Updated 10/18/23 - New Talkgroups updated based on recent listening.
Beginning Tuesday, 10 October, Chatham Metro Dispatch made significant changes in how the fire departments in Chatham County are dispatched. Previously, Savannah FD had its own dispatch talkgroup and fireground talkgroups, Metro Dispatch had a talkgroup for dispatching the other municipalities' fire departments and a set of fire tac talkgroups, and Chatham Emergency Services dispatched their fire units that covered the unincorporated county on their fire dispatch talkgroup and fire tacs. Now, Savannah FD, the other municipal FDs, and Chatham Emergency Service's fire units are all being dispatched by Metro Dispatch on what was Savannah FD's dispatch talkgroup and what used to be Savannah FD's fireground talkgroups and Metro's fire tac talkgroups have been turned into countywide fireground talkgroups. So far, the paging talkgroups for the municipal fire departments have remained the same, but it sounds like Savannah FD is getting new paging talkgroups. Additionally, the unit numbering system has changed; Savannah FD is still using their previous unit numbering scheme, but the other departments have changed theirs.
Tybee Island FD is still being dispatched by Tybee Island 911 and the Georgia Air National Guard FD at Savannah-Hilton Head IAP is still being dispatched by the ANG's Fire Control on their usual talkgroups.
Chatham Metro Dispatch/Fireground SEGARRN Talkgroups
TG 2305 - Formerly Savannah FD Dispatch, now Metro Fire Dispatch
TG 223 - Formerly Chatham Metro Fire Dispatch, now Chatham Metro Fire Admin?
TG 2311 - Formerly Savannah FD Fireground 1, now Metro Fireground 1
TG 2313 - Formerly Savannah FD Fireground 2, now Metro Fireground 2
TG 2315 - Formerly Savannah FD Fireground 3, now Metro Fireground 3
TG 2359 - Formerly Savannah FD Fireground 4, now Metro Fireground 4
TG 2309 - Formerly Savannah FD Fireground 5, now Metro Fireground 5
TG 2363 - Formerly Savannah FD Fireground 6, now Metro Fireground 6
TG 2365 - Formerly Savannah FD Fireground 7, now Metro Fireground 7
TG 227 - Formerly Chatham Metro Fire Tac 1, now Metro Fireground 8
TG 229 - Formerly Chatham Metro Fire Tac 2, now Metro Fireground 9
TG 231 - Formerly Chatham Metro Fire Tac 3, now Metro Fireground 10
TG 233 - Formerly Chatham Metro Fire Tac 4, now Metro Fireground 11
TG 237 - Formerly Chatham Metro Fire Tac 6, now Metro Fireground 13?
Municipal Fire Department Paging Talkgroups
TG 854 - Bloomingdale FD Paging
TG 856 - Garden City FD Paging
TG 858 - Pooler FD Paging
TG 859 - Port Wentworth FD Paging
TG 860 - Thunderbolt FD Paging
New Talkgroups
TG 342 - Pooler FD Station ? Paging/Night Dispatch?
TG 343 - Pooler FD Station ? Paging/Night Dispatch?
TG 525 - Chatham Emergency Services Station 1 Paging/Night Dispatch?
TG 526 - Chatham Emergency Services Station 2 Paging/Night Dispatch?
TG 527 - Chatham Emergency Services Station 3 Paging/Night Dispatch?
TG 528 - Chatham Emergency Services Station 4 Paging/Night Dispatch?
TG 529 - Chatham Emergency Services Station 5 Paging/Night Dispatch?
TG 530 - Chatham Emergency Services Station ? Paging/Night Dispatch?
TG 531 - Chatham Emergency Services Station ? Paging/Night Dispatch?
TG 532 - Chatham Emergency Services Station ? Paging/Night Dispatch?
TG 533 - Chatham Emergency Services Station ? Paging/Night Dispatch?
TG 534 - Chatham Emergency Services Station ? Paging/Night Dispatch?
TG 535 - Chatham Emergency Services Station ? Paging/Night Dispatch?
TG 536 - Chatham Emergency Services Station 12 Paging/Night Dispatch?
TG 537 - Chatham Emergency Services Station 13 Paging/Night Dispatch?
TG 538 - Chatham Emergency Services Station ? Paging/Night Dispatch?
TG 539 - Chatham Emergency Services Station ? Paging/Night Dispatch?
TG 540 - Chatham Emergency Services Station ? Paging/Night Dispatch?
TG 547 - Garden City FD Station 1 Paging/Night Dispatch?
TG 548 - Garden City FD Station 2 Paging/Night Dispatch?
As mentioned above, unit numbers for most of the departments have changed. The municipal departments have changed from two-digit unit numbers to three-digit unit numbers; for example, Garden City FD has gone from 2# unit numbers to 2## unit numbers. Now that they're being dispatched by Metro, Chatham Emergency Services fire units are using 3## unit numbers; for example, what was their Engine 1 is now Engine 301.
Fire Department Unit Numbering
## - Savannah FD
2## - Garden City FD
3## - Chatham Emergency Services fire units
4## - Port Wentworth FD
5## - Thunderbolt FD
6## - Pooler FD
8## - Bloomingdale FD
It sounds like the transition is still a work in progress, particularly in regards to the fireground talkgroups. Not everyone was showing up on the correct talkgroups so radios may still need to be programmed and users might need to get used the new system. Based on the new talkgroup testing traffic, new paging talkgroups could be coming.
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