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P U B L I C S A F E T Y
The following columns are for reporting Public Safety and Special Emergency
frequency information, radio system details, radio codes, dispatch areas, unit
numbering systems, etc. for police, sheriff, fire, forestry (except USFS), fish and
game, highway patrol, state police, prisons, prisoner work camps. local government,
highway and street maintenance, port authority/bridge maintenance, animal control,
ambulances, paramedics, hospitals, life guards, ski patrol, search & rescue, flood
control, civil defense and disaster organizations. Send input and questions for
these columns to the appropriate state Associate Editor or to the proper regional
Public Safety Editor.
Associated Public Safety Communications Offics, Inc.
OFFICIAL TEN SIGNAL LISTS
APCO states that the numbering, sequence, words or word phrasing of the
below-listed signals may not be altered nor may the reserved signals be otherwise
implemented except by APCO. Any user may employ signal numbers upward, beginning
with 10-40, as needed for local dispatching. RCMA publishes this listing in support
of APCO and their uniform dispatch code efforts. We will print other dispatch
codes, different from the OFFICIAL APCO listing, only to assist our membership in
furthering their monitoring hobby. We hope you find this listing useful.
10-1 Signal weak
10-2 Signal good
10-3 Stop transmitting
10-4 Affirmative (OK)
10-5 Relay (to)
10-6 Busy
10-7 Out of service
10-8 In service
10-9 Say again
10-10 Negative
10-11 ( ) on duty
10-12 Stand by (stop)
10-13 Existing conditions
10-14 Message/Information
10-15 Message delivered
10-16 Reply to message
10-17 Enroute
10-18 Urgent
10-18 (In) contact
10-20 Location
10-21 Call ( ) by phone
10-22 Disregard
10-23 Arrived at scene
10-24 Assignment completed
10-25 Report to (Meet)
10-26 Estimated time of arrival
10-27 License/Permit Info
10-28 Ownership Information
10-29 Records check
10-30 Danger/Caution
10-31 Pick up
10-32 ( ) units needed (Specify)
10-33 Help me quick
10-34 Time
10-35 - 10-39 reserved for future assignment by ACPO; user option 10-40 up
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PUBLIC SAFETY - SOUTH EAST
Robert K. Cooke ? GEnie R.COOKE5
Public Safety and Special Emergency frequencies, radio system details, and
questions as follows: Florida,Georgia, N. Carolina,S. Carolina, Virginia and W.
Virginia:
Welcome to the September edition of Public Safety Southeast. The material from our
members has slowed down a bit. I still have some survey material to present for
this month. I would like to hear of any frequencies that you monitored in your
travels this summer.
