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'''Primary tac talkgroups are as follows:'''
 
'''Primary tac talkgroups are as follows:'''
*Tac 1 (48080) - Battalion 1: Northern section of the county, including the North Myrtle Beach, Little River, and Loris areas.
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*Tac 1 (6080) - Battalion 1: Northern section of the county, including the North Myrtle Beach, Little River, and Loris areas.
*Tac 2 (48112) - Battalion 2: Southern section of the county, including the Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, Socastee, and Garden City areas, as well as eastern portions of Conway and Carolina Forest.
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*Tac 2 (6081) - Battalion 2: Southern section of the county, including the Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, Socastee, and Garden City areas, as well as eastern portions of Conway and Carolina Forest.
*Tac 3 (48144) - Battalion 3: Western/Central section of the county, including much of the city of Conway and the Aynor/Galivants Ferry areas.
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*Tac 3 (6082) - Battalion 3: Western/Central section of the county, including much of the city of Conway and the Aynor/Galivants Ferry areas.
  
 
A fireground/incident tac talkgroup will be assigned for certain operations which generally require coordination among a large number of responding units. ''For example, units responding to a structure fire will be assigned what's usually referred to as a "tac channel" (properly called a fireground/incident talkgroup.) Fireground operations will take place on the assigned tac channel. Dispatch does not generally monitor incident tac channels, and any time a unit needs to contact dispatch, their respective dispatch channel (tac 1-3) will be used. Other communications (coordinating attack, water shuttles, etc.) will be done on the tac channel.''
 
A fireground/incident tac talkgroup will be assigned for certain operations which generally require coordination among a large number of responding units. ''For example, units responding to a structure fire will be assigned what's usually referred to as a "tac channel" (properly called a fireground/incident talkgroup.) Fireground operations will take place on the assigned tac channel. Dispatch does not generally monitor incident tac channels, and any time a unit needs to contact dispatch, their respective dispatch channel (tac 1-3) will be used. Other communications (coordinating attack, water shuttles, etc.) will be done on the tac channel.''

Revision as of 15:11, 26 May 2018

Fire/Rescue

Horry County Fire/Rescue

Horry County Fire Rescue is dispatched via alphanumeric paging on 155.0925mHz NFM. Alphanumeric dispatches are followed with voice confirmation on the TAC TGID matching the geographic location of the incident. Responding units contact dispatch on the matching TAC TGID.

HCFR Battalion Map

Three tac talkgroups are used by units to acknowledge calls and contact dispatch. Each tac talkgroup correspond to their respective battalion assignment.

Primary tac talkgroups are as follows:

  • Tac 1 (6080) - Battalion 1: Northern section of the county, including the North Myrtle Beach, Little River, and Loris areas.
  • Tac 2 (6081) - Battalion 2: Southern section of the county, including the Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, Socastee, and Garden City areas, as well as eastern portions of Conway and Carolina Forest.
  • Tac 3 (6082) - Battalion 3: Western/Central section of the county, including much of the city of Conway and the Aynor/Galivants Ferry areas.

A fireground/incident tac talkgroup will be assigned for certain operations which generally require coordination among a large number of responding units. For example, units responding to a structure fire will be assigned what's usually referred to as a "tac channel" (properly called a fireground/incident talkgroup.) Fireground operations will take place on the assigned tac channel. Dispatch does not generally monitor incident tac channels, and any time a unit needs to contact dispatch, their respective dispatch channel (tac 1-3) will be used. Other communications (coordinating attack, water shuttles, etc.) will be done on the tac channel.

Incident/Fireground tac talkgroups are as follows:

  • Tac 4, 5, 6, 7, 8: General fireground operations.
  • Tac 9: Generally reserved for wildfire and brush fire operations. May be used for some fireground operations.
  • Tac 10: Reserved solely for helicopter operations.
  • Tac 11: Generally reserved for HAZMAT and technical operations. May be used for some fireground operations.

The Horry County Fire/Rescue Website contains lots of information about HCFR. A list of all Horry County Fire/Rescue stations, with pictures, can be found on their website's station list.

Other Local Fire/Rescue Departments

Myrtle Beach Fire Department is dispatched on talkgroup 12816 and fireground and incident coordination is on Fireground 1 or 2 (12880 and 12912 respectively). The units number are in the 600 series and Horry County Medics also cover the City of Myrtle Beach (Medic 30 and 36) and are toned out on HCFR's dispatch. Most incidents are toned out on both county and city channels due to mutual aid protocols.

North Myrtle Beach Public Safety is a hybrid agency of police and fire units. The fire units are dispatched on talkgroup 33616 by "Firecom" and coordinate incident and fireground operations on one of their 7 fireground tac channels. Most incidents are toned out on both county and city channels due to mutual aid protocols.

North Myrtle Beach Public Safety also has a list of stations (also with pictures) on their website as well.

Conway Fire Department seems to be primarily dispatched by the county and operate on the county's tac channels. However, they do have three talkgroups that are used infrequently.

