County Talkgroup Assignments & Radio Procedures Virginia Jurisdictions 21 …………………………………………………… Fairfax County Talkgroup Assignments & Radio Procedures 22 …………………………………………………… MWAA Talkgroup Assignments & Radio Procedures 23 …………………………………………………… Loudoun & Prince William County Talkgroup Assignments & Radio Procedures District of Columbia 25 …………………………………………………… District of Columbia Talkgroup Assignments & Radio Procedures 2  Quick Referece > Total Radio System Failure If you try to transmit on 7A2 DISP or 7A1 OPS (or an assigned channel) and do not receive an answer or hear any traffic: 1. Try a different radio 2. Change to a conventional channel:  Using an OIC’s portable, go to Zone 7V and use either talkgroup “7V2 VHF DISP R” or “7V1 VHF OPS R”  All other radios go to Zone “MA 800 IO” and use talkgroup “8CALL90” 3  ABOUT… Montgomery County operates a simulcast 22‐site 20‐channel digital trunked 800 MHz radio system. The radio system is shared by all County users, the municipal police departments, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The system is designed as a Simulcast System. This configuration specifies that the system transmits (and receives) simultaneously from all 22 radio sites in the County, this helps in‐building system coverage. The 20 radio channels provide up to 36 voice paths for communication (one channel is used as the control channel to coordinate network traffic and some of the channels can host two conversations simultaneously) and they are trunked (assigned on demand when the radios transmit) by a central controller. When the radio system is operating normally, with a controller assigning channels and the radio consoles used by the dispatchers at PSCC and AECC connected to the system, the system is deemed to be in Wide Area mode; this is the way the system operates almost all the time (Normal Operations). If the radio consoles are disconnected from the rest of the system, the system is deemed to be operating in Site Trunking mode. In Site Trunking a central controller still assigns the channels on demand, but the users at PSCC and AECC must use backup resources to communicate with field users. In this mode the system’s capacity and coverage remain the same, but advanced features that rely on the radio consoles are no longer available; things like displaying unit IDs and emergencies, and the ability to patch (or interconnect) different radio system resources (Site Trunking Operations) If there are no central controllers available (the system has three, in two different locations that the system automatically switches between as needed to maintain trunking) to assign the channels on demand the system is deemed to be operating Failsoft mode. In Failsoft the 20 channels can no longer be shared by all the users because there is no controller available, that means that the radios revert channels using mapping defined in the radio’s configuration; for MCFRS this means operations consolidate from dozens of talkgroups down to 6 channels. Failsoft greatly restricts the radio system’s capacity but coverage remains the same. (Failsoft Operations) Two VHF channels are also normally used in conjunction with the 800 MHz system: 7A1 and 7V2. Both VHF channels are simulcast like the trunked system but do not use the trunked system’s central controllers. 