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Allen County (IN)

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Allen County and Surrounding Areas with Major Routes

Trunked Radio System

Allen County makes minimal use of SAFE-T in all respects as it maintains its own trunked radio system, Allen County Public Safety. SAFE-T is the tertiary system to fall back to if both ACPS and the Allen County Government Services TRS are out of service. The Three Rivers Ambulance Authority (TRAA) makes use of SAFE-T when patient transports require it to go out of range of ACPS.

As of February 2, 2014, most agencies have been migrated to a new APCO-25 system in which most or all Talk Groups are operating with encryption.

Law Enforcement Agencies

Allen County emergency responders(2001).
  1. Allen County Sheriff's Office (ACPD)
  2. Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD)
  3. Indiana State Police (District 22)
  4. New Haven Police (NHPD)
  5. Woodburn Police
  6. FW International Airport Public Safety (Airport PSD)
  7. Purdue Fort Wayne Police
  8. [Parkview Hospital Police]

Signal Codes

ACPD and FWPD share a common set of radio signals. Most communication with ACFD and FWFD use plain English with a mix of specific signals still in use.

1Meet or "eyeball"
2Disregard
3Telephone (TX)
4Courthouse
4ACity/County Building
4BByron Station (ACPD Offices)
4CAnimal Control Shelter
5Garage
5ACar Wash
5GGas Pumps
6Communications
6RRadio Shop
7Out of Service
8In Service
9On Scene
10Location
11Pick Up Prisoner
12County Jail
12ALock-up
13Ambulance
14Warrant Check
14SServing Warrant
15Assist Party
16Pick Up Items
17Read Motor Number
17RRe-Read
18Work Traffic
19Escort
20Unknown Problem
21Adult
22Juvenile
22IJuvenile Investigation
22CNChild Neglect
22RCRecovery
22RNRunaway
23Vandalism
24Missing Person
25Vehicle Accident
25HSHit Skip
26Vehicle Accident w/ Injuries
26HSHit Skip
27Reckless Driving
28DUI
29Special Event
30Traffic Stop
31Breathalyzer
32Death Investigation
32ADeath Notification
33Disabled Vehicle
33JJuvenile Locked Inside
34Traffic Hazard
35Parked Vehicle - Unoccupied
36Occupied Vehicle
37Parking Violation
38Lost or Stolen License Plate
38ALost Article
39Stolen Vehicle
39UUnauthorized Use of Vehicle
40Alarm
40AAudible Alarm
40ATMATM Alarm
40BBank Alarm
40FFire Alarm
40HHold Up Alarm
40LListening Alarm (has microphone)
40PPanic Alarm
41Person Down
42Intoxicated Person
43Disturbance
44Nuisance
44FWFireworks
44LMLoud Music
44LPLoud Party
44SSmoke
45Neighborhood Disturbance
46Domestic Disturbance
47Removal of Articles
48Suspicious Person
49Prowler
50Burglary
51Theft
51ATheft - Attempted
51IPTheft - In Progress
51JOTheft - Just Occurred
52Shoplifter
53Armed Robbery
54UNUSED
55Fight
56Molesting
57Strong-arm Robbery
58Shooting
59Cutting/Stabbing
60Homicide
61Rape
62Person with Weapon
63Attempt to Contact
63ZZachary Offender Check
64Unable to Locate Person
65Suicide
65ASuicide Attempt
65TSuicide Threat
66Mental Case
66VMental Violent
67Indecent Exposure
68Protect Evidence
69Wires Down
70Fire
71Explosion
72Failure to Pay
73Walk Away
74Unruly Crowd
75Pursuit
76Road Block
77Labor Dispute
78Communicable Disease
79Confidential Information
80Civil Investigation
80EEviction
80PServe Protective Order
81Change Channels
82Improper Procedure
83Information
84Urgent - Lights & Sirens
85At Once - Lights Only
86City/County Property Involved
87Begin Tour of Duty
88End Tour of Duty
89E.O.D. (Explosive Ordinance Device)
90UNUSED
91Blood Run
92Drowning
93Aircraft Accident
94Out of Jurisdiction
95In Jurisdiction
96Battery
97Found Items
98Vice Investigation
99Narcotics
100Emergency Traffic Only
101Open Door
102Threats
103Unwanted Party
104Kidnapping
105Officer Welfare Check
106Officer Okay
107On the Air
108Follow Up
109Illegal Dumping
110Known Burglar
111Animal Investigation
111CCat
111DDog
111IInjured
111PDeer Kill Permit
112Riot
113Shots Fired
114Hunter Investigation
120Grabil
121Woodburn
122Huntertown
123Leo/Cedarville
124Monroeville
125Tower Lights at Hillegas
126Tower Lights at 4B
127Jail Escape
129COPS (Community Oriented Policing)
130Community Corrections (Home Detention)
131Community Service
134County Highway
154Officer Needs Help1