FLORIDA
AE: Randy Kerr
From: Anonymous Contributor
Daytona Beach Police Dept. Signals & Codes
Signals Incident/Activity
00.00 Armed
01.00 DWI 01.10 Breathylyzer
02.00 Drunkeness 02.10 Liquor Law
03.00 Accident (hit/run) 03.01 Accident (H & R w/Inj)
04.00 Accident (Vehicular) 04.01 Accident (Veh w/ Inj)
04.10 Accident (Non Veh) 04.20 Accident (Pedistrian)
04.21 Accident (Ped w/ Inj) 05.00 Homicide
06.00 Escaped Prisoner 07.00 Accidental Death
07.10 Natural Death 08.00 Missing Person
10.00 Auto Theft 10.20 Auto Theft (Recovered)
11.00 Misc Aband'd Vehicle 12.00 Traffic (Reckless Driving)
13.00 Suspicious Vehicle 13.10 Suspicious Incident
13.20 Suspicious Person 14.00 Police Infomation
15.00 Special Detail 15.10 Delivering Prisoners
16.00 Traf. (Destruct/D & V) 20.00 Sick Person (Mental)
21.00 B & E (Attempt) 21.10 B & E (Business)
21.20 B & E (Residence) 21.30 B & E (Motel)
21.40 B & E (School) 21.50 B & E (Church)
21.60 B & E (Safe ) 22.00 Disturbance
22.10 Disorderly Conduct 22.20 Off Against Family
22.30 Off Against Children 23.00 Ck Hitchiker/Ped/Sleeper
24.00 Robbery 24.10 Robbery (Strong Arm)
24.20 Robbery (Attempt) 24.30 Larceny (Purse Snatch)
25.00 Fire 25.10 Fire/Brush
25.20 Fire/Vehicle 25.30 Fire/Business
25.40 Fire/Other 25.50 Arson
27.00 Prowler 27.10 Trespassing
30.00 Misc(Bomb Threat) 31.00 Narcotics
32.00 Fraud (All Other) 32.10 Fraud (Worthless Checks)
32.20 Fraud Flim Flam 32.30 Forgery
32.40 Blackmail 32.50 Embezzlement
32.60 Extortion 33.00 Assault & Battery
33.10 A & B (Firearm) 33.20 A & B (Knife/Cut Instrum)
33.30 A & B (Oth. Danger Weap) 33.40 A & B (Hands/Feet)
34.00 Rape 34.10 Sex Offense
34.20 Prostitution 35.00 Larceny (Car Break)
36.00 Weapons Complaint 37.00 Suicide
37.100 Suicide Attempt 38.00 Gambling
39.00 Juvenille Complaint 40.00 Vandalism
40.10 Destr of City Prop 41.00 Obscene Phone Call
41.10 Misc (Threats) 42.00 Civil Complaint
43.00 Grand Larceny (Other) 43.10 Petty Larceny (Other)
43.20 Larceny (Auto Acc.) 43.30 Larceny (Bicycle)
43.40 Larceny (Boat/Boat Part.)43.50 Larceny (Fr Vend Mach.)
43.60 Larceny (Jewelry) 43.70 Larceny (Pocketpicking)
43.80 Larceny (Shoplifting) 43.90 Failure to Pay (All)
44.00 Kidnapping 45.00 Phone Call (All)
46.00 Meals 46.10 Rest Stop
46.20 Report Writing 46.30 Follow Up Invest.
46.40 Surveillance 47.00 At Station
47.10 Gassing 48.00 City Yards
48.10 Firing Range 48.20 K-9 Training
48.30 Training 49.00 Pick up Partner
50.00 Traffic/Stops 50.40 Traffic/All Others
70.00 Traffic (Signal Out/Off) 72.00 Traffic (Ill. Parking)
73.00 Traffic (Post/Dir Traffic74.00 Traffic/Radar
75.00 Bus Ck/Routine excpt Bars75.10 Res Ck/ Routine
75.20 Bar Ck/Routine 75.30 Ven. Ck/ Routine
75.50 Ck Abandoned Bldg. 76.00 Misc (Escort)
80.00 Towed Vehicle 81.00 Misc(Alarm Sounding)
81.10 Alarm Ck/Routine 83.00 Public Relations
83.10 Flag Down 83.20 Assist Elderly
84.00 Court 84.10 Assist legal Process
85.00 Found Property 85.10 Found Animal
85.20 Found Bicycle 85.30 Found Jewelry
86.00 Lost Property 86.10 Lost Animal
86.20 Lost Jewelry 87.00 Lost Child
87.10 Found Child 88.00 Noise Complaint
90.00 Animal Complaint 91.00 Animal Bite
92.00 Sick Person 93.00 Emergency Message
94.00 Pick Up 95.00 Solo (Person)
95.10 Solo (Vehicle) 96.00 Misc(Aircraft)
98.00 Dangerous Situation 99.00 Misc (Open Door)
99.90 Misc(All Other)
GEORGIA
AE: Steve Giovanis
Steve has not received any contributions but has answered numerous queries from out
of state members. Please send him any info that you might have learned while
travelling throught Georgia.
NORTH CAROLINA
AE: Randy Whaley,
From: Jeff (NC-101)
Charlotte-Mecklenburg 800 Radio Frequencies and Their Use
856.2375 Phone Interconnect Only
857.2375 Phone Interconnect; Overload for Public Safety
858.2375 Public Safety
859.2375 Public Safety
860.2375 Public Safety
855.4875 Phone Interconnect Only
856.4875 Overload for Public Safety
857.4875 Overload for Public Safety
858.4875 Intermittent Carrier
859.4875 Public Safety Communications
860.4875 Unused
855.7375 Unused
856.7375 Overload for Public Safety
857.7375 Overload for Public Safety
858.7375 Used for "Control"
859.7375 Public Safety Communications
860.7375 Unused
855.9875 Overload for Public Safety communications
856.9875 Phone Interconnect
857.9875 Public Safety Comm Control
858.9875 Public Safety Communications
859.9875 Unused ; Interference from neighboring system
860.9875 Unused
Charlotte Police Department 453 mhz frequencies:
453.300 Channel 1
453.500 Channel 2
453.700 Channel 3 These Channels simulcast
453.800 Channel 4 dispath modes on the
453.900 Channel 5 "800" system
453.950 Channel 6
Mecklenburg County Police 453 mhz frequencies :
453.450 Channel 7 Data Transmisssion on freq.
453.750 Channel 8 now being used by coliseum sec.
453.850 Channel 9 freq is now quiet
Charlotte Fire Department 460 mhz Frequencies :
460.525 Channel 1 Used enroute to call
460.625 Channel 2 Used enroute to call
460.550 Channel 3 Used enroute to call
460.600 Channel 4 Used enroute to call
460.575 Channel 5 Fire Dispatch
465.625 Channel 6 Low power Fireground
Some or possibly all of the communications on these channels are being simulcast
on 800 mhz.
Mecklenburg County Volunteer Fire Department frequencies:
156.165 Channel 1 Fire Dispatch
153.815 ? Repeater input to 156.165
154.280 Channel 3 Talk-around ; Mutual Aid
Some of these transmissions are being simulcast on the 800 mhz system.
SOUTH CAROLINA
AE: Billy Estes
No material was received but several inquiries, including some from our Canadian
members, were received and answered.
