6AR & 6IP

donks · Post by **donks** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:28 pm

just a quick question.... Is 6AR and 6IP the same thing? or are they different?

if anyone can eleborate that would be awesome.

cheers

AVBFS · Post by **AVBFS** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:33 pm

donks wrote:just a quick question.... Is 6AR and 6IP the same thing? or are they different?

if anyone can eleborate that would be awesome.

cheers

try this >> http://warsug.info/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=4560

Post by **Tyranus** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:35 pm

Yes and No.
Both are call signs for fire trucks to call in to when turning out to incidents depending on what brigade/station they are. They both are located in the same location and operated usually by a single operator.
I believe however in summer when it's busy they can have 2 different operators operating the 2 call signs. But principally they are the same.

Helitak_670 · Post by **Helitak_670** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:05 am

6IP is Volunteer BFB
6AR FRS and VFRS

Fastlane · Post by **Fastlane** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 12:37 pm

Helitak_670 wrote:6IP is Volunteer BFB
6AR FRS and VFRS

FRS uses 6IP too.. hence what WPXZBP has said above!

WPXZBP · Post by **WPXZBP** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:07 pm

A good reminder to all in FRS and BFS to read the SOPs. The Volunteer portal has a lot of the SOPs available.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:22 pm

And some SES....

WPXZBP · Post by **WPXZBP** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:55 pm

I've never looked in the SES section. Thanks for the heads up!

I split these posts from the FESA Frequencies thread. Missing are two posts as they didn't transfer through. Sorry about that! Please see below:

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:48 pm

WPXZBP wrote:Put simply...
6AR = metro fire district.
6IP = outside the metro fire district (eg Northam)

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 2:26 pm

Millsy wrote:
Helitak_670 wrote:6IP is Volunteer BFB
6AR FRS and VFRS
And some BFS use 6AR..

Bigfella78 · Post by **Bigfella78** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:16 pm

They split them last season for a week with all the fires going on here in perth and down south..

kylep · Post by **kylep** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:57 pm

Another minor detail is that 6AR and 6IP operate on different frequencies. If I recall correctly, you should use the callsign that applies to that channel.

24, 25, 30, 80 - 6IP
51, 52, 55, 57, 58 - 6AR

When they do split the channels, you'll usually be requested to change to the appropriate channel when responding, depending on which channels the incident is being controlled from. eg responding to a Bush Fire incident outside Gazetted area, "change to 6IP and call in"