Prince George's County

Monitoring

Currently the only ways known to monitor and/or decode a Phase 2 talkgroup are:

1. Use a PSR-800;
2. Use a scanner with a discriminator tapped scanner, and Digital Speech Decoder software;
3. Monitor the Control Channel with utilities such as Pro96Com

The database entry for this system can be found here

Fire Channel Zone Plan

Police Channel Zone Plan

Abbreviations

• Single letters indicate PG county districts unless otherwise noted

Abbreviation	Meaning
AA	Anne Arundel
BLA	Bladensburg
CW1	DC Citywide 1
DC	District of Columbia
DISP	Dispatch
GB	Greenbelt
HO	Howard County
HY	Hyattsville
LC	Laurel City
MA	Mutual Aid
MC	Montgomery County
RP	Riverdale Park
SAT	Special Assignment Team
SH	Sheriff
SO	Southern
SS	Silver Spring
TAC	Tactical
TAK PK	Takoma Park
WH	Wheaton
W DISP	West (Area) Dispatch

Zone 8A-

• A1 - A DISP
• A2 - B DISP
• A3 - C DISP
• A4 - D DISP
• A5 - E DISP
• A6 - F DISP
• A7 - G DISP
• A8 - H DISP
• A9 - J DISP
• A10 - K DISP
• A11 - DC 6 DISP
• A12 - DC 7 DISP
• A13 - SH DISP
• A14 - MA 1 N
• A15 - MA 2 S
• A16 - MA 3

Zone 8B-

• B1 - A TAC
• B2 - B TAC
• B3 - C TAC
• B4 - D TAC
• B5 - E TAC
• B6 - F TAC
• B7 - G TAC
• B8 - H TAC
• B9 - J TAC
• B10 - K TAC
• B11 - DC CW1
• B12 - LC DISP
• B13 - HY DISP
• B14 - GB DISP
• B15 - RP DISP
• B16 - BLA DISP

Zone 8C-

• C1 - A SAT
• C2 - B SAT
• C3 - C SAT
• C4 - D SAT
• C5 - E SAT
• C6 - F SAT
• C7 - G SAT
• C8 - H SAT
• C9 - J SAT
• C10 - K SAT
• C11 - MC SS DISP
• C12 - MC WH DISP
• C13 - TAK PK DISP
• C14 - HO SO DISP
• C15 - AA SO DISP
• C16 - AA W DISP

Talkgroups

• 1
• 3
• 5
• 7
• 9
• 13
• 15
• 17

Related Pages

• Common Public Safety frequencies (includes 700 and 800 mhz allocations)
• RINS/COG Frequency Table (pre and post rebanding)
• Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department News
  • See the article 'PGFD's New Radio System - The Sky is Falling - The Sky is Falling'
• Capitol Hill Monitor Newsletter Jan 2010 (PDF)