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Alleghany County Fire & EMS Stations

Alleghany County dispatches on 39.500 as well as 800 and uses multiple PL tones on 39.5 including 110.9, 114.8, 127.3, 141.3 and sometimes none. 110.9 covers the west end while 141.3 is used on the east end of the county. The others cover the rest. The 800 dispatch channels use 67.0.

Alleghany County Fire and Rescue Dept. units now use special communications channels for contact between their units and lifeflight helicopters. Channels are referred to as "Warm Springs Helicopter Channel" or "East Helicopter Channel." West is referred to as "Peter's Mountain Helicopter Channel" or "West Helicopter Channel"

461.725 is East and 461.825 is west, both use 100.0 for the PL.

Fire and Rescue vehicles have 450 radios in their units although they still use the open 800 and 39.5 channels for Fire-EMS communications. This allows communication with Rockbridge and Botetourt Counties.

Company 1 - Iron Gate

Company 1 also provides transport emergency medical services.

Wagon 1
Engine 1
Tanker 1
Truck 1
Ambulance 10
Ambulance 11

Company 2/Rescue 1 - Clifton Forge

Rescue 1 covers calls in Clifton Forge, Iron Gate, Selma, Sharon, and Valley Ridge area and all areas east of about the 17 MM on I-64. Company 2 is dispatched on all Rescue 1 calls in the Town of Clifton Forge.

Ladder 2
Truck 20
Truck 21
Engine 24
Engine 25

Crash 14
Ambulance 15
Ambulance 16
Ambulance 17
Support 1
Response 1

Station 3 - Covington

Covington has two fire stations.

Utility 20
Engine 21
Engine 22
Engine 23
Truck 24
Engine 26
Command 1
Command 2
Command 3
Car 34
Ambulance 35
Ambulance 36
Ambulance 37
Crash 39

Station 4 - WestRock

Station 4 primarily covers the WestRock paper mill, but also provides backup to Covington and the surrounding area.

Station 5 - Boiling Springs

Boiling Springs has two fire stations.

Station 6 - Dunlap

Dunlap has two fire stations.

Engine 6
Pumper 6
Squad 6
Brush 6
Utility 61
Ambulance 62
Brush 63
Tanker 64
Ambulance 65
Ambulance 67
Tanker 68

Station 7 - Falling Spring

Pumper 7
Tanker 7
Squad 7
Rescue 74

Company 8 - Sharon

Sharon has two fire stations. Company 8 provides non-transport emergency medical services.

Tanker 8
Engine 80
Attack 81
Engine 82
Brush 83
Engine 84
Utility 85
Rescue 87
Support 8

Company 9 - Selma

Company 9 provides non-transport emergency medical services.

Brush 9
Engine 90
Engine 91
Utility 92
Engine 93
HazMat 94

Alleghany County Sheriff Information

Alleghany County Sheriff, City of Covington and Town of Clifton Forge have returned to the analog system and have dropped the digital Nexedge system. All communications in the county are analog as of August 2016.

Alleghany County is planning to transition to a Project 25 Phase 2 communications system by over the next two years and has contracted with AECOM, a communications consulting firm, to assist with this process. An RFQ was released by AECOM and Alleghany County in December 2016 to find a firm to construct this new system. A firm will be selected by May 2017 with a target completion date of December 2018. The RFQ document can be found on the County's website.

