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Revision as of 04:34, 17 June 2014
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Welcome to the Litchfield County, Connecticut collaboration article. This is where you, the user, may index any articles you develop for scanning related topics for your area.
Contents
- 1 Litchfield County Dispatch (LCD)
- 2 Litchfield County Fire/EMS Pager Tones
- 3 County Agencies
- 3.1 Torrington
- 3.2 Barkhamsted
- 3.3 Bethlehem
- 3.4 Bridgewater
- 3.5 Canaan
- 3.6 Colebrook
- 3.7 Cornwall
- 3.8 Goshen
- 3.9 Harwinton
- 3.10 Kent
- 3.11 Litchfield
- 3.12 Bantam
- 3.13 Morris
- 3.14 New Hartford
- 3.15 New Milford
- 3.16 Norfolk
- 3.17 North Canaan
- 3.18 Plymouth
- 3.19 Roxbury
- 3.20 Salisbury
- 3.21 Sharon
- 3.22 Thomaston
- 3.23 Warren
- 3.24 Washington
- 3.25 Watertown
- 3.26 Winchester
- 3.27 Woodbury
- 3.28 Sherman
- 3.29 Medic 4
- 3.30 Medic 6
Litchfield County Dispatch (LCD)
All LCD channels are simplex. LCD broadcast and receives from 6 transmitter sites located throughout the county interconnected by the State Police microwave system. Because of this you can hear the dispatchers clearly thought the county but can rarely hear units more than a town or 2 away.
As of 2010 LCD no longer uses radio codes and is strictly "plain english".
Channels
Dispatch 1
- Dispatching
- Unit responding to station or scene
- First unit on scene
- Apparatus on the air
- Apparatus responding
- Apparatus on scene
Command 2
Not currently in use. Intended to be a repeater version of Command 3.
Command 3
- Ambulance enroute to hospital
- Ambulance at hospital
- Clear of incident
- Incident closed
- Other messages to LCD
Scene 4-12
Rarely used
Traffic 13
Fire Police
Airtac 14
Helicopter (Life Star) coordination
Interops 15
Interagency Channel
Admin
LCD staff members
Intra County
Used only during emergencies when Dispatch 1 is not working.
CMED 4
- Medic 4
- Ambulances communicating with New Milford Hospital
Litchfield County Fire/EMS Pager Tones
Agency | Tone 1 | Tone 2 |
---|---|---|
Washington | 1152.9 | 1122.2 |
Bridgewater | 1472.9 | 321.7 |
Medic 4 | 1530 | 688.3 |
Sherman* | 1472.9 | 330.5 |
Warren | 483.5 | 2271.7 |
Kent | 1472.9 | 445.7 |
New Milford Ambulance | 767.4 | 1185.2 |
New Milford FD - Water Witch | 1344 | 788.5/1733.7 |
- Sherman is dispatched by Litchfield County Dispatch but is actually in Fairfield County.
County Agencies
Torrington
Torrington Fire
Torrington Fire is a paid department supported by a few other volunteer departments in the city.
Barkhamsted
Bethlehem
Bridgewater
Bridgewater Police
Bridgewater has a Resident State Trooper and at least 1 town officer.
Bridgewater Fire
Bridgewater fire is self-funded through the proceeds of the annual Bridgewater Fair. Apparatus:
- 2 Engines
- 2 Tankers
- Brush Truck
- Boat
- Bridgewater Ambulance
Canaan
Colebrook
Cornwall
Goshen
Harwinton
Kent
Kent Volunteer Fire Dept
Apparatus:
- Kent Ambulance 1
- Kent Ambulance 2
- Engine 1
- Engine 2
- Brush 3
- Brush 4
- Engine 5
- Pumper 6
- Tower 1
- Rescue 8
Police
Kent participates in the Resident State Trooper Program.
Litchfield
Bantam
Morris
New Hartford
New Milford
Police
New Milford Fire
New Milford has 4 volunteer Fire Departments:
- Northville
- Gaylordsville
- Water Witch
- Lanesville
New Milford Community Ambulance
New Milford Community Ambulance has 2 ambulances and 1 fly car. As of late 2013/early 2014 New Milford was in the process of paying for a daytime paramedic.
Norfolk
North Canaan
Plymouth
Roxbury
Police
Roxbury has a Resident State Trooper and a paid constable.
Salisbury
Sharon
Thomaston
Warren
Washington
Washington Police
Washington has a Resident State Trooper and 2 police officers.
Washington Volunteer Fire Department
Watertown
Winchester
Woodbury
Sherman
Sherman is in Fairfield County however the town's Fire Department is dispatched by Litchfield County Dispatch.
Sherman Volunteer Fire Department
Medic 4
Medic 4 is based out of New Milford Hospital and responds to:
- New Milford
- Kent
- Washington
- Sherman
- Bridgewater