Wayne County (MI)

Municipalities & Districts

Information Coming Soon!

10 Codes and Unit Lists

Fire Pager Codes - Reed frequencies

The following can be heard on 154.370MHz:

Tornado/Civil Defense sirens (Plymouth area):
A 1497.0    B 1714.0

City of Bellville:
A 228.5     B 296.5

Northville City:
All Call:    A 928.1  B 569.1
Chief:       A 928.1  B 707.3

Northville Twp:
Duty Call:   A 1063.2 Hz  B 1092.4
All Call:    A 1092.4 Hz  (one long tone)

Sumpter Twp.
A 349.0  B 389.0

Plymouth Community Fire: (155.565 MHz)
Duty Call: A 304.7    B 1063.2
All call:  A 1092.4   B 1063.2

Detroit Fire Department - Unit Numbering Scheme

• 1XX Executive Administration:
  • 100 Commissioner
  • 101 Deputy Commissioner
  • 2XX Firefighting Division:
  • 200 Chief of the Department
  • 201 Deputy Chief West
  • 202 Deputy Chief East
  • 203 Senior Batallion Chief
  • 204 Deputy Batallion Chief
• 3XX: Medical Division:
  • 301 Chief Physician (not EMS - this division is for injured firefighters)
• 4XX: Communications Division:
• 5XX: Apparatus Division:
  • 501 Division Officer
  • 502 Deputy Division Officer
  • 503 Repair Truck
  • 504 Repair Truck
• 6XX Fire Marshal/Fire Prevention Division:
• 7XX Research & Development/Purchasing Division:
• 8XX: Arson Division:
• 9XX: Public Relations/Training Division:
• 1XXX: Not currently used
• 11XX: EMS Division:
• 12XX: Chaplains:

Detroit Police - Unit Numbering Scheme

Set-1 Units are Dispatched by precinct number fallowed by the type of unit.

• Adam- One Man Scout Car
• George- Two Man Scout Car

Example: Six-Eleven-George is the two man number 11 car from the sixth precinct

• 1-16 Normal Marked Scout Cars
• 17: Youth Bereau
• 18-19 Normal Marked Scout Cars
• 20-29 Prostitution Prevention Units
• 30-39 Plain-Clothes Officers
• 40-49 Daytime Report Cars
• 60 Shift Lieutenant
• 63 Administration Lieutenant
• 64-69 Lieutenants
• 70-79 Sergents/Supervisors
• 80-89 Power Shift Units (Works 7pm to 3am)
• 90-98 Community Services, Community Relations, Crime Analysis, Crime Prevention
• 99 Prisoner Transport
• 120-130 Crime Investigators

Set 2

• 2000- Mayor of Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick
• 2100- Chief of Police Ella B-Cummings
• 2200- Commanders
• 2300- Inspectors
• 2400- Duty Officer
• 2500- Major Crimes Division
• 2700- Homicide Division
• 2800- Arson Investigators
• 2900- Michigan State Police, Detroit Post
• 3000- Narcotics Division
• 3100- Armed Robbery Units
• 3300- Carjacking Task Force
• 3500- Sex Crimes Units
• 3600- Special Response Team (Detroit's Version of SWAT)
• 3700- Traffic Control
• 3900- Mounted Patrol
• 4100- Croud Control Units
• 4200- Gang Squad
• 4600- Bomb Squad
• 4700- Evidence Techs
• 4800- Tow Trucks
• 4900- Reserve Officers
• 5100- B & E Task Force
• 5000- Youth Cadet Supervisors
• 5300- Auto Theft Division
• 5800- Police Divers
• 5900- Community Service Units
• 6400- University of Detroit
• 6600- Internal Affairs
• 6800- Wayne State University
• 7000- Mayor Security
• 7500- Michigan DNR
• 8900- School Security

Downriver Fire Stations - Numbering Plan

Station

1  Taylor
2  River Rouge
3  Ecorse
4  Lincoln Park
5  Allen Park
6  Melvindale
7  Wyandotte
8  Southgate
11 Trenton
12 Woodhaven
13 Rockwood
14 Riverview
15 Gibraltar
16 Grosse Ile Township
17 Flat Rock
18 Brownstown Township

Units (prefix +)

xx5x Engines
xx6x Trucks/Ladders
xx7x EMS/Rescue
xx8x Chiefs
xx9x Utility/Miscellaneous

