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The City of Pittsburgh Police utilize the following twelve primary channels for day to day patrol work and operations. The separate specialty channels employed by  [[Allegheny County (PA) Pittsburgh City SWAT Operations|SWAT]] and [[Allegheny County (PA) Pittsburgh City Narcotics and Surveillance Operations|Narcotics/Vice]] are covered in their respective Wiki sections under the [[Allegheny County (PA) Pittsburgh City Police|Police]].   
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==Introduction==
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*Discussion: {{Thread|pennsylvania-radio-discussion-forum|329521-pittsburgh-fire-questions.html#post2540505|Pittsburgh Fire questions}}
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**The data in the table below comes from the above thread.
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*Separate specialty channels employed by  [[Allegheny County (PA) Pittsburgh City SWAT Operations|SWAT]] and [[Allegheny County (PA) Pittsburgh City Narcotics and Surveillance Operations|Narcotics/Vice]] are covered in their respective Wiki sections under the [[Allegheny County (PA) Pittsburgh City Police|Police]].   
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*Pittsburgh fire has someone on radio watch. There are no tones for the station. The stations know which fire zones they are to respond to and it is given on dispatch. If a second confirmed structure comes in, that will operate on fire Ch. 1. If the first structure is pretty well under control, the incident commander makes the decision if they will move off of Fire 2 or not. They do have the abilities to use PD 5, ops as well. I have not heard them do this too often.
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! Channel !! Frequency !! CTCSS !! Assignment !! Notes
 
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! PD 1  
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| 453.1000 || 186.2 || Dispatch || for Zones 1 and 2.
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| 453.1000 || 218.1 || ||  
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| 453.2500 || 186.2 || Dispatch || for Zones 3 and 6.
 
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| 453.4000 || 186.2 || Dispatch || for Zones 4 and 5.
 
 
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! 4
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! PD 2
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| 453.5500 || 186.2 || Index || This channel is monitored by the Index desk and Warrant Office.  It is used to run vehicle registration checks, warrants, Operator License Numbers “OLN”, and tow requests.
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| 453.2500 || 67.0 || ||
 
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! 5
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! PD 3
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| 453.7000 || 186.2 || Fire Dispatch || all zones.
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| 453.4000 || 114.8 || ||
 
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! 6
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! PD 4
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| 453.8500 || 186.2 || Fire Ground || all zones.  
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| 453.5500 || 69.3 || Index || This channel is monitored by the Index desk and Warrant Office.  It is used to run vehicle registration checks, warrants, Operator License Numbers “OLN”, and tow requests.
 
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! 7
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| PD 5
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| 453.4500 || 186.2 || Tactical Channel || Primarily used for SWAT tactical operations, search warrant coordination, visiting dignitary security details, sporting events, etc.
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| 453.4500 | 74.4 || Ops ||
 
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| PD 6
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| 453.9500 || 186.2 || Detective or Administrative Channel. || Primarily used for brief conversations regarding calls or details. Unit-to-unit radio traffic is thereby kept off the primary dispatch channels.  Communications normally handled on Channel 7 may be moved to Channel 8 if SWAT is running an operation, i.e. lower priority communications can be moved to Channel 8 as necessary.
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| 453.9500 || 225.7 || Admin
 
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| Fire 1
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| 462.9500 || 100.0 || EMS Dispatch 1 ||
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| 453.7000 || 71.9 || Dispatch
 
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| 462.9750 || 100.0 || EMS Dispatch 2 ||
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| 453.8500 || 118.8 || Ops. || Used for reported or confirmed structure fires
 
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| 453.5250 || 210.7 || Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency ("PEMA"). || Due to its infrequent use for PEMA matters, this channel has been used for other purposes, e.g. tactical operations.
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| 462.9500 || 91.5 || Dispatch 1 || Main channel
 
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| 458.3625 || 186.2 || Police simplex. || This is the only channel that is NOT patched through a mobile repeater. Transmissions are direct, unit to unit; with the same frequency used for transmit/receive. This channel is used when units are traveling together outside the range of the mobile repeaters. More importantly, this channel is used for surveillance, narcotics, speed traps, and tactical activities. The output wattage is set at 2 watts per the FCC database.  This limits the signal range.  You won’t be able to pick up these communications unless you are in close proximity to the operations.
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| 462.9750 || 136.5 || Dispatch 2 || Used for chit chat and other comms.  
 
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So there’s your basic Pittsburgh Police lineup. The transmit frequencies are available in the RR database.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 05:58, 4 March 2016

Introduction

  • Separate specialty channels employed by SWAT and Narcotics/Vice are covered in their respective Wiki sections under the Police.
  • Pittsburgh fire has someone on radio watch. There are no tones for the station. The stations know which fire zones they are to respond to and it is given on dispatch. If a second confirmed structure comes in, that will operate on fire Ch. 1. If the first structure is pretty well under control, the incident commander makes the decision if they will move off of Fire 2 or not. They do have the abilities to use PD 5, ops as well. I have not heard them do this too often.


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Channel Frequency CTCSS Assignment Notes
PD 1 453.1000 218.1
PD 2 453.2500 67.0
PD 3 453.4000 114.8
PD 4 453.5500 69.3 Index This channel is monitored by the Index desk and Warrant Office. It is used to run vehicle registration checks, warrants, Operator License Numbers “OLN”, and tow requests.
PD 5 74.4 Ops
PD 6 453.9500 225.7 Admin
Fire 1 453.7000 71.9 Dispatch
Fire 2 453.8500 118.8 Ops. Used for reported or confirmed structure fires
EMS 1 462.9500 91.5 Dispatch 1 Main channel
EMS 2 462.9750 136.5 Dispatch 2 Used for chit chat and other comms.


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