Worcester Regional

Worcester Trunked Radio System IMPORTANT NOTE:The system is in the process of being replaced with a Motorola P-25 system utilizing the same frequencies plus 4 additional frequencies. See below. EDACS-Wide 800MHz System The system has been rebanded

EDACS-WIDE System Frequencies

• Must be programmed in exact channel order (LCN) as seen below. NOTE: Radio Shack scanners generally start with Channel x00 (ie: 000, 100, 200, etc.) as the first channel of a bank. DO NOT USE THIS AS LCN-1. Instead, start with x01 (ie: 001, 101, 201, etc).

Frequency	LCN
856.5125	1
854.1375	2
854.8875	3
854.4625	4
854.2125	5
855.4875	6
855.7125	7
855.7375	8
855.9625	9
855.9875	10

New P25 Frequencies

• Modified Worcester License with the P25 frequencies.
• System is part of the larger Commonwealth P25 system.
• One site has been lit up, 001-0036 - Skyline Drive tower.
• NAC D16
  • Talkgroups are a mix of Phase I and Phase II

Frequency	Usage	Notes	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
858.1375	Control Channel		2016.07.28
857.2625
856.8375
856.2625	Voice		2016.07.28

Talkgroups

Fire Department Talkgroups

DEC	AFS	P25	Alpha Tag	Comments	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
549	04-045	4433	F1 FD Admin	Typically used for companies on-the-air, not responding to incidents
545	04-041	4435	F2 Fire OPS-A	North End Multi Company Responses - Typically used if Car 3 assigned to the call
546	04-042	4437	F3 Fire OPS B	South End Multi Company Responses - Typically used if Car 4 assigned to the call
547	04-043	4439	F4 Fire OPS C	Single Company Response (ie: Medical, MVA, etc) - Patched to 460.0500 (DPL 051)	2016.07.21 WorcNews
		4441	F5 Fire OPS D
548	04-044	4443	F5 Dispatch	Used to dispatch all calls: Single tone - One Company or Message Two tones - Multi Companies Three tones - Reported Building Fires or SCUBA alerts
577	04-081		F6 Fire Prevention	Fire Code Enforcement
578	04-082	4449	F7 FD Staff	Used mostly by administration and chiefs
583	04-087	4445	TAC-10	Overflow Fireground channel
580	04-084	4447	TAC-11	Training/Overflow Fireground channel
582	04-086		TAC-12	Overflow Fireground channel
587	04-093	2509	Mid-State Simulcast	Used for Inter-op purposes on 33.7000
588	04-094		So. Cnty Simulcast	Used for Inter-op purposes on 33.6200

The two fire simulcasts are not always active. The South County simulcast is active much more often. Fire alarm has the ability to patch these talkgroups to fireground channels.

The Fire Department also has access to 859.4875 131.8. This frequency is F16 in most radios and is a conventional talkaround frequency.

Fire Department Responses

Single company responses include: Medical Assists, Private Residential Alarms, Local Alarms, Brush Fires, Motor Vehicle accidents, Vehicle Fires, Spills, etc.

Multi Company Responses include:

1. One Engine, One Ladder, the Rescue, and a district chief for: Smell of Natural Gas, Hazmat Situation, Elevator Problems, Accidents with Entrapment, etc
   
2. Two Engines, One Ladder, and the District Chief for: Private Commercial Alarms, Boiler Problems, Electrical Problems, Stove Fires, other appliance fires (driers, etc), some Master Boxes, etc.
   
3. Two Engines, One Ladder, rescue and the District chief response on most master boxes.
   
4. Two Engines for: Medical call or Motor Vehicle accident on I290. Two engines sent in order to have one come each direction in case the location was given incorrectly.

Reported building fires get a response of Four Engines, Two Ladders, the Rescue, a district Chief, and an additional Ladder for RIT.
Subsequent Alarms:
2nd Alarm: 2 Engines, 1 Ladder, Special Ops District Chief, Safety Officer, District Chief
3rd Alarm: 2 Engines, 1 Ladder, Field Communications, Notification of Department Chief and Deputy Chief
4th Alarm: 2 Engines
5th Alarm: 2 Engines
6th Alarm: 2 Engines

Common mutual aid is an Engine and Tower from Auburn, Tower from Holden, Engine from Millbury, Engine from Shrewsbury, and an Engine from Paxton. This mutual aid does not normally occur until at least a fourth alarm. City companies are moved up before mutual aid is called in.

Fire Department Station Alert Talkgroups

The only activity on these TGs is keyups to activate paging and Klaxon systems in the fire houses. There is no voice on these channels. They are only included in this page for completeness.

DEC	AFS	P25	Description	Comments	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
738	05-122		South Division
739	05-123		Headquarters
740	05-124		Park Ave
741	05-125		Webster Square
742	05-126		Brown Square (Inactive)
743	05-127		Southeast Division
744	05-130		Burncoat
745	05-131		Tatnuck
747	05-133		Greendale
748	05-134		Providence-The Rock (Inactive)
751	05-137		McKeon Rd
736	05-120		All Stations Alert

Police Department Talkgroups

DEC	AFS	P25	Alpha Tag'	Comments	Confirmation/Reconfirmations
1057	08-041	4369	F1 E. Dispatch	Routes 1-10	2016.03.26 KB1FJR
1058	08-042	4371	F2 W. Dispatch	Routes 11-20	2016.03.26 KB1FJR
1089	08-081		F3 CJIS	Record Checks
1121	08-121		F5 Talkaround
1059	08-043		F6 TAC-1
1060	08-044		TRAFFIC-4	Traffic Enforcement
1061	08-045		F11 Details
581	04-085		F16 Talkaround
1094	08-086		Street Crimes Unit
1125	08-125		BCI/Detectives
1132	08-134		F7 TAC-2
1133	08-135		GANGS-12	Gang Units
1158	09-006		Auto Theft
1159	09-007		SP Holden Tie

