They Are All Toll Free Numbers In PGFD Land. Press Release Confirms Switch to 800 Numbers. Plan Addresses Interoperability.
As we warned you a little while ago, PGFD is in the process of switching to the COG numbering system. You can already hear some of the changes on the radio. Chief Spokesman Mark Brady (what 800 number is Brady?) has issued the following press release.
Notice, unlike STATter 911, Brady doesn’t use Station 33 as an example. Wonder how he happened to pick Branchville? I am guessing “11” is just his lucky number.
While the initial change may sound confusing, the NCR COG renumbering system will assist in the inter-operational capabilities and regional response of units dispatched outside of their jurisdictions and assist incident commanders in readily identifying out of county apparatus that respond mutual aid into Prince Georges. The jurisdictional identifiers are also used to identify the trunked radio resources assigned to each jurisdiction in the radios. The agencies within COG share programming across the trunked radio systems in the region to facilitate interoperability and these identifiers are used to facilitate identification of, and navigation to, those resources in the mobile and portable radios.
Unit numbering is based on the assignment of numeric jurisdictional identifiers to each major political jurisdiction within COG. These assignments are as follows:
0 – Washington, DC
1 – Arlington County
2 – City of Alexandria
3 – Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
4 – Fairfax County
5 – Prince William County
6 – Loudoun County
7 – Montgomery County
8 – Prince George’s County
9 – Frederick County
