a little info about rrdb and broadcastify

when rrdb and broadcastify list a channel as "operations" or "dispatch" - what they really mean is "primary" or "home" channel. for rural FDs - the dispatch channel is also usually the channel that the pagers listen to in the big cities - some of the primary radio channels now have relatively little radio traffic due to the extensive use of tablets, cellphones, mobile data terminals and / or status buttons on rrdb and broadcastify - a 'local' channel is usually a channel with a lower level base station that covers just one 'local' area vs covering an entire county - quite often the local channels are licensed to and paid for by the local agency (not by the county or county association) sheriff radio systems are 99% paid for by county government - including repeaters and field radios - fire and ems radio systems might be paid for by Fire Chiefs Associations or rural fire boards or local hospitals or private ambulance companies - nearly 99% of medevac radio channels are on 'business' channels and are entirely funded by the privately owned medevac operators give or take 1000% lol