Porter County (IN)
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Fire Station Numbering
- Chesterton: 500 and 600 series (primarily 500)
- Kouts: 700 and 800 primarily 700
- Porter: 900 and 1000 pri. 900
- Union Twp: 1100 and 1200 (both sets used)
- Boone Grove: 1300, 1400, 2300, and 2400
- Ogden Dunes: 1500 and 1600 pri 1500
- Hebron: 1700 and 1800 pri. 1700
- Liberty Twp.: 1900 and 2000 pri. 1900
- Pine Twp.: 2100 and 2200 pri 2100
- Beverly Shores: 2500 and 2600 pri 2500
- South Haven: 2700 and 2800 (both sets used)
- Washington Twp: 2900 and 3000 pri 2900
- Morgan Twp: 3100 and 3200 pri. 3100
- Burns Harbor: 3300 and 3400 pri 3300
- Lake of the 4 Seasons: 3500 and 3600 (both sets used)
- Porter County Fire Investigation Strike Team (F.I.S.T.): 4700
- Westville (from LaPorte County): 4900
- Mittal Steel: 5300
- Indiana Dunes/National Lakeshore: 5600 (frequency 166.325)
- EMA: 6400
- Tech Rescue Team: 6900
- Haz-Mat: 8400
Notes:
- Portage is on 154.2200 and uses Ladder 1; Engines 1, 2, 3, & 4; Tower 2, and Rescues 1, 2, and 3.
- Pine Twp and Beverly shores use each other extensively.
- There is a county-wide mutual aid agreement.
- Boone Grove VFD and Lake Eliza VFD merged and are now known as Boone Grove VFD when dispatched.
- PHM-EMS and fire units are dispatched on 2 frequencies simultaneously.
- The Porter County Fire Association web site is www.pcfa.net
- Each number designates a department (i.e. "1300" is Boone Grove Station)
- A designation of 0x (i.e. "1301" is Boone Grove's Chief, as would be "501" for Chesterton's Chief). This continues for all officers, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, etc.)
- The Teens are engines: Boone Grove engine would be 1310, 1311 etc.
- The 20's are for aerials (i.e. 1220 for Union Twp aerial)
- The 30's are for rescues
- The 40's are for tankers
- The 50's are specialty rigs. (8450 is haz mat, 1257 is Union rehab unit)
- The 60's are ambulances
- The 70's are brush units
- The 80's and 90's are individual members.
Fire Tone Out
~NOTE: Tones with '*' are approximate based on analysis of a recording of the tone.
Call Disposition Codes
- 1--Alarm / Verified Entry
- 2--Alarm / False - Human Error
- 3--Alarm / False - Mechanical
- 4--Alarm / False - No Fault
- A--Arrest(s), Adult
- C--Assignment Complete
- D--Message Delivered
- G--Gone On Arrival
- H--911 Hang Up Check
- J--Juvenile Arrest(s) - No Adults
- K--Parking Ticket Issued (Used By Valparaiso PD)
- L--Civil / No Report
- N--Nothing Found
- O--Assist Other Jurisdiction
- P--Vehicle Impound
- R--Report Taken
- S--School Hotline Tip
- T--UTT Issued (Uniform Traffic Ticket)
- U--Unfounded or Call Cancelled
- V--Verbal Warning (Traffic)
- W--Written Warning (Traffic)
- Z--Assist Citizen