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 .725 is East and 461.825 is west, both use 100.0 for the PL.
+*Fire and Rescue vehicles have 450 radios in their units although they still use the open 800 and 39.5 channels for Fire-EMS communications. This allows communication with Rockbridge and Botetourt Counties.
 === Company 1 - Iron Gate ===
-Company 1 provides a First Responder service.
+Company 1 also provides transport emergency medical services.
 *Wagon 1
 *Engine 1
 *Tanker 1
 *Truck 1
+*Ambulance 10
-*Iron Gate now has their own Rescue Squad which covers East End including backing up Rescue 1's areas.
+*Ambulance 11
 === Company 2/Rescue 1 - Clifton Forge ===
-Rescue 1 covers calls in Clifton Forge, Iron Gate, Selma, Sharon, and Valley Ridge area. Rescue 1 covers all areas east of about the 17 MM on I-64. Company 2 is now being dispatched on all Rescue 1 calls in the city of Clifton Forge. Same as Engine 51 was always dispatched with Squad 51 on Emergency.
+Rescue 1 covers calls in Clifton Forge, Iron Gate, Selma, Sharon, and Valley Ridge area and all areas east of about the 17 MM on I-64. Company 2 is dispatched on all Rescue 1 calls in the Town of Clifton Forge.
 *Ladder 2
@@ Line 55: / Line 57: @@
 *Crash 39
-=== Station 4 - MeadWestvaco ===
+=== Station 4 - WestRock ===
-Station 4 primarily covers the MeadWestvaco paper mill, but also provides backup to Covington and the surrounding area.
+Station 4 primarily covers the WestRock paper mill, but also provides backup to Covington and the surrounding area.
 === Station 5 - Boiling Springs ===
+Boiling Springs has two fire stations.
 === Station 6 - Dunlap ===
@@ Line 81: / Line 84: @@
 === Company 8 - Sharon ===
-Sharon has two fire stations. Company 8 provides a First Responder service.
+Sharon has two fire stations. Company 8 provides non-transport emergency medical services.
 *Tanker 8
 *Engine 80
@@ Line 93: / Line 96: @@
 === Company 9 - Selma ===
+Company 9 provides non-transport emergency medical services.
 *Brush 9
 *Engine 90
@@ Line 99: / Line 103: @@
 *Engine 93
 *HazMat 94
-*Station 9 has added an EMS element to their station. Referred to as EMS 9. Unsure as to nature of or type of rescue equipment or personnel. Also has added "First Responders" to their station. (Actual type of call dispatched)
 == Alleghany County Sheriff Information ==
+*Alleghany County Sheriff, City of Covington and Town of Clifton Forge have returned to the analog system and have dropped the digital Nexedge system. All communications in the county are analog as of August 2016.
-*Alleghany County Sheriff, City of Covington and Clifton Forge are back full time on Analog and have completely dropped the digital Nexedge system. Nexedge never worked right as its a POS and they finally gave up on it thankfully.
+*Alleghany County is planning to transition to a Project 25 Phase 2 communications system by over the next two years and has contracted with AECOM, a communications consulting firm, to assist with this process. An RFQ was released by AECOM and Alleghany County in December 2016 to find a firm to construct this new system. A firm will be selected by May 2017 with a target completion date of December 2018. The RFQ document can be found on the County's website.
-*All comms in the entire county are analog as of 8/18/2016.
-*Radios have been provided to at least some VSP units that I would imagine would be those who work in the area regularly.
-*The rescue squads and possibly fire dept. vehicles have 450 radios in their units although they still use the open 800 and 39.5 channels for fire/ems comms. Mostly this allows MA with Rockbridge and Botetourt.
-*Alleghany county SO appears to have fully working computers in their units now with which they get dispatched on as well as additional information on calls. This means quite a few calls go out over these computers rather than on the radio. More go out by phone. The Sheriff is a real pain in the a$$ about people listening in to radio traffic which is why he wanted that Nexedge crap so badly.
-*It seems they are trying to get pagers or cell phone texting set up for the Fire/Rescue dispatches. Another attempt to keep people from monitoring radio traffic.
-*It also appears that they have put up multiple towers around the county or something of the like as they often tell units to switch towers beyond just the old two. Handheld coverage has dramatically increased and improved. The units using HTs are often the ones told to switch towers with impressive results. They also have some type of voting system in place although it doesn't seem to work very well as noted above.
-*Bottom line this has reduced monitorable radio traffic in this area.
-*Alleghany county is looking to go P25 P1 in the future and has hired a communications consulting firm to plan it. The firm gave their report on it several months ago and are moving ahead from there. The proposal favored is a seven site simulcast P25 Phase 1 system. As usual they are doing it half-a$$ed. The full report stated an eleven site system would provide the most and best coverage but the extra couple million was complained about and the seven site model was selected even though it would only provide somewhere between 60-70% coverage. Not to mention simulcast out here will be very bad. They declined a regional P25 system in conjunction with Rockbridge and Bath as well as a local system incorporating Bath in it. From the looks of it in the story it will utilize existing UHF frequencies.
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