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Radio Systems Status

The following is known about Public Safety Communications Systems in the affected areas:

Louisiana

  • NOPD's Wide Area EDACS ProVoice system is currently DOWN and NOT operational. The system survived the initial hurricane, but subsequent flooding has knocked out generators. Currently, NOPD is working off of NPSPAC-1 and NPSPAC-2, with 1 being dedicated to all east bank operations, and 2 being dedicated to west bank operations. NOFD and EMS operations are unknown at this time.
  • St Tammany Parish's EDACS ProVoice system is currently DOWN and NOT operational. Units are using legacy VHF repeaters (Covington Fire?) for all communications.
  • Most sites for the Lousisiana State Smartzone system are operational, however reports indicate that the North Shore Smartzone sites are currently down. Communications are occuring on the Smartzone system in the New Orleans Metro Area.
    • The Bridge City Site is Down
    • The LaPlace Site is UP
    • Northshore Sites are Down

Mississippi

  • Harrison County EDACS system is currently operational
  • Gulfport - Unknown
  • Biloxi - Unknown

Alabama

  • Mobile - Unknown

Live Feeds of Public Safety Communications

Callsigns in Use on the Louisiana State System

Fuel Mobile 1 -- Fuel Truck
Fuel Mobile 2 -- Fuel Truck
Fuel Mobile 3 -- Fuel Truck seemed to be primarily for medical centers earlier
Pelican 6 -- Military aircraft working rescue operations.
Pelican 3 -- Military aircraft working rescue operations.
Bulldog JOC(?) -- Military Police Joint Ops. Center(?)
State EOC -- Louisiana State Emerg. Ops. Center
Pelican Base -- Aircraft Base.
Eagle Base -- Eagle Base is the Colonels operation location
New Orleans EOC -- New Orleans Emerg. Ops. Center
Defender 1 -- Military Aircraft providing coverage near troops operating in city area (SWAT)
Saint Charles EOC -- St. Charles Emerg. Ops. Center
Region 9 EOC -- Region 9 Emerg. Ops. Center
Bayou77 EOC -- Bayou77 Emerg. Ops. Center
Bulldog 6 -- Military Police Unit
Defender 5 -- Military Aircraft
Essler(?) Ops -- Essler(?) Operations Center
Dragon 15 -- Unk.
Pelican JOC(?) -- Aircraft Joint Ops. Center(?)
Eagle 5 -- Unk.
Defender 6 -- Military Aircraft
Pelican 3 Alpha -- Military Aircraft (Help with the Alpha)
Tiger 5 -- Unk.
Eagle 2 Alpha -- Unk.
Bulldog 3 -- Military Police Unit
Thunderbird -- Oklahoma Air National Guard
Viper -- Cobra Attack Helo

Rescue Operations

VHF/UHF Operations

  • 123.000 and 123.025 AM is used for helo intercoordination in the New Orleans Metro area.
  • 345.000 is the USCG Primary Air to Air / Air to Ground Frequency.
  • 282.425 is the US Custom BLUE-1 primary channel. Omaha 44 (US Customs P-3 AWACS out of Corpus Christi) is providing the primary TFR operational logistics on this freq, his VHF freq is 134.900 pri / 123.450 backup.
  • Marine Channel 16 (156.8) and 22 (157.100) are used by the USCG for operations.
  • 238.650, 289.650, 138.450, and 142.250 have been passed as New Orleans Scene Communications Frequencies.

HF Operations

  • The USCG is using their HF frequencies of 5696, 8983, 11202 USB for long distance comms. 11202 is the primary scene HF frequency for daytime operations.
  • The Department of Homeland Security Assets, USCG, and ICE are using the COTHEN network extensively for comms.

Amateur Radio - Ham Radio Operations

  • 14325 USB - Primary Hurricane Net Related Operations
  • 14265 USB - SATERN Net (Salvation Army Relief Network)