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Provincial Integrated Communication System (PICS)

PICS is a Motorola SmartNet Type I, 800 MHz trunking system that covers all of Prince Edward Island. It has been In service since about 1986 and is a joint project of Aliant and PEI EMO. In keeping with trends throughout North America favouring the newer Type II sytems, there is speculation that the present PICS system will soon be replaced with an extension of the Nova Scotia Trunked Mobile Radio System ("TMR"), which is already receivable in parts of the province. Another reason to speculate is that although the coverage of PICS is very good there are some areas where coverage to portables is not sufficient.

PICS is made up of 6 sites, using four groups of frequencies. It is thought that each site regardless of location and traffic volume has 15 frequencies. These have been described as 1 dedicated control channel, 9 simulcast and 6 local voice channels.

There is a failsoft system whereby if trunking fails the system reverts to conventional repeaters and a recurring beep to indicate the failure. Users then revert to preassigned frequencies, as in a community repeater system. I am speculating that the local frequencies mentioned above are the conventional repeaters, but I could be wrong! It does seem odd that the system reverts to conventional repeaters rather than to site trunking. There are also simplex frequencies in the system, identified on radios by numbers only. It is not known if there are only common-use simplex frequencies, or also individual agency frequencies.l

Repeater sites are connected by microwave. Sites are often co-located with other Aliant facilities or perhaps other owners' facilities, but generally they have their own tower. One exception is at Caledonia where the repeater is on the Aliant Cell tower.

PICS is shared by public service users and by commercial users. Every emergency agency in PEI has at least one PICS radio but not all agencies use PICS as their primary system. The RCMP utilizes its own 400 MHZ repeater system, however dispatch does have access to PICS and patching may be possible. The two municipal police forces in the province (Summerside and Charlottetown) have full access to PICS but on an everyday basis use their own conventional 800 MHz repeaters. These conventional channels are integrated into PICS radios.

Several fire departments use the PICS system as their primary means of communications. See talkgroup list.

As of 2006 the five private ambulance organizations in Prince Edward Island have been superceded by Island EMS which now operates all ambulances (totalling approximately 16 units). Island EMS is owned and operated by Medavie Blue Cross which also operates EMC, the province-wide ambulance system in Nova Scotia, and is about to do the same in New Brunswick. Island EMS is operated separately from the Nova Scotia operation, with different logos and equipment.

For more information on the PICS system, please visit PICS

Police Departments

RCMP
Summerside Police
Charlottetown Police
Borden-Carleton Police
Kensington Police

EMS

Island EMS

10 Codes

EMS:

Code 1 - Respond Lights & Siren
Code 2 - Respond No Lights Or Siren
Code 3 - Hospital Transfer

Control - Dispatch

POLICE:

10-1 - Receiving poorly

10-2 - Receiving well

10-4 - Message received

10-6 - Busy

10-7 - Out Of Service

10-8 - In Service / Available

10-9 - Repeat Message

10-10 - Negative

10-11 - Road Stop

10-17 - En Route (To Call)

10-21 - Phone Call

10-23 - On Scene

10-27 - Drivers Licence Information

10-28 - Vehicle Registration Information

10-29 - Criminal Records Check

10-30 - Danger use caution

   * A = Armed and Dangerous
   * C = Contagious Disease 
   * E = Escapee 
   * M = Mental
   * S = Suicidal
   * V = Violent

10-95 - Update Status (Are You OK)

916 - RCMP Dispatch

442 - Kensington Police Dispatch

MPH - (Mike Papa Hotel) Police Helicopter

253 - Impaired Driver

GOA = Gone On Arrival

DOA = Dead On Arrival

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-==Public Safety Agencies==
+==Provincial Integrated Communication System (PICS)==
+PICS  is a Motorola SmartNet Type I, 800 MHz trunking system that covers all of Prince Edward Island.  It has been In service since about 1986 and is a joint project of Aliant and PEI EMO.   In keeping with trends throughout North America favouring the newer Type II sytems, there is speculation that the present PICS system will soon be replaced with an extension of the Nova Scotia Trunked Mobile Radio System ("TMR"), which is already receivable in parts of the province.   Another reason to speculate is that although the coverage of PICS is very good there are some areas where coverage to portables is not sufficient.
+PICS is made up of 6 sites, using four groups of frequencies. It is thought that each site regardless of location and traffic volume has 15 frequencies.  These have been described as 1 dedicated control channel, 9 simulcast and 6 local voice channels.
+There is a failsoft system whereby if trunking fails the system reverts to conventional repeaters and a recurring beep to indicate the failure.  Users then revert to preassigned frequencies, as in a community repeater system. I am speculating that the local frequencies mentioned above are the conventional repeaters, but I could be wrong!  It does seem odd that the system reverts to conventional repeaters rather than to site trunking.  There are also simplex frequencies in the system, identified on radios by numbers only.  It is not known if there are only common-use simplex frequencies, or also individual agency frequencies.l
+Repeater sites are connected by microwave. Sites are often co-located with other Aliant facilities or perhaps other owners' facilities, but generally they have their own tower.  One exception is at Caledonia where the repeater is on the Aliant Cell tower.
+PICS is shared by public service users and by commercial users.   Every emergency agency in PEI has at least one PICS radio but not all agencies use PICS as their primary system.  The RCMP utilizes its own 400 MHZ repeater system, however dispatch does have access to PICS and patching may be possible.  The two municipal police forces in the province (Summerside and Charlottetown) have full access to PICS but on an everyday basis use their own conventional 800 MHz repeaters.  These conventional channels are integrated into PICS radios.
+Several fire departments use the PICS system as their primary means of communications.  See talkgroup list.
+As of 2006 the five private ambulance organizations in Prince Edward Island have been superceded by Island EMS which now operates all ambulances (totalling approximately 16 units).  Island EMS is owned and operated by Medavie Blue Cross which also operates EMC, the province-wide ambulance system in Nova Scotia, and is about to do the same in New Brunswick.   Island EMS is operated separately from the Nova Scotia operation, with different logos and equipment.
+* For more information on the PICS system, please visit [http://marscan.com/peipics.htm/PEI PICS]
+==Police Departments==
 * RCMP
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 * Kensington Police
-EMS
+==EMS==
 * Island EMS