Difference between revisions of "Fire Departments in Nova Scotia"

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Volunteer fire departments in the province of Nova Scotia have a variety of methods of communication at their disposal, ranging from their own "private" frequency, to county-wide and even province-wide radio systems. These methods of communication are described below.

For information specific to Halifax and Cape Breton counties, please scroll to the bottom of this article.

Department "private" frequency

Many departments have one or more of their own "private" frequencies used for paging and dispatching.

These frequencies can be found on the county pages in the database, under the town's name.

Province-wide trunked radio

All fire departments have at least one portable radio capable of communicating on the provincial radio system, the Maritime Public Safety Radio Network (MPSRN).

For the list of talkgroups, please see the database entry here: http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=7924#20442

For an explanation on the usage of the talkgroups, please visit the wiki article here.

Provincial VHF fire repeaters (IMRS)

The province maintains a network of VHF repeaters which are part of the Nova Scotia Integrated Mobile Radio System. Many departments make at least some use of these repeaters, often for dispatching and paging. It would be wise to monitor the IMRS frequency or frequencies in your area just in case.

These frequencies can be found in the Nova Scotia fire frequencies section of the database.

County-wide unified paging systems

Some counties operate their own county-wide communications, dispatching or paging systems. Click on the county name below for a description of those systems.

Province-wide mutual aid frequencies

Most departments also have access to the following province-wide mutual aid frequencies:

Frequency	Type	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
153.83000	M	NS Mutual Aid	Province-wide fire mutual aid	FM	Fire-Tac
866.81250	M	NS Fire Simplex	Province-wide fire simplex	FM	Fire-Tac

The mutual aid frequencies are simplex channels often used when multiple departments are responding to the same incident.

These frequencies can also be found in the Nova Scotia fire frequencies section of the database.

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+Volunteer fire departments in the province of [[Nova Scotia (CA)|Nova Scotia]] have a variety of methods of communication at their disposal, ranging from their own "private" frequency, to county-wide and even province-wide radio systems. These methods of communication are described below.
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+For information specific to Halifax and Cape Breton counties, please scroll to the bottom of this article.
-Volunteer fire departments in the province of [[Nova Scotia (CA)|Nova Scotia]] for the most part are dispatched by private companies, with Valley Communications (Valley Dispatch) in Kentville, and Scotia Business Centre in Bridgewater being the two largest. Departments have a variety of different methods of communication at their disposal, including their own "private" frequency or frequencies, a province-wide mutual aid simplex frequency, a series of provincially owned fire repeaters, as well as the province's trunked radio system. These methods of communication are described below.
-==Departments Outside of Halifax or Cape Breton counties==
-===Department's own frequency===
+==Department "private" frequency==
-Most departments have one or more of their own "private" frequencies licensed, which for the most part is for their use only. In my situations however, a department may allow other nearby departments access to their frequency, so that they can make use of it when responding to calls in each others' areas.
+Many departments have one or more of their own "private" frequencies used for paging and dispatching.
-''These frequencies can be found on the county-level pages in the database, under the town's name.''
+These frequencies can be found on the county pages in the database, under the town's name.
-===Mutual Aid frequency===
-Most departments also have access to the following provincial mutual aid frequency:
-<freqsubcat>62529</freqsubcat>
-The mutual aid frequency is a simplex channel often used when multiple departments are responding to the same incident. ''This frequency can also be found in the [http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?aid=7432 Nova Scotia fire frequencies] section of the database.''
-===Provincial fire repeaters (IMRS)===
+==Province-wide trunked radio==
-The province maintains a series of VHF repeaters which are part of the old [[Nova Scotia Integrated Mobile Radio System]]. The following repeaters are available for use by all fire departments:
+All fire departments have at least one portable radio capable of communicating on the provincial radio system, the [[Maritime Public Safety Radio Network (MPSRN)]].
-<freqsubcat>62528</freqsubcat>
-Most departments make at least some use of these repeaters, often for dispatching and paging.
+For the list of talkgroups, please see the database entry here: http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=7924#20442
-''These frequencies can be found in the [http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?aid=7432 Nova Scotia fire frequencies] section of the database.''
+For an explanation on the usage of the talkgroups, please visit the [[Maritime Public Safety Radio Network (MPSRN)#NS Fire services|wiki article here.]]
-''A description of the IMRS itself, including the location of all tower sites, can be found on the [[Nova Scotia Integrated Mobile Radio System]] section of the wiki.''
-===Trunked radio system (TMRS)===
+==Provincial VHF fire repeaters (IMRS)==
-In addition to the methods of communication above, all fire departments have at least one portable radio capable of communicating on the provincial radio system, the [[Aliant Trunked Mobile Radio System (TMRS)]] (described in detail on that page). The fire departments would use the following talkgroups, depending on what region of the province they are in (west, central or east):
+The province maintains a network of VHF repeaters which are part of the [[Nova Scotia Integrated Mobile Radio System]]. Many departments make at least some use of these repeaters, often for dispatching and paging. It would be wise to monitor the IMRS frequency or frequencies in your area just in case.
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-In some cases these are used by the chiefs and senior members only, in some they are used on a daily bases for all operations. Some departments have their own "private" talkgroup which only they would have access to.
-''For details on the TMRS, please see the [[Aliant Trunked Mobile Radio System (TMRS)|TMRS wiki article]].''
+These frequencies can be found in the [http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?aid=7432 Nova Scotia fire frequencies] section of the database.
 ==County-wide unified paging systems==
-Some counties operate their own county-wide communications, dispatching or paging systems, described below.
+Some counties operate their own county-wide communications, dispatching or paging systems. Click on the county name below for a description of those systems.
-===Colchester County===
+* [[Halifax County (NS)|Halifax Regional Municipality]]
-The Municipality of Colchester County owns and operates a series of repeaters operating on 152.525 MHz. All stations in the county, with the exception of the town of Truro, are dispatched by Valley Communications (Valley Dispatch) using the following frequencies:
+* [[Cape Breton County (NS)|Cape Breton Regional Municipality]]
-<freqsubcat>54763</freqsubcat>
+* [[Hants County (NS)|Municipality of East Hants]]
+* [[Colchester County (NS)|Colchester County]]
+* [[Cumberland County (NS)|Cumberland County]]
+==Province-wide mutual aid frequencies==
+Most departments also have access to the following province-wide mutual aid frequencies:
+<freqsubcat>62529</freqsubcat>
+The mutual aid frequencies are simplex channels often used when multiple departments are responding to the same incident.
-===East Hants County===
+These frequencies can also be found in the [http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?aid=7432 Nova Scotia fire frequencies] section of the database.
-The Municipality of East Hants operates a repeater on 153.77 MHz called the East Hants Repeater. All stations in East Hants, with the exception of Walton Shore, Mount Uniacke and Enfield, are dispatched by Valley Communications (Valley Dispatch) using the East Hants Repeater as well as the following additional frequencies:
-<freqsubcat>54828</freqsubcat>
-==Halifax County==
-All fire stations in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) are part of the Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Services fire department. For more detail on fire services in HRM please see the [[Halifax County (NS)|Halifax County]] section of the wiki.
-==Cape Breton County==
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-All fire stations in Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) are operated by the municipal government. For more detail on fire services in CBRM, please see the [[Cape Breton County (NS)|Cape Breton County]] section of the wiki.
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