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== Background ==
 
== Background ==
  
In 1996, the Province of Nova Scotia merged the former City of Halifax, City of Dartmouth, Town of Bedford and Halifax County into the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). Since that time, fire and transit services for the entire county have fallen under the direct control of the HRM's Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Service (HRFES). Police service is provided in the urban areas (former cities of Halifax and Dartmouth and Town of Bedford) by the Halifax Regional Police (HRP), an amalgamation of those former cities' police services. Policing services in the rest of the municipality is provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Public Works services within the urban areas are provided by the HRM, and by the Province of Nova Scotia's Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal in the rest of the municipality.  
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In 1996, the Province of Nova Scotia merged the former City of Halifax, City of Dartmouth, Town of Bedford and Halifax County into the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). Since that time, fire and transit services for the entire county have fallen under the direct control of the HRM's Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency (HRFE). Police service is provided in the urban areas (former cities of Halifax and Dartmouth and Town of Bedford) by the Halifax Regional Police (HRP), an amalgamation of those former cities' police services. Policing services in the rest of the municipality is provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Public Works services within the urban areas are provided by the HRM, and by the Province of Nova Scotia's Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal in the rest of the municipality.  
  
  
 
== HRM Integrated Emergency Services ==
 
== HRM Integrated Emergency Services ==
  
HRM Integrated Emergency Services operates a single dispatching centre in Woodside for fire (HRFES) and police (HRP), as well as dispatching services for the RCMP in the rest of the municipality. This allows for greater levels of cooperation between police and fire, and between the two policing services. In some cases, HRP and RCMP units operate off of the same talkgroup, dispatched by the same dispatcher. This level of cooperation and integration is not usually seen in public safety, between different agencies.
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HRM Integrated Emergency Services operates a single dispatching centre in Woodside for fire (HRFE) and police (HRP), as well as dispatching services for the RCMP in the rest of the municipality. This allows for greater levels of cooperation between police and fire, and between the two policing services. In some cases, HRP and RCMP units operate off of the same talkgroup, dispatched by the same dispatcher. This level of cooperation and integration is not usually seen in public safety, between different agencies.
  
  
== Halifax Regional Police ==
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== Fire services ==
  
Prior to amalgamation in 1996, the cities of Halifax and Dartmouth, as well as the former Town of Bedford, each had their own police service. Upon amalgamation, those three services merged to become Halifax Regional Police (HRP), and are dispatched from the HRM Integrated Emergency Services dispatch centre in Woodside.
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Since amalgamation, all fire services in HRM (with the exception of airport and military fire) are carried out by [[Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency]].
  
HRP is divided into three response zones:
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== Police services ==
  
* East - Dartmouth, Burnside, Eastern Passage
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Policing in HRM is provided by a combination of [[Halifax Regional Police]] in the former cities of Halifax and Dartmouth and town of Bedford, and the [[RCMP H Division|Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] in the former Halifax county.
* Central - north and south-end Halifax, downtown Halifax
 
* West - Mainland Halifax, Herring Cove, Bedford
 
  
=== Communications ===
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== Public Works ==
Communications take place on the [[Aliant Trunked Mobile Radio System (TMRS)|Trunked Mobile Radio System (TMRS)]] on the following talkgroups:
 
<tg>3627|9274</tg>
 
Talkgroups are divided between the three response zones above. Each zone has a corresponding primary and secondary talkgroup, with all communications occurring on the primary talkgroup, and the secondary being used for major incidents, or for conversations that don't want to tie up the primary talkgroup. Each zone has at least one dispatcher assigned to it, sometimes two during busy periods or major incidents.
 
 
 
There is also a CPIC talkgroup, which has its' own dedicated dispatcher and is used for criminal records checks and requesting other services such as toe trucks. Often this dispatcher gets backed up, and a queue is formed.
 
