Maybe OT: Monitoring A Single Channel - MABAS

[henryg]

Hello. I am trying to get some new ideas on how to best monitor a single channel, MABAS, 154.265. Our Dispatch center has been missing mutual aid calls for my FD and I am trying to set up something better in one (or more) of our firehouses to monitor the channel. Tones activate the receiver, just like a pager. I am currently using a Veetronix tone alert receiver in one firehouse, but is there something better? I'm just trying to see what others are doing. Thanks. Henry

[tvsjr]

Wrong approach.

Dispatch's responsibility is to monitor any mutual aid network and dispatch appropriate units. Period. Install something like a FedSig Informer and instruct them to monitor it and dispatch as needed. If they fail to do that, write them up. Dispatching shouldn't be part of a firefighter's job (what if they're out of the station on a run when the MABAS box comes in, which dispatch misses?)

If you're not in a supervisory position, I suggest you have a long heart-to-heart with whomever is in charge of the dispatch center.

[FireCpt809]

We have an old Red motorola Monitor at the 911.... damn thing is almost 30 yrs old.. works great...


We also have some federal alert monitors in the stations..