Douglas County (CO)
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Douglas County is located between the City of Denver and the City of Colorado Springs. Municipalities within Douglas County include parts of the City of Aurora, City of Castle Pines, Town of Castle Rock, Town of Larkspur, parts of the City of Littleton, City of Lone Tree, and Town of Parker.
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Public Safety
A vast majority of public safety communications located within Douglas County can be found on the APCO Project 25 State of Colorado Digital Trunked Radio System (DTRS).
There are exceptions for areas on the northern and western edges of the county. These areas include Roxborough Park area of northwest Douglas County which is served by West Metro Fire operating on Metro Area Radio Cooperative (MARC), City of Aurora in northeast Douglas County which operates on Aurora P25, and the southwest portions of Douglas County which is served by North Fork Fire and Mountain Communities Fire on conventional VHF.
Normal users of DTRS may occasionally use VHF/800 MHz conventional frequencies, especially in the more rural and mountainous parts of western Douglas County where DTRS coverage is insufficient or not used as the primary means of communications.
DTRS Sites to Monitor
Primary Sites
Douglas County North Simulcast (1-052)
Douglas County South Simulcast (1-014)
Alternate Sites
North
East
West
DTRS Talkgroups
| DEC | HEX | Mode | Alpha Tag | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 507 | 1fb | D | Douglas HRLETF | Sheriff - Highlands Ranch Law Enforcement Training Facility |
| 1001 | 3e9 | D | DouglasCo SAR Ad | SAR Admin |
| 1003 | 3eb | D | DouglasCo SAR Op | SAR Ops |
| 1005 | 3ed | D | DouglasCo MedCnt | County Medical Control |
| 1007 | 3ef | D | Douglas SO 1007 | Sheriff (1007) |
| 1009 | 3f1 | D | Douglas SO SIS | Special Investigations |
| 1011 | 3f3 | D | Douglas SO 1011 | Sheriff (1011) |
| 1013 | 3f5 | D | DouglasCo DEC | County Emergency Communications |
| 1015 | 3f7 | D | Douglas SO Adm | Sheriff Administration |
| 1017 | 3f9 | D | Douglas Co Cornr | County Coroner |
| 1019 | 3fb | D | DouglasCo Buildn | Building Department |
| 1021 | 3fd | D | DouglasCo R&B | Road & Bridge |
| 1023 | 3ff | D | Douglas SO Trng2 | Sheriff Training 2 |
| 1025 | 401 | D | DouglasCo R&B 1 | Road & Bridge 1 |
| 1027 | 403 | D | DouglasCo R&B 2 | Road & Bridge 2 |
| 1029 | 405 | D | DouglasCo R&B 3 | Road & Bridge 3 |
| 1031 | 407 | D | Douglas SO Supv | Sheriff Supervisors |
| 1033 | 409 | D | Douglas SO1 | Sheriff 1 Dispatch |
| 1035 | 40b | D | Douglas SO2 | Sheriff 2 |
| 1037 | 40d | D | Douglas SO3 | Sheriff 3 |
| 1039 | 40f | D | Douglas SO4 | Sheriff 4 |
| 1041 | 411 | D | DouglasCo Water | Water Department |
| 1042 | 412 | D | Douglas OEM | Office of Emergency Management |
| 1043 | 413 | D | DouglasCo MAC1 | County Mutual Aid 1 |
| 1045 | 415 | D | DouglasCo MAC2 | County Mutual Aid 2 |
| 1051 | 41b | D | DouglasCo FD RIT | Fire RIT Emergency |
| 1053 | 41d | D | DouglasCo FD 1 | Fire 1 Dispatch |
| 1055 | 41f | D | DouglasCo FD 2 | Fire 2 Administrative |
| 1057 | 421 | D | DouglasCo FD 3 | Fire 3 OPS-3 |
| 1059 | 423 | D | DouglasCo FD 5 | Fire 5 OPS-5 |
| 1061 | 425 | D | DouglasCo FD 7 | Fire 7 OPS-7 |
| 1063 | 427 | D | DouglasCo FD 9 | Fire 9 OPS-9 |
| 1065 | 429 | D | DouglasCo FD 11 | Fire 11 OPS-11 |
| 1067 | 42b | D | Douglas SO Inv | Sheriff Investigations |
| 1069 | 42d | D | Douglas SO Jail | Sheriff Jail |