7V2 is always patched to 7A2 DISP, and 7V1 is normally patched to 7A1 OPS 1; the 7V1 patch can be moved to other radio resources to support operational needs. 4  MCFRS Specific Radio Fleet Map Zone # 1 2 3 4 5 6 Zone Name 7A MCFRS FG 7B MCFRS FG 7C MCFRS FG 7D Secure FG 7E SOPS FG 7F Coord FG Channel 1 7A1 OPS 1 7B1 OPS 1 7C1 OPS 1 7D1 OPS 1 7E1 OPS 1 7F1 OPS 1 2 7A2 DISP 7B2 DISP 7C2 DISP 7D2 DISP 7E2 DISP 7F2 DISP 3 7A3 OPS 3 7B3 OPS 3 7C3 OPS 3 7D3 OPS 3 7E3 OPS 3 7F3 OPS 3 4 7A4 INC 10 7B4 INC 30 7C4 INC 50 7D4 INC 70 S 7E4 SOPS 10 S 7F4 TRT S 5 7A5 INC 11 7B5 INC 31 7C5 INC 51 7D5 INC 71 S 7E5 SOPS 11 S 7F5 RAIL S 6 7A6 INC 12 7B6 INC 32 7C6 INC 52 7D6 INC 72 S 7E6 SOPSDIR S 7F6 HM S 7 7A7 DVRS-1A 7B7 DVRS-3B 7C7 DVRS-1C 7D7 DVRS-3D S 7E7 SOPS 20 S 7F7 WTR S 8 7A8 INC 20 7B8 INC 40 7C8 INC 60 7D8 INC 80 S 7E8 SOPS 21 S 7F8 FS50 S 9 7A9 INC 21 7B9 INC 41 7C9 INC 61 7D9 INC 81 S 7E9 SOPS 22 S 7F9 FS51 S 10 7A10 INC 22 7B10 INC 42 7C10 INC 62 7D10 INC82 S 7E10 DVRS-4E S 7F10 FS52 S 11 7A11 DVRS-2A 7B11 DVRS-4B 7C11 DVRS-2C 7D11 DVRS-4D S 7E11 NPS MD 7F11 FS53 S 12 7A12 MC S A12 7B12 MC S B12 7C12 MC S C12 7D12 MC S D12 7E12 US PK PD4 7F12 FS54 S 13 7A13 MA S A13 7B13 MA S B13 7C13 MA S C13 7D13 MA S D13 7E13 MARINE 16 7F13 MD TF-1 S 14 7A14 ALT A14 7B14 ALT B14 7C14 ALT C14 7D14 ALT D14 7E14 MARINE22A 7F14 ALT F14 15 7A15 FD TA 7B15 FD TA 7C15 FD TA 7D15 D FD TA S 7E15 E FD TA S 7F15 FD TA 16 7A16 OPS 1 7B16 OPS 1 7C16 OPS 1 7D16 OPS 1 7E16 OPS 1 7F16 OPS 1 17 7E17 Wx1Mnssas 18 7E18 Wx2Baltmr 19 REGROUP 7E19 Wx5 DC 7E20Wx3162.475 7E21Wx4162.425 7E22 Wx5 162.5 7E23Wx7162.525 Zone # 7 8 9 68 69 70 Zone Name 7G Admin FG 7H Hosp S FG BATT TRN I IMT Secure J Public Safty L GOVT EMG Channel 1 7G1 PSTA 1 7H1 EMRC 1 OPS 1 IMT 1 CMD S J1 SEV 1 L1 LGEM 1 2 7G2 PSTA 2 7H2 CNSLT 1 2 DISP IMT 2 OPS S J2 SEV 2 L2 LGEM 2 3 7G3 PSTA 3 7H3 CNSLT 2 3 OPS 3 IMT 3 LOGS S J3 SEV 3 L3 LGEM 3 4 7G4 PSTA 4 7H4 Holy-X-GT 4 BATT 1 IMT 4 S J4 SEV 4 L4 LGEM 4 5 7G5 CODE 7H5 Holy-X-SS 5 BATT 2 IMT 5 S J5 SEV 5 L5 LGEM 5 6 7G6 CMF 7H6 Mont MC 6 BATT 3 IMT 6 S J6 SEV 6 L6 LGEM ANNC 7 7G7 MC Scty 7H7 Nat Mil MC 7 BATT 4 IMT 7 S J7 SEV ANNC L7 LGCRD 1 8 7G8 MCPS Scty 7H8 SGAH 8 BATT 5 IMT 8 S J8 DVRS-7J L8 LGCRD 2 9 7G9 M Col Scty 7H9 Sibley 9 BLANK IMT 9 S J9 PS 1 S L9 LGCRD 3 10 7G10 Animl Ctl 7H10 Suburban 10 BLANK IMT 10 S J10 PS 2 S L10 LGCRD 4 L11 LGCRD 11 7G11 LFRD 1 7H11 White Oak 11 BLANK IMT 11 S J11 PS 3 S ANNC 12 7G12 LFRD 2 7H12 MEDSTAR 12 BLANK IMT 12 ANNC S J12 PS 4 S L12 LGEM S 13 7G13 CERT 7H13 Child NMC 13 FD TEST IMT13 DIR S J13 PS ANNC S L13 LG DIR 14 7G14 ECC S 7H14 INOVA 14 DVRS-7T IMT14 DVRS-6IS J14 DVRS-6J S L14 DVRS-7L 15 7G15 OPS Admin 7H15 HCGH A 15 FD TA IMT 15 RINS1 D J15 PS DIR S L15 RINS 1 D 16 7G16 MC Radio 7H16 HCGH P 16 OPS 1 IMT 16 RINS2 D J16 RINS 2 D L16 911 7G17 FEI S 7H17 ALL MCHSP 7G18 IA S 7H18 MC H ANNC 