 
 
In addition there are three common-use talkgroups, COMM 1-3, which are used for major events such as concerts or festivals, or coordinated events such as speed traps. These are not normally monitored by dispatchers, but they can be if requested.
 
 
 
''For additional technical information on the TMRS, please see the [[Aliant Trunked Mobile Radio System (TMRS)]] wiki article.''
 
 
 
== Royal Canadian Mounted Police ==
 
 
 
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) provides policing services in the rest of the HRM. They are part of RCMP H division (covering Nova Scotia), is headquartered out of their building on Bayers Road in Halifax, and are dispatched by the HRM Integrated Emergency Services dispatch centre by Halifax Regional Police (HRP) dispatchers.
 
 
 
The RCMP in HRM exists in the following detachments:
 
 
 
* Halifax
 
* Cole Harbour
 
* Musquodoboit Harbour
 
* Tantallon
 
* Enfield
 
* Lower Sackville
 
 
 
=== Communications ===
 
 
 
''Talkgroups can be found in the RadioReference database under the [http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=3627 Aliant Trunked Mobile Radio System].''
 
 
 
Each of the detachments noted above has their own dedicated talkgroup, however only the Musquodoboit Harbour, Enfield and Tantallon talkgroups are used. RCMP members operating out of the Cole Harbour detachment use the HRP East talkgroups, members operating out of the Lower Sackville detachment use the HRP West talkgroups and members operating out of the Halifax detachment use the HRP Central talkgroups.
 
 
 
While they may maintain separate talkgroups, the members on the Musquodoboit Harbour talkgroup are dispatched by the HRP East dispatcher, and members on the Tantallon and Enfield talkgroups are dispatched by the HRP West dispatcher.
 
 
 
== Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Service ==
 
 
 
After the creation of the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) in 1996, all fire services within Halifax County came under one department, Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Service (HRFES).
 
 
 
The HRFES consists of two response areas, core and rural:
 
 
 
* Core stations are those in the former cities of Halifax and Dartmouth, Town of Bedford and Sackville. These stations are staffed by full crews, 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
 
* Rural stations are those in the former Halifax County. Some stations in more densly populated areas have a mixture of career firefighters during the day Monday to Friday, and volunteer firefighters covering the rest of the time. Stations in more rural areas are covered entirely by volunteers.
 
 
 
=== Core Stations ===
 
 
 
''Note, station 1 is actually the headquarters at Alderney Landing in Dartmouth, not an actual working station.''
 
 
 
[http://local.google.ca/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=213109701331046767018.000434a1eef7ceda701b9&t=h&z=10 Click here] for a Google Map of all HRFES stations
 
 
 
{| border="1" width="100%"
 
! Stn No.
 