1 154 is the badge number of the late Patrolman Kenneth Stiverson of FWPD, who was fatally shot in the line of duty while negotiating with an escaped mental patient.

ACPD

ACPD's First Dodge Charger

The Allen County Sheriff's Office (known as ACPD) has serviced the Allen County area since the first sheriff took office in 1824 and has had 51 sheriffs take office since then (including the current sheriff, David J. Gladieux).

ACPD is known for having a very strong K9 training program and provides such training for neighboring agencies, the Indiana State Police (which now has its own training program), as well as agencies from distant counties and states. ACPD was the second agency in the State of Indiana to have a SWAT/ERT team.

Unit Numbers

ACPD officers use their three digit badge numbers as their unit identifiers on the air. Occasionally, a unit will identify itself by its car number. Warrants units almost exclusively identify by their commission number and not their unit number. Some Fort Wayne units have unit numbers in these ranges, so mutual aid traffic may get confusing sometimes.

Known Unit Prefixes

  • 100-300 - Officers
  • 600-700 - Reserve Officers
  • 800-900 - Marshall
  • AC# - Animal Control/Field Service
  • C### - Confinement Officer. Often, a jail van.
  • CAR# - Commission (Typically Warrants Division)
  • EH## - Extra Help (Not Reserves)

FWPD

FWPD Impala

FWPD units are designated with an alpha prefix that may denote what sector that that unit is assigned to and then a three digit number, possibly corresponding to a badge number. When addressed, the phonetic for the sector prefix is used (e.g. "BAKER ONE-THIRTEEN"). So far, alpha prefixes are known to go as high as "O - Ocean".

Fire and Rescue Agencies

Allen County is served by a mix of career, volunteer and hybrid fire departments, including two city fire departments (the career Fort Wayne Fire Department (FWFD) and the city of New Haven & Woodburn (now known as East Central Fire & EMS) and several township and "fire district" departments. Each department is independent of the others. As such, there is no Allen County Fire Department, per se. FWFD & all Allen County stations are dispatched on the city/county 800 MHz trunked radio system and Allen County stations are also simulcast on a VHF frequency (154.010 MHz) primarily for paging. 122nd National Air Guard is a full time department that often provides mutual aid to incidents nearby.

Nearly all departments have abandoned VHF entirely including the use of their tactical channels and nearly all departments use their 800MHz tac channels for inner department operations.

In 2018 St. Joseph Township Fire was disbanded. Fire service is currently contracted out to FWFD and EMS is contracted out to TRAA. Their tanker went to FWFD and the rest of the apparatus was sold off. The building is still partially occupied by the township trustee and the old fire station portion currently houses FWPD specialty vehicles.

As of Jan 1, 2022 the New Haven/Adams Township and the Woodburn Fire Department stations are merged into one. The new East Central Fire & EMS will be a combination department servicing the City's of Woodburn & New Haven, and the unincorporated areas of Adams, Jefferson, Milan, and Maumee Townships out of a total of 5 stations.

Staging Levels

All Allen County departments, including FWFD, use standard staging levels & codes or plain English for emergency response situations.

