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The province of Alberta is in western Canada, stretching from the United States border at the 49th parallel to the Northwest Territories at the 60th, and from British Columbia to the west - with the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains forming part of the border, along with the 120th line of longitude - to Saskatchewan in the east, on the 110th line of longitude. The province is comprised of varying terrain from flat prairie to tall mountainous regions, forested regions, and canyons and coulees, making for difficult comms challenges.
 
The province of Alberta is in western Canada, stretching from the United States border at the 49th parallel to the Northwest Territories at the 60th, and from British Columbia to the west - with the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains forming part of the border, along with the 120th line of longitude - to Saskatchewan in the east, on the 110th line of longitude. The province is comprised of varying terrain from flat prairie to tall mountainous regions, forested regions, and canyons and coulees, making for difficult comms challenges.
  
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===Relative Geographic Location===
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| East      = [[Saskatchewan (CA) | Saskatchewan]]  
 
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| South    = [[Montana (US)|Montana]]  
 
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==Radio Networks==
 
==Radio Networks==
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Currently, the province has several aged conventional repeater networks, supporting the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), who provide municipal policing for the province; various Government of Alberta services including Sustainable Resource Development officers (Conservation Officers, Fish & Wildlife Officers, etc.); Alberta Sheriffs (providing traffic enforcement, court and remand officials, and other non-municipal law enforcement duties); and so on. Many of these networks are beyond the end of their useful life, and are being maintained only as long as is necessary to bridge the gap until the province-wide 700MHz, APCO Project-25 trunked radio network (AFRRCS - Alberta First Responders' Radio Communication System) is built, scheduled to be started in 2009 with full system completion in 2012.
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Currently, the province has several aged conventional repeater networks, supporting the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), who provide municipal policing for the province; various Government of Alberta services including Sustainable Resource Development officers (Conservation Officers, Fish & Wildlife Officers, etc.); Alberta Sheriffs (providing traffic enforcement, court and remand officials, and other non-municipal law enforcement duties); and so on. Many of these networks are beyond the end of their useful life, and are being maintained only as long as is necessary to bridge the gap until the province-wide 700MHz, APCO Project-25 trunked radio network (AFRRCS - Alberta First Responders' Radio Communication System) is built, scheduled to be started in 2009 with full system completion in 2012 (Now 2016).
  
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Future edits to this page will include [[Alberta Unknown Trunking Systems]], a list of systems known in the TAFL but whose type and system flavor are not known; [[Useful Common Alberta Information]], such as how to program scanner ABC for system XYZ; and [[Upcoming Province of Alberta Projects]], which will describe what is known about the [[AFRRCS]] (mentioned above) and the upcoming (as of January 2009) [[Alberta Health Services]] merger/transition of ambulance services to the province.
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Future edits to this page will include [[Alberta Unknown Trunking Systems]], a list of systems known in the TAFL but whose type and system flavor are not known; [[Useful Common Alberta Information]], such as how to program scanner ABC for system XYZ; and [[Alberta_(CA)#Upcoming_Province_of_Alberta_Projects|Upcoming Province of Alberta Projects]], which will describe what is known about the [[Alberta First Responders' Radio Communication System (AFRRCS)]] (mentioned above) and the upcoming (as of January 2009) [[Alberta (CA)#Alberta Health Services|Alberta Health Services]] merger/transition of ambulance services to the province.
  
 
==Alberta Emergency Services Reference==
 
==Alberta Emergency Services Reference==
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===RCMP===
 
===RCMP===
 
* [[Public Safety (Police) (AB)]]
 
* [[Public Safety (Police) (AB)]]
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* [[RCMP K Division (AB)]]
  
 
===General Fire / EMS===
 
===General Fire / EMS===
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===Calgary Police Service===
 
===Calgary Police Service===
 
*[[Calgary_County_(AB)#Calgary Police Service]]
 
*[[Calgary_County_(AB)#Calgary Police Service]]
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===Edmonton Police Service===
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*[[Edmonton_County_(AB)#Edmonton Police Service]]
  
 
==Alberta Health Services==
 
==Alberta Health Services==
  
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Alberta Health Services is the arm of the [[Alberta]] provincial government responsible for health care. In terms of public safety, AHS is (soon to be) the operator of ambulance services for the province.
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Alberta Health Services is the arm of the [[Alberta]] provincial government responsible for health care. In terms of public safety, AHS is the operator of ambulance services for the province.
  
