Monday, April 14, 2008

The Pope's Visit to DC (Part 2)

Other things to monitor:

The following five agencies are all on the Washington, DC Trunked System:

Metropolitan Police (MPD)
Talkgroups 16656 (Special Operations Division), 21232 (Citywide 2) and 18288 (SOD Alternate) may be active. These talkgroups, which are in the clear, will probably mostly be used for street closures. Talkgroups dealing with the motorcade and protection details will probably be encrypted.

DC Fire (DCFD)
DCFD will probably use Special Events 1-3 (2096, 2112, 2128). Also check the two "direct" channels (867.4875 [156.7] and 867.7625 [156.7]). They've been used at previous events.

DC Emergency Management Agency (EMA)
This agency has several talkgroups. They've been heard on 33872, 35536 and 35568. 35536 has seen the most use during recent events.

DC Department of Transportation (DDOT)
DDOT also has several talkgroups (34512, 34576, 35600). The Traffic Management Center is frequently heard on the same talkgroups. 34512 was used by traffic control officers during the opening of Nationals Park. 34576 used to be the "primary" DDOT talkgroup, but isn't heard much anymore.

DC Department of Health (DOH)
This agency uses talkgroup 34448. Talkgroup 34416, an unknown talkgroup, may also be used by DOH.

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