  • Level 1 - Lead pump to scene. All other units stage one block away
  • Level 2 - All units stage at designated staging area
  • Level 3 - Lead engine to scene. All other units stage near current location
  • Level 4 - Task Force on station (1 engine, 1 tanker, 6-8 firefighters)
  • Level 5 - Ambulance crew on station
  • Level 6 - Lead engine to scene (lights & siren). All other units proceed quietly


Signal Codes

  • 700 Evacuate Structure
  • 701 Single Unit Can Handle
  • 702 Two Units Can Handle
  • 703 Three Units Can Handle
  • 704 Working Fire
  • 705 Send Unit (specify)
  • 706 Second Alarm
  • 707 Board Up requested
  • 708 Request Arson Investigators
  • 709 Request Knox Box Key Release

Bases

Each fire station that is dispatched on the Allen County fire dispatch is assigned a "base" number.

  • 10 East Central Fire & EMS Territory Station 3/NHATFD
  • 30 Monroeville Fire Department Monroeville EMS
  • 40 East Central Fire & EMS Territory Station 1/NHATFD
  • 50 Southwest Fire & EMS District Station 1
  • 60 Northwest Fire & EMS District Station 3/Washington Twp. Fire & EMS(Washington Twp. Station)
  • 70 St. Joseph Twp. Fire & EMS (Defunct, covered by FWFD now)[https://indianafiretrucks.smugmug.com/Northeastern-Indiana/Allen/Stjosephtownship/
  • 80 West Central Fire & EMS District/Arcola Station
  • 90 Northwest Fire & EMS District Station 1/Huntertown Fire & EMS Huntertown Station 1
  • 100 Southwest Fire & EMS District/Poe Fire & EMS(Poe Station)
  • 110 River Haven Fire (Defunct, now covered by East Central Fire & EMS Territory)
  • 120 East Central Fire & EMS Territory Station 2/NHATFD
  • 130 Hoagland Fire & EMS
  • 140 Northeast Fire & EMS(Grabill Station)
  • 150 Southwest Fire & EMS District Station 2
  • 160 East Central Fire & EMS Territory Station 4/Woodburn Fire & EMS(Maumee Twp. Station)
  • 170 Northeast Fire & EMS District(Cedar Canyons Station)
  • 180 West Central Fire & EMS District/Aboite Twp. Fire & EMS Station 1]
  • 190 Northwest Fire & EMS District Station 2/Huntertown Fire & EMS(Perry Twp. Station)
  • 200 Churubusco/Smith Twp FD(Dual Response with Base 90/190 west half of Eel River Twp, Allen Co. South half of Green Twp, Noble Co. and all of Smith Twp, Whitley County. Are dispatched by those counties on their respective Dispatch frequencies and repeated on Whitley County Fire.
  • 240 Northeast Fire & EMS District(Harlan Station)
  • 250 Southwest Fire & EMS District Station 3
  • 260 East Central Fire & EMS Territory Station 5/Woodburn Fire & EMS(Milan Twp. Station)
  • 280 Aboite Twp. Fire & EMS Station 2
  • 350 Southwest Fire & EMS Station 4
  • 870 Fire Arson Specialized Team (FAST Team)
  • 122nd National Air Guard

Base Locations

Service Availability

Most Allen County fire departments now operate combination, with paid staff and volunteers. If a station cannot be successfully raised via fire dispatch after four minutes, the next closest/available station is dispatched (referred to as the "four minute protocol").

As of 2021, the majority of the Allen County ambulances provide ALS Paramedic care.

County Paramedic Units: Medic 45,Medic 95,Medic 115,Medic 125,Medic 145,Medic 165,Medic 175,Medic 185,Medic 195, Medic 225,Medic 245,Medic 265,Medic 285, Engine 11 (Non-Transport Engine), DC11(Non-Transport SUV),F181(Non-Transport SUV)

County BLS Ambulances: Emergency 35,Emergency 35-2,Emergency 55,Emergency 65,Emergency 65-2,Emergency 105, Emergency 135,Emergency 155,Emergency 255,Emergency 355