VIRGINIA
AE: Alan Cole GEnie Mail: A.COLE1
Via Modem: ScanVirginia BBS 804-796-6828
Alas, we have no input again, but will give you a Hanover County profile with
permission from the Virginia Monitoring Digest (VMD). For more information about
VMD, write: John McColman,
POB 34832,
Richmond, VA 23234-0832.
HANOVER COUNTY, VA
155.4300 [CSQ] Sheriff F1
156.0300 [CSQ] Sheriff F2
158.7600R [CSQ] Fire/Rescue F1
154.0100M [CSQ] Fire/Rescue F2
154.2950M [203.5] Fire Mutual Aid w/Henrico County
453.6000M [203.5] County jail
155.0100 [203.5] Ashland Town Police
155.8800 [203.5] Ashland Town Gov't
HANOVER FIRE STATIONS
1 Ashland
2 Beaverdam
3 East Hanover
4 Doswell
5 Hanover Courthouse
6 Henry
7 Mechanicsville
8 Montpelier
9 (Rockville?)
10 Ledbetter (Hanover Airport)
11 Farrington
12 Black Creek
Rescue squads are mentioned as 'pager numbers' when toned out.
Dispatch was recently moved from 155.43 (Sheriff) to 158.76 (Fire).
Each of the four squads also has a unique series of unit numbers.
Agency frequencies are generally for squad business, and calls are
not toned out here.
SQUAD PAGER# UNIT #'s AGENCY FREQ
Ashland 212 120's 155.295 [151.4]
Ashcake 215 130's 155.265 [127.3]
East Hanover 234 140's 155.265 [123.0]
West Hanover 252 150's possibly same as Ashland
Most if not all Sheriff's units are numbered below 100, with 100-
119(?) being the Ashland PD. Also, the County is in the process
of building a six tower 800 MHz GE trunked system. They expect to
be online by the end of 1991. The frequencies are 856-860.4625 and
856-860.7125. Below are some counties in the area immediately west
of Hanover.
39.4600 [103.5] Louisa Co Sheriff dispatch
39.2800 [103.5] Louisa Co Sheriff (old)
39.3600 Louisa Co (nothing heard)
39.5000 Louisa Co (nothing heard)
39.5400 Louisa Co Sheriff (SIRS)
458.4000M [103.5] Louisa Co Sheriff (extenders)
155.8050R [173.8] Louisa Co Fire/Rescue F1 - dispatch
155.9550R [167.9] Louisa Co Fire/Rescue F2 - UVA MedComm
154.1150 [173.8] Louisa Co (school maintenance)
159.0900R [131.8] Fluvanna Co Sheriff dispatch (new)
155.8500M [131.8] Fluvanna Co Sheriff car/car (nothing heard)
39.2800 [103.5] Fluvanna Co Sheriff (old)
39.5000 Fluvanna Co (nothing heard)
39.5400 Fluvanna Co Sheriff (SIRS)
155.7450R [167.9] Fluvanna Co Fire/Rescue F1
155.9550R [167.9] Fluvanna Co Fire/Rescue (UVA MedComm)
39.7400 [100.0] Orange Co Sheriff dispatch
39.4200 [100.0] Orange Co Sheriff (old)
39.5000 nothing heard
39.5400 Orange Co Sheriff (SIRS)
33.8200 [CSQ] Orange Co Fire dispatch
152.0075P [123.0] Orange Co Rescue Squad
155.2350 [123.0] Orange Co Rescue Squad F2
158.7750R [192.8] Orange Co County gov't
155.3700R Orange Co Sheriff F1 (future)
155.6850R Orange Co Sheriff F2 (future)
155.8950R [192.8] Orange Co Fire F1 (future)
155.0550R [192.8] Orange Co Fire F2 (future)
39.7400 [100.0] Orange Town Police
453.4000R Town of Orange (not confirmed)
39.7400 [100.0] Gordonsville Town Police
158.7300R [203.5] Greene Co Sheriff
39.1800 [114.8] Greene Co Fire dispatch
155.9250R [203.5] Greene Co Rescue Squad dispatch
155.9550R [167.9] Greene Co Rescue Squad (UVA MedComm)
154.1000R [162.2] Goochland Co Sheriff
39.5400 Goochland Co Sheriff (SIRS)
155.9400R [110.9] Goochland Co Fire/Rescue dispatch
In lieu of no input, the following news item is offered for you cellular phone
listeners. As I write this column on June 19th, the FBI has advised a Virginia
Republican Party official that his presence may be required at a federal grand jury
hearing in Norfolk on the 21st. At issue is a taped cellular phone conversation of
Gov. Douglas Wilder, monitored in the Hampton Roads area in 1988 as the then-
Lieutanant Governor was riding in the back of a State Police car, gloating to a
crony about negative publicity surrounding US Senator Charles Robb.
Robb had admitted that his office was in posession of the tape for over two years,
but that he had neither listened to it nor divulged its contents. (a transcript had
been mysteriously leaked to and printed by the Washington Post) Robb insists that
the tape was made by a hobbyist and sent to him anonymously.
