Fleetnet Towers and Talkgroups

Use this article to describe and detail the Ontario Fleetnet system.

Hamilton Fleetnet Tower

Location: This tower is located in the city of Hamilton in the downtown core on Charlton Street, near St Joseph Hospital on top of one of the cities tallest buildings.

Coverage: To the east it is strong along the QEW until the Oakville/Burlington border using a rubber duck. You might want to switch to Welland/Fonthill or Mississauga in these areas. To the north this tower works well in Flamborough but a switch to either of Guelph’s towers is in order in the further northern regions of the city.

This tower works well along the QEW thru Grimsby but drops off shortly thereafter, switch to Welland/Fonthill at this point.

Active Talkgroups: 1) OPP 8672 21e D 1OPS39 Burlington 5Charlie 8736 222 D 1OPS43 Niagara 5Golf

These talk groups are generally patched. Burlington 5C covers Halton Region & Hamilton area provincial roads including Highway 5 (west of Hwy 6), Highway 6, 403 as well as the QEW.

8656 21d D 1OPS38 Aurora 5Bravo (5A GHQ units, 5X/5W Highway Rangers This is used by Highway 407 (5 Lima) units in addition to Aurora listed above.

8704 220 D 1OPS41 Cambridge 5Echo 8752 223 D 1OPS44 Port Credit 5India These talk groups are patched. Cambridge 5E cover the provincial highways in Waterloo Region and 5I units cover the 400 series highways in Peel Region.

8896 22c D 1GTR Greater Toronto Region wide area talkgroup Punch this in for the many Prisoner Transports (10-92’s) in and around the region. Quite active in the morning and afternoons.

8416 20e D 1OPS14 Wellington 6Tango Occasional activity.

2) MOH Hamilton CACC 35584 8b0 A HAM CACC Hamilton CACC 35600 8b1 A HAM CITY E Hamilton City East 35616 8b2 A HAM NIAG N Hamilton Niagara North 35632 8b3 A HAM SIMCOE Hamilton Simcoe 35648 8b4 A HAM TAC 1 Hamilton Tactical 1 35664 8b5 A HAM TAC 2 Hamilton Tactical 2 35680 8b6 A HAM TAC 3 Hamilton Tactical 3 35696 8b7 A HAM TAC 4 Hamilton Tactical 4 35712 8b8 A HAM CITY W Hamilton City West 35728 8b9 A HAM NIAG S Hamilton Niagara South

Hamilton City East 35600 handles Hamilton city EMS calls. Units switch over to Tac 4 35696 upon arrival and for patches to hospitals. Simcoe 35632 is the talk group for EMS units in Norfolk, Haldimand and Brant Counties. Generally patches to area hospitals are not heard on this tower. Mississauga CACC 35744 8ba A MIS CACC Mississauga CACC 35760 8bb A MIS NORTH Mississauga Peel North 35776 8bc A MIS SOUTH Mississauga Peel South 35792 8bd A MIS HALTON Mississauga Halton 35808 8be A MIS TAC 1 Mississauga Tactical 1 35824 8bf A MIS TAC 2 Mississauga Tactical 2 35840 8c0 A MIS TAC 3 Mississauga Tactical 3 35856 8c1 A MIS TAC 4 Mississauga Tactical 4 35872 8c2 A MIS TAC 5 Mississauga Tactical 5 35888 8c3 A MIS SPARE Mississauga Spare 37504 928 A MIS TAC 6 Mississauga Tactical 6

EMS units in Halton Region are busy on 35792. Hospital patches to Joseph Brant (JB) and Oakville Trafalgar Memorial (OTMH) are heard on Tac 3. Occasionally Mississauga city units are heard on Peel South 35776. Niagara CACC 37648 931 A NIA ACS Niagara ACS 37664 932 A NIA NORTH Niagara North 37680 933 A NIA SOUTH Niagara South 37696 934 A NIA TAC 1 Niagara Tac 1 37712 935 A NIA TAC 2 Niagara Tac 2 37728 936 A NIA TAC 3 Niagara Tac 3 Niagara CACC are often heard off Hamilton Tower.