Citywide Talkgroups

DEC	AFS	P25	Alpha Tag	Comments	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
1123	08-123		Fire/EMS/PD
1665	13-001		Event A
1666	13-002		Event B
1667	13-003		Event C
1668	13-004	4583	911 Emergency		2016.05.17 WorcNews
1669	13-005	4353	Emergency Management		2016.03.31 ScanWorcester

The Interagency talkgroup is primarily used for communication between FD and EMS or PD and EMS.
The events channels are in every PD and FD radio. (maybe more?)
The 911 Emergency talkgroup is in every city radio, as well as WRTA buses. It is monitored by a Fire Department dispatcher. It usually is used by DPW workers or WRTA drivers to report MVAs or medical emergencies. During a recent disaster drill it was used for communication between the dispatcher and incident commander.

Airport Talkgroups

Airport vehicles also have access to 120.500 ORH Tower to talk to the tower while driving in/on the runway areas.

DEC	AFS	P25	Alpha Tag	Comments	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
1702	13-046		ORH Security/ARFF
1579	12-053		ORH Emergency
1640	12-130		ORH Admin

Worcester EMS

DEC	AFS	P25	Alpha Tag	Comments	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
586	04-092		CITYWIDE
556	04-054		WEMS 2
557	04-055		WEMS 3
584	04-090		CMED

Ambulance service in the City of Worcester is provided by Worcester EMS aka UMass EMS. They operate on 462.950 110.9 with Paramedics 1 through 5 providing primary coverage to the city. P1, P2, P3, P4, P6 (Shrewsbury 911 truck) are 24 hours per day, and P5 is 1000-2200 Friday through Monday, 1000-0200 (in two, eight-hour shifts) Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Backup coverage is provided by various private companies.

On 20 November 2009, Worcester EMS transitioned to the City's EDACS system, using the existing "EMS MED-9" cross-linked talkgroup as the primary channel, replacing their Motorola UHF mobiles and portables with M/A-COM hardware. Other services can continue to communicate with Worcester EMS via the UHF MED-9 frequency.

Public Safety Talkgroups

• Talkgroups linked/patched from neighboring Commonwealth Trunked Sites (both Analog and P25)

DEC	AFS	P25	Alpha Tag	Comments	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
		2111	C-PTL-1	MSP C Troop Patrol 1	2016.02.14 WorcNews
		2113	C-PTL-2	MSP C Troop Patrol 2	2016.02.14 WorcNews
		2115	C-PTL-3	MSP C Troop Patrol 3	2016.02.14 WorcNews
		2283	LPS-7	Local Public Safety 7	2016.03.05 Garys
		2285	LPS-8	Local Public Safety 8	2016.05.01 AFD94
		2301	NB PD-1	New Braintree Regional PD-1	2016.02.14 WorcNews

Other Non-Public Safety Talkgroups

Note there are numerous Talk Groups listed on other sites, most are inactive. It would take up too much space to list them all on this page. A lot of these TGs use informal communications (e.g. "Hey Bob!") and at the most refer to a "base" as dispatch (e.g. "Water Base"). Some of these TGs. have very brief communications and extreme bouts of inactivity. This is mainly due to the nature of their jobs not needing radio communications as much as public safety agencies, and the proliferation of cell phones for use by smaller city agencies.

DEC	AFS	P25	Alpha Tag	Comments	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
1549	12-015		Testing F-5
?	?	2209		State Radio Techs	2016.03.04 MJD553
1550	12-016		WORAD Techs
1569	12-041	4521	DPW Water Dept		2016.04.26 WorcNews
1570	12-042	4525	DPW Water Filtration		2016.05.27 WorcNews
1571	12-043	4517	DPW Sewer Dept		2016.05.17 WorcNews
1573	12-045	4519	DPW Street Dept		2016.05.27 WorcNews
1574	12-046	4523	DPW Engineering		2016.07.21 WorcNews
1575	12-047		Code Enforcement
1577	12-051	4535	DPW Cemeteries		2016.04.20
1578	12-052	4537	DPW Forestry		2016.04.20
1580	12-054		Labeled "CC OPS"
1581	12-055	4527	DPW Sanitation Dept		2016.07.21 WorcNews
1582	12-056		DPW Snow Plows
1601	12-081	4515	DPW Garage		2016.07.21 WorcNews
1603	12-083		DPW Traffic
1604	12-084	4529	DPW Parking Cntrl		2016.05.27 WorcNews
1605	12-085	4561	School Transport		2016.08.01 KB1FJR
1636	12-124		Code Enforcement
1644	12-134		DPW Admin
1699	13-043	4531	DPW - Parks Maintenance		2016.04.05 ScanWorcester
1703	13-047		ORH Maint

Conventional Channels

Frequency	Type	Tone	Alpha tag	Comments	Confirmation/Re-Confirmations
33.6200	S		So Cnty Simul	Mid-State Patch to 04-094
33.7000	S		No Cnty Simul	Mid State Patch to 04-093
460.0500	R	D051	F4 Fire Ops C	Patched to 04-043	2016.05.22
462.9500	R	186.2	Citywide EMS	Patched to 04-092
859.4875	S	131.8	F16 Fire TA	Talk-Around not Patched

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