Not only is the Federal Government investigating, but the State Attorney General
has expressed an interest in prosecuting the tape's originator under Virginia's
wiretap law, which makes the interception of telephone calls a Class 6 Felony i.e.
up to 5 years in prison.
Robb's staff destroyed the tape before he publicly admitted possessing it, and no
known copies exist. See you next month.
WEST VIRGINIA
AE: Neil McKinney (OH-250)
From: James (WV-027)
155.4150 Barboursville Pol F-2 155.3850 Mason Cty E.M.S.
154.8450 Barboursville Pol F-1 155.9800 Mason Cty Intersystem
159.1500 Charleston P.D. 039.9600 Mason Cty Sheriff
046.0400 Elkins E.M.S. 039.5000 Pt Pleasant PD & FD
046.1000 Elkins Fire Dept. 039.9600 Randlolph Cty Sheriff
155.1300 Elkins Police 039.9800 Randolph Cty Intersys
155.3400 H.E.A.R. 155.7300 S. Charleston Police
045.2400 Huntington E.M.S. 155.0250 St Albans P.D.
154.2500 Huntington Fire Dept. 042.1000 WV St Police (Base)
155.2500 Huntington Police Dept. 042.2600 WV St Police (mobile)
155.2650 Kanawha Cty E.M.S. 155.4300 WV St Police (T-pike)
155.1450 Kanawha Cty Fire Dept. 046.1000 Wood Cty Fire Dept.
155.6250 Kanawha Cty Sheriff 154.2200 Wood Cty Fire Dept.
155.2050 Mason Cty E.M.S. 039.9200 Wood Cty Sheriff
Well, this wraps up another edition of PSSE. We will be finishing up the survey
material in the next two issues. I'm really pleased with the response from our
members.
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PUBLIC SAFETY - NORTH EAST
Gary Saffer
Public Safety and Special Emergency frequencies, radio system details, and
questions as follows: New England States, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Maine, Maryland, Delaware, and District of Columbia:
Hello, and welcome to PSNE for September. We once again are lucky enough to have
a whole pile of information this month and so I will not take up too much space
here. I would just like to say that I will be finishing up the member surveys over
the next couple of months since there are not too many left.
CONNECTICUT
AE: Stephen Repetto
From Pete (CT-073) a list of CTCSS tones for police agencies in the State of
Connecticut. To be able to include all of the tones I will not list the frequencies
except when different frequencies have different tones.
Amtrak 146.2 Ansonia 131.8
Avon 114.8 Bloomfield 162.2
Branford 186.2 Bridgeport 107.2
Brookfield 203.5 Cheshire 155.310 110.9
Cheshire 460.475 136.5 Clinton 77.0
Connecticut State of
151.355 114.8
154.6425 203.5
154.6575 203.5
154.665 141.3
154.6875 203.5
154.695 141.3
154.7025 203.5
154.8300 141.3
154.860 114.8
156.210R 141.3
159.150 141.3
453.400R 167.9
Coventry 45.140 141.3
Coventry 453.5625 127.3 Danbury 110.9
East Hampton 162.2 East Hartford 114.8
East Haven 192.8 East Windsor 114.8
Enfield 114.8 Fairfield 179.9
Farmington 151.4 Granby 114.8
Greenwich 107.2 Groton (City) 156.7
Groton (Town) 151.4 Guilford 110.9
Hamden 114.8 Hartford 114.8
Ledyard 127.3 Madison 110.9
Manchester 114.8 Meriden 103.5
Middletown 114.8 Milford 179.9
New Haven 110.9 New London 151.4
New Milford 167.9 Newington 114.8
North Branford 151.4 North Haven 94.8
Norwalk 110.9 Norwich (Low Band) 156.7
Norwich 155.550 136.5 Old Saybrook 179.9
Plainfield 103.5 Putnam 141.3
Rocky Hill 453.925 114.8 Rocky Hill 453.750 118.8
Stonington 45.980 118.8 Stratford 114.8
Tolland 156.7 Vernon 100.0
Wallingford 110.9 Waterbury 114.8
Waterford 151.4 West Haven 141.3
Wethersfield 114.8 Willimantic 162.2
Winchester 162.2 Windsor Locks 179.9
Windsor 114.8 Yale University 173.8
Area Hotline
Eastern Ct 45.860 123.0 Hartford Area 45.860 136.5
RAFS 1 Hotline 460.075 114.8 RAFS 2 Hotline 460.175 114.8
SCAN Hotline 460.150 110.9 Fairfield County154.10 151.4
That's all the room for this month. Next month the Hartford Police codes and, if
there is room, the Middletown/Cromwell Police 10 codes.
DELAWARE
AE: Joseph Buday
Delaware's three counties all use the same fire frequency as F-1, the dispatch
frequency of 33.780. The following list does not list Fire Co. names unless they
also use other frequencies for paging or relay.