| 1071 | 42f | D | Douglas SO JailT | Sheriff Jail Transport |
| 1073 | 431 | D | Douglas SO SA1 | Sheriff Special Assignment 1 |
| 1075 | 433 | D | Douglas SO SA2 | Sheriff Special Assignment 2 |
| 1077 | 435 | D | Douglas SO SA3 | Sheriff Special Assignment 3 |
| 1079 | 437 | D | Douglas SO SWAT | Sheriff SWAT |
| 1081 | 439 | D | Douglas SO 1081 | Sheriff (1081) |
| 1083 | 43b | D | Douglas SO SWATa | Sheriff SWAT Administration |
| 1085 | 43d | D | Douglas SO 1085 | Sheriff (1085) |
| 1087 | 43f | D | Douglas SO 1087 | Sheriff (1087) |
| 1089 | 441 | D | Douglas SO Trng1 | Sheriff Training 1 |
| 1091 | 443 | D | DouglasCo Wx | County Weather |
| 1093 | 445 | D | Douglas SO DTF | Sheriff Drug Task Force |
| 1791 | 6ff | D | West Douglas FPD | West Douglas County Fire Protection District |
| 1853 | 73d | D | DouglasCo FD T1 | Fire Training 1 |
| 1855 | 73f | D | DouglasCo FD SA2 | Fire Special Assignment (1855) |
| 1861 | 745 | D | DouglasCo FD 13 | Fire 13 OPS-13 |
| 1863 | 747 | D | DouglasCo Med 9 | County Medical Control 9 |
| 1867 | 74b | D | DouglasCo FD T2 | Fire Training 2 |
Other Systems & Frequencies
Douglas County Agencies on Conventional
North Fork Fire on VHF Conventional
South Metro Fire on 800 MHz Conventional
Law Enforcement
Law enforcement for Douglas County is provided by the Colorado State Patrol, Douglas County Sheriff's Office, Castle Rock Police Department, Lone Tree Police Department, and Parker Police Department. Most agencies can be found operating entirely within the county on their own respective channels, with the exception of Lone Tree which is dispatched by Parker. All local and county law enforcement in Douglas County are encrypted and cannot be monitored.
Colorado State Patrol
Colorado State Patrol Troop 1C covers Douglas County. Note that this talkgroup is often patched and may require additional programming to properly monitor. Refer to Colorado State Patrol (CO) for important monitoring information.
Douglas County Sheriff's Office
Douglas County is dispatched by their own in-house communications center on TG 1033, which is shared with Elbert County law enforcement. Douglas County day-to-day and tactical operations are encrypted and cannot be monitored.
Patrol units are typically identified with three digits followed by a letter in the following format:
- SBBU
- S (Number): Shift
- 1: Day
- 2: Swing
- 3: Graves
- BB (Number): Beat
- 00: Supervisor
- 01: West Highlands Ranch
- 02: Central Highlands Ranch
- 03: East Highlands Ranch, Acres Green
- 04: Grand View Estates, Meridian, Stonegate
- 05: Roxborough Park, Louviers
- 06: Castle Pines
- 07: Northeast Douglas County
- 08: Southwest Douglas County
- 09: Sedalia, West of Castle Rock
- 10: Franktown
- 11: Southeast Douglas County, Larkspur, Perry Park
- U (Letter): Unit
- A: First unit of that beat
- B, C, etc.: Additional unit of that beat
- S (Number): Shift
The first digit of a unit's number represents the shift. This is followed by two additional numbers that represents the beat which the unit is assigned to, which can be found here (PDF). Beats range from 01 to 11. Supervisors are assigned 00. All patrol units are also assigned an additional letter that designate which car they inside the beat, starting with the letter A. Some examples are 203A (203 Adam) which is a swing unit in the 03 beat and is the first car of the beat or 300B (300 Boy) which is a graves supervisor and is the second supervisor of that shift.
