Central New York Interoperable Communications Consortium (CNYICC)
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Multi-County Public Trunked Radio System | |
Name | Central New York Interoperable Communications Consortium (CNYICC) |
Owner | New York State |
Owner Type | Public |
Counties | Cayuga, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Oneida, Jefferson |
State | New York |
Country | United States |
System Details | |
Band | UHF, VHF |
Type | Project 25 Phase I |
ID | 2AE |
WACN | BEE00 |
NAC | 2A0 (Onondaga Simulcast), 2A4 (Oswego Simulcast), 2A5 (Oneida Simulcast), 2A6 (Jefferson Simulcast), 2A7 (Madison Simulcast), 2A8 (Cayuga Simulcast) |
FCC Callsign(s) | |
WQDY448, WQKJ409, WQKK218, WQKP897, WQLN992, WQLT768, WQLT878, WQLU267, WQLU268, WQNB579, WQOJ786, WQOJ787, WQXS587, WQYF524, WRCC846 | |
System-specific links | |
Database | FCC Site Map |
Forum | RR Site Map |
Other Resources | |
Trunktracking FAQ | Trunktracking Glossary |
Wiki FAQ | MediaWiki |
QuickRef | PDF Card |
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Welcome to the Central New York Interoperable Communications Consortium (CNYICC) collaboration article, a Multi-County Public Trunked Radio System located in Cayuga, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Oneida, Jefferson Counties, New York, United States.
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The Central New York Interoperable Communications Consortium is a multi-county APCO Project 25 compliant project designed to function as an "interoperable land mobile radio communications system, one that immediately supports Fire, EMS and Law Enforcement, and whose design will support others, such as highway, schools, water, and other vital utility and service functions." Jefferson County is currently in the built-out phase of it's UHF P25 system and is in the process of converting from it's existing VHF/Low-band system to the Consortium's system.
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Onondaga County Interoperable Communications System
The Onondaga County Interoperable Communications System is a 15 site Motorola APCO P25 simulcast trunked radio system, currently 13 frequency pairs are available for voice communication. Testing of the system began in late 2009 and the Syracuse Police Department became the first agency to go live on the system on February 2, 2010. Onondaga County police agencies followed a month later, with County Fire and EMS agencies approximately two months later. The City of Syracuse Fire Department was the last county public safety agency to switch over to the system in June of 2010.
Currently all public safety radio operations for Onondaga County are conducted on this system, along with DPWs, Highway Departments, School Districts, and higher education such as Syracuse University and SUNY ESF.
Rural/Metro Medical Services (the primary EMS provider for the city of Syracuse) retained their own private VHF radio system independent of the county 911 Center until 2016 when it's successor, American Medical Response transitioned to the OCICS for dispatching and tactical operations.
Day to Day Operation
Law Enforcement
Police agencies on the system are dispatched from dedicated area talkgroups (3 for county police agencies, and 2 for Syracuse city police). Larger scale events (hostage situations, chases, etc.) are often moved to "Channel 1" (TG 31 for the City of Syracuse, TG45 for the county) to avoid disruption of routine dispatch operations. Additional tactical channels are assigned as needed, which are typically monitored by an additional dispatcher.
County Fire
County Fire and EMS are dispatched from 'Fire Control' on talkgroups 1 and 7 respectively. Incidents that require a dedicated operations channel are assigned one of 10 tactical 'tac' channels in the following order: 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 2. Tac-2 (TG 2) is reserved for communications for events not requiring the assignment of a dedicated talkgroup, and as such is assigned last. Channel 5 'CFC Command' (TG5) is utilized for on-scene command to communicate with the 911 center, without disrupting dispatching operations on channels 1 and 7.
Syracuse Fire
City of Syracuse Fire dispatch assigns operations channels based upon the District Chief assigned to the alarm. Channels 2 and 12 for Car 2's first due; channels 3 and 13 for Car 3's first due; and channels 4 and 14 for Car 4's first due. These pairs correspond to talkgroups 22, 23, and 24 respectively. Unlike the County, a second city fire dispatcher will regularly monitor the operations channels directly for any in-progress alarms or incidents.
The assignment of two channels represents a subtlety in the programing of SFD Radios: channels 2, 3, and 4 correspond to three UHF simplex frequencies which are used as direct talk fireground frequencies (the Syracuse Fire Department expressed concern about the ability of the TRS to provide adequate fireground coverage during the design phase of the system). Each of the District Chief's vehicles contains a repeater which repeats the simplex frequency out to the TRS on the appropriate talkgroup. Channels 12, 13, and 14 are direct access channels to TGs 22, 23, and 24.
Syracuse Fire events that are not assigned a district chief, but require an operations channel (all district chiefs already on calls, stuck elevator, etc.) are assigned channels 7(TG27), [8](TG28), or 9(TG26). All events taking place at Hancock International Airport are assigned to 'ARFF' (TG29). As with County Fire, Syracuse Fire also has a "Command" channel (TG25) that allows for communication to the 911 center without taking up airtime on a dispatch or operations channel.
Other Agencies
There are also numerous other channels on the system that assist Public Safety Agencies with day-to-day operations. The CNYICC includes a "Fire Intercom" (TG 312) and "Law Intercom" (TG311) that allow surrounding County 911 centers to communicate over the radio system rather than utilizing phone systems. Municipalities may also have channels on the system for DPW, Water, Highway, and School Districts. (These vary by area)
Additionally, for large scale events such as the Great New York State Fair (which typically runs the 18 days prior to Labor Day) or music events at the St. Joseph's Amphitheater at Lakeview, there are specialty "Event" channels (TG67 and TG68) that are able to be used for event safety and security without tying up day-to-day operations on the main law enforcement and EMS talkgroups.
Oswego County
Madison County
Cayuga County
Oneida County
Jefferson County
Custom Band Plan
A Custom Band Plan that may have to be set in scanner to initially receive any CNYICC traffic Band Plan Settings Thread. Also, please review the Simulcast Distortion for more info.
Related Links
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