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Anyone have a reasonably good idea of the UHF 457/462mhz fire frequencies.

457.0375 I know is used around 'ere but I'm finding conflicting reports about some of the others :?
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457.0125 FIREFIGHTER FIREGROUND RADIOS FA1
457.0375 FIREFIGHTER FIREGROUND RADIOS FA2
457.0875 FIREFIGHTER FIREGROUND RADIOS FA3
457.1375 FIREFIGHTER FIREGROUND RADIOS FA4
457.1375 462.6375 FIREGROUND DUPLEX CHANNEL 5
457.1875 FIREFIGHTER FIREGROUND RADIOS FA5
457.2375 FIREFIGHTER FIREGROUND RADIOS FA6
457.4875 FIREFIGHTER FIREGROUND RADIOS FA7

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Do you actually receive any traffic on these channels these days?
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I can confirm that 457.0375 is very busy around here (South East Wales).
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Scotland fire and rescue use them and still analogue, some areas use these frequencies on digital now.
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This is what I have:
:1 457.0375 General Incident Ground
:2 457.0875 / 462.5875 (Mobile repeaters)
Some fixed sites e.g Birmingham Airport, Bham Airport Fire Service refer to this as 'local authority channel')
[NB 462.5875 is US GMRS:2 which causes problems occasionally]
:3 457.0125
:4 457.1875 (RAF fire are reported to have this channel too, unconfirmed)
:5 457.1375 / 462.6375 (Mobile repeater)
[NB 462.6375 is US GMRS:4 which causes problems occasionally]
(Leics occasional use this as a repeater for fire control - presumably relayed thru Airwave on the appliance)
:6 457.2375 Water relay?
:7 455.9875
:8 455.9875 / 462.5375 (Control vehicle repeater - same freq as 7 simplex)
:9 457.4875 BA team?
KEY : = channel/stud | ~ = CTCSS/DCS | ^ = transmitter site | ¯ = overhead | * = trunked
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457.1875 has never been used by the RAF AFR anywhere iv been.
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think il pop these into my radio
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Mikel... i thought South wales fire were now using DMR? and where abouts are you ? as ive had that programmed into my handie and never heard anything in cardiff? ....inbox me?
:thumbup: Tetra is a Lonely place! Get DMR instead! (163TM995) ...... :thumbup:
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welshevo wrote:Mikel... i thought South wales fire were now using DMR? and where abouts are you ? as ive had that programmed into my handie and never heard anything in cardiff? ....inbox me?
Sorry, I should have been more specific ha ha, and not just stated south east Wales, bit lazy on my part. I am spending most of my time at present just outside Caerphilly and 457.0375 FM is used daily.

The way it seems to work is that they will arrive at an incident and someone with a radio will assess the scene and call back to the appliance instructing what type of 'stop' message to send to control with the Tetra radio.

Also heard them using it locally whilst checking smoke detectors and for giving instructions as to what ingredients to purchase in Asda so that a curry could be made back at the station.

I was under the impression that it was all 'South Wales Fire and Rescue Service' these days but maybe not if Cardiff is using DMR for Fireground comms?
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Most areas can switch to DMR now when working with other areas that use DMR all the time.
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thelad wrote:Most areas can switch to DMR now when working with other areas that use DMR all the time.
How do you know this?
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They would need DMR capable radios to do thet..

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At a recent big fire in Barnsley the numerous ground units on handsets were using 457.0875 simplex...
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thelad wrote:Most areas can switch to DMR now when working with other areas that use DMR all the time.
I would assume that actually any areas with DMR radios would be using DMR, and then would switch back to analogue if they were working with another unit that has only analogue radios.
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