NEW CASTLE COUNTY KENT COUNTY
33.780 F-1 Statewide Dsp 33.780 F-1 Statewide Dsp
33.940 F-2 Fireground 33.820 F-2 Fireground
33.680 F-3 Fireground SUSSEX COUNTY
(also Fire Marls) 33.780 F-1 Statewide Dispatch
33.580 F-4 Fireground 33.860 F-2 Fire Ground
OTHER FREQUENCIES USED
154.340 Port Penn Fire Co. 154.370, 154.445 Robbins Hose Co.
154.400, 154.430 Blades Fire Co. 453.250 Rehoboth rebroadcst of 33.78
453.300, 453.650 Rehoboth tac 453.900 Elsmere Fire Company
460.575 Cranston Hgts Fire Co. 460.625 Cranston Hgts Fire Company
460.600 Talleyville 154.965 Wilmington Fire Company
Proposed New Castle County Fire Frequencies: 856-860.4375
Next month I will continue Delaware Fire with a listing of Fire Station numbers.
Keep those cards and letters coming. Come on gang, I know we have only 20 some odd
members in Delaware, but I'm sure people in Southeastern PA, South Jersey, and
Maryland listen to DE. We have friends in different fire companies and so on who
can give us information. Please, this is your column, send input. To date I have
only received information from a member in Wisconsin. I have a rather extensive DE
listing, but some of it is old or little used frequencies that I don't catch on my
travels. Therefore I am not sure that they are in use. I need your help.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
AE: Ken Fowler
From a member frequency survey.
495.4375 DC Parking Enfor. F-1 495.4625 DC Parking Enfor. F-2
497.3375 DC Parking Enfor. F-3 497.9625 DC Parking Enfo. F-4
451.075 Pepco Power Company 154.515 Washington Post Secrty
156.850 DC Police Marine Patrol
DC Police boats have marine channels with the call sign of KUF- 703. DC Fire boats
use the VHF channels as well as the new DC EMS 800 MHZ system.
MAINE AE Position Open
MARYLAND
AE: WilIiam Staubs
From John (MD-??) a profile of Cecil County.
North East, Perryville, Rising Sun and Chesapeake City have police departments that
are dispatched by both Maryland State Police in North East and the Cecil County
Sheriff Office.
Sheriff Department Local Government
39.460 39.90 Common
39.900 F-2 Secondary shared
with county government
39.940 F-1 Dispatch 46.540 Civil Defense
154.815 Mobiles County Fire & Rescue
453.150 County Detention Ctr 46.180 F-1 Dispatch
Sheriff units ID with 43xx prefix 46.240
Elkton
46.400 F-3 Fireground
154.830 F-2 PD Secondary 46.540 F-2 Tone Alert
155.790 F-3 Loc Govt PD Tac. 153.830 Fire Police
155.790 F-1 Police Dsp 462/467.975 MED Call 2
453.450 Housing Authority 463/468.100 Paramedics w Union Hosp
F-2 & F-1 are often simulcast
North East
37.100 Local Government
Rising Sun
39.740 Local Government
Perry Point V.A. Hospital
164.350 Security, Fire
Chesapeake & Delaware Cnl State Highway Administration
156.650 47.140 F-4 Elkton, Nottingham,
163.00 Cecilton
Maryland Toll Facilities
151.040 Kennedy Highway 47.320 F-1 State wide
156.045 Kennedy Hwy Maint. State Police
453.975 Hatam Memorial Bridge 39.100 F-1 Statewide
State Agencies
39.240 F-8 Perryville, Barrack M
31.340 F-1 Fish and Game (repeated on 151.040 and 156.045)
31.460 F-2 Fish and Game 39.260 F-2 Mutual Aid
31.580 Game Commission 39.400 F-12 North East, Barrack F
31.860 Game Commission 39.840 Licensed to Conowingo,
39.220 Marine Police - Perryville, and North East
151.205R Dept of Natural Res. 44.740 Medevac Helicopter Dispatch
151.355 DNR Forestry 47.660 Medevac Helicopter Medical
151.415 DNR Parks 155.190 Mobiles
155.775 Dist Court Elkton 155.730 High Band Repeater
44.90 852.8125, 852.8625, 852.9625, 853.0375
159.240 Game Wardens 853.2375, 853.3125, 853.4625, 853.5625
159.450 853.6625, 853.7375, 853.8625, 853.9125
463.175 Rising Sun 854.0375, 854.1125, 854.3375, 854.4625
854.5625, 854.6625, 854.7125
County Fire Stations
1 Cecilton 5 Charlestown 11 Perry Pt VA Hosp
2 Chesapeake City 6 Perryville 13 Elkton, Newark R
3 (closed) 7 Port Deposit 14 Kenmore
4 North East 8 Rising Sun
Station 3 will be rebuilt at Pulaski Highway and White Hall Road in Elkton. There
is a station 9 in Hacks Point but I have never heard it dispatched.
Station 11 is dispatched on 164.350
Cecil County operates 3 ALS Medic units, numbered Medic 1, Medic 2, and Medic 3.
Medic 1 is housed in Colora and Medic 3 is housed at the sheriff HQ in Elkton.
Thanks for the information John.
MASSACHUSETTS
AE: Gary Saffer
As of July 1st Brewster Ambulance Service has taken over the dispatch of Boston Med
Flight. Although most dispatch is done by a combination of pager and telephone they
may be heard on the Brewster Ambulance Dispatch frequency of 155.175 tone 91.8.
