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 OKWIN, the Oklahoma Wireless Information Network, a statewide 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 multi-tower simulcast, Site 8), Lexington, and Tecumseh that may carry Norman traffic. The Norman system (now Site 40) was merged into OKWIN in 2007. Norman units can now "roam" statewide (maybe) and stay in touch with their dispatcher. Rumor has it (c.2017) that the city is going to purchase a new P25 system with money from the Temporary Public Safety Sales Tax that was made permanent.

Fire

Department is dispatched by PD. Stations are toned out with 1970s-era Quik-Call-style tones. One pair of tones is usually a non-structure fire, two pairs is usually a medical call (one FD tone, one for EMSSTAT), three pairs is usually a reported structure fire. Per city statistics, 97% of NFD's runs are for EMS.

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 said "T 31", etc. Newer apparatus, 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, a few minutes ahead of the pump.

NFD began running first response service on EMS calls on 1995-09-01 when Norman Regional Hospital purchased the ambulance service from the NPD. EMSSTAT began providing EMS to Moore on 2015-10-01.

• Duty chief IDs as Chief 301 through 304.

EMS

EMSSTAT

• EMSSTAT units can and do operate on NPD and OUPD talkgroups as well as Norman Fire. The EMSSTAT talkgroups are rarely, if ever, used. Administrative traffic takes place on Fire DC.
• If a Supervisor (9x) is dispatched on a medical call without an ambulance being specifically dispatched, it's because there are no ambulances known by the dispatcher to be available.
• EMSSTAT is operated by the Norman Regional Health System. Prior to the 1996 fiscal year, the service was operated by the Norman PD.
• EMSSTAT 7x units are for interfacility runs.

Law Enforcement

Norman Police Department

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

• First digit = "Division" (1 = 0700-1500, 2 = 1500-2300, 3 = 2300-0700)
• Second digit = beat, A-J
• 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