7H19 HNET  MCFRS Specific Radio Fleet Map Zone # 71 72 73 Zone Name N NIST 7P MC LE Rx 7V VHF & VRS Channel 1 N1 Fire MCP A1 Rockvl 7V1 VHF OPS R 2 N2/A7 Police MCP A2 Bethes 7V2 VHF DISP R 3 N3 Safety MCP A3 Sil Spr 7V3 VHF Rock R 4 N4 Reactor S MCP A4 Wheatn 7V4 VHF Beth R VFIRE 21D Md. area 5 N5 Emergency MCP A5 Germnt 7V5 VFIRE21 D Mutual Aid Channel 6 N6 Announce MCP A6 Mont Vi 7V6 VFIRE23 D 7 N7 Plant S MC PARK A8 DSP 7V7 VSAR 16 D 8 N8 FS53 SEC MSP A9 Rock 7V8 VTAC 36 R VFIRE 23D NOVA 9 N9 BLANK CCVPD A11 DISP 7V9 VTAC 37 R Mutual Aid channel 10 N10 BLANK TPPD A12 DISP 7V10 VRS 1 11 N11 BLANK ICC A13 DISP 7V11 VRS 2 12 N12 BLANK RCP B10 DISP 7V12 VRS 3 13 N13 BLANK WSSC PD DISP 7V13 VRS 4 14 N14 DVRS-7N MCP A14 TAC A 7V14 VRS 5 15 N15 FD TA MCP A15 TAC 1 7V15 FD TA 16 N16 OPS 1 7A1 OPS 1 7V16 VHF OPS R MCFRS Fail Soft Radio Fleet Map FS = Failsoft FS1 FS 2 FS1 FS3 Incident TGs FS4 Incident TGs position switch Channel Number Radio Zone Zone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Name MCFRS A 7A OPS 1 DISP OPS 3 INC 10 INC 11 INC 12 ANNC 10 INC 20 INC 21 INC 22 ANNC 20 FG MCFRS B 7B OPS 1 DISP OPS 3 INC 30 INC 31 INC 32 ANNC 30 INC 40 INC41 INC 42 ANNC 40 FG MCFRS C 7C OPS 1 DISP OPS 3 INC 50 INC 51 INC 52 ANNC 50 INC60 INC61 INC62 ANNC 60 FG FS7 (Secure) Shared with other encrypted talkgroups in the County (IMT, PS, HHS) Zone Zone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Name Secure ANNC 7D OPS 1 DISP OPS 3 INC 70s INC 71s INC 72s ANNC 70s INC 80s INC 81s INC 82s FG 80s 7E SOPS FG OPS 1 DISP OPS 3 SOPS 10 SOPS 11 SOPS 20 SOPS 21 SOPS 22 FS5 (EMS) Zone Zone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Name Holy-X- Holy-X- Mont Suburba White 7H Hosp FG Nat Mil MC SGAH Sibley GT SS MC n Oak FS6 (NIST) Zone Zone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Name Emergen Announc N NIST FIRE POLICE Safety Reactor Plant cy e  Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Communications (240) 777-2233 MCFRS RADIO SYSTEM QUICK REFERENCE PAGE FOR FAILSOFT AND SITE TRUNKING MCFRS Radio System in Failsoft MCFRS Radio System in Site Trunking In the event that we have major computer problems with The MCFRS 800 MHz radio system uses 22 tower sites which are the radio system, but the whole system doesn’t go down, all connected (networked) together, giving county wide radio we’ll go into Failsoft mode. For those of you who are coverage to all users that are on the radio system. technophiles, this is very similar to Windows Safe Mode. In the event the 22 sites become disconnected from ECC the You’ll know we’re in Failsoft mode if you see the word radio system will enter "Site Trunking”; this will appear on the Failsoft on your radio screen. When we go into Failsoft, we display of your radio. revert to a fairly simple system with fairly simple rules: There are only a handful of channels, so people could easily There will be more of an impact on the PSCC than the talk over one another. Unless you have something vitally user in the field. important to say, keep quiet. Understand that while there is minimal to no