! Station Name
 
! Area covered
 
! Apparatus
 
|-
 
! 2
 
| University Avenue
 
| Downtown Halifax
 
| Engine 2
 
|-
 
! 3
 
| West Street
 
| Downtown Halifax
 
| Engine 3<BR>Aerial 1
 
|-
 
! 4
 
| Lady Hammond Road
 
| North-end Halifax
 
| Engine 4
 
|-
 
! 5
 
| Bayers Road
 
| West-end Halifax
 
| Quint 5<BR>Decon 1
 
|-
 
! 6
 
| Herring Cove Road
 
| Spryfield
 
| Engine 6
 
|-
 
! 7
 
| Knightsridge Drive
 
| Fairview/Clayton Park
 
| Quint 7
 
|-
 
! 8
 
| Convoy Run
 
| Bedford
 
| Engine 8<BR>Tactical 2
 
|-
 
! 9
 
| Metropolitan Boulevard
 
| Lower Sackville
 
| Engine 9<BR>Engine 9-A
 
|-
 
! 10
 
| Sackville Drive
 
| Middle Sackville
 
| Engine 10<BR>Engine 10-A
 
|-
 
! 11
 
| Patton Road
 
| Upper Sackville
 
| Engine 11<BR>Tanker 11
 
|-
 
! 12
 
| Highfield Park
 
| North-end Dartmouth
 
| Quint 12<BR>Tactical 1
 
|-
 
! 13
 
| King Street
 
| Downtown Dartmouth
 
| Quint 13<BR>Boat 1
 
|-
 
! 14
 
| Second Street
 
| Westphal
 
| Engine 14
 
|-
 
! 15
 
| Pleasant Street
 
| Woodside
 
| Engine 15
 
|-
 
! 16
 
| Caldwell Road
 
| Eastern Passage
 
| Engine 16
 
|-
 
! 17
 
| Cole Harbour Road
 
| Cole Harbour
 
| Engine 17<BR>Engine 17-A<BR>Tanker 17
 
|-
 
! 18
 
| Hwy #7
 
| Westphal
 
| Engine 18<BR>Engine 18-A
 
|}
 
 
 
=== Rural Stations ===
 
 
 
The rural area stations are further devided into 5 emergency response zones: 1, 2, 3, 4 and the ''western region''.
 
 
 
[http://local.google.ca/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=213109701331046767018.000434a1eef7ceda701b9&t=h&z=10 Click here] for a Google Map of all HRFES stations
 
 
 
'''Zone 1'''
 
 
 
{| border="1" width="100%"
 
! Stn No.
 
! Area covered
 
! Apparatus
 
! Staffing
 
|-
 
! 19
 
| Lawrencetown
 
| Engine 19<BR>Tanker 19<BR>Rescue 19
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 20
 
| Lawrencetown
 
| Engine 20<BR>Tanker 20<BR>Rescue 20
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 21
 
| Lake Echo
 
| Engine 21<BR>Tanker 21<BR>Rescue 21<BR>Tactical 21
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 22
 
| North Preston
 
| Engine 22
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 23
 
| Chezzetcook
 
| Engine 23<BR>Tanker 23<BR>Rescue 23
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 24
 
| Musquodoboit Harbour
 
| Engine 24<BR>Tanker 24<BR>Rescue 24
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 25
 
| Ostrea Lake
 
| Engine 25<BR>Tanker 25<BR>Rescue 25
 
| Volunteer only
 
|-
 
! 26
 
| Oyster Pond
 
| Engine 26<BR>Tanker 26
 
| Volunteer only
 
|-
 
! 27
 
| Owl's Head (closed)
 
|
 
|
 
|}
 
 
 
 
 
'''Zone 2'''
 
 
 
{| border="1" width="100%"
 
! Stn No.
 
! Area covered
 
! Apparatus
 
! Staffing
 
|-
 
! 28
 
| Sheet Harbour
 
|
 
| Volunteer only
 
|-
 
! 29
 
| Moser River
 
|
 
| Volunteer only
 
|-
 
! 30
 
| Tangier
 
|
 
| Volunteer only
 
|-
 
! 31
 
| East Ship Harbour
 
|
 
| Volunteer only
 
|-
 
! 32
 
| Mooseland
 
|
 
| Volunteer only
 
|-
 
! 33
 
| Three Harbours
 
|
 
| Volunteer only
 
|-
 
! 34
 
| Mushaboom
 
|
 
| Volunteer only
 
|}
 
 
 
 
 
'''Zone 3'''
 
 
 
{| border="1" width="100%"
 
! Stn No.
 
! Area covered
 
! Apparatus
 
! Staffing
 
|-
 
! 35
 
| Cooks Brook
 
|
 
| Volunteer only
 
|-
 
! 36
 
| Meagher's Grant
 
|
 
| Volunteer only
 
|-
 
! 37
 
| Elderbank
 
|
 
| Volunteer only
 
|-
 
! 38
 
| Middle Musquodoboit
 
|
 
| Volunteer only
 
|-
 
! 39
 
| Upper Musquodoboit
 
|
 
| Volunteer only
 
|-
 
! 40
 
| Dutch Settlement
 
|
 
| Volunteer only
 
|}
 
 
 
 
 
'''Zone 4'''
 
 
 
{| border="1" width="100%"
 
! Stn No.
 
