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Athens County (OH)

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Athens County, Ohio
County Number 5
OSP District 9 (Jackson)
OSP Post 5 (Athens)
ODOT District 10 (Marietta)
MARCS Zone 4
NWS Office Charleston
FIPS Code 39009

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Athens County is located in southeastern Ohio, and is the home of Ohio University as well as Hocking College. Distance to other cities:

  • Columbus, Ohio - 75 miles
  • Chillicothe, Ohio - 58 miles
  • Parkersburg, WV - 38 miles
  • Marietta, OH - 49 miles
  • Zanesville, OH - 52 miles



Fire/EMS

Fire/EMS departments

All county fire paging is on 156.2325 MHz except for Athens City, which is on 154.2650 MHz. Athens County EMS initial dispatch is on 159.0750 MHz, but all further operations are on Ohio MARCS.


Some tone frequencies listed are those located with the Two-Tone detect program, while those listed in parentheses are the possible actual Motorola tone frequencies in use.


Department Station number Location A Tone Duration B Tone Duration
Athens City FD 1001 Athens - 61 Columbus Road (HQ) 720.7 1 sec 660.8 3 sec
Athens City FD 1002 Athens - 454 Richland Ave 740 (746.8)? 1 sec? 666 (669.9)? 3 sec
The Plains Fire Department 1100 The Plains 1183 (1185.2?) 1 sec? 903 (903.2?) 3 sec?
Richland Area FD 1200 Athens - 9255 Hooper Rd. ? ? ? ?
n/a 1300 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Waterloo Township Fire Department 1400 New Marshfield - 5821 State Route 56 ? ? ? ?
York Township VFD 1500 Nelsonville - 15255 Elm Rock Rd. ? ? 806 (810.2?) 3 sec?
Albany Area VFD 1600 Albany - 5533 Fire Department Lane ? ? ? ?
Jacksonville Fire & Rescue 1700 Jacksonville - 34 South Sixth St. ? ? ? ?
Ames-Bern VFD 1800 Amesville - 18 Maple St. ? ? ? ?
Rome Township VFD 1900 Stewart - 8660 State Route 144 ? ? ? ?
Nelsonville FD 2000 Nelsonville - 211 Lake Hope Dr. 1183 (1185.2?) 1 sec? 806 (810.2?) 3 sec?
Glouster FD 2100 Glouster - Water St. ? ? ? ?
Chauncey-Dover VFD 2200 Chauncey - 40 Converse St. ? ? ? ?
Coolville VFD 2300 Coolville - 2826 6th St. ? ? ? ?
Athens County 911 2400 Athens - 13 West Washington Street x x x x
Athens County Hazmat Team 2500 Countywide ? ? ? ?
Athens County EMS 51 (51xx) Athens - 564 West Union St. 384.6 1 sec 426.6 3 sec
Athens County EMS 52 (52xx) Coolville - 26560 Main Street 426.6 1 sec 582.1 3 sec
Athens County EMS 53 (53xx) Glouster - 54 Toledo Street 668.3 1 sec 741.3 3 sec
Athens County EMS 54 (54xx) Nelsonville - 67 Fayette Street 562.2 1 sec 767.4 3 sec
Athens County EMS 55 (55xx) Albany - 5555 Fire Department Lane 524.8 1 sec 645.7 3 sec
Athens County EMS 5001 - Chief x x x x x
Athens County EMS 5002-5009 - Command Staff x x x x x
Athens County EMS 5010-5099 - Personnel x x x x x

Law Enforcement

Sheriff/Police Departments

Department Unit Numbers
Ohio University Police 3500
Nelsonville Police 300-319
Albany Police 320-329
Amesville Marshal 330-339
Coolville Marshal 340-349
Chauncey Police (disbanded) 350-359
Glouster Police 360-369
Jacksonville Police (disbanded) 370-379
Trimble Police (disbanded) 380-389
Nelsonville Police (old numbers) 390-399
Sheriff 501
Sheriff Deputies 502-599
Sheriff Auxiliary Deputies 600-699
Athens City Police 900