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Part 1 - Info gleaned from monitoring and the Internet
Part 2 - Background Info
DTG = digital talk group = P25
MACC - multi agency coordinating center - at MEMA bunker in Framingham apparently
UCC - unified comm center - misc locs - maybe multi disciplinary
TOC - tactical ops center ? - very specialized services?
CP = command post
Air # = Mass State Police helicopter
SWAT # = special weapons and tacticts unit
EOD # - explosives ordinance disposal unit
TG = talkgroup on a Trunked Radio System
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PART 1
(Apparently the SOPS channels were being heard out in Hampshire County carrying the Marathon traffic)
Eventwide Channels
Command and Control Net - using TG "LOCPS1" + 8Tac91 (851.0125R?) + BAP3 (470.7875R) + Boston PD 34/35 (?158.91R) + TG50384 on Mass TRS Zone 1 + TG 17808 + TG 40464 + TG 50224 - calling out locations of lead runners in real time - "NEMLEC to TOC" - Hopkinton UCC - Ashland (EOC) - Framingham EOC - Wellesley PD Ops - Newton EOC - Tac Ops - BA Ops - MAC Ops - Boston UCC - Medical 9 - "MACC Control" is the control point for this net
Motorcycle Officers - TG "SOPS 1" - escorting lead runners perhaps - and escorting buses perhaps - "Air 5 to Hopkinton CP" (maybe he meant Hopkinton UCC) (maybe not - Hopkinton CP tested with SP Boston on Sunday) - "Cycle 1" - "Cycle 2" - "Cycle 3" - etc
SWAT - TG "SOPS 5" + BAP West + Cambridge TG "SOPS 4" - multi SWAT teams / units - "SWAT 1" - "SWAT 2" - "SWAT 3" - etc
EOD - TG "SOPS 6" + BAP N (?470.4875R) + DTG 2827 on 700 TRS + Camb DTG 1139 - "EOD 6" - "EOD 5" - etc - ORU22 heard
Aerial Assets - ? intended to be TG "SOPS 8" - but MACC had no SOPS 8 access - so maybe SOPS 1 was used - "Air 1" - "Air 2" - "Air 3" - etc
MSP Helos - on "Statewide" TG - "Logan" was a control point
Medical Tents - TG "Event 8" on MSP TRS Zone 5
CST - TG "Event 2" ? or maybe TG "SOPS 6"
Ambulance Strike teams - MEMA 471.6875 R - Cataldo Amb and Fallon Amb
USAR ? - someone was on 153.965R and available for callout
FBI helo and USCG helo - ???
Mass Blackhawks - 46.85 - ceremonial flyovers and maybe backup medical support
Radiation monitoring by ? DOE
FedCom ? - ? 168.1125 - some P25 traffic heard
TG "SOPS 7" - "Copley CP to the MACC" - ? maybe dignitary protection ? - "Captain Lilly"
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Regional Channels
Hopkinton Area
TG "SOPS 2" - MSP Zone Commanders Net at Hopkinton
TG "SOPS 3" - Hopkinton area road blocks - on 495 etc maybe
UTAC 41 - Hopkinton FD units + Southboro FD units
8 Tac 91 ?
Wellesley Area
UTAC 42 - Wellesley PD + MetroLec CP
Boston Area
Red Cross TOC - 444.70 R in Boston
BAMA - 453.10R - BEMS handing off EMS calls to private ambulance services - possibly just for calls in Boston but possibly involving out of city ambulances
460.275 R - Brookline TOC spoke to Boston - patched to Boston TG "CW3" + Camb TG "SOPS 3" + ( ?? BAP N ??)
Mobile Field Force in Boston - cops on bicycles - 470.0375 R (BAP Central Tac)
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Local
Newton - ? race ops - 470.8375 R ?? - (non race PD ops were on 470.3875R)
Brookline EMS Ops - 471.0625 R
Brookline UCC - ?
Boston EMS - 460.525R - "MACC" was heard on this channel - "Tactical" is the control point who might have been located at BPD HQ
Boston EMS - Tac 2 inside Charlie tent maybe
Boston EMS - ? 460.55 R - ? 453.775 R
Boston FD - HazCom - 483.3125R - control point "HazCom" might be at a field location
Boston FD - 483.2125R - control point "Command Post" might be at a field location
Boston FD Secure - DTG 3083 encrypted
Boston PD - 460.35 R - primary channel for Marathon ops - "Boston TOC" heard - "UCC" heard - "Operations" is control point for 460.35R presumbably - "Operations" is located at BPD HQ presumbably
Boston PD - 460.025 R - barrier trucks
Boston PD - Ch 9 - command ops overflow
Boston PD - 460.05 - ? motorcycles
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PART 2 - BACKGROUND INFO
posted to lists March 20 2014 - fireealert, sonofrcma, sonofrcma, firerad2, firerad2
Reportedly 3,000 cops will be on duty for the Boston Marathon. Unknown
how many medical or fire people will be on duty.