 
===Background===
 
===Background===
  
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Ambulance service in Alberta has historically been provided by municipalities as either a combination Fire/EMS agency or a 'third service' model. Several First Nations also provide their own ambulance services, which fall under federal guidelines and the Department of Indian Affairs.
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Until 2009 Ambulance service in Alberta was provided by municipalities as either a combination Fire/EMS agency or a 'third service' model. Several First Nations also provide their own ambulance services, which fall under federal guidelines and the Department of Indian Affairs.
  
 
Several times in the 2000s, the Government of Alberta made attempts at amalgamating existing ambulance services across the province into one entity, to be managed and governed by the province. In 2008, the declaration was made that this merger would take place on 2009 April 01.
 
Several times in the 2000s, the Government of Alberta made attempts at amalgamating existing ambulance services across the province into one entity, to be managed and governed by the province. In 2008, the declaration was made that this merger would take place on 2009 April 01.
  
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===Dispatch Services===
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Emergency Medical Services in Alberta is now provided via either direct delivery (AHS EMS) or in some communities via contract services (Associated Ambulance, etc)
  
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Coupled with the merger (also described by the province as a 'transition' of services) of the ambulance agencies, is a project to consolidate dispatch services for EMS from over thirty dispatch centers across the province to a total of "nine or less", scheduled to be in place by January 2009 (target date missed). The term "nine or less" refers to having one dispatch center responsible for an entire health region, of which there are nine in the province; it is conceivable that one dispatch center may 'win' the bidding to dispatch more than one health region. As of February 2009, one or more dispatch centers are currently in contract negotiations to determine what areas they will dispatch for and when this will begin.
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AHS also provides fixed wing Air Ambulance service for several communities in Alberta, including Edmonton, Grande Prairie, Peace River, and Slave Lake.
  
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===Communications===
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Several other communities in Alberta recieve fixed wing Air Ambulance service via contracted 3rd party providers.
  
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Currently, EMS services across the province use a myriad of all sorts of communications networks for dispatch and operations, including conventional UHF/VHF, various trunking systems, MotoTRBO, iDEN, VHF paired with satellite relay, and the Internet Radio Linking Protocol (IRLP), to name a few. It is suspected, but not confirmed, that the delay in deciding the dispatch agencies may contribute toward some sort of coincidental agreement or function with the [[AFRRCS]] provincial trunking network project.
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Rotary wing Air Ambulance services in Alberta are provided by the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS), with bases in Calgary, Edmonton, and Grande Prairie.
  
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===Timeline===
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===Alberta Health Zones===
  
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The date for dispatch services to be switched over to the new agencies has already passed without action. Members of the EMS and first responder community have expressed concern that the province will not be able to keep to its scheduled transition date of 2009 April 01. The most recent information available implies that the province will expect all existing EMS providers to contract their services to AHS for a period of no less than two (2) years, thus building in a de facto 'cushion' or delay.
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The province is divided up into 7 different zones, each zone provides health services to their respective geographical area. AHS EMS is unique, wherein Ambulances often provide backup/cross coverage for Ambulance in other zones. This is achieved via the AHS EMS borderless dispatch model.
  
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===Dispatch Codes===
 
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All Alberta Health Services dispatch centres use the Medical Priority Dispatch System to determine the level of response. all codes can be found at: http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Medical_Priority_Dispatch_System
 
  
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==Upcoming Province of Alberta Projects==
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The AHS zones are as follows:
  
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Currently, there are two endeavors in the Province of Alberta that are relevant to the scanner community.
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North Zone
  
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One is the [[AFRRCS]] or Alberta First Responders' Radio Communication System - a trunked network being designed and deployed to cover the entire province with integrated, interoperable communications for first responders and government agencies;
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Edmonton Suburban Rural Zone
  
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The other is the [[Alberta Health Services]]' ground ambulance merger/transition plan, scheduled to move all ground ambulance services to the responsibility of the government as of April 2009.
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Edmonton Metro Zone
  
