[Scan-DC] Falls Church

[Daniel Olewine]

Actually, the City of Falls Church is not actually in Arlington or  
Fairfax counties - it is an independent city with their own City  
Council. They have their own volunteer fire department, but it is  
technically part of Arlington County's department (Falls Church  
contracts with Arlington for fire service).

Falls Church City has 4 schools - 3 of which are located in Fairfax  
County (George Mason, Mary Ellen Henderson, and Mount Daniel)

Falls Church City should be switching over to a P25 system soon, I  
assume Arlington's. The City Council approved a whole bunch of money  
about 6 months ago for a "radio system upgrade", I assume to upgrade  
their radios to be compatible with Arlington's new system.

-Danny

On Jan 15, 2009, at 1:31 PM, Watson, Chuck wrote:

> Falls Church is a political oddity because it is a “city” that  
> exists in 2 Virginia counties (Arlington and Fairfax).  It is  
> basically a “county” of a city.
>
> Falls Church has an independent sheriff’s department, police  
> department, fire department and school system.
>
> An example of the weirdness is in schools.  Falls Church High School  
> is not a Falls Church city school, it is in fact a Fairfax County  
> high school. George Mason High School is Falls Church City’s high  
> school. George Mason is on property which is in Fairfax County.
>
> Chuck Watson
> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> ] On Behalf Of David Schoenberger
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 11:47 PM
> To: ScanDC
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Fall Church Talk Groups
>
> Based on recent monitoring, Falls Church PD continues to be on the  
> old analog Motorola system.  They have four talkgroups.  Unknown  
> when/if they'll be switching to the P25 digital system.
>
> Arlington Fire (of which the Falls Church VFD is a part) is on the  
> P25 system.  They have a few talkgroups simulcasted on the analog  
> system.
>
> Dave
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Jared Ross <jared at levyross.com>  
> wrote:
> Mike,
>
> I found this "Falls Church Police are on this[Arlington County  
> Analog] trunked system. The fire station in Falls Church is actually  
> part of Arlington County Fire, and is also on this trunked system."
>
> I didn't realize they were part of the County Fire System, I wonder  
> if they are actually still on the old system or if they switched  
> with County Fire and RR is just out of date?
>
> -Jared
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:36 PM, <ka3jjz at netscape.com> wrote:
> But it appears Falls Church is still on the old analog system,  
> according to RR. Unless something has changed?
> 73 Mike
>
> links editor,Capitol Hill Monitors
> Utility Monitoring Central
> Wiki Administrator, HF Forum moderator, Radioreference.Com
>
> --- fxpd614 at gmail.com wrote:
>
> From: Kenneth Fowler <fxpd614 at gmail.com>
> To: Jared Ross <jared at levyross.com>
> Cc: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Fall Church Talk Groups
> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:35:32 -0500
>
> Yes Arlington county has started their P25 system.
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Jared Ross <jared at levyross.com>  
> wrote:
> > Does anyone have a list of Talk Groups for the Falls Church  
> Trunked System,
> > Radio Reference doesn't have any listed. I'm mostly interested in  
> listening
> > to Falls Church FD.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jared
> >
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