Grafton County (NH)
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Grafton County Map
Grafton County Law Enforcement Agencies & Communications
Law enforcement in Grafton County is primarily covered by three main agencies: Grafton County Sheriff, Upper Valley Regional Communications Center, and Plymouth Police Department. There are a few towns that self-dispatch including Lebanon and Lincoln.
Grafton County Sheriff’s Department
GCSD also operates Twin State Fire Mutual Aid. The following Law Enforcement agencies are dispatched on the County Dispatch channel:
- Grafton County Sheriff (Covers the county and towns without a PD)
- Bath
- Bethlehem
- Easton (Covered by GCSD)
- Franconia
- Haverhill
- Littleton
- Lisbon (Covers Lyman)
- Piermont (Covered by GCSD when PD staff are off)
- Sugar Hill
- Thornton
- Waterville Valley
- Warren
- Wentworth
Unit call signs are their town name followed by their assigned number, but this does vary by agency. For example, the Waterville Valley Chief would be Waterville 1.
Upper Valley Regional Communications Center
UVRCC dispatches several Police, Fire/EMS, and Highway agencies in Grafton County NH, Sullivan County NH, and Orange County VT. The following Law Enforcement agencies are dispatched on the Police Simulcast channel in the Grafton County area of NH:
- Canaan
- Enfield
- Grafton
- Hanover
- Lyme
- Orford
Plymouth Police Department Communications
The following Law Enforcement agencies are dispatched on the Plymouth PD Dispatch channel:
- Ashland
- Bridgewater
- Bristol
- Campton
- Groton
- Hebron
- Holderness
- Plymouth
- Thornton
- Rumney
Self-Dispatching Towns
Towns Covered By NH State Police
- Benton
- Dorchester
- Ellsworth
- Landaff
- Monroe
- Orange
Alexandria PD and Bristol PD are dispatched by Franklin
Law Enforcement Unit IDs
Code | Description |
---|---|
11## | Ashland Police |
12## | Bristol Police |
13## | Campton Police |
14## | Holderness Police |
15## | Plymouth Police |
16## | Plymouth State College Police |
17## | Rumney Police (Disp by County) |
19## | Bridgewater Police |
76-X | Alexandria Police |
70-X | Bath |
41-X | Bristol |
74-X | Easton |
44-X | Franconia |
60-X | Grafton |
67-X | Hebron |
50-X | Rumney |
47-X | Sugar Hill |
68-X | Thornton |
38-X | Waterville Valley |
219-X | Lyme |
300-X | Monroe |
520-X | Woodstock |
700-X | Orford |
800 | Piermont |
1609-X | Bethlehem |
Grafton County Fire/EMS Agencies & Communications
Towns in Grafton County are dispatched by three primary communications centers. They are Twin State Fire Mutual Aid, Upper Valley Regional Communications Center, and Lakes Regional Fire Mutual Aid. The City of Lebanon self-dispatches on its own City Fire Alarm & Station Alerting System (Phoenix G2) more commonly known as Lebanon Fire Alarm. TSFMA, UVRCC, and LFA are members of the Upper Valley Regional Emergency Services Association.
Common Apparatus Identifiers
- Ambulance - A unit designed and licensed to transport patients.
- Boat/Marine - A watercraft operated by a member department.
- C - An officer or member, having command authority.
- Car - A vehicle used primarily for transporting personnel, communications equipment, or other equipment used to support fire ground operations.
- Engine - Firefighting apparatus equipped with a fire pump of at least 750 GPM capacity and carrying not less than 500 gallons of water.
- Forestry - A vehicle that is primarily used in grass, brush, or forest fire suppression.
- Ladder - Firefighting apparatus equipped with an aerial ladder, elevating platform, tower, or snorkel.
- Portable - A portable radio.
- Rescue - A vehicle used primarily to transport equipment and/or manpower for the purpose of removal or extrication of victims requiring fire department assistance.
- Tanker - Firefighting apparatus used primarily for hauling water, with or without a fixed fire pump, and carrying more than 1,000 gallons of water.
- Tower - Firefighting apparatus equipped with an elevating platform, tower, or snorkel.
- Utility - Firefighting apparatus not categorized by another letter designation used to provide support services.
- Warden - An individual designated by the state as a Warden, Deputy Warden, or Special Deputy Warden.
Lakes Region Area Radio Identifiers
Lakes Region dispatches the following agencies below on 159.0000MHz - 210.7PL. The agencies in bold are located in Grafton County.
DEPARTMENT NUMBER | DEPARTMENT NAME | TYPE |
---|---|---|
1 | ALTON | FIRE/EMS |
2 | ASHLAND | FIRE |
3 | BELMONT | FIRE/EMS |
4 | BRISTOL | FIRE/EMS |
5 | CENTER HARBOR | FIRE |
6 | BARNSTEAD | FIRE |
7 | FRANKLIN | FIRE/EMS |
8 | GILFORD | FIRE/EMS |
9 | GILMANTON | FIRE |
10 | GROTON | FIRE |
11 | HILL | FIRE |
12 | HOLDERNESS | FIRE |
13 | LACONIA | FIRE/EMS |
14 | MEREDITH | FIRE/EMS |
15 | MOULTONBORO | FIRE/EMS |
16 | NEW DURHAM | FIRE |
17 | NEW HAMPTON | FIRE |
18 | PLYMOUTH | FIRE/EMS |
19 | SANDBORNTON | FIRE/EMS |
20 | SANDWICH | FIRE |
21 | TILTON-NORTHFIELD | FIRE/EMS |
23 | WATERVILLE VALLEY | FIRE/EMS |
24 | WARREN-WENTWORTH | EMS |
25 | STRAFFORD | FIRE |
30 | ALEXANDRIA | FIRE |
31 | ANDOVER | FIRE/EMS |
32 | EAST ANDOVER & ANDOVER EMS | FIRE/EMS |
34 | BRIDGEWATER | FIRE |
35 | COMPTON-THORNTON | FIRE/EMS |
36 | DANBURY | FIRE/EMS |
37 | HEBRON | FIRE |
38 | RUMNEY | FIRE |
40 | WARREN | FIRE |
42 | WENTWORTH | FIRE |
44 | TWIN RIVERS AMBULANCE | EMS |
45 | MEREDITH EMS | EMS |
49 | FARMINGTON | MUTUAL AID FIRE |
66 | CENTRAL NH HAZ-MAT TEAM | HAZMAT |
67 | NH FIRE ACADEMY | SCHOOL |
99 | WOLFEBORO | FIRE |
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