Radio Scanning Resources
Norman, Oklahoma

All Norman city services, as well as the University of Oklahoma and the Cleveland Co Sheriff's Office, are on the statewide DPS Motorola 800 MHz trunked system. In addition to the Norman two-tower simulcast site (converted from the original system), there are also sites in Moore/OKC (another two-tower simulcast), Lexington, and Tecumseh that may carry Norman traffic.

Norman		Moore/OKC
854.7875	857.9375*
855.2125	858.9375*
856.7625	866.0375
856.9625	866.1625
857.7625	866.5375
857.9625	866.7625
858.7625	866.9250*
858.9625	867.1625
859.7625*	867.4000
859.9625*	867.7500*
860.7625*	868.1750
860.9625*	868.5500
866.3125
868.9000

The frequencies marked with a * are known control channels. The Norman system (first column above, now Site 40) was recently merged into the State DPS system. Norman units can now "roam" statewide and stay in touch with their dispatcher.

Fire

Department is dispatched by PD. Stations are toned out with selcal-style tones. One tone is usually a non-structure fire, two tones is usually a medical call (one FD tone, one for EMSSTAT), three tones is usually a reported structure fire.

NFD Notes

Older apparatus is numbered differently than the company's radio callsign. For example, Engine 1 used to say "E 23", Engine 2 says "E 22", Truck 2 says "T 31", etc. Newer apparetus, in red paint, thanks, is numbered to match the station.

Engines and Brush units ID separately, but essentially form a two-piece engine company. In the rural areas (Engines 5 and 6), this means that the Brush unit will often arrive, with only it's driver and the company officer, several minutes ahead of the pump. How the department satisfies the NFPA's and OSHA's "two in, two out" rule is unknown.

NFD began running first response service on EMS calls on 9/1/1995 when Norman Regional Hospital purchased the ambulance service from the NPD.

• Duty chief ids as "Chief 30x", where x is 1, 2, or 3. Probably the shift.

EMS

EMSSTAT

Note that EMSSTAT units can operate on NPD and OUPD talkgroups as well as Norman Fire.

Paramedic ambulance service operated by Norman Regional Hospital. Operated by NPD prior to FY1996.

Law Enforcement

Norman Police Department

Units ID as "1 John 1" or "1 Adam 1". Numbers are as follows:

• First digit = shift (1 = day, 2 = evening, 3 = night)
• Second digit = beat (don't have a list, sorry)
• Last digit = unit assigned to beat

So "1 Adam 2" would be the second day shift car assigned to the "Adam" beat. Note that the first digit is often truncated at times when there is no overlap of shifts.

University of Oklahoma Department of Public Safety

Old Channels - use unverified:

• 154.8000R - F1 - Dispatch ("OU") (155.8500 repeater input)
• 156.1650R - F2 - (159.0450 input)
• 155.7450 - Sooner Security
• 155.0250R - traffic and parking details (158.8650 input)

OUPD provides police services on the University of Oklahoma campus.

Cleveland County Sheriff's Office

• 154.2650R - "Low Band" (155.7000 input)

Local Mutual Aid

Amateur Radio

Transportation

Railroads

• 160.5600 - Road Channel 5 (old AT&SF Ry designator)

• Peter's Brief Guide to Railfanning in Norman, Oklahoma

Max Westheimer Airport (OUN)

• 118.0 - Tower
• 119.55 - AWOS (weather from electroman)
• 121.5 - Emergency (world wide)
• 243.0 - Emergency (military world wide)

Thanks to: J C Alexander, Doug 'Speg' Speheger