W. Wayne County Fire Stations - Numbering List

'''Base: Location:'''
* 1 : Ypsilanti Twp.
* 2 : Wayne
* 3 : Romulus
* 4 : Van Buren Twp.
* 5 : Redford Twp.
* 6 : Inkster
* 7 : Livonia
* 8 : Plymouth Community F.D.
* 9 : Superior Twp.
*10 : Garden City
*11 : Canton Twp.
*12 : Dearborn Heights
*13 : Taylor
*14 : Westland
*15 : VACANT (formerly Plymouth City F.D.)
*16 : Dearborn
*17 : Northville City
*18 : Sumpter Twp.
*19 : Wayne County Airports F.D. (Metro & Willow Run)
*20 : Northville Twp.
*21 : VACANT
*22 : Huron Twp.
*450: Belleville City

Most fire units in the county are numbered in the following format:

BBUT
*BB ? Base number
*U ? Unit number 
*T ? Type of apparatus

Apparatus Type Numbers
*1  Engine
*2  Aerial
*3  Rescue
*5  Tanker
*7  Utility
*00  Chief


==Wayne County Sheriff Codes==
Incident Dispatch Codes
<pre>
201   B&E Alarm
2011  Hold-Up Alarm
202   To your station
2022  To your station immediately
203   Bank Escort
204   Missing Person
205   Accident
2055  Injury Accident
206   Larceny
2066  Auto Theft
207   Animal Complaint
2077  Animal Bite
208   Call _____
2088  Call _____ Immediately
209   Civil Disturbance
210   Meet ____ At _____
211   Assist an officer
212   B&E Report
213   B&E In Progress
214   Reckless Driving / Drag Racing
215   Your location
216   Bomb Threat

Eastern Wayne County Police Codes

Dispatch Codes used on the Eastern Wayne County Mutual Aid TRS

201 - Arrival
202 - Report to station
203 - Stop at your home
205 - Accident
207 - Family trouble
208 - Call station
211 - Lunch
212 - Unknown?
217 - MDOP
219 - Fire
221 - B & E in progress
223 - Larceny
225 - Bank detail
245 - Possible Mental
250 - Bomb
300 - Emergency

Wayne County Airport Authority

Numbering Scheme

• 1xx Security
• 2xx ARFF
• 20x ARFF Crash Trucks
• 21x ARFF Engines
• 27x ARFF EMS
• 3xx Operations
• 4xx Police
• 40x Police Command
• 44x Police K9
• 46x Police McNamara Terminal
• 5xx Maintenance
• 6xx Maintenance
• 7xx Willow Run Airport ARFF
• 8xx Ops/Maintenance/Willow Run Airport
• 18xx ARFF (When operating on VHF-High band or mutual aid ops).

Huron Valley Ambulance (HVA)

Numbering Scheme

• A = Alpha (ALS Paramedic Unit)
• B = Bravo (BLS EMT-Basic Unit)
• C = Charlie (Paramedic Supervisors & Upper Management such as Vice President)
• E = Echo (Paramedic first response unit, staffed with 1 senior paramedic)

ALS = Advanced Life Support BLS = Basic Life Support

Priority Codes

• Priority 1 = Lights and Sirens Response
• Priority 3 = Non-emergent immediate response (911 calls)
• Priority 4 = A scheduled transfer normally handled by BLS units
• Priority 5 = Any transfer that is called in 1hr before the time of the pick-up

Shift points for central operations are coded A1-A99, these are usually either an intersection, or a specific location such as a gas station for fueling. Ambulances are positioned strategically throughout the counties to provide coverage. A unit is typically required to be with in 500 meters of the particular point they are stationed. Each crew, typically has a particular spot they like to park when sitting at a point, such as in an empty parking lot or behind buildings.

Huron Valley Ambulance (HVA) Unit Numbering

Washtenaw (Central Operations), Western Wayne, & Oakland (Eastern Operations) Counties:

• C100 – Vice President of Central operations
• Day Cars - mostly 12 & 10 hour units. These units range from A101-A113, and any extra cars added, start with A114 to A119. They are posted as specific shift points and are moved when coverage changes:
• A101 is the first car to come on in the morning at 04:30 hours.
• A113 the last of the day cars starts at 14:00 hours.
• A130–133 Night Cars, with extra cars starting at A134 to A139.
• A150 is the day Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU).
• A151 is the night MICU.