Brewster has left the 800 Mhz trunked system that they had been using for the past
few years. Problems with coverage of the system reportedly lead to the change. The
new transmitter is reported to be located on a building in downtown Boston and has
a great signal well down into Rhode Island and up to parts of New Hampshire.
Brewster also provides the ground transport from landing sites to the hospitals for
Med Flight within the Boston area.
NEW BEDFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT
FREQUENCIES
482.5875 Ch 1 Main Dispatch
482.9125 Ch 2 Alternate Dispatch, Car to Car
482.3875S Ch 3 Bristol County Regional Simplex
Tone for all is 203.5
UNITS
10-19 Downtown MC xx Motor Cycles
20-29 South End DX xx Detectives
30-39 North End Route xx Walking Beats (Days Only)
Medic 1 Downtown South End (7:00 to 19:00 only)
Medic 2 Downtown South End
Medic 3 North End
Paramedic 1 St Lukes Hospital ALS
PSxx Parking Supervisors
Units 10,20,30 are Sergeants
Medic Units are Ambulances with either EMT-A or EMT-I staffing. NBEMS is a separate
system dispatched by the PD on PD frequencies.
Paramedic 1 is an ALS non-transporting unit which responds in and around New
Bedford. Dispatched on 462.950, but is often heard on NBPD Ch. 1.
CODES
Dispatch Disposition
4507 Out of Service 4601 Report
4510 Fight in Progress 4602 Arrest No Report
4514 Prowler 4603 Arrest and Report
4515 Disturbance (Type) 4604 Assisted
4516 Domestic 4605 Suppressed
4517 Meet Complainant 4605 Further Investigation
4518 Stolen Auto 4607 Civil Case
4519 Report to Station 4608 Gone on Arrival
4520 Location 4609 Unfounded
4521 Call Station 4610 Settled Between Operators
4523 Arrived 4611 False Alarm (Not Fire)
4531 Crime in Progress 4612 False Fire Alarm (Report)
4533 Emergency 4613 Warned
4543 Information Wanted 4614 Delivered
4546 Assist/Check Motorist 4615 Unable to Deliver
4550 Motor Vehicle Accident 4616 In Service Available
4551 Send Wrecker 4617 Valid Alarm
4552 Send/Assist Ambulance 4618 Directed Patrol Ended
4555 Drunk Driver OTHER CODES
4556 Drunk Disturbing 10-4 Okay
4564 Deliver Message 10-100 All Units Message
4570 Fire Alarm Code 1 Emergency Clear the Air
4578 Need Assistance Code 2 Return to Normal
4580 Investigate Break Code 3 Officer in Trouble
4590 Burglary Alarm Code 4 Use Caut Subject may be armed
4595 Bomb Scare
4599 Send Wagon
NEW HAMPSHIRE
AE: John R. Bolduc
Twin State Fire Mutual Aid
Twin State Fire Mutual Aid consists of several towns in Grafton County N.H., and
a few towns in the Vermont counties of Calendonia and Orange. The dispatch
frequency is 154.400 with a P/L of 136.5. Littleton FD uses a repeater on 453.05
for operations after dispatch on high band. An unconfirmed and seldom referenced
fireground channel may exist on 154.295.
The Twin State signal can be heard in deep southern N.H. more often than not on a
outside antenna. This allows for some home base info gathering. Certain details
were obtained while vacationing in the area. A scanner and a VOX recorder allowed
me to scan the area without annoying my wife Debbie. However, since I can't hear
everything from here, nor vacation as often as I please, I would greatly appreciate
updates, and corrections. Data from northern N.H., including Conway would be
appreciated.
Town St T# Town St T#
Bath NH 1 Landaff NH 4
Lisbon NH 5 Sugar Hill NH 6
Monroe NH 7 Groton/Ryegate VT 8
Newbury VT 9 Piermont NH 10
Littleton NH 11 Franconia NH 13
Easton NH 14 Haverhill NH 40
N Haverhill VilNH 50 Woodsville Vil NH 60
Barnet VT ? Bradford VT ?
Carroll/Twin Mtn.NH ? Peacham VT ?
NEW JERSEY
AE: Richard D. Prail
"Unsolved Mystery" At 18:00 hours daily I am now monitoring what appears to be a
test of the Harrison Fire Department on 46.480. My listings of Harrison for N.J.
and N.Y. do not include 46.480. 46.480 is the frequency of the volunteer fire
service in Parsippany NJ. Does anyone have any information on this matter?
NEW YORK CITY
AE: Phil Caruama
As promised last month, here is the member profile for Yonkers, New York from Jack
(NY-359)
YONKERS POLICE DEPARTMENT
FREQ. CH. # USE
453.475 F-1 Inquiry
453.275 F-2 Dispatch
453.925 F-3
155.310 County Hot Line
155.370 Statewide Intersystem
159.150 New License mobile only
IDs ASSIGNMENTS
Cars 10-70 Supervisors, Narcotics, Youth Services etc.
