more radio comms heard during Boston Marathon on 4/17/2023

[Peteri Szerlagi]

using the 'Broadcastify Calls' website - we heard -

MetroFire North - nothing heard on 4/17 - except for a regular 930 am rollcall

MetroFire Central - nothing heard on 4/17 - (on 4/16 there was a 930
am rollcall)

LPS 1 - UCC heard - ? Lake Center ? heard or mentioned - little traffic

LPS 2 - dead / no traffic

LPS 10 - dead / no traffic

Boston CW 4 - no traffic on 4/17 - (on 4/12 ish bpd talked to rangers)

Boston CallIn TG / TG 2819 - 4/17 - just 1 guy said 1 word

MetroFire Red - nothing on 4/17 - (on 4/16 at 1131 am ish - Boston E39
tested from Broadway subway station and L18 tested from Courthouse
station on the grey subway line)

BAPERN Central - 4/17 - little traffic - just BOLO for HM after foot
chase at andrews square at 1113 am - and bolo at 1116 am for missing
female from 111 atlantic ave

State Events 2 / TG 2051 on CoMIRS (state trs_ - 532 am on 4/17 - CST
6 - CST51 at finish line - CST TOC maybe is a trailer / command post -
(Civilian Support team from natl guard maybe / wmd team)

Boston FD - Ch 3 - 483.2125 R - 9 am rollcall for Marathon units by
"Command Post" - units called - Command / C1 - C100 / Marathon 100 =
C1's aide probably - MEMA Ops - Race Ops - JHAT Command - Boston EOC -
C25 - H1 - Cleveland Circle Ops - Cleveland Circle 100 - IRT 1 - IRT
101 - IRT 102 - IRT 9 - IRT 901 - IRT 902 - JHAT 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 -
Kenmore Ops - Kenmore 100 - IRT 203 - maybe have missed some - IRT 3 -
IRT 301 - IRT 302 - IRT 303 - IRT 304 - JHAT 11/ 12 / ... 16 - North
Side Ops - North 100 - IRT 4 / 401/402/403 404 - IRT 5 / 501 / 502 /
503 - IRT 801 / 802 / 803 / 804 / 805 - JHAT 17 - JHAT 20 - IRT 602 /
603 / 604 - IRT 7 / 701 / 702 / 703 / 704 - JHAT 26 - JHAT 27 - Tac 6
- Tac 7 - Tango 6 - RET 1 / 101 / 102 / 103 - Acorn Eng 1 / 101 / 102
/ 103 / 104 - ? Acorn Eng 2 ? / 201 / 202 / 203 / 204 - Acorn Eng 3 /
301 / 302 / 303 / 304 - Acorn 1 - Acorn 100 - ? Tac Op ? - ? tac Alpha
? - X Bravo - Tango 21 - Tac 101 / 103 / 202 / 203 / 301 / 302 / 303 /
304 / 4 / 401 / 402 / 403 / 404 - Tech Support 103 / 104 - X1 - X5 -
Kilo 3 Alpha - Kilo 5 - kilo 5 alpha - 5 bravo - K39 - K ?32 ? - K59 -
K50 - K60 - K53 - 105 - (none of the K units replied - on this TG
anyhow) - Gulf 2 - 287 - Gulf 4 - 527 - S27 - S26 - S28

Mass Fire Service East / TG 2497 - dispatcher answers to State Control
or MEMA Control - maybe someone else IDed as "HazMat" (control) -
[around 6 pm to 630 pm - truck 31 clear of marathon detail - SU3 in
quarters - Truck 32 rtq - Truck 72 - "RSU1 on DFS East" - Truck 21 in
quarters in belmont - Truck 64 in qtrs - truck 31 - RSU1 back in
quarters in Stow] - no traffic archived from 5am to 4 pm

Boston Office of Emergency Management (OEM) / TG 2877 - "Boston EOC"
seemed to be the Control Station - he did radio checks with UCC and
Transportation Center Bld + BAA Race Ops at 830 am + 1030 am + 1230 pm
- very little other radio traffic - no net messages were passed -
Boston Police Comms came up on the TG once - he said "we are on the
OEM talkgroup" - apparently BPD had been talking to Boston EOC/Boston
EMA on some other channel also - not sure what this TG would have been
used for if a major incident happened