Others identifiers:
- 28#-29#: Animal Control
- 500: Community Service Volunteer
- 600: Traffic
- Mary (Suffix): Motorcycle
- 800: School Resource Officer
- Car: Admin (Lower number means higher rank)
- Ida: Investigations
- King: K9
- Lincoln: Lieutenant
- Paul: Off Duty Deputy
- Sam: Off Duty Sergeant
- SMP: School Marshall Program
Codes
- A(dam): Dead Body
- BR stands for "Bulletin Report". The term bulletin comes from the old days when things were typed on a typewriter and then put on a clip board for interested persons to view, whether it be private citizens, the press or whoever. The codes are a quick way of giving the dispatcher the final disposition of the call so it can be closed with a disposition in the report.
- 1: Gone on arrival
- 2: No criminal activity
- 3: False alarm
- 4: No response (used by a supervisor only, they do not have, or do not want to commit a resource)
- 5: Handled by other agency (Fire Department, State Patrol, Police Department, etc.)
- 6: Field Interview card made on subject(s)
- 7: Citation or ticket issued
- 8: Not used
- 9: Warning given
Note: DCSO has generally phased out code usage, but certain units may be found to occasionally refer to codes used by CRPD as they were once commonly used in DCSO.
Castle Rock Police Department
Castle Rock is dispatched by their own communications division on TG 2201. Castle Rock is encrypted and cannot be monitored.
Patrol units are identified using a three digit identifier in the following format:
- SDU
- S (Number): Shift
- 1: Day
- 2: Swing
- 3: Graves
- D (Number): District
- 1: Northwest
- 2: Northeast
- 3: Southwest
- 4: Southeast
- 5+: Unassigned/Roving
- U (Number): Unit
- Same as shift: First unit of that district
- 4+: Additional unit of that district
- S (Number): Shift
The first digit of the identifier represents shift, the second is the district, and the third is unknown. Castle Rock is is split into 4 patrol districts that are divided into quarters. District 1 covers the Northwest with Wolfensberger Rd and I-25 as borders, District 2 covers Northeast with I-25 and Highway 86 as borders, District 3 is Southwest with Wolfensberger Rd and S Gilbert St as borders, and District 4 is Southeast with S Gilbert and Highway 86 as borders.
Others identifiers:
- 1H2#: Animal Control
- 30#: Admin
- Adam: Special Operations
- 10: Sergeant
- 2#: School Resource Officer / School Marshall Officer
- Charlie: Corporal
- David: Investigations
- 10: Sergeant
- 2#: Detective
- Edward: Explorer
- King: K9
- Paul: Off Duty Officer
- Sam: Sergeant
- Tom: Traffic
- Victor: Community Service Volunteer
- X-Ray: Extra Duty
Codes
- 1: Emergency / Situational Radio Traffic Only
- 2: Routine Response
- 3: Emergency Response
- 4: Officer / Situation is okay
- 5: Traffic Contact
- 6: Warrant
- M(ary): Misdemeanor
- F(rank): Felony
- 7: Meal Break
- 8: On Scene
- 9: Mental Health Caution
- 10: Officer Need Assistance
Parker Police Dispatch
Parker Police Department and Lone Tree Police Department are dispatched by Parker Police Department's communications section.
Parker Police Department
Parker is dispatched on TG 2103. Parker is encrypted and cannot be monitored.
