San Bernardino County (CA)

Radio Systems

Several conventional 800 MHz repeaters carry either Sheriff or Fire talkgroups appear to be for filling trunked system coverage gaps in the deep desert area.

Systems 01 Through 10 Sites

Note that there are 800 MHz sites besides those listed below used as "fill-in" sites. They may be in conventional operation or Smartnet trunked systems other than Systems 01 through 10.

Fire

Countywide Fire Station Numbering

*Division

**Other/Contract Agency Division

San Bernardino County Fire

Fire VHF system: Four repeater pairs are being placed in service countywide at multiple locations (see freq list). These VHF narrow-band repeaters will replace the wide-band "color" channels that tie back to Comm Center (fire dispatch). Future use of the "color" channels (Red, Yellow, Gray, Green, Brown) will be tactical unit-unit only if needed due to non-800mhz mutual aid responders enroute to assist. The new "County 1 thru 4" will not normally be kept patched into the 800mhz system. They can be patched "on-demand" per incident needs to give mutual aid resources access to working 800mhz talkgroups. You may hear them patched to a working fireground 800mhz talkgroup, or simply simulcast command traffic from dispatchers.

Baldwin Lake Volunteer Fire Department

Unit Designators

• Engine 97 (E-97)
• Engine 97A (E-97A)
• Water Tender 97 (WT-97)
• Patrol 97 (P-97)
• Utility 97 (U-97)
• Chief 9700
• Chief 9701
• Chief 9702
• Chief 9703

Law Enforcement

San Bernardino County Sheriff

Sheriff Unit Designators

Unit designators consist of three fields [01]-[A]-[23]. The first field is the division or patrol area as follows:

The second field is the deputy descriptor or assignment. Certain descriptors are only used with specific divisions (e.g., "King" is only used with Aviation, thus 40-K). Each patrol station (not area) usually has one Captain and Lieutenant, and their designators do not have a third field (e.g., 6-C, not 6-C-1). Captains, Lieutenants, and Sergeants from stations in the patrol division that share multiple patrol areas normally take the county area designator as the first field of their unit designator (e.g., 6-S-5, not 16-S-5). "Xray" units may be motorcycle or regular patrol car units. The following table lists the descriptor or assignment.

The third field contains up to two digits. For "Paul" units, this field may be divided into two subfields, [2] and [3]. When [2] is a number from 1-4, [3] signifies the patrol beat number. The following table lists values for the subfield [2].

Examples:

4-P-05 ("Four-Paul-Five") is a Yucaipa County resident post deputy for the Forest Falls, Angelus Oaks, and Barton Flats areas.

1-P-22 ("One-Paul-Twenty-Two") is a Central beat patrol unit working Beat 2 for the days shift.

70-I-7 ("Seventy-Ida-Seven") is a Coroner's Investigator.

Outside Agency Unit Designators

The following table lists some outside agency designators.

Redlands Police Department

Police Department Unit Designators

Unit designators consist of two fields [A]-[01]. The first field is assigned per the following table. The second field contains up to two digits that are specific to each officer. For example, C-17 is a police corporal. Each sworn officer typically retains the same unit designator until the next round of promotions.

Other Agency Unit Designators

Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Exclusive Operating Areas

• ALS Ambulance Transport Service Exclusive Operating Areas and Service Providers

Prisons

• Victorville Federal Correctional Complex (FCC)

Additional Articles

• San Bernardino, County of (Public Safety)
• San Bernardino, County of (Fire/EMS - Radio Plan) San Bernardino County (CA)