Ashland County (WI)

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Unit Numbers

Law Enforcement

16-x's - Mellen PD (Discontinued since April 2024)
100's - Ashland PD
200's - Bayfield County Sheriff
600's - Ashland County Sheriff
- 699 - Animal Control
700's & 7700's - Wisconsin State Patrol
800's - Bad River Tribal PD (discontinued since 2015)
2600's - Iron County Sheriff
LA-x's - La Pointe PD
Delta-x's - Price County Sheriff
- Also may use their 500's range ID
Forest xxx's - US Forest Service
GL-xx's - GLIFWC
C-xxx's - Wisconsin DNR Conservation Warden
DC-x - Ashland County Coroner
- Possible PC-x or BC-x

Radio ID's don't always match unit numbers. Dispatch is encryption capable, some deputies are encrypted mobile, portable, or both. State agencies are encryption capable, federal agencies are typically encrypted.

Ashland PD's analog tower is clear, they rarely use the county system.

Ambulances

242 - Glidden Ambulance
509 - Madeline Island Ambulance

Ashland Fire Department

Car 1 - Incident Command vehicle
Med 2 - ALS Intercept vehicle
Med 3 - Ambulance
Med 4 - Type I transfer ambulance
Med 5 - Ambulance
Med 6 - Secondary 911 ambulance
Med 7 - 4x4 Type I transfer ambulance
Med 8 - Primary 911 ambulance
Engine 1
Engine 2
Engine 3
Tower 11 - 100 ft platform
Tanker 5 - 4000 gallon tanker
Brush 9 - Wildland fire pickup. Used to tow ATV/snowmobile trailer, HAZMAT trailer, and Ice Angel. Also has snowplow for winter use.

Mellen Fire and Rescue

Mellen Base - Fire Hall
Mellen 1 - Fire Truck
Mellen 4 - Ambulance
Mellen 5 - Ambulance
Mellen 6 - Ambulance

Forestry Dept

600's - ?
6xxA's - ?

Pager Tones

Timing is standard A/B 1 sec/3 sec
Pages are sent twice, one on each tower listed or twice on the same tower if only one listed
AFD has their own frequency that they are paged and respond on

Ashland Fire Department - All Call/Callback (Ashland)	928.1	600.9
Ashland Fire Department - Ambulance (Ashland)	1092.4	1472.9
Ashland Fire Department - Fire (Ashland)	313.8	1642.0
Butternut Fire (South)	553.9	1122.5
Bad River Fire/First Responders (East)	433.7	1989.1
Mellen Fire (North)	669.9	746.8
Mellen EMS (North)	928.1	669.9
Marengo Fire (North/West)	746.8	569.1
Marengo EMS (North/West)	517.5	1006.9
Glidden Fire (North/South)	553.9	330.5
Glidden EMS (North/South)	330.5	321.7
Madeline Island Fire (Island)
Madeline Island EMS (Island)
DNR Park Falls - Park Falls Wildfire (South)	426.6	584.8
DNR Park Falls - Mellen Wildfire (North)	321.7	562.3
USFS Wildfire Service - Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (North 1x only)	422.1	349.0

P25 Radio ID's

WISCOM (Wisconsin Trunked System)/Conventional Radio ID's:
22510 ALSCAN (traffic only when aff'd)
1 Misprogrammed Radios (La Pointe & Mellen PDs, ALCO Coroner, Radio Techs)
9999 Ashland PD Squad
131904 ??? (Unit identified as 653, ALSO?)
230000 Ashland County WISCOM PSAP
230400 Ashland County Conventional PSAP
200500 Ashland County Sheriff's Office Bases
2006XX Ashland County Sheriff's Office Squads
2106XX Ashland County Sheriff Portables
2023XX Ashland PD Squads
2121XX Ashland PD Portables (Excluding 21216X)
200004 Mellen PD Squad
212161 Mellen PD Portable
212163 Mellen PD Portable
204503 La Pointe PD
2051XX Ashland EMS
208501 La Pointe PD
26XXXXX Iron County Sheriff's Office
51XXXXX Price County Sheriff's Office
74XXXXX Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission
81007XX Wisconsin State Patrol EF Johnson VM900 squad radios
81077XX Wisconsin State Patrol EF Johnson VM900 squad radios
81107XX Wisconsin State Patrol portables
81177XX Wisconsin State Patrol portables
81207XX Wisconsin State Patrol Kenwood TK-5710 squad radios
81277XX Wisconsin State Patrol Kenwood TK-5710 squad radios
81607XX Wisconsin State Patrol portables
81677XX Wisconsin State Patrol portables
82XXXXX Wisconsin DNR
8630201 Memorial Medical Center - Ashland
9401XXX National Park Service
9404XXX National Park Service
9409XXX US Forest Service
9411XXX National Park Service?
9414XXX National Park Service
9901110 National Weather Service-Duluth Weather Forecasting Office
??????? Bad River Tribal PD
??????? David R. Obey Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center (NPS/USFS/USFWS joint facility)
??????? National Park Service-Stockton Island Ranger Station/Visitor Center
??????? United States Coast Guard
??????? Wisconsin DNR Big Bay State Park Office
??????? Wisconsin DNR Copper Falls State Park Office
??????? Wisconsin DNR Mellen Ranger Station

GLIFWC also operates on the following MPSCS (Michigan Trunked System) talkgroups:
6218 GLIFWC1
6219 GLIFWC2

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