All calls are still dispatched on 7A2 and operate on 7A1, impact on the field, ECC is using backup 7A4, etc. In short, treat Failsoft like condition red. resources that make things for difficult for them. Remember when the system is in “Failsoft”… Remember when the system is in “Site Trunking” NO - TURN OFF the scan feature RADIO PATCHES - NO “EB” capability - The radio will “chirp” every 20-30 seconds - NO RADIO PATCHES AVAILABLE. Remember when the system is in “Site Trunking” the radio will “beep”. In “Failsoft”, unusual TG assignments will be given. IN THE EVENT OF TOTAL RADIO SYSTEM FAILURE USE SEE FAILSOFT FLEETMAP ON NEXT PAGE FOR MORE THE ZONES ON PAGES 3 AND 4 DETAILS.  Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Communications (240) 777-2233 APX-7000XE (UNIT OFFICER PORTABLES) USE THESE ZONES IN THE EVENT OF TOTAL 800 MHz SYSTEM FAILURE Switch to 7V1 VHF OPS Or 7V2 VHF DSP R  Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Communications (240) 777-2233 APX-6000XE (ALL OTHER RADIOS) USE THESE ZONES IN THE EVENT OF TOTAL 800 MHz SYSTEM FAILURE Switch to zone “MA: 800 IO” then switch to 8TAC91 The APX-7000XE radios and mobiles also have this zone in their radios  Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Communications (240) 777-2233 STEP 2: NO MCFRS 7 ALPHA OR 7 BRAVO WITH PORTABLE OR MOBILE RADIOS. USE THE MCFRS SONIM PHONES ASSIGNED TO THE APPARATUS Touch the “ZelloWork” icon. Go to the “CHANNELS” tab, turn on “*7A-DISP” Use either the touch screen “PTT” or the large “PTT” button on the side of the phone 10  Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Communications (240) 777-2233 IF THE SONIM PHONE FAILS TO WORK STEP 3: SWITCH TO THE “U” ZONE WORKS ON ALL MCFRS PORTABLE RADIOS THE PSCC WILL ANNOUNCE THIS OVER THE RADIO AND SEND A MESSAGE TO THE STATIONS. MCFRS CHANNELS START AT “GOLF” MCFRS UNITS SHOULD SELECT THE APPROPRIATE CHANNEL BASED ON THEIR LOCATION IN THE COUNTY. SEE THE SITE LOCATION MAP FOR GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE A B C D E F G H I Zone Name EMG SOUTH EMG NORTH EMG NORTH FD CLARKSBUR U BACKUP PD TAC92R EMG SOUTH 2 BLANK BETHESDA 1 1 2 TAC91R G J K L M N O P Zone Name TAKOMA WHITE U BACKUP DAMASCUS DARNESTOWN DICKERSON GAITHERSBG OLNEY PK OAK 11 MCFRS “U” ZONE DAMASCUS U JULIET MCFRS PSCC SITE LOCATIONS (240) 777-2233 B5 B = BATTALION B5 B5 DICKERSON U LIMA CLRKSBRG B4 U INDIA B5 OLNEY G’BURG U NOV. B3 U MIKE B5 B4 B4 B5 B1 WHT OAK B3 U PAPA B3 B3 G’BURG DARNESTOWN U MIKE B1 U KILO B2 B2 B4 B1 B2 B1 BETHESDA TKMA PK U HOTEL B2 U OSCAR B1 12  Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Communications (240) 773-4700 Zone Name A B C D E F G H I NIST N FIRE POLICE Safety Reactor Emergency Announce NIST SEC Plant BLANK GOVT EMG L LGEM 1 LGEM 2 LGEM 3 LGEM 4 LGEM 5 LGE ANN LGCRD1 LGCRD2 LGCRD3 PUB SAFETY J SEV 1 SEV 2 SEV 3 SEV 4 SEV 5 SEV 6 SEV ANNC PS 1 PS 2 IMT I IMT 1 CMD IMT 2 OPS IMT 3 LOGS IMT 4 IMT 5 IMT 6 IMT 7 IMT 8 IMT 9 BACKUP U PD TAC92R EMG SOUTH 1 EMG SOUTH 2 EMG NORTH 1 EMG NORTH 2 BLANK FD TAC91R BETHESDA CLARKSBURG Zone Name J K L M N O