! Area covered
 
! Apparatus
 
! Staffing
 
|-
 
! 41
 
| Waverley
 
| Engine 41<BR>Aerial 41
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 42
 
| Wellington - Fletcher's Lake
 
|
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 43
 
| Grand Lake - Oakfield
 
|
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 45
 
| Lakeview/Fall River/Windsor Junction
 
|
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 46
 
| Lakeview (closed)
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
! 47
 
| Goffs
 
|
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 48
 
| Beaver Bank - Kinsac
 
|
 
| Volunteer only
 
|-
 
! 49
 
| North Beaver Bank (closed - merged with 48)
 
|
 
|
 
|}
 
 
 
 
 
'''Western Region'''
 
 
 
{| border="1" width="100%"
 
! Stn No.
 
! Area covered
 
! Apparatus
 
! Staffing
 
|-
 
! 50
 
| Hammonds Plains
 
|
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 51
 
| Upper Hammonds Plains
 
|
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 52
 
| Prospect Bay Road
 
|
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 53
 
| Terrence Bay
 
|
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 54
 
| Shad Bay
 
|
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 55
 
| Seabright
 
|
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 56
 
| Black Point
 
|
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 57
 
| Head of St. Margarets Bay (closed - replaced by 65)
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
! 58
 
| Lakeside
 
|
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 59
 
| Bay Road/Lewis Lake (closed - replaced by 65)
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
! 60
 
| Herring Cove
 
|
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 61
 
| Ketch Harbour
 
|
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 62
 
| Harrietsfield
 
|
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 63
 
| Sambro
 
|
 
| Staffed during the day<br>Volunteer the rest of the time
 
|-
 
! 65
 
| Tantallon
 
|
 
|
 
|}
 
 
 
=== Communications ===
 
HRFES is dispatched from the HRM Integrated Emergency Services dispatch centre. A Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system allows the dispatchers to quickly determine the correct stations and apparatus to page out for a call. The initial page out is done on VHF using Motorola two-tone sequential paging on the following frequencies:
 
<freqsubcat>32785</freqsubcat>
 
All stations have a pager/toner, and volunteers carry pagers on them. Communication between dispatch and the responding apparatus is done on the [[Aliant Trunked Mobile Radio System (TMRS)|Trunked Mobile Radio System (TMRS)]] using the following talkgroups:
 
<tg>3627|9273</tg>
 
Talkgroups are divided up between core and rural areas. Each area has a dispatch talkgroup and six operations talkgroups numbered 2-7. For example, Dispatch-C would be the core dispatch talkgroup, and Ops 4-R would be the rural operations talkgroup #4.
 
 
 
''For additional information on the TMRS, please see the [[Aliant Trunked Mobile Radio System (TMRS)]] wiki article.''
 
 
 
''For additional frequencies used by HRFES, please see the [http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?ctid=4698 Halifax County] database page.''
 
 
 
== HRM Public Works ==
 
  
 
Public Works services within the former cities of Halifax and Dartmouth and town of Bedford, are handled by HRM department of Transportation and Public Works. They are responsible for street cleaning, plowing, sidewalk maintenance, traffic services, horticultural services, fleet maintenance, real property management, public transit, water and sewer. Public works are dispatched from a building in Woodside (which also houses the Integrated Emergency Services dispatch centre), with the exception of Metro Transit which is dispatched from their transit facility in Burnside.
 
Public Works services within the former cities of Halifax and Dartmouth and town of Bedford, are handled by HRM department of Transportation and Public Works. They are responsible for street cleaning, plowing, sidewalk maintenance, traffic services, horticultural services, fleet maintenance, real property management, public transit, water and sewer. Public works are dispatched from a building in Woodside (which also houses the Integrated Emergency Services dispatch centre), with the exception of Metro Transit which is dispatched from their transit facility in Burnside.
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Public Works services outside of the area above is provided by the Province of Nova Scotia's department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal.  
 