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Central Zone
  
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==Alberta Unknown Trunking Systems==
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Calgary Suburban Rural Zone
  
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===Background===
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Calgary Metro Zone
  
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There are a number of trunk systems easily identifiable in the [http://spectrumdirect.ic.gc.ca/engdoc/main.html TAFL] for which information such as system type/brand, trunking protocol, etc., are as-yet undetermined, mainly because no one in the province has yet to attempt to monitor these systems (or has not submitted what they know into the Radio Reference Database, aka RRDB). Because of these missing elements, these systems cannot be included in the RRDB. These systems will be listed below, so that their data is in an easily accessible place, for interested parties to use in helping to 'sleuth out' the missing details.
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South Zone
  
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As systems' traits become identified to a point where they meet the criteria for being included in the RRDB, they will be moved there.
 
  
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===Systems===
 
  
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Systems have been arranged in this section by county.
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===Dispatch Services===
  
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===Provincewide===
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Shortly after the merger, AHS began to consolidate dispatch services into what they call a "borderless system". Using this, all ambulances in Alberta are dispatched using the same system, meaning any dispatcher in any Communication Center in the province can see the location and status of every ambulance in the province.
  
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[[AFRRCS]]
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There are currently six (6) EMS Communication Centers operating in Alberta. 3 are operated by AHS, and 3 are contracted to provide EMS dispatch services in addition to the other services they already dispatch (Fire/Police)
  
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[[ATCO Electric P25]]
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The EMS Communication Centers in Alberta are:
  
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===Athabasca===
 
  
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[[Alberta Pacific Forest Industries - Grassland]]
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'''Northern Communications Center (NCC)''' - Peace River AB
  
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===Clearwater===
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'''Central Communications Center (CCC)''' - Edmonton AB
  
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[[Shell Canada - Caroline]]
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'''Red Deer Emergency Communications Center''' - Red Deer AB
  
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===Edmonton===
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'''Southern Communications Center (SCC)''' - Calgary AB
  
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[[Glentel Riverwind - Edmonton]]
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'''Lethbridge Emergency Communications Center''' - Lethbridge AB
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[[Glentel Stony Plain - Edmonton]]
 
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[[Westcan Wireless - Edmonton]]
 
  
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===Leduc===
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'''Fort McMurray Emergency Communications Center''' - Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo AB
  
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[[Prairie Mines Royalty - Genessee]]
 
  
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===Parkland===
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===Communications===
  
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[[TransAlta - Highvale]]
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Previously, EMS services across the province used a myriad of all sorts of communications networks for dispatch and operations, including conventional UHF/VHF, various trunking systems, MotoTRBO, iDEN, VHF paired with satellite relay, and the Internet Radio Linking Protocol (IRLP), to name a few.
  
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===Peace===
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All EMS services (direct delivery/contract) not utilize the [[Alberta First Responders' Radio Communication System (AFRRCS)]] for all communication. AHS EMS communications on AFRRCS are 100% encrypted, and are not scannable.
  
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[[Quintel Communications - Peace River]]
 
  
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===Red Deer===
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===Dispatch Codes===
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All Alberta Health Services dispatch centres use the proprietary [[Medical Priority Dispatch System]] to determine the level of response.
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[[Cellular 90 - Red Deer]]
 
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[[Glentel - Red Deer]]
 
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[[Shaw Cablesystems - Red Deer]]
 
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===Strathcona===
 
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[[BA Energy - Fort Saskatchewan]]
 
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[[Dow Chemical - Fort Saskatchewan]]
 
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[[Shaw Cablesystems - Fort Saskatchewan]]
 
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[[Sherritt International - Fort Saskatchewan]]
 
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===Sturgeon===
 
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[[Agrium - Redwater]]
 
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[[PCOSI (Petro Canada Oilsands Inc) - Redwater]]
 
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[[St. Albert Corporate Radio - St. Albert]]
 
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===Vermilion River===
 
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[[Shaw Cablesystems - Lloydminster]]
 
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===Wood Buffalo===
 
  
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[[Albian Sands Energy - Fort Mackay]]
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==Other Alberta Trunking Systems==
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[[Cellular 90 - Fort McMurray]]
 
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[[Nexen - Long Lake/Anzac]]
 
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[[Suncor - Firebag]]
 
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[[Suncor - Fort McMurray]]
 
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[[Syncrude Canada - Mildred Lake]]
 
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[[Tridon Mobile Communications - Fort McMurray]]
 
  
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===Woodlands===
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* [[Trunked Radio Systems (AB)]]
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* [[Alberta Unknown Trunking Systems]]
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[[Millar Western Forest Products - Whitecourt]]
 
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==Alberta Pacific Forest Industries - Grassland==
 
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This is an "unknown" trunk system in the province of Alberta. The SID for the depreciated system is [http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=5552 5552].
 