These units sit shift point and pull calls the same as all other Alpha cars however, they do not do P4-5 unless it is a MICU call that requires further treatment and equipment than normal ALS cars can handle.

• A158 = Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Also referred to as the baby bus:

This unit is a larger type III, medium duty ambulance, used to transport neonates requiring extra equipment. In addition, adult (obese) patients requiring larger equipment such as ECMO that will not fit in a normal modular ambulance. This unit usually has staff from the hospital on board such as RN’s & MD’s.

• A160 to A169 are special event cars these cares are normal ALS units that sit at such events as U of M baseball games and other community events.

• E170 = Dexter Echo unit.
• A176 = Chelsea 24-hour ALS unit stationed on Chelsea Hospital grounds.
• B180-B188 are BLS units usually reserved for non-emergent P4s & P5s (hospital to nursing home, nursing home to doc appointment, Ect…) These units typical do not respond to 911 calls unless the ALS unit is more than 10min from the call.
• B189 = A 24hr BLS unit stationed at the Chrysler Proving Grounds (CPG) in Chelsea. This unit is staffed with 1 EMT-Basic and responds to calls only on the CPG property, with CPG Emergency Response Team.
• C190 – C199 = Paramedic Road Supervisors.

Eastern Operations The same codes apply, but replace the 1 with a 6 IE 601 with the following exceptions:

• A671 = 24hr unit stationed in South Lyon Fire Department.
• A673 = 24hr unit stationed in Wixom.
• A674 = New 24hr unit stationed in Milford - formerly the back up unit out of South Lyon.

Western Operations (Calhoun and Jackson Counties): Monroe Community Ambulance (MCA) serves all of Monroe County except for the city of Monroe.

Monroe, uses a different protocol, when compared to Eastern and Central Ops of HVA. There are five 24 hour units stationed in the county. However, the other codes apply such as 790 for road supervisors and so forth.

• A701 = Ash Township car stationed at the ash township fire station
• A702 = The Dundee car
• A703 = Monroe township car
• A704 = Bedford car
• A705 = New 24hr car stationed in Frenchtown Twp.

Livingston Community Ambulance:

• Charlie 500 - Daytime Shift Supervisors
• Charlie 600 - Night Shift Supervisors
• Alpha 101 - Hamburg Unit
• Alpha 102 - Genoa Unit
• Alpha 103 - Brighton Unit
• Alpha 104 - Hartland Unit
• Alpha 105 - West side (Grand River and Burkhart)
• Alpha 106 - 12 hour day shift unit (Grand River and Chilson)
• Alpha 107 - Cover car

Echo Units: 1 person in a non transporting ALS unit. (Ford Excursions)

Lenawee Community Ambulance (All units are ALS)

• 501 - Tecumseh
• 504 - Adrian
• 507 - Cambridge Twp
• 505 - 10 hrs out of Raisin Twp Fire
• 595 - 10 hrs out of Raisin Twp Fire with Supervisor
• 502 - Special Events Car
• 503 - Special Events Car
• 506 - Special Events Car
• 508 - Special Events Car
• 511 - Michigan International Speedway (MIS) Track car

Hamtramck Police Codes

 10-4:    OK, or copy
 10-5:    Officer is taking a short break
 10-7:    Off duty
 10-8:    In service for next call / clear from scene
 10-9:    Repeat last transmission
10-10:    Lunch break
10-13:    Officer needs help!!
10-14:    Again OK or copy that info
10-20:    Location
10-21:    Call the station by phone
10-27:    Return to station or on there way into the station
10-27 J1: Return to stationto do report
10-27 J2: Return to station with an arrest
10-27 J3: Return to station to take a break
10-40:    Arrived on scene
10-50:    Auto accident

Ford Motor Company Security/Fire

Numbering Scheme

Station

Station 1 & 100 level units - Rouge Security.
Station 2 & 200 level units - World Headquarters.
Station 3 & 300 level units - Rouge Fire Department
            400 level units - Ford Security managers/investigators
Station 5 & 500 level units - Ford Land Security (various buildings)
Station 6 & 600 level units - VOGO Security
            800 level units - Ford Security Coordinators
Base    9 & 900 level units - Severstal security units (usually on their own channel)

Central Station & single/double-digit units - Research & Engineering
          -Ford Central Station also dispatches for all stations and emergency calls.

Online Scanners

• Detroit Fire Audio - Live audio from the MPSCS
• Scan Canton Township Live Audio Link