Public Works services outside of the area above is provided by the Province of Nova Scotia's department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal.  
  
=== Communications ===
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HRM Public Works and Metro Transit service supervisors use the [[Aliant Trunked Mobile Radio System (TMRS)]], and can be heard on the following talkgroups:
 
HRM Public Works and Metro Transit service supervisors use the [[Aliant Trunked Mobile Radio System (TMRS)]], and can be heard on the following talkgroups:
 
<tg>3627|12032</tg>
 
<tg>3627|12032</tg>

Revision as of 12:43, 26 April 2011

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Background

In 1996, the Province of Nova Scotia merged the former City of Halifax, City of Dartmouth, Town of Bedford and Halifax County into the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). Since that time, fire and transit services for the entire county have fallen under the direct control of the HRM's Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency (HRFE). Police service is provided in the urban areas (former cities of Halifax and Dartmouth and Town of Bedford) by the Halifax Regional Police (HRP), an amalgamation of those former cities' police services. Policing services in the rest of the municipality is provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Public Works services within the urban areas are provided by the HRM, and by the Province of Nova Scotia's Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal in the rest of the municipality.


HRM Integrated Emergency Services

HRM Integrated Emergency Services operates a single dispatching centre in Woodside for fire (HRFE) and police (HRP), as well as dispatching services for the RCMP in the rest of the municipality. This allows for greater levels of cooperation between police and fire, and between the two policing services. In some cases, HRP and RCMP units operate off of the same talkgroup, dispatched by the same dispatcher. This level of cooperation and integration is not usually seen in public safety, between different agencies.


Fire services

Since amalgamation, all fire services in HRM (with the exception of airport and military fire) are carried out by Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency.

Police services

Policing in HRM is provided by a combination of Halifax Regional Police in the former cities of Halifax and Dartmouth and town of Bedford, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the former Halifax county.

Public Works

Public Works services within the former cities of Halifax and Dartmouth and town of Bedford, are handled by HRM department of Transportation and Public Works. They are responsible for street cleaning, plowing, sidewalk maintenance, traffic services, horticultural services, fleet maintenance, real property management, public transit, water and sewer. Public works are dispatched from a building in Woodside (which also houses the Integrated Emergency Services dispatch centre), with the exception of Metro Transit which is dispatched from their transit facility in Burnside.

Public Works services outside of the area above is provided by the Province of Nova Scotia's department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal.


HRM Public Works and Metro Transit service supervisors use the Aliant Trunked Mobile Radio System (TMRS), and can be heard on the following talkgroups:

Description

Communications between Metro Transit buses and the dispatch centre take place on the following frequencies:

Frequency  Input   
License  Type  Tone  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag 
410.11250      XJN986   127.3 PL  Transit Control1 Halifax Transit control centre 1  FM  Transportation 
411.03750      XJN986   88.5 PL  Transit Control2 Halifax Transit control centre 2  FM  Transportation 
415.11250      XJN986   127.3 PL  Transit Bus 1 Halifax Transit buses 1  FM  Transportation 
416.03750      XJN986   88.5 PL  Transit Bus 2 Halifax Transit buses 2  FM  Transportation 
410.16250  415.16250   XMZ363   RM  165 DPL  Transit AAB Halifax Transit Access-A-Bus  FM  Transportation 
413.98750      XJN986   103.5 PL  Transit Control3 Halifax Transit control centre 3  FM  Transportation 
418.98750      XJN986   103.5 PL  Transit Bus 3 Halifax Transit buses 3  FM  Transportation 
857.61250          HRM WorksSimplex Public Works simplex  FM  Public Works 


For additional information on the TMRS, please see the Aliant Trunked Mobile Radio System (TMRS) wiki article.