Radio Channels

1

CU-EHS

main for all Cornell units

Listening and communication with dispatch, EHS, hearing tones/dispatches.

2

CU-EHS 2

Communicating with EHS, EHS intra-agency communication

Can be used as a secondary channel but not monitored by dispatch

3

CU-COORD

Communicating with CUPD while on calls

5

CU-EMS

Intra-Agency communication

Not scanned by other units, but all transmissions are recorded

8

CU-LAW

CUPD communication with each other and Cornell Dispatch

DONT TALK HERE

9

CU-LAW 2

Secondary channel with same purpose as CU-LAW

DONT TALK HERE

10

MED B

Medical operations

Bangs, Ithaca Fire Dept IFD, Cayuga Heights Fire Dept CHFD

11

MED A/LZ

Ambulances other than Bangs

Helicopter landing zones

Fire depts when in the district of another ambulance

12

CMC

Cayuga Medical Center for online medical control

13

PAGING

Scans all county dispatches

Silent until county tones are dropped

NO COMMUNICATION

14

COORDINATION

Ithaca Police Dept IPD

Cayuga Heights Police Dept CHPD

15

TOMPKINS

Tompkins county dispatch

16

PRIORITY

Only use in extreme emergency

Transmits to ALL county radios

what radios do we use? what’s our bank/zone?

• portable 800 MHz; has 5 banks and better signal

• Bank A / Zone 1

turn off the radio when in the truck so you don’t get feedback with radio traffic