Albany County (NY) Fire and Sheriff

ALBANY COUNTY FIRE APPARATUS

This is the official countywide numbering system.  
Different number systems are used by each dispatch 
center.  Each department's local dispatch center 
and number is in parentheses.  Departments with no 
center listed do their own dispatching.

APPARATUS TYPES

00-09  Officer/car
10-19  Pumper
20-29  Pumper-Tanker
30-39  Tanker
40-49  Rescue
50-59  Utility
60-69  Hazmat
70-79  Aerial
80-89  Ambulance
90-99  Officer/portable

DEPARTMENTS

 1  Albany
 2  Altamont (Guilderland 1)
 3  Berne (Hill Towns 3)
 4  Boght (Colonie 1)
 5  Coeymans (Coeymans 5)
 6  Coeymans Hollow (Coeymans 6)
 7  Cohoes
 8  Colonie Village (Colonie 2)
 9  Delmar (Bethlehem 2)
10  Elsmere (Bethlehem 3)
11  Fort Hunter (Guilderland 3)
12  Fuller Road (Colonie 3)
13  Green Island
14  Guilderland (Guilderland 2)
15  Guilderland Center (Guilderland 4)
16  Knox (Hill Towns 16)
17  Latham (Colonie 4)
18  Medusa (Hill Towns 18)
19  Maplewood (Colonie 5)
20  McKownville (Guilderland 5)
21  Menands (Colonie 6)
22  Midway (Colonie 7)
23  New Salem (Hill Towns 23)
24  North Bethlehem (Guilderland 6)
25  Onesquethaw (Hill Towns 25)
26  Ravena Hose (Coeymans 8)
27  Rensselaerville (Hill Towns 27)
28  Schuyler Heights (Colonie 8)
29  Selkirk (Bethlehem 4)
30  Shaker Road - Loudonville (Colonie 9)
31  Slingerlands (Bethlehem 1)
32  Stanford Heights (Colonie 10)
33  Tri Village (Hill Towns 33)
34  Verdoy (Colonie 11)
35  Voorheesville (Hill Towns 35)
36  Watervliet
37  Airport CFR (use Colonie trunk)
38  West Albany (Colonie 12)
39  Westerlo (Hill Towns 39)
40  Westmere (Guilderland 9)
41  Watervliet Arsenal
49  Albany County Fire

AMBULANCES

50  Altamont
51  Delmar-Bethlehem EMS
52  Five Quad
53  Helderberg
54  Rensselaerville
55  Albany County Sheriff's Office EMS
56  Guilderland EMS
57  Western Turnpike
58  Ravena Rescue (also use 85#)
59  Westerlo
63  Empire

Albany County Sheriff Call Signs

County Car 1 Fire Coordinator
HazMat 1 Capital Region Hazardous Materials Group Hazmat Response Unit
Portable 1 Jail portable?
Transport 1 through Transport 5 Inmate transport
Car 3 Forensic Hazmat Team Chief/hazmat deputy fire coordinator
County Car 4 Deputy fire coordintor?
County Car 5 Deputy fire coordinator?
Car 6 Hazmat deputy fire coordinator
County Car 7 Deputy fire coordinator?
County Medic 9 ALS flycar 5599?
Car 10 Capital Region Hazmat Coordinator/hazmat deputy fire coordinator
100 Sheriff
112 Unknown headquarters unit
113 Autism awareness car
203 through 207 Civil process server
210 Inmate transport
211 Unknown headquarters unit
212 Unknown headquarters unit
213 Unknown headquarters unit
214 Unknown headquarters unit
215 through 217 Inmate transport
220 Inmate transport
221 Inmate transport?
223 Inmate transport
229 K9
240 Dive Unit boat
241 Marine Patrol
307 Unknown Corrections unit
308 Unknown Corrections unit
309 Work Alternative van
310 Inmate transport
314 Unknown Corrections unit
315 Inmate transport
319 Unknown Corrections unit
401 Unknown
402 Unknown Emergency Management unit
403 Unknown Emergency Management unit
407 Supervisor
409 Tow unit?
417 Unknown
418 Unknown
419 through 421 Supervisor
422 through 429 Patrol
430 K9 sergeant
431 K9 supervisor
432 K9 sergeant
433 K9 supervisor
434 and 435 K9
436 K9 investigator
437 K9
440 through 442 School resource deputy
503 Airport patrol
508 and 509 Airport patrol
511 through 519 Airport patrol
521 through 524 Airport patrol cars
530 Airport tactical unit? Airport utility van?
701 Special Operations Mobile Command Center
702 Haz-Mat/Search and Rescue truck
704 Mobile Education Center
706 Emergency Response Team member transport van
707 Special Operations command unit
709 Semi tractor
711 Marine Patrol
714 Semi tractor
718 Emergency Response Team van?
720 Tracked UTV
721 STOP DWI awareness
725 through 728 HMMWV
734 Emergency Response Team Medcat
740 Mobile Vaccination Squad
741 Community Support Center
801 Unknown Emergency Management unit
902 Undersheriff?
903 Chief Deputy of Field Operations (K9)
911 SWAT?
913 High command?
3140 through 3156 Patrol
3712 Technical/Search and Rescue truck
4901 (County Car 1) Fire Coordinator
4903 (Car 3) Forensic Hazmat Team Chief/hazmat deputy fire coordinator
4904 (County Car 4) Deputy fire coordintor?
4905 (County Car 5) Deputy fire coordinator?
4906 (Car 6) Hazmat deputy fire coordinator
4907 (County Car 7) Deputy fire coordinator?
4910 (Car 10) Capital Region Hazmat Coordinator/hazmat deputy fire coordinator
4921 Engine
4950 Recruitment and Retention car
4961 (HazMat 1) Capital Region Hazardous Materials Group Hazmat Response Unit
5501 EMS Coordinator?
5502 and 5503 EMS supervisor?
5505 EMS supervisor
5580 through 5584 Ambulance
5591 through 5597 ALS flycar

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