MOH Common Talkgroups 32800 802 A 1PCAMB MOH Common 34976 88a A MOHZN 1 Southwest Zone Common 34992 88b A REG1 COM Region 1 Common 35008 88c A REG2 COM Region 2 Common 35024 88d A REG3 COM Region 3 Common 37776 939 A MOH RED Remote Emergency Dispatch

Since Hamilton General is a base hospital you will hear a lot of activity on MOHZN1 34976. Units from Cambridge, Mississauga and Niagara can also be heard on 35008 Reg 2 & 35024 Reg. Further west Region 1 units from London’s dispatch can be heard on 34992 on occasion.

3) MTO I don’t pay much attention to MTO digital. In the winter months punch in these talk groups: 38464 964 A BURL Burlington 38480 965 A MORR Morriston 38496 966 A NIAG Niagara Morriston seems to be the t/g for Halton West and Mississauga along Hwy 401. Burlington will cover the provincial highways such as Highway 5 (West of Hwy 6), the 403 & QEW and Highway 6. Niagara comes alive during snow squalls covering the QEW and other provincial Highways (420, 406) in the said region.

Dyers Bay Fleetnet Tower

1) Location: Dyers Bay is located in the township of Northern Bruce Peninsula in Bruce County Ontario, between the hamlets of Ferndale and Tobermory.

2) Coverage: This tower covers areas to the north of Wiarton, south of Ferndale (Hwy 6 & Co Rd 9) coverage weakens. Due to the heavy vegetation and rocky terrain you can be very close to this tower and not receive it. A good antenna is advised.

3) What you will hear: A) OPP 8224 202 D 1OPS02 Bruce 6Romeo 8352 20a D 1OPS10 North Grey 6Lima 8400 20d D 1OPS13 South Bruce 6India Every time I venture up to this area all radio activity has been patched. It is essential to enter in all of these talk groups in order to listen to the activity*. Bruce 6 Romeo units cover areas on the peninsula. There are 3 detachments: Wiarton (South Bruce Pen) Lions Head (Old Eastnor Township) Tobermory (Old St Edmonds Township) Tobermory’s office is seasonal).

South Bruce 6 India units cover Bruce County. Detachments are in Walkerton and Kincardine.

North Grey 6 Lima units police areas of the county not serviced by local police departments such as Hanover, West Grey and Owen Sound. Detachments are located in the following communities: Chatsworth-Located to the south of Owen Sound where Provincial Highways 6&10 meet. Meaford-Located on Georgian Bay in the eastern part of the county. Markdale-Covers southeastern Grey County along Highway 10.

B) Activity. I have been up on the ‘pen’ during the busy summer and extremely quiet winter months. You will hear more activity for 6Lima and 6India units as there is a larger full season population. Most of the 6Romeo activity is centered on the Wiarton and Sauble Beach areas.

• Back in the summer of 2004 the talk groups were patched to include talk group 8288, 6Charlie & 6Q First Nations in Haldimand County 100’s of kilometers to the south.

4) MOH The area is covered by the large London CACC. 35344 8a1 A LON NORTH London North

All EMS activity is dispatched here. I cannot remember hearing patches to hospitals on Dyers Bay. There are two area hospitals in Lions Head and Tobermory (and larger ones in Wiarton and Owen Sound). If and when there is activity I will edit this page.

5) Other activity Save a bank for BMR technicians. I have heard them occasionally make day trips to run tests: 16 001 D Digital 1 32 002 D Digital 2 48 003 D Digital 3 64 004 D Digital 4 80 005 D Digital 5 96 006 D Digital 6 112 007 D Digital 7 128 008 D Digital 8 144 009 A Analog 9 160 00a A Analog 1 176 00b A Analog 2 192 00c A Analog 3 208 00d A Analog 4 224 00e A Analog 5 240 00f A Analog 6 256 010 A Analog 7 272 011 A Analog 8 288 012 A Analog 9 304 013 A Analog 10

Surveillance talk groups have been heard on occasion however all of the activity is encrypted.

All data was found using an Uniden 246 & 296