P NIST N BLANK BLANK BLANK BLANK VRS 1 FDTA OPS GOVT EMG L LGCRD4 LGCRD ANN LGEM SEC VRS 3 D VRS 3 R RINS1 D 911 PUB SAFETY J PS 3 PS 4 PS ANNC VRS 3 D VRS 3 R RINS1 D RINS2 D IMT I IMT 10 IMT 11 IMT 12 VRS 3 D VRS 3 R RINS1 D RINS2 D BACKUP U DAMASCUS DARNESTOWN DICKERSON GAITHERSBG OLNEY TAKMA PK WHT OAK 13 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 14  ZONE 8 Prince George's County ~ Non-Emergency Number (301) 352-1200 Zone DECLARING AN Name A B C D E F G H EMERGENCY IN PG A2-OPS A4-INC A6-CMD A7-INC A8-INC PG North 8A A1-DISP A3-INC 50 A5-INC 52 1 51 50 60 61 If a MCFRS unit goes into PG B4- B5- B6-MED B7-MED B80- County and has an PG EMS 8B B1-DISP B2-OPS 1 B2-OPS 2 RESCUE1 RESCUE2 CALL A MED B emergency, transmit the C4-INC C6-CMD C7-INC C8-INC following... PG South 8C C1-DISP C2-OPS 2 C3-INC 70 C5-INC 72 71 70 80 81 Unit : Eng TK SQ 7** to D2-OPS D4-TAC D6- D7-TAC D8-TAC PG SOPS 8D D1-DISP D3-TAC 10 D5-TAC 12 communications 1 11 TCMD 10 20 21 Emergency …. SE2- SE4- SE6- SE7- SE8- SP EVENT 8SE SE-1SPEV 1 SE3-SPEV 3 SE5-SPEV 5 SPEV 2 SPEV 4 SPEV 6 SPEV 7 SPEV8 Comm : All units stand by Zone ….Unit with the Name I J K L M N O P Emergency … or Eng TK SQ A12-N 7** go ahead with your A10- A11-N STR A14- A15-FD A16-OPS PG North 8A A9-INC 62 STR A13-ADM CMD 60 ALRM 1 DVRS TA 1 emergency. ALRM 2 B10 -INC B12-INC B13-CMD B14- B15-FD B16-OPS PG EMS 8B B9-MED E 10 B11-INC 11 12 10 ADM TA 1 Unit : Eng TK SQ 7** to C12-S communications (state the C10- C11-S STR C14- C15-FD C16-OPS emergency type, location PG South 8C C9-INC 82 STR C13-ADM CMD 80 ALRM 1 DVRS TA 2 ALRM 2 and what you will need to mitigate it, if possible , also D10- D14- D15-FD D16-OPS PG SOPS 8D D9-TAC 22 BLANK BLANK D13-ADM advise if you are involved) TCMD 20 DVRS TA 2 SE10- SE11-SPEV SE12- SE12-SPEV SE12- SE12- SE12- "MAYDAY" procedures are SP EVENT 8SE SE9-SPEV 9 SPEV 10 11 SPEV 12 13 SPEV 14 SPEV 15 SPEV 16 identical to MCFRS A15-FD, B15-FD, C15-FD & D15-FD IS SIMILAR TO MCFRS 7 OSCAR procedures. A14-DVRS, C14-DVRS & D14-DVRS ARE SIMILAR TO THE MCFRS VRS CHANNELS "EB" status is know as "EI" ZONE 8B HOTEL, INDIA, JULIET, AND INDIA ARE FOR HOSPITAL CONSULTS and shadows MCFRS guidelines. IF YOU ARE OPERATING NORTH OF RT.50, USE PG NORTH TGs. SOUTH OF RT.50 USE PG SOUTH TGs. 15  ZONE 9 Frederick County (301) 694-1603 Zone With an EB Activation in Name A B C D E F G H Frederick County, the Fred FD 9 DISP EMS 1 FIRE 1 TAC 10 TAC 11 TAC 12 TAC 13 TAC 14 dispatcher will transmit the Fred FD 91 DISP EMS 2 FIRE 2 TAC 30 TAC 31 TAC 32 TAC 33 TAC 34 Fred FD 92 DISP ADMIN CALL 1 MED 4 MED 8 BLANK BLANK BLANK following… Multi Fred MULTI-CALL MULTI-2 MULTI-3 MULTI-4 MULTI-5 MULTI-6 MULTI-7 MULTI-8 Example: Zone Name I J K L M N O P “Frederick to Rescue Engine 709, CONFIRM OR DENY?” Fred FD 9 TAC 20 TAC 21 TAC 22 TAC 23 TAC 24 VRS RINS5D DISP Fred FD 91 TAC 40 TAC 41 TAC 42 TAC 43 TAC 44 VRS RINS5D DISP If the response is “DENY”, let Fred FD 92 TRN 50 TRN 51 TRN 52 TRN 53 TRN 54 VRS RINS5D DISP the dispatcher know and Multi Fred 7TAC51 D 7TAC51 R 7TAC52 D TTAC52 R 7TAC53 D 7TAC53 R 7TAC54 D 7TAC54 R reset your EB button as if 9, 91, &92 NOVEMBER ARE SIMILAR TO THE MCFRS VRS CHANNELS you were operating in Montgomery County. 