Several volunteer rescue sqauds exist in Horry County. They supplement regular Fire/Rescue operations and are generally dispatched on the HCFR talkgroups. They are usually dispatched as "basic" units, rather than "medic" units, as the county's ambulances are. The following is a list of these agencies:

  • Basic 81 - Myrtle Beach Rescue
  • Basic 82 - Horry Rescue (Conway)
  • Basic 84 - Surfside Beach Rescue
  • Basic 85 - Aynor Rescue
  • Basic 86 - Mt. Olive Rescue
  • Basic 87 - North Horry Rescue (Loris)
  • Basic 88 - North Myrtle Beach Rescue


Horry County Fire/Rescue Station List

A list of all Horry County Fire/Rescue stations, with pictures, can be found on their website's station list.

North Myrtle Beach Public Safety also has a list of stations (also with pictures) on their website as well.

A Google-maps based map, which lists all city and county stations, has also been contributed.

Station Department Location Station Department Location
1 HCFR Socastee 2 HCFR Little River
3 HCFR Bucksport 4 HCFR Forestbrook
5 HCFR Wampee 6 HCFR Finklea
7 HCFR Lake Arrowhead 8 HCFR Juniper Bay
9 HCFR Antioch 10 HCFR Ketchuptown
12 HCFR Nixonville 13 HCFR Longs
14 HCFR Shell 15 HCFR Bayboro
16 HCFR Cates Bay 17 HCFR Mt. Vernon
18 HCFR Stephens Crossroads 19 HCFR Cherry Hill
20 HCFR Scipio 21 HCFR Maple
23 HCFR University 24 HCFR Aynor
25 HCFR Mt. Olive 26 HCFR Goretown
27 HCFR Allens 28 HCFR Joyner
29 HCFR Conway HQ 30 HCFR Myrtle Beach - North
31 HCFR Surfside Beach 32 HCFR North Myrtle Beach
34 HCFR Red Bluff 35 HCFR Loris
36 HCFR Myrtle Beach - South 38 HCFR Floyds
39 HCFR Carolina Forest 40 HCFR Hickory Grove
41 HCFR Iron Springs 42 Surfside FD Surfside Beach
43 HCFR Lee's Landing 45 HCFR Carolina Bays
46 HCFR Pitch Landing 51 Conway FD Conway
52 Conway FD Conway 53 Conway FD Conway
61 Myrtle Beach FD Sta 1 - Mr. Joe White Ave 62 Myrtle Beach FD Sta 2 - N Kings Hwy
63 Myrtle Beach FD Sta 3 - S Kings Hwy 64 Myrtle Beach FD Sta 4 - Howard Pkway
65 Myrtle Beach FD Sta 5 - 79th Ave N 66 Myrtle Beach FD Sta 6 - 38th Ave N
68 Fairbluff FD Fairbluff, NC 69 Tabor City FD Tabor City, NC
71 N Myrtle Beach Sta 1 - 2nd Ave S 72 N Myrtle Beach Sta 2 - Sea Mountain Hwy
73 N Myrtle Beach Sta 3 - 33rd Ave S 74 N Myrtle Beach Sta 4 - Little River Neck Rd
75 N Myrtle Beach Sta 5 - Barefoot Resort Rd 76 MI-GC FD Murrells Inlet-Garden City
77 MI-GC FD Murrells Inlet-Garden City

Horry County FR Alphanumeric Paging Cap Codes

Frequency is 155.0925 mHz NFM

Cap codes for Horry County FR are formatted 0ss0taa where left to right:

  • 0 always zero
  • ss station number as in 01 - 46
  • 0 always zero
  • t apparatus type as in 1=fire 2=medical
  • aa apparatus number as in 01, 02, 03=engine;04=truck or ladder;06,07=rescue or brush;05=medic
  • Example 0180101 is engine 181, 0320205 is medic 32

Cap codes for North Myrtle Beach Fire are formatted 0700saa where left to right:

  • 070 in North Myrtle Beach FR
  • 0 always 0
  • s North Myrtle Beach station numbers 1-5
  • aa apparatus number
  • Example 0700401 is engine 741

HCFR station location list is at http://horrycountyfirerescue.com/station-information
NMBFR station location list is at Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Officer’s – City of North Myrtle Beach – Public Safety
MBFD station location list is at City of Myrtle Beach Fire Department

I have not yet documented MBFD cap codes, but would guess they are 0610xxx-0660xxx for stations 1-6. There are also several other small municipalities as well as volunteer rescue groups using the system 077, 088 (NMBRS), etc...

Last four unit digits:

  • 0101 Engines (and squads) with the exception of SQ1. For some reason SQ1 is assigned 0307
    • (A squad in HCFR is an engine with extrication, RIT, and some hazmat abilities)
  • 0104 Ladders and Towers
  • 0205 Medic units - ALS transport
  • 0215 Basic units - BLS transport
  • 0306 Brush trucks

I think the rehab units are assigned 0399 but not real sure.

Other station assignments:

  • 090=Battalion Chief station assignment: 0301=BC1, 0302=BC2, 0303=BC3
  • 095=Rescue station assignment: 0102=R2, 0103=R3
  • 096=Medical officer station assignment. I think 0200 is a general announcement and 0201=EMS1, 0202=EMS2, and 0203=EMS3
  • 075=Investigator station assignment: 0101=INV1, 0102=INV2, 0103=INV3

Links

  • Horry County Fire and Rescue - Official website for Horry County Fire/Rescue. This website has a list of stations, with pictures and assigned units, and other information.