[Scan-DC] Montgomery FD Radio Callsigns for Metro Incidents

[Doug Kitchener]

I can't add much, but yes, Jeff, you're correct on the basic concept; the idea being interoperability.  There is an NCRS vehicle, think it's an International or a Freightliner, looks like a Coca-Cola truck, that has (I think) several _thousand_ radios on it, that would be deployed in the event of a major incident.  Please take this last with a grain of salt; I have seen the truck once in traffic; asked a knowledgeable friend about it and I believe that's what he told me but my memory may not be accurate abut the number of radios.  I also don't understand how this fits in with the supposed interoperability capability of the radios systems of our local guvmints, unless the "extra" radios would be for use by public safety workers who would otherwise be off-duty?  I would also speculate that all this came from Homeland Security funding... I'll see if I can find out something more.

Having said all that, I just noticed a link in your original message... I'll now go and look at that and see how much confusion I've caused!  :)

Doug



----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeff Krauss <jeff at krauss.ws>
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net; scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Cc: 
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 9:01 AM
> Subject: [Scan-DC] Montgomery FD Radio Callsigns for Metro Incidents
> 
> Listening to a smoking insulator incident this morning at the Friendship Metro 
> Station on TG 7G.
> I heard Rail 702, who apparently is a Metro employee; and Rail 708, who 
> apparently is the officer of Engine 719.
> I also heard NCR 700 and NCR 702, who are apparently part of some supplementary 
> communications team.
> I think NCR refers to the National Capital Region Radio Cache.
> http://www.interoperability.virginia.gov/pdfs/NCR_Radio_Cache_Deploym_Procs.pdf
> Can anyone elaborate on the callsigns and responsibilities of these folks?
>