Lets consider the role of public safety radios at the Marathon. The
most important roles for the radios will be - receiving updates on
impending threats - spreading the alarm if an situation happens -
deploying forces to deal with the event - directing forces to the most
advantageous locations - clearing traffic to help with response -
tracking down any perps or preventing further events.
For example - plane is approaching - plane has crashed - 20 ambulances
are needed at Main St; have them respond via South St - evaluate for
further threats - clear traffic to allow ambulances to go to
hospitals.
Question - what healthy radio channels are available to support the Marathon?
(all channels are repeaters unless otherwise indicated)
Hopkinton - FD 460.3125 & 460.0875 - PD 471.6125
Ashland - FD 484.3875 - PD 483.1125 & ? 470.10
Framingham - FD 483.7625 & ? 483.5875M - PD 471.7625 - maybe DPW freqs
also - maybe Fram State College PD channel also
Natick - FD 483.625 & 472.80 - PD 472.7375 - maybe DPW freq also -
maybe 2nd PD freq also
Wellesley - FD 482.575 - PD 471.4875 - Wellesley College PD 463.60 -
Babson College PD 462.075 - maybe college mtnce channels
Newton - FD 483.4625 & 482.9625 - PD 470.8375 & 470.3875 - Boston
College PD 472.1375 & 471.8125 - maybe Newton Hospital Security
channels also - maybe BC mtnce channels also
Brookline - FD 483.4375 - PD 471.0125 & 471.0625 - maybe BU PD channel
also 472.1625 - maybe Longwood Hospital area channels also
Boston - FD - 483.1625 483.1875 483.2125 483.2375 - also Brighton repeater
Boston - PD - 460.50 Back Bay & Brighton - 460.35 citywide - maybe
460.30 citywide chat - maybe 460.125 citywide warrants - maybe 460.075
Ch9 - maybe 460.25 special ops - maybe 460.05 Ch12 - maybe 460.20 -
maybe 460.475 command encrypted - maybe 460.425 radio shop digital -
maybe 460.025 radio shop clear
Boston - EMS - 462.975 main - 462.95 tac - 460.55 digital tac -
460.525 tac - 453.775 tac
Boston - interops 460.275 - shared by all agencies
Boston - CityWide 3 - unknown freq
Boston FD + Boston EMS have a couple of short range channels also -
unknown if BPD has any
Boston - St John Seminary in Brighton might have a UHF repeater - BC
and BU might have UHF channels that are available - Longwood Hospital
area might have spare UHF repeater channels - Back Bay area might have
some business security repeaters on UHF that could be used
Boston - BUPD 472.1625 - NorthEastern PD 464.975 & ? 464.125
BAPERN 3 - 470.7875 - wide area
BAPERN 4 - 470.5625 - wide area
BAPERN Central - 470.9875 - wide area
BAPERN West - 470.7375
NEMLEC - maybe 482.3875BM & 485.3875M
D14 Fire - maybe 453.3875 & 471.05
D13 Fire - maybe White + Red + North + Central + Orange (temp) + Silver (temp)
Homeland Security - maybe 471.6875 and 470.075
Utacs - maybe
Brookline and Wellesley are both in Norfolk County but it is unlikely
that the Norfolk County FG channels cover those towns
As you can see, 4 of the communities just have 1 police channel. 4 of
the communities just have 1 fire channel. There are no spare channels
for police unless they use BAP 3, 4, C, or W. (That would mean that
all police dispatcher to police dispatcher traffic would have to go
via telephone)
I could imagine that BPD would put the finish line area on 460.30 -
the Back Bay on 460.35 - Brighton on 460.05 - leaving 460.35 clear for
an emergency - plus a couple of other somewhat clear channels
Massachusetts State Police might have 1 to 4 helos working. Media might have several
helos working also. Since there are no dedicated 'air to ground'
channels for public safety in the Boston area, it will be necessary
for the helos to find the most appropriate local channel to use when
involved in a emergency situation. Or perhaps the MSP can patch a 800
Mhz TalkGroup to a local UHF channel somehow. They seem to have this
capability although it is extremely rarely used
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