Fort Wayne Fire Department

  • Sta. #1 (HQ) - 419 E. Main St. @ Lafayette St. (aka US-27),Ft. Wayne
  • Sta. #2 - 2023 Taylor St. between Bevel Ave. & Brooklyn Ave.,Ft. Wayne
  • Sta. #3 - (Defunct) 226 W. Washington Blvd. between Webster St. & Harrison St.,Ft. Wayne (This retired station currently houses the Ft. Wayne Firefighters Museum)
  • Sta. #4 - 4130 Lahmeyer Rd. between Trotters Chase Ln. & Becky Ln.,Ft. Wayne
  • Sta. #5 - 5801 Bluffton Rd. across from Old Trail Rd.,Ft. Wayne
  • Sta. #6 - 1500 W. Coliseum Blvd. (aka State Route 930) between Executive Blvd. & Newaygo Rd.,Ft. Wayne (The rear of the Sta. has access off of Directors Row)
    • Former Sta. - 1441 (N.) Wells St. @ W. 4th St.,Ft. Wayne
  • Sta. #7 - 1602 Lindenwood Ave. @ Spring St.,Ft. Wayne
  • Sta. #8 - 6035 Rothman Rd. between Sunderland Dr. & Maplecrest Rd.,Ft. Wayne
  • Sta. #9 - 2530 E. Pontiac St. @ Fruehauf Dr.,Ft. Wayne
  • Sta. #10 -
    • Current Sta. - 3200 N. Anthony Blvd. @ Crescent Ave.,Ft. Wayne
    • Former Sta. - 1245 E. State Blvd. across from California Ave.,Ft. Wayne
  • Sta. #11 - 405 E. Rudisill Blvd. @ Lafayette St. (aka US-27),Ft. Wayne
  • Sta. #12 - 6901 S. Anthony Blvd. between Seddlemeyer Ave. & Gardendale Ave.,Ft. Wayne
  • Sta. #13 - 6727 N. Clinton St. across from Foxchase Run,Ft. Wayne
  • Sta. #14 - 3400 Reed Rd. between Fairlawn Pass & Vance Ave.,Ft. Wayne
  • Sta. #15 - 1415 Northland Blvd. between Lima Rd. (aka State Route 3) & Polo Run,Ft. Wayne
  • Sta. #16 - 11330 Coldwater Rd. between Badiac Rd. & Valley O' Pines Pkwy.,Ft. Wayne
  • Sta. #17 - 1910 Getz Rd. @ Constitution Dr.,Ft. Wayne
  • Sta. #18 - 10805 Liberty Mills Rd. @ Homestead Rd.,Ft. Wayne
  • Sta. #19 - 10116 Covington Rd. @ S. Scott Rd.,Ft. Wayne


Three Rivers Ambulance Authority

TRAA currently holds the contract with the City of Fort Wayne / Allen County for emergency medical services. TRAA will also provide ALS assists outside of the city limits along with county BLS EMS units to provide a paramedic or transfer a patient to an ALS ambulance, as a portion of county ambulances lack ALS service.

TRAA also holds contracts to certain areas of the county that do not have any other ambulance service, including portions of unincorporated St. Joseph Township and Lake Township.

  • 525 Hayden St. between S. Monroe St. & Clay St.,Ft. Wayne (WNAH566)

Jurisdictions

Allen County Townships

ACPD has enforcement power within the entire county, though the patrol division is assigned outside of the city limits; despite this, many enforcement activities are performed by ACPD within the city. FWPD officers are firmly limited in jurisdiction to the city limits. FWPD is empowered by the Allen County Sheriff and maintains its power of enforcement at his/her discretion. ACPD has divided the county into districts which are identified alphabetically (A through F).

Town Marshals

The State of Indiana empowers these marshals, and Allen County has several outlying towns that employ/facilitate one or more marshals:

  1. Monroeville Monroeville PD (Unit 809)
  2. Woodburn PD (Formerly 812-#, now identify as WOODBURN #)
  3. Zanesville PD (Allen & Wells Counties) Unit 810
  4. Churubusco PD (Whitley County, but maintains radio contact on ACPS TRS using Unit 836)

There are other unit numbers believed to be town marshals but have not been associated with a particular locality:

  1. 808

New Haven

Despite appearing to be conjoined with Fort Wayne, New Haven maintains its own police agency and has several fire houses under the control of the Allen County Fire Department, Adams Township. NHPD relies mostly on marked Ford Police Utility Interceptors, though is known to have unmarked SUVs, and marked Dodge Chargers.