92C (CALL), D (MED 4) AND E (MED 8) ARE SIMILAR TO MCFRS If the response is 72 C, D, & E. “CONFIRM”, or NO RESPONSE there will be an IMMEDEATE POLICE 9, 91, & 92 Oscar "RINS5D" is the MCFRS equivalent to "7 OSCAR" DISPATCH. MAYDAY OPS ARE SIMILAR In the "MULTI" zone (positions A-H), "MULTI-CALL", "MULTI-2", etc is similar to the TO MCFRS. USE L.U.N.A.R MCFRS "J" zone and allows multiple Frederick County agencies to communicate MAYDAY OPS REMAIN ON In the "MULTI" zone (positions I-P) are 700 MHz National Tactical Channels. These INCIDENT TG. NEW TG channels will be assigned on an "as needed" basis. ASSIGNED FOR FG OPS. 16  ZONE HOF A-D Howard County (410) 313-2200 DECLARING AN Zone Name A B C D E F G H EMERGENCY IN HOWARD A5 HOF A Howard A A1 DISP A2 OPS1 A3 OPS2 A4 HCGHA A6 BAT 1 A7 BAT 2 A8 EMKX HCGHP If a MCFRS unit goes into B5- Howard County and has an HOF B Howard B BRAVO 1 BRAVO 2 BRAVO 3 BRAVO 4 B6-STAGE BRAVO 7 B8-EMKX WATER emergency, transmit the C5- HOF C Howard C CHARLIE 1 CHARLIE 2 CHARLIE 3 CHARLIE 4 C6-STAGE CHARLIE 8 C8-EMKX following... WATER Unit : Eng TK SQ 7** to D5- HOF D Howard D DELTA 1 DELTA 2 DELTA 3 DELTA 4 D6-STAGE DELTA 9 D8-EMKX communications "SIGNAL WATER 2". Zone Name I J K L M N O P Howard: "ALL UNITS, A11 A13 A14 A15 SIGNAL 2 for Eng TK SQ 7**, HOF A Howard A A9 NDP1 A10 SDP1 A12 PDELK A16 DISP HOLD THE AIR." FDELK FIOP12 RINS5D RINS6D B13- B16 HOF B Howard B B9-NDP1 B10-SDP1 B11-MPTY B12-MPTY B14-RN5D B15-RN6D IFOP10 BRAVO 1 Fire/Rescue apparatus that HOF C Howard C C9-NDP1 C10-SDP1 C11-MPTY C12-MPTY C13- C14-RN5D C15-RN6D C16 is dispatched to assist will FIOP11 CHARLIE 1 be put on a DIFFERENT talk D11- D13- D14- D15- D16 group. HOF D Howard D D9-NDP1 D10-SDP1 D12-MPTY MPTY FIOP12 RN5D RN6D DELTA 1 ACCIDENTAL EB ACTIVATION THE NOVEMBER AND OSCAR POSITIONS IN ZONES A - D ARE EQUIVALENT TO When advising of an MCFRS 7 OSCAR. accidental activation, personnel must ALSO give A4 AND A5 ARE HOSPITAL CONSULT TALK GROUPS their FD ID# otherwise a "SIGNAL 2" will be assumed. 17  ZONE CFR Carroll County (410) 848-4343 Zone Name A B C D E F G H I J CRF1 Carroll A1 MAIN A2 FIRE A3 EMS 1 A4 CALL 801 A5 MED 804 A6 MED 808 A7 FG 10 A8 FG 11 A9 FG 12 A10 FG 13 CRF2 Carroll B1 MAIN B2 FIRE B3 EMS 2 B4 BLNK B5 BLNK B6 BLNK B7 FG 30 B8 FG 31 B9 FG 32 B10 FG 33 Zone Name K L M N O P CRF1 Carroll A11 FG 20 A12 FG 21 A13 FG22 A14 FG23 A15 FDTA A16 DISP CRF2 Carroll B11 FG 40 B12 FG 41 B13 FG42 B14 FG43 B15 FDTA B16 DISP A15 FDTA & B15 FDTA is the MCFRS equivalent to "7 OSCAR" A4, 5 & 6 ARE EQUIVALENT TO MCFRS 72 C, D, & E. EB ACTIVATION: CARROLL COUNTY WILL HAIL THE UNIT… "CARROLL TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY PE-713 CONFIRM OR DENY?" IF DENY, RESET AND CONTINUE YOUR OPERATION. IF CONFIRM OR NO RESPONSE, EMERGENT POLICE RESPONSE AND CLOSEST MANPOWER PIECE WILL BE DISPATCHED. MAYDAY OPERATIONS: 1ST: TRANSMIT THE FOLLOWING "MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY" THEN GIVE A LUNAR. (SAME AS MCFRS) 2ND: ACTIVATE "EB" BUTTON AND/OR ACTIVATE PASS DEVICE MAYDAY OPS WILL REMAIN ON THE PRIMARY INCIDENT TG. ALL FG OPS WILL BE SWITCHED TO THE 4TH TG IN THE GROUP EXAMPLE: MAYDAY OPS ON "FG10" CONTINUED FG OPS MOVE TO "FG13" AND PAR CHECK WILL BE DONE. 18  MCFRS JURISDICTIONAL RADIO REFERENCE GUIDE ZONE Anne Arundel County (410) 222‐8271 Zone Name A B C D E F G H Anne ALPHA FD BRAVO FD CHARLIE DELTA FD ECHO FD FOXTROT FD GOLF FD HOTEL FD AACo Arundel DISP TAC1 FD TAC2 COM1 TAC 3 TAC 4 CMD 1 SOP 1 FD1 Zone Name I J K L M N O P Anne INDIA FD JULIET FD KILO FD LIMA FD MIKE FD NOVEMBER WAYSONS ALPHA AACo Arundel FD1 SOP 2 COM 2 TAC 5 TAC 6 CMD 2 FD ADM FD MEET FD DISP EMERGENCY BUTTON (EB) AND MAYDAY PROCEDURES EMERGENCY BUTTON (EB) PROCEDURES: When an Emergency Button (EB) activation is first transmitted, it automatically begins transmitting and creates an "open mic". This dispatcher will listen to and evaluate the traffic. After the "open mic" transmission stops, the dispatcher will say the following… "FIRE ALARM TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY PE‐717, CHECK YOUR DISPLAY." If no response, Police and additional Fire/Rescue Support is sent to assist. MAYDAY PROCEDURES: The unit in question will say MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY three (3) times, give their unit number and then a L.U.N.A.R ‐ Mayday Ops will remain on "original" incident T/G. 19 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 20  ZONE 4 Fairfax County (703) 691-2131 Zone DECLARING AN Name A B C D E F G H EMERGENCY IN FAIRFAX FFX FD 4 DISP RESP INTER D E F G H FFX FD Alt 41 DISP RESP INTER D E F G H If a MCFRS unit goes into FFX FD Alt 43 DISP B C D E F G H Fairfax County and has an FFX FD BU 48 AISP RESP INTR D E F G H emergency, transmit the following... Zone Name I J K L M N O P FFX FD 4 I J K L BU 1 M BU 2 N T/A SAF DISP Unit : Eng TK SQ 7** to FFX FD Alt 41 I J MC 1 K MC 2 L GF 1 M GF 2 N T/A SAF DISP Fairfax "SIGNAL1" FFX FD Alt 43 I J K LE ME N T/A SAF DISP FFX FD BU 48 I J K L M N T/A SAF DISP Comm : Transmission acknowledged and help is sent. N T/A IS SIMILAR TO MCFRS 7 OSCAR For an "EB" activation... Comm: "Engine 710 from Fairfax CONFIRM or DENY your EA Activation." No response help is sent. Otherwise advise "accidental" and reset. 21  ZONES (1) Arlington, (2) Alexandria, & (3) MWAA (National/DCA & Dulles/IAD Airports) Zone Name A B C D E F G H Arlington FD 1 DISP RESP INC1 TAC1B TAC1C CMD1 INC2 TAC2B Arlington FD A1 DISP RESP SPEVT1 SPEVT2 SPEVT3 SPEVT4 SPEVT5 SPEVT6 If you need to Arlington FD B1 DISP RESP FPO1 FPO2 FPO3 FPO4 TINC1 TTAC1B contact these Alexandria FD 2 DISPATCH BRAVO CHARLIE DELTA ECHO FOXTROT GOLF HOTEL communication MWAA FD 3 DISP RESP INC1 INC2 INC3 CMND 1 CMND 2 ADMIN centers, please Zone Name I J K L M N O P dial 911. Arlington FD 1 TAC2C CMD2 INC3 TAC3B CMD3 VRS T/A DISP SPEVENT- BOMB- Arlington FD A1 LOG-W LOG-OPS LOG-CMD BOMB-TAC T/A FT MYER CMD CMD Arlington FD B1 TTAC1C TCMD1 TINC2 TTAC2B TTAC2C TCMD2 T/A DISP Alexandria FD 2 INDIA JULIET KILO LIMA MIKE AX HOSP T/A DISPATCH MWAA FD 3 AMP CCF UNF CMND EMS DCA ALERT IAD ALERT T/A SAFETY DISP ARLINGTON ZONE 1, A1, B1, ALEXANDRIA 2 OSCAR AND MWAA "NOVEMBER" IS SIMILAR TO MCFRS 7 OSCAR 1 NOVEMBER IS SIMILAR TO THE MCFRS VRS CHANNELS ALEXANDRIA ZONE 2 NOVEMBER IS FOR EMS CONSULTS 22  MCFRS JURISDICTIONAL RADIO REFERENCE GUIDE ZONE (5) Prince William County, Virginia (703) 792‐6500 ZONE (6) Loudon County, Virginia (703) 777‐2222 Zone Name A B C D E F G H 5 PW FIRE DISP RESP 1 INC1 D E F G H 51 PW FIRE DISP RESP 2 INC3 D E F G H 6 Loudoun FD DISP RESP CD10 TC11 TC12 TC13 CD20 TC21 Zone Name I J K L M N O P 5 PW FIRE I J K L INC2 M Knox N TA5 SAF DISP 51 PW FIRE I J K L INC4 M Knox N TA51 SAF DISP 6 Loudoun FD TC22 TC23 CD30 TC31 TC32 SFT1 SFT2 RESP PRINCE WILLIAM 5N, 5O, 51N, 51O AND LOUDON 6N, 6O IS SIMILAR TO MCFRS 7 OSCAR EMERGENCY BUTTON (EB) PROCEDURES IN PRINCE WILLIAM AND LOUDON ARE IDENTICAL. EMERGENCY BUTTON "EB" ACTIVATION: "PRINCE WILLIAM (OR LOUDON) TO E‐717 CONFIRM OR DENY?" UNIT WILL BE HAILED THREE TIMES. IF NO RESPONSE, P.D. AND FIRE RESOURCES WILL BE SENT TO LAST KNOWN LOCATION. MAYDAY OPS: UNIT IN QUESTION WILL SAY… "MAY DAY, MAY DAY, MAY DAY" THEN GIVE A "UCAN" UNIT, CONDITION, ACTIONS AND NEEDS 23 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 24  MCFRS JURISDICTIONAL RADIO REFERENCE GUIDE ZONE 0 District of Columbia (DCFEMS) (202) 673‐3266 Zone DECLARING AN Name A B C D E F G H EMERGENCY IN DC DC FEMS RIZ RIZ DC1 UUC1 DC2 UUC2 DC3 UUC3 DC4 UUC4 DC5 MA1 DC6 MA2 DC7 MAF1 DC8 MAF2 DC FEMS 0H 1 UMC 2 CNMC 3 NOTIFY 4 MEDSTAR 5 HUH 6 PIW 7 GTOWN 8 WGUH If a MCFRS unit goes into DC FEMS 0B 1 DISP 2 MAIN 3 INC 50 4 VRS 50 5 INC 51 6 INC 52 7 INC 60 8 VRS 60 the District of Columbia DC FEMS 0A 1 DISP 2 MAIN 3 INC 30 4 VRS 30 5 INC 31 6 INC 32 7 INC 40 8 VRS 40 and has an emergency, DC FEMS 0 1 DISP 2 MAIN 3 INC 10 4 VRS 10 5 INC 11 6 INC 12 7 INC 20 8 VRS 20 transmit the following... Zone Name I J K L M N O P Unit : Eng TK SQ 7** to DC FEMS RIZ RIZ DC9 EMA1 DC10 EMA2 BLANK BLANK BLANK DC14 SPARE1 DC15 SPARE2 DC16 CW1 communications "10‐33" DC FEMS 0H 9 UMCPED 10 PROV 11 POISON 12 SIBLEY 13 WHC 14 SPARE 15 VA 16 PGHC DC FEMS 0B 9 INC 61 10 INC 62 11 SOD 1 12 SOD 2 13 SPEV 3 14 SPEV 4 15 DIR2 16 DIR1 Comm : OK Eng TK SQ DC FEMS 0A 9 INC 40 10 INC 42 11 EMS 1 12 EMS 2 13 EMS 3S 14 EMS 4 15 DIR2 16 DIR1 DC FEMS 0 9 INC 21 10 INC 22 11 EMS 5 12 EMS 6 13 SPEV 1 14 SPEV 2 15 DIR2 16 DIR1 7** your 10‐33 has been DC FEMS RIZ RIZ DC17 DYN CHANNEL 17 ACCESSED VIA RADIO KEYPAD received. ALL TALK GROUPS IN RED ARE ENCRYPTED/SECURE. BE MINDFUL OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS EB PROCEDURE BEFORE TRANSMITTING ON A SECURE TALK GROUP! In the event of an EB activation you will hear IF NEEDED, MA1, MA2, MAF1 & MAF2 ARE USED FOR PATCHING NON DCFEMS UNITS the following... THE "0H" ZONE FOR HOSPITAL CONSULTS Communication to 15 DIR2 & 16 DIR1 ARE SIMILAR TO MCFRS 7 OSCAR "Unit", check your display. VRS 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 AND 60 ARE SIMILAR TO THE MCFRS VRS CHANNELS After a second check and 25