[Scan-DC] "Firebuffs" frequency -- 452.975 MHz?

[Dave]

    This was a frequency that many years ago was called DC Notification 
or something close. Used by buffs to learn of fire incidents and and 
report from the location of same. Vito was either the owner or a large 
part of it. It was still active in the 80's but I don't know if still 
active. You are right the same frequency was also used with a different PL.
The only NECW I am aware of is New England Citywide at this link 
http://newenglandcitywide.com/meminfo.html  This radio buff group is 
affiliated with 1RWN if you are aware of that group which is part of 1st 
responder News. NECW I believe was started by members of the long time 
Hartford Citywide radio system that at one time had repeaters in many 
parts of CT.

Dave M.








On 1/2/2012 18:48, Andrew Clegg wrote:
> Today I was playing around with my Home Patrol and had it scan the local
> media frequencies. It stopped on a channel with a bank name of "Firebuffs,"
> and a channel name of "Citywide Radio Ch. 1 Primary," which had some guy
> reporting a fire somewhere (I did not catch it, and it was not repeated). It
> was not a dispatch, but sounded literally like a fire buff reporting a
> working fire. The channel is a conventional analog channel with a frequency
> of 452.975 MHz. There is also a citywide secondary channel for Firebuffs
> programmed into the HP, but it's the same frequency as the primary, so I
> don't know why it's in there (maybe a different tone?).
>
> Anybody have any more info about this frequency and/or any information about
> who the "Firebuffs" are?
>
> Happy New Year.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
>
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