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===Sites===
 
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There is only one site. Its callsign is VBM475, and the name is specified in TAFL as 'Mill Boiler Tower'. The coordinates on record with the TAFL are N54.9188 W112.858056.
 
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The frequencies for Site 1 are as follows:
 
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853.46250
 
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853.71250
 
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853.96250
 
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854.21250
 
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854.46250
 
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856.03750
 
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856.28750
 
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856.53750
 
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856.78750
 
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857.03750
 
  
 
==Alberta First Responders' Radio Communication System==
 
==Alberta First Responders' Radio Communication System==
  
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See [[AFRRCS]].
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See [[Alberta First Responders' Radio Communication System (AFRRCS)]].
  
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See [[ATCO Electric P25]].
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See [[ATCO Electric]].
  
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==Railroads/Subways==
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==Railways==
 
* [[Canadian National Railways (AB)]]  
 
* [[Canadian National Railways (AB)]]  
 
* [[Canadian Pacific Railway (AB)]]
 
* [[Canadian Pacific Railway (AB)]]
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==Web/Wiki Pages==
 
==Web/Wiki Pages==
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===Web Pages===
 
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* [http://www.scanalberta.com/index.php Scan Alberta]
 
  
 
===Wiki Articles===
 
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* [[Alberta Sports]]
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*[[Alberta Sports]]
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* [[Alberta Counties]]
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*[[Alberta Counties]]
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* [[:Category:Alberta Fire Tone Outs|Alberta Fire Tone Outs]]
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*[[Calgary County (AB) | Calgary Emergency Services]]  
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* [[:Category:Alberta RID/UIDs|Alberta RID/UIDs]]
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*[[Edmonton Public Safety and Public Works]]
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* [[:Category:Alberta Trunking Information|Alberta Trunking Information]]
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*[[Calgary Municipal Radio Network (P25)]]
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* [[Calgary Digital Radio]]  
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* [[Edmonton Public Safety & Public Works]]
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{{Text_CatListStateLinks|State=Alberta}}
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====Regional Categories====
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*[[:Category:ABEMS|ABEMS]] ‎
 
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*[[:Category:ABFire|ABFire]]
 
  
 
[[Category:Alberta]]
 
[[Category:Alberta]]

Latest revision as of 04:56, 13 April 2022

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Welcome to the Alberta collaboration article. This is where you, the user, may index any articles you develop for scanning related topics for your area.

Alberta

Areawide Trunking System in Alberta

Geography

The province of Alberta is in western Canada, stretching from the United States border at the 49th parallel to the Northwest Territories at the 60th, and from British Columbia to the west - with the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains forming part of the border, along with the 120th line of longitude - to Saskatchewan in the east, on the 110th line of longitude. The province is comprised of varying terrain from flat prairie to tall mountainous regions, forested regions, and canyons and coulees, making for difficult comms challenges.

Relative Geographic Location

Northwest Territories
British Columbia North Saskatchewan
West   Alberta    East
South
Montana

Radio Networks

Currently, the province has several aged conventional repeater networks, supporting the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), who provide municipal policing for the province; various Government of Alberta services including Sustainable Resource Development officers (Conservation Officers, Fish & Wildlife Officers, etc.); Alberta Sheriffs (providing traffic enforcement, court and remand officials, and other non-municipal law enforcement duties); and so on. Many of these networks are beyond the end of their useful life, and are being maintained only as long as is necessary to bridge the gap until the province-wide 700MHz, APCO Project-25 trunked radio network (AFRRCS - Alberta First Responders' Radio Communication System) is built, scheduled to be started in 2009 with full system completion in 2012 (Now 2016).

