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

[Andrew Clegg]

They seem to only make one quick announcement and that's it. Maybe there's a 
companion Web site or email list, in case you miss the 3 second radio 
announcement.

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From: "Andrew Clegg" <andrew_w_clegg at hotmail.com>
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 8:04 PM
To: "Dave" <afdltret at comcast.net>; <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] "Firebuffs" frequency -- 452.975 MHz?

> 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.
>>
>> 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?).
>>>
>>> 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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