100 series 4th Precinct
200 series 3rd Precinct
300 series ???
400 series Crime Prevention
500 series 1st Precinct
600 series 2nd Precinct
800 series Traffic Division and Parking Enforcement
900 series Emergency Services
David Detectives
Sam Sergeants
Lincoln Lieutenant
Medic 1 (nontransporting) and Ambulances 1, 2, 3
Note: Some of these may have changed since a new Police Commissioner has been
hired.
CLEARING CODES 10 CODES
01 Offense/Incident Report 10-1 Call your command
02 Accident Report Taken 10-2 Proceed to your command
03 No Report needed 10-3 Call Dispatcher
04 Advice Given 10-4 OK
05 Assisted 10-5 Repeat Message
06 Canceled by Radio 10-6 Out of Service (Location)
07 Turned over to _______ 10-7 Out of Service on Assignment
08 Complied w/resumed Ptrl 10-8 Resuming Patrol
09 Gone on Arrival 10-9 See Complainant
11 Unfounded 10-10 Assist Patrol
12 Unable to Locate 10-11 Alarm of Fire
13 False Burglary Alarm 10-12 Motor Vehicle Accident No PI
14 Arst Mde/No Offnse Rpt 10-13 Motor Vehicle Accident PI
15 Court Action Advised 10-14A DOA
16 Refused to Prosecute 10-14B Mental Patient
17 Summons Issued 10-15 Reported Entry
18 Auto Towed 10-16 Stolen Car Rptd or Recovered
19 Information Recorded 10-17 Disorder
20 Notification Made 10-18 Alarm Ringing
21 Other 10-19 Traffic Violation
10-20 Report of Felony
10-21 Arrest for Felony Occupants of
Auto Dangerous - Use Caution
10-22 Investigate Occupants of Car
10-23 Situation Under Control
10-24 Bomb Threat
10-25 Unit on Scene
10-26 Money Escort/Detail
10-27 Meal
10-30 Warrant or Info Request
A) Felony Warrant on File
B) Misc. Warrant on File
C) Mtr Vehicle Warrnt on File
NEW YORK STATE
AE: Joe Nooney
From Mark - NY ??, some information on the new Nassua County 800 MHZ Trunked
system. The system seems to have been paid for by the Federal Government under a
program to update county local government communications. The system is not fully
operational yet, but the current frequency plan appears to be as follows.
866.3375, 866.5875, 866.9125, 868.4250, 868.5625
Agencies that are now on the system include. County Executive, Board of
Supervisors, Department of Public Works, Department of General Services,
Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority, Fire Commission (Fire Marshal and HazMat),
Department of Health. The Sheriff's Department, Correctional Center, and County
Medical Center are on 866.8375 and 867.1625. Low powered repeaters are in use on
these two frequencies. Control channels are currently 866.1875 and 867.1125. It is
expected that other county agencies will join the system including Department of
Recreation and Parks. It is also probable that as more Departments join the system
more channels will be activated.
Also in Nassua County several of the volunteer fire departments have equipped their
Chief (00) and/or First Deputy Chief (01) vehicles with Cellular Phones, primarily
for Emergency Management Communications. Some departments have also equipped their
01 and 02 vehicles with 153.830 "fireground".
PENNSYLVANIA
AE: Otto Schellin Jr
A member profile from Michael (PA-???) for the Horsham, PA Police Department.
HORSHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT 506.3125
CODES
10-4 OK 10-28 Vehicle Information
10-7 Out of Service 10-29 Records Check
10-8 In Service 10-36 Time
10-9 Repeat 10-38 Vehicle Stop
10-10 Fight 10-46 Disabled Vehicle
10-11 Loose Dog 10-50 Accident
10-16 Domestic 10-55 Drunk Driver
10-17 Meet _______ 10-59 Transport
10-20 Location 10-70 Fire
10-21 Phone 10-86 Bomb Threat
10-22 Cancel 10-90 Alarm
10-23 On Location 10-99 Warrants
10-24 Assignmnt Compltd 6308 Underage Drinking
10-25 Meet 05 Burglary
10-27 Driver Information 03 Homicide
Other Area Frequencies of Interest
154.310 E. Montgomery Cty FD 500.9375 Hatboro PD
460.050 Upper Moreland PD 460.025 Abington PD
501.7125 Warminster PD 460.550 Upper Dublin PD
46.040 Montgomery Cty Amb 155.610 Montgomery PD
46.100 Bucks Cty Fire & Amb 453.750 Philadelphia Co-wide Pol.
453.950 N.E. Philadelphia Police Dsp
RHODE ISLAND
AE: George Zabel III
Newport County area Public Safety Frequencies
177.730R Newport PD Ch 1 154.845 Portsmouth Police
155.685R Co. Police Network 155.415R Tiverton/Ltle Compton PDs
46.480 Newport Fire Ch 2 155.070 Jamestown Police
155.790 Middletown Police 153.950 Jamestown Fire
46.06 Nwprt Cty Fire League 46.10 Middletown Fire
46.200 Tiverton Fire
VERMONT
AE: Dan Gilman
No Input this month.