Parker patrol units are identified using a three digit identifier in the following format:
- SDU
- S (Number): Shift
- 1: Day
- 2: Swing
- 3: Graves
- D (Number): District
- 0: Unassigned/Roving
- 1: North
- 2: Central
- 3: South and East
- U (Number): Unit
- Odd Unit: Sunday - Wednesday
- Even Unit: Wednesday - Saturday
- S (Number): Shift
The first digit of the identifier represents shift, the second is the district, and the third represents the unit in service and weekly shift. Parker is split into 3 patrol districts. District 1 is North with a southern boundary ending roughly at Lincoln Ave, District 2 is Central, and District 3 is South and East.
Others identifiers:
- 500: Traffic
- 600: Animal Services
- 700: Unknown
- King: K9
- Command: Admin
- Cruiser: Sergeant
- Lincoln: Lieutenant
- X-Ray: Investigations
Lone Tree Police Department
Lone Tree is most often dispatched on TG 2103. Lone Tree is encrypted and cannot be monitored.
Lone Tree patrol units are identified using the following format:
- DSUU
- D (Number): District
- 1: South
- 2: North
- S (Letter): Shift
- Adam: Day
- Boy: Swing
- Charlie: Graves
- UU (Number): Unique ID
- D (Number): District
The first digit indicates district, the letter indicates shift, and the last two digits are unique identifiers. Lone Tree's patrol districts appear to be divided by Maximus Dr and Park Meadows Dr.
Others identifiers:
- Edward: Animal Control
- Mike: Mall
- Paul: Corporal
- Robert: Traffic?
- Sam: Sergeant
- Staff: Admin
- Tom: Traffic
- Victor: Community Service Volunteer
Fire Department
Douglas County is protected by 10 different fire departments which include the Aurora Fire Department, Castle Rock Fire and Rescue Department, Franktown Fire Protection District, Jackson 105 Fire Protection District, Larkspur Fire Protection District, Mountain Communities Volunteer Fire Department, North Fork Volunteer Fire Department, South Metro Fire Rescue, West Douglas Fire Protection District, and West Metro Fire Rescue. A detailed map of these fire district boundaries can be found here (PDF).
Multiple dispatch centers provide fire dispatching services for fire departments located both within and outside of the county. The two primary centers that provide fire dispatching services in Douglas County are Douglas Regional 911 Communication’s Center and South Metro Fire Rescue's Metropolitan Area Communications Center (MetCom). Aurora Public Safety Communications Department, Jeffcom, and Teller County also provide fire dispatching services for the departments that cover areas near the border county.
Douglas County Dispatch
Douglas Regional 911 Communication’s Center dispatches for Castle Rock Fire and Rescue Department, Franktown Fire Protection District, Jackson 105 Fire Protection District, and Larkspur Fire Protection District on Dispatch 1 (TG 1053). Dispatch 1 is shared with Elbert County fire departments. Douglas County Dispatch has the ability to assign operations channels and conventional simplex fireground channel for use if requested.
MetCom
South Metro Fire Rescue's Metropolitan Area Communications Center (MetCom) dispatches for South Metro Fire Rescue and West Douglas Fire Protection District in Douglas County.
MetCom dispatches South Metro Fire Rescue on MetCom 1 (TG 1786) using an automated voice dispatching system. Units respond on MetCom 2 (TG 1792) for most incidents. A major incident is typically automatically assigned one of MetCom's operations channels. MetCom has the ability to assign several conventional simplex fireground channel for use if requested.
West Douglas Fire Protection District
West Douglas Fire Protection District is dispatched by MetCom on West Douglas' channel (TG 1791). This talkgroup is patched with the VHF West Douglas repeater (151.025 MHz). All responses within West Douglas' district typically stays on their channel. West Douglas often uses automatic aid from South Metro Fire Rescue, so dispatch for calls may sometimes be heard on MetCom 1.
Aurora Fire Rescue
Aurora Fire Rescue is dispatched by the Aurora Public Safety Communications Department on Aurora P25. Aurora Fire Rