Honolulu Skyline as seen from Kapiolani Community College, Photo by David Cabatu
Honolulu Skyline as seen from
Kapiolani Community College, Photo by David Cabatu
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| SCANNING >Public Safety STATEWIDE C&C
OF HONOLULU COUNTY
OF HAWAII COUNTY
OF KAUAI COUNTY
OF MAUI |
Federal
Fire Department
Introduction Federal Fire Department Hawaii is the second largest in the world with 275 personnel, 15 fire stations, 40 pieces of firefighting apparatus, and 20 support vehicles, including 4 ambulances. Fire protection is primarily based within Oahu's military installations. The department maintains co-response agreements with the Honolulu Fire Department to provide manpower and apparatus for large-scale and multi-alarm incidents. Update 11/29: Station 16 at Camp H.M. Smith opened March 2004. Battalion Divisions For firefighting purposes, the island of Oahu is divided into three battalion divisions, and are headed by three area chiefs and two station chiefs: BATTALION HEADQUARTERS PICTURE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY AC-1 Station 2 Pearl Harbor/Kaneohe AC-2 Station 5 Schofield/Wheeler AC-3 NOT IN SERVICE SC-8 Station 8 MCBH Kaneohe SC-14 Station 14 Wheeler AAF *B/S = Battalion/Station Fire Stations STATION LOCATION APPARATUS Station 1 NAVSTA-Shipyard E101, HZMT101 TRK118 (Utility for HZMT101) TRK119 (Replaced for SQ101) Station 2 Sub-Base Paramedics E102, Medic 2, Medic 22 Station 3 TAMC/Fort Shafter E103 Station 4 Ford Island E104 Station 5 Pearl City/Manana E105, T105 Station 7 NCTAMS - East Pac E107 Station 8 MCBH - Kaneohe E108, P108, Medic 8, Medic 88 Station 9 NAVMAG - West Loch E109 Station 10 Helemano Military Res. E110 Station 11 NAVMAG - Lualualei E111 Station 12 Barbers Point/Kalaeloa STATION CLOSED Station 14 Wheeler Army Airfield E114, Brush 114, CRASH 121, 122, AND 123 Station 15 Schofield Barracks E115, P115, Brush 115, T115 Station 16 Camp H.M. Smith E116 "Medic 1" is the Federal Fire Department EMS Chief "Medic 22" and "Medic 88" operational during special events, etc. Radio Communications Prior
to transitioning to 400 MHz, fire dispatch and operations were conducted on
VHF, the details of which are listed:
The Federal Fire Department moved operations to a 400 MHz radio network used by all branches of the military sometime during the early 2000s. The PACMERS trunked radio system uses the APCO 25 digital standard on the UHF band. Prior to the change, dispatch and fireground communications were conducted on 141.000 MHz. Today, while all operations are on the UHF, it maintains a VHF/UHF simulcast of dispatch channel 1. Also during this time period, there were several changes within the department itself: the old fire dispatch callsign "Removal" was renamed to "Central", and most apparatus callsigns were renamed to triple-digit numbers, although the station numbers stayed the same. Information on the 400 MHz PACMERS trunked radio system can be found here. Dispatching The Federal Fire Department has a dedicated dispatch talkgroup (Channel 1) and nine (9) tactical talkgroups (Channels 2-10) for communications in the field. During the dispatch, units are assigned a tactical channel and switch to it as they leave the station. This keeps Channel 1 open for dispatches or for non-emergency traffic. Talkgroup Assignments Most routine alarms are assigned Channel 2. Listen to the dispatch for more information. Radio Call Signs Federal Fire Department callsigns are usually the apparatus type and number (i.e. Engine 101). However, during multiple alarm incidents, tactical communications use the "Incident Command System", similar to the Honolulu Fire Department. Work Schedules Each shift is 24 hours long, which start and end at 8:00 each morning. |
Recent
News
5 August - Radio AH7E Hawaii sports a new look! |
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