Well, that's all the room we have; see you next month.
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PUBLIC SAFETY -GREAT LAKES
Ron Kosinski (IL-310)
Public Safety and Special Emergency frequencies, radio system details, and
questions as follows - Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Kentucky, and Ohio:
Welcome to this month's column. Labor Day weekend is at hand time for those last
summer trips before Fall. Be sure to keep your scanner tuned to those state and
county PD frequencies. They will be busy! Now, on to this month's offerings.
OHIO
AE: Neil McKinney
Thanks to Jim, OH-237, who was the only Ohio member who had time to send us a scoop
this month.
155.730 Fostoria PD (part time scrambling)
155.100 Seneca County Sheriff
151.955 Heidelberg College security
460.575 Fostoria Fire department
Let's hear from some Ohio members!!
INDIANA
AE: David Nugent
Input for the column has been as scarce as the raindrops. Indiana State Police's
800 trunked system should come on line next in the Terre Haute area. It was placed
up for bidding on May 3, 1991 and bidders have 30 days to reply. Word is that GE
and Motorola are submitting bids for the project. Part of the funding for this
system will be provided by Uncle Sam. The Newport Army facility located in the
district required some new communications equipment so it appears that ISP,
Vermillion County and Parke County will join the Army in this endeavor.
Vigo County Sheriff's Department has installed 2 new Motorola Centra Comm II
consoles. Frequencies are 155.565 output and 158.910 input.
That's all for this month from Indiana.
ILLINOIS
AE: Ted Moran
Here's an update on the Chicago PD's citywide frequencies from our member "on the
inside":
460.125 citywide 1: Major auto accident and traffic details, Lincoln units, Public
housing and transportation, special events and special Summer mobile units, Central
detention and gang crimes, mail room, communication units and Municipal
investigations. PL = 6a
460.175 citywide 2: Detectives and Canine units, Deputies, labor detail, community
service, mounted police units, Central auto theft, Internal Affairs, Vice control,
Narcotics, crime lab, Intelligence, training division. Pl = 3z
460.275 citywide 3: Emergency "wanted" messages, film unit, maintenance requests,
repairs and Admin. messages. PL = 4a
460.325 citywide 4: Human Relations, school units, Inspectors, Youth division,
Marine units. PL = 7a
460.350 citywide 5: Emergencies, Subway "L" units. PL = ZB
460.250 citywide 6: Emergencies, Surveillance. PL = 5b
460.300 citywide 7: Command channel, Phone patch, pagers and beepers. Future
district to district coordination. PL = 3b
460.525 citywide 8: Car to car tactical channel, low power
A local member has notified us that those fine fellows who "install" the Denver
boot on vehicles belonging to those with no respect for Chicago parking regulations
can be heard on 453.825, pl unknown.
MICHIGAN No input this month
AE: Paul Stachowiak
KENTUCKY no input this month
AE: William Gourley
WISCONSIN
AE: Scott Miller
County profile for this month: Barron County
Sheriff's radio plan
155.775 88.5 F1? repeater 155.370 cs F3? pt to pt
155.775 88.5 F2? talkaround 155.475 cs F4? WISPERN
Fire radio plan
151.235 118.8 F1 Rice Lake 154.310 141.3 F5 fireground
151.235 141.3 F2 Barron rptr 154.205 118.8 F6 Rusk Co fire
151.235 91.5 F3 Prairie Farm 155.100 151.4 F7 Washburn Co
154.295 cs F4 Firecom 155.340 91.5 F8 EMS
Other freqs
033.020 cs Lakeland PW 155.145 146.2 Chetek
033.060 cs Almena PW 155.145 ? Vance Creek
033.100 cs Maple Plain PW 155.175 Chetek Rescue
154.040 Barron 155.880 Rice Lake DPW
154.070 Bear Lake fire 156.195 088.5 Oak Grove DPW
154.160 Turtle Lake fd 158.820 Turtle Lake LG
154.115 Rice Lake PW 158.120 Highway repeater
154.785 118.8 Rice Lake PD 159.615 School Districts
155.145 Prairie Farm 453.875 D125 Dovre DPW
Thanks to all the Wisconsin members who contributed!
Here's an updated listing for Milwaukee PD from WI-12 & WI-46:
460.075 141.3 F1 dist 2,5
460.225 141.3 F2 dist 4,7
460.350 141.3 F3 dist 3,6
460.450 141.3 F4 dist 2,4,6
460.150 141.3 F5 Sp events/tac
460.025 141.3 F6 towing desk
460.375 179.9 F7 Detectives
460.475 179.9 F8 Detectives
460.175 179.9 F9 car to car
460.300 179.9 F10 car to car
460.425 179.9 F11 car to car
460.200 141.3 F12 Sp events
460.275 103.5 C I D
155.640 127.3 Tactical
155.805 Radio Techs
453.400 cs paging
156.135 Tac portables
156.150 portables
158.850 Youth Aid
158.910 Vice
159.150 Youth Aid*
460.500 131.8 Vice