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200-012 Unique Radio Identifier Effective Date: 12/11/13 Reference: Next Review: Modified Date: CLASSIFICATION: POLICY STATEMENT Issued By: Rich Roberts, County Chiefs President Scott Roman, Director DOERC Preface: With the adoption of the Cortland County Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Network, all radios connected with the network are issued a unique radio identifier. This identifier allows the radio to communicate on Cortland, Cayuga, Onondaga, Madison and Oswego counties UHF radio networks. Objective: This policy establishes a means to coordinate the Unique Radio Identifiers (radio IDs) throughout the Cortland County Fire and EMS Departments. Policy: Section 1: A: Each Unique Radio ID is a six digit identifier specific to that radio. Any radio that is normally used on Cortland County’s Land Mobile Radio Network will have a first digit of the Number 6. B: The first digit 6 in each Unique Radio ID shall then be followed by a two digit agency specific identifier. This identifier is the same as the Fire Department Identification Number for each agency. The Agency Specific identifiers are as follows: Cincinnatus Fire & Ambulance: 01 Cortland: 02 Cuyler: 03 Harford: 04 Homer: 05 Marathon Fire & Ambulance: 06 McGraw: 07 Preble: 08 Truxton: 09 Virgil: 10 Willet: 11 DOERC, County Instructors: 12 Cortlandville: 13 C: The next digit in the Unique Radio ID will be the unit or apparatus type. This will follow the current system used throughout the county as closely as possible. The basic ID’s will consist of the following: ---PAGE BREAK--- Engines: 0 Brush Unit: 1 Tanker: 2 Aerial: 3 Rescue: 4 Ambulance: 5 Chiefs: 6 Captains: 7 Lieutenants: 8 Stations: 9 D: The second to last digit in the Unique Radio ID will consist of the specific unit or apparatus identifier. E: The last digit in the Unique Radio ID is the actual Unique Radio ID. This number will identify which radio from which unit is being used on the radio network. If the last digit is a zero the radio transmitting is a mobile If the last digit is one through nine (1-9) it is likely a portable Exceptions to the 1-9 include agencies that purchased second mobile radios, the second mobile radio has an ID of 9. Also, in terms of the base station radios a 1 is used for all agencies Main Station, for those agencies that have multiple stations or multiple bases a 2 is used for Station 2 and the remaining digits are used for subsequent radios throughout the stations. Radio Type- 0 is a mobile, any other number is a portable Unit Identifier- i.e. Engine 1 or Engine 2 Unit Type- Engine, Brush, Rescue etc. Agency Specific Identifier Cortland County Identifier Example of a Mobile Radio in Cortland 201: The Unique Radio ID is 6 02 0 1 0 Section 2: A: When Fire Control contacts a unit or apparatus, they will drop the County Identifier of 6 and state the Unit or Apparatus only. Example of Fire Control contacting 861 on their mobile: “861 from Fire Control” B: When Fire Control contacts a portable they will drop the County Identifier but continue with the Unique Radio Identifier. Example of Fire Control contacting 1064 on their portable: “1064 from Fire Control” ---PAGE BREAK--- C: Station radios will be identified as base stations. For example: “Cortlandville Base from Fire Control” E: The Communications Center Dispatchers are able to monitor and see what radios are turned on and what talk group the radio is selected to. Michael Biviano - County Chiefs President Scott Roman- Director DOERC