Future edits to this page will include Alberta Unknown Trunking Systems, a list of systems known in the TAFL but whose type and system flavor are not known; Useful Common Alberta Information, such as how to program scanner ABC for system XYZ; and Upcoming Province of Alberta Projects, which will describe what is known about the Alberta First Responders' Radio Communication System (AFRRCS) (mentioned above) and the upcoming (as of January 2009) Alberta Health Services merger/transition of ambulance services to the province.

Alberta Emergency Services Reference

This is a supplemental scanning reference for emergency services in Alberta.

Radio Codes

Most public safety organizations in Alberta use some combination of ten codes and supplementary status codes. APCO has defined a standard meaning for ten codes to provide interoperability between different departments and agencies. Most agencies in Alberta do not subscribe to the standard or have made significant changes.

RCMP

General Fire / EMS

Calgary Police Service

Edmonton Police Service

Alberta Health Services

Alberta Health Services is the arm of the Alberta provincial government responsible for health care. In terms of public safety, AHS is the operator of ambulance services for the province.

Background

Until 2009 Ambulance service in Alberta was provided by municipalities as either a combination Fire/EMS agency or a 'third service' model. Several First Nations also provide their own ambulance services, which fall under federal guidelines and the Department of Indian Affairs.

Several times in the 2000s, the Government of Alberta made attempts at amalgamating existing ambulance services across the province into one entity, to be managed and governed by the province. In 2008, the declaration was made that this merger would take place on 2009 April 01.

Emergency Medical Services in Alberta is now provided via either direct delivery (AHS EMS) or in some communities via contract services (Associated Ambulance, etc)

AHS also provides fixed wing Air Ambulance service for several communities in Alberta, including Edmonton, Grande Prairie, Peace River, and Slave Lake.

Several other communities in Alberta recieve fixed wing Air Ambulance service via contracted 3rd party providers.

Rotary wing Air Ambulance services in Alberta are provided by the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS), with bases in Calgary, Edmonton, and Grande Prairie.

Alberta Health Zones

The province is divided up into 7 different zones, each zone provides health services to their respective geographical area. AHS EMS is unique, wherein Ambulances often provide backup/cross coverage for Ambulance in other zones. This is achieved via the AHS EMS borderless dispatch model.


The AHS zones are as follows:

North Zone

Edmonton Suburban Rural Zone

Edmonton Metro Zone

Central Zone

Calgary Suburban Rural Zone

Calgary Metro Zone

South Zone


Dispatch Services

Shortly after the merger, AHS began to consolidate dispatch services into what they call a "borderless system". Using this, all ambulances in Alberta are dispatched using the same system, meaning any dispatcher in any Communication Center in the province can see the location and status of every ambulance in the province.

There are currently six (6) EMS Communication Centers operating in Alberta. 3 are operated by AHS, and 3 are contracted to provide EMS dispatch services in addition to the other services they already dispatch (Fire/Police)

The EMS Communication Centers in Alberta are:


Northern Communications Center (NCC) - Peace River AB

Central Communications Center (CCC) - Edmonton AB

Red Deer Emergency Communications Center - Red Deer AB

Southern Communications Center (SCC) - Calgary AB

Lethbridge Emergency Communications Center - Lethbridge AB

Fort McMurray Emergency Communications Center - Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo AB


Communications

Previously, EMS services across the province used a myriad of all sorts of communications networks for dispatch and operations, including conventional UHF/VHF, various trunking systems, MotoTRBO, iDEN, VHF paired with satellite relay, and the Internet Radio Linking Protocol (IRLP), to name a few.

All EMS services (direct delivery/contract) not utilize the Alberta First Responders' Radio Communication System (AFRRCS) for all communication. AHS EMS communications on AFRRCS are 100% encrypted, and are not scannable.


Dispatch Codes

All Alberta Health Services dispatch centres use the proprietary Medical Priority Dispatch System to determine the level of response.

Other Alberta Trunking Systems

Alberta First Responders' Radio Communication System

See Alberta First Responders' Radio Communication System (AFRRCS).

See ATCO Electric.

Railways

Online Scanners

Web/Wiki Pages

Wiki Articles

Alberta-Related Categories

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