Volunteer FD's changing dispatch centers

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jp186
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Volunteer FD's changing dispatch centers

Post by jp186 »

Today I noticed at least a couple volunteer FD's have switched from Heartland dispatch to Calfire. Intermountain came up as Station 85 (used to be 95), and I think I heard Boulevard come up as Station 47.
Anybody aware of others?
ChrisK
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Post by ChrisK »

I heard the Palomar Mountain chief on a CF channel yesterday say he was testing for station 79. They have been station 97.

I wonder if they will be going to the four digit numbering scheme too.
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Post by Rescue Pooh »

As far as I know Intermountain is still being dispatched by Heartland. If they get a call into Cal Fires area they are told to switch to their channels.
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Post by jp186 »

I have heard the Intermountain units being dispatched by Monte Vista several times. Chief 95 even mentioned on the radio that the new station number was 85. The engine is 7815 and the rescue is 7885.

Sunshine Summit also came up today asking Monte Vista about a scrambled page. That tells me Calfire is dispatching them now as well.
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Post by ChrisK »

The Campo VFD is station 46.
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Post by Rescue Pooh »

Ok we ran a call with Campo Volunteers early this morning and they have in fact changed their number. Campo's engine is now 7426. Sounds like everyone has changed per the guys in Campo. Guessing it's due to the County merger. The other ones I know of are Pine Valley 7424, Harbo Canyon 7214 and Descanso is 7215.
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Post by w6pix »

A friend gathered these from the air. said 98% confidence level that they're correct

E7815; Old engine 95 Ty 1
R7885; old Rescue 95
R7789; MT Palomar VFD
Chief 79; MT Palomar VFD
E7719; MT Palomar VFD Engine TY 1
Batt 79; MT Palomar VFD
R7788; MT Palomar VFD
E7867; Old brush 95
Chief 85; Old C 95
Station 85; Intermountain fire old 95's
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jp186
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Post by jp186 »

w6pix wrote:A friend gathered these from the air. said 98% confidence level that they're correct

E7815; Old engine 95 Ty 1
R7885; old Rescue 95
R7789; MT Laguna VFD
Chief 79; MT Laguna VFD
E7719; MT Laguna VFD Engine TY 1
Batt 79; MT Laguna VFD
R7788; MT Laguna VFD
E7867; Old brush 95
Chief 85; Old C 95
Station 85; Intermountain fire old 95's
All the units identified on this list as Mount Laguna are actually Palomar Mountain. Mt Laguna did not change dispatch centers or numbers.
w6pix
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Post by w6pix »

jp186 wrote:
w6pix wrote:A friend gathered these from the air. said 98% confidence level that they're correct

E7815; Old engine 95 Ty 1
R7885; old Rescue 95
R7789; MT Laguna VFD
Chief 79; MT Laguna VFD
E7719; MT Laguna VFD Engine TY 1
Batt 79; MT Laguna VFD
R7788; MT Laguna VFD
E7867; Old brush 95
Chief 85; Old C 95
Station 85; Intermountain fire old 95's
All the units identified on this list as Mount Laguna are actually Palomar Mountain. Mt Laguna did not change dispatch centers or numbers.
Ya, he *just* sent me a correction and I was getting on to edit it, before anyone noticed! LOL

I'll fix it now.
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Post by ChrisK »

Sunshine Summit is Station 59 with the appropriate unit numbers (75x9).
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