Roger Wood Foods Fire

Last night shortly before 2030, Savannah Fire and Garden City Fire were dispatched to Roger Wood Foods on Alfred St. Eventually, this fire involved a good part of Savannah Fire and Emergency Services, the Garden City Fire Department, part of Port Wentworth Fire Department, and part of Pooler Fire Department. Units were on scene until well into this morning. Problems with trapped fire and ammonia complicated operations. Fire suppression and coordination communications were on the Chatham-Effingham TRS:

37072 Fire Common
36880 Savannah Fire Dispatch
36912 Savannah Fire Admin
36976 Savannah Fire Fireground 1

3568 Metro Fire Dispatch
5040 Garden City Fire 2
4592 Port Wentwort Fire 1
5424 Pooler Fire 1

I haven't had much time for public safety monitoring lately, so last night was the first time I heard Pooler FD using 16## callsigns (although some still referred to the Pooler Chief as 101). Garden City has long used 12## and Port Wentworth began using 14## after their recent reorganziation. It seems that they have adjusted callsigns to partner with their city PD callsigns (2## for Garden City, 4## for Port Wentworth, and 6## for Pooler). If this is the new pattern for westside fire department callsigns, I wonder if it follows that Bloomingdale Fire is using 18## callsigns?

Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net