I have delayed posting much on the Imperial Sugar Refinery Explosion because the search for the missing is ongoing and they had problems with information going to the media before families were notified. I have finally decided to go ahead and post this for two reasons. First, almost all of these talkgroups are already known and published on RadioReference. Second, if an elected official is going to bypass the correct public information channels, I don't think that this post is going to be a problem.
The agency listing below is most certainly incomplete; it is composed of agencies that I either heard on air or that I heard references to on air.
Fire Agencies Involved:
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Port Wentworth FD
Garden City FD
Savannah FD
Pooler FD
Bloomingdale FD
Southside FD
Isle of Hope FD
GA ANG Crash/Fire
Fort Stewart/Hunter AAF FD
Tybee Island FD
Thunderbolt FD
Effingham Fire/Rescue
Bryan Fire
Screven Fire
Metter FD
Bluffton FD
EMS Involved:
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MedStar
Southside EMS
Effingham EMS
Bryan Co. EMS
Bulloch Co. EMS
Fort Stewart/Hunter EMS
Glynn Co. EMS
Liberty Co. EMS
McIntosh Co. EMS
Jasper Co. EMS
LifeStar
Law Enforcement Involved:
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Port Wentworth PD
Garden City PD
SCMPD
Chatham SO
Chatham BOE PD
GSP
MCCD
GPA PD
Invesigative Agencies
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Georgia Fire Marshalls
ATF
OSHA
Chatham-Effingham TRS
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3632 Fire Tac 1, Incident Command
-ICS Callsigns (i.e. COMMAND, OPERATIONS, etc.), Fire units
using regular callsigns, SUPPRESSION TEAM #, SEARCH TEAM #
-Fire Units using regular unit numbering, SUPRESSION TEAM #,
SEARCH TEAM #, ICS callsigns (i.e. COMMAND, OPERATIONS, etc.)
-GSAR OPS, GSAR #, GSAR TEAM 1, GSAR TEAM 2
-BLACKHAWK 1 (?)
3664 Fire Tac 2, Tactical
-Fire Units using regular unit numbering, SUPRESSION TEAM #,
SEARCH TEAM #, ICS callsigns (i.e. COMMAND, OPERATIONS, etc.)
3696 Fire Tac 3, Tactical
-Fire Units using regular unit numbering, SUPRESSION TEAM #,
SEARCH TEAM #, ICS callsigns (i.e. COMMAND, OPERATIONS, etc.)
36976 Savannah Fire Fireground 1, Tactical
37008 Savannah Fire Fireground 2, Tactical
54128 SCMPD B11 (P25), Law Enforcement Ops
7920 MedStar Dispatch 1
8016 MedStar Dispatch 2, Medical Transport Coordination
-MedStar Units, 1##, SO #
6256 CEMA 2, Tactical
-Fire Units using regular unit numbering, SUPRESSION TEAM #,
SEARCH TEAM #, ICS callsigns (i.e. COMMAND, OPERATIONS, etc.)
6288 CEMA 3, EMA and Logistics Ops
-LOGISTICS, CEMA #, ICS callsigns
2672 Chatham SO
3824 Southside FD Dispatch
4112 Southside EMS Medic 1
4144 Southside EMS Medic 2
4528 Port Wentworth PD
4592 Port Wentworth FD
4880 Thunderbolt Fire Tac 1
4944 Garden City PD
5040 Garden City FD
5200 Tybee Island FD
5424 Pooler FD
6224 CEMA 1
6640 ANG Crash/Fire
7088 Chatham Co. BOE PD
7760 Isle of Hope FD
12944 MedStar Admin (P25)
24656 Effingham Fire Rescue Dispatch
24688 Effingham EMS Dispatch
25104 Effingham Fireground 1
25136 Effingham Fireground 2
25200 Effingham Fire Rescue Admin 1
25328 Effingham EMA
36912 Savannah Fire Admin
50576 Savannah Vehicle Maintenance
53264 SCMPD A1, PCT 1 Car-to-Car (P250
53280 SCMPD B1, PCT 1 Primary (P25)
53328 SCMPD B2, PCT 2 Primary (P25)
53644 SCMPD B9, Westside Dispatch (P25)
54064 SCMPD (P25)
54112 SCMPD B10 (P25)
Fort Stewart/Hunter AAF TRS
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2576 EMS Dispatch
2672 Fire Tac
3504 Hunter Crash/Fire
Conventional
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462.975 LifeStar
-LIFESTAR, LIFESTAR BASE
156.800 Marine VHF Ch. 16
-MSU Savannah clg 25671
157.050 Marine VHF Ch. 21
-RESCUE 6542, 6553 (HH-65C, Savannah); debris search and
standby
-25652, 25524, 25671 (25' boat), 192526 (19' boat)
-Auxiliary 770, 577, 957
-Station Tybee, Sector Charleston
-MSU Savannah
-SCMPD Marine Patrol
-6561 for video/survey work on 02-08-08
345.000 USCG Ops Primary
-Air Station Savannah, 6542, 6553
157.100 Marine VHF Ch. 22
-River closing broadcasts
156.650 Marine VHF Ch. 13
-USCG boats wkg vessels entering/leaving security zone
-Moran Tugs (providing water pumping support due to low water
pressure from plant system and hydrants
415.1625 Hunter AAF Transient Alert
-discussion of how many portable lighting units they had
to send to incident
References were made to handheld VHF radios, probably being used to communicate with non-800 FDs like Screven and Bryan Counties.
Aviation
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124.975 Hunter Tower
-LIFEGUARD N117LS (LifeStar)
-LIFEGUARD N911AM (Air Med)
-LIFEGUARD N116LN (Emory Flight 2)
-LIFEGUARD N350DH (Rescue Air)
-LIFEGUARD N224LF
-LIFEGUARD N506RA (Rescue Air)
-LIFEGUARD N308CG (Air Med)
-RESCUE 6542 (HH-65C, USCG, Savannah)
-RESCUE 6553 (HH-65C, USCG, Savannah)
-COAST GUARD 6561 (HH-65C, USCG, Savannah)
119.100 Savannah IAP Towr
120.400 Savannah Approach/Departure
-EAGLE 1 (MD 500, Chatham Co.)
-EAGLE 2 (MD-500, Chatham Co.)
-LIFEGUARD N117LS (LifeStar)
-LIFEGUARD N911AM (Air Med)
-LIFEGUARD N116LN (Life Net)
-LIFEGUARD N350DH (Rescue Air)
-LIFEGUARD N224LF
-LIFEGUARD N506RA (Rescue Air)
-LIFEGUARD N308CG (Air Med)
-RESCUE 6542 (HH-65C, USCG, Savannah)
-RESCUE 6553 (HH-65C, USCG, Savannah)
-COAST GUARD 6561 (HH-65C, USCG, Savannah)
123.025 Airborne Operations, Air-to-Ground, probably
working LZ near triage area (PW Elementary?)
Medevac Helicopter Ops were out of the Memorial Hospital Helideck, the Jenkins High Schoool athletic field, Savannah IAP, and the incident scene LZ. Helicopters from Hunter AAF were used for medevacs during the night and early morning of 7/8 February but I did not hear them because I was sleeping. B-169 AVN CH-47s were on standby for water drops on 8 February but not used; ARNG personnel were on scene to provide comms with the CH-47s if needed. EAGLE 2 was used for water drops on 11 February.
Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net
