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

[Andrew Clegg]

Active right now with an Anne Arundel fire.

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From: "Dave" <afdltret at comcast.net>
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 7:52 PM
To: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] "Firebuffs" frequency -- 452.975 MHz?

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>    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.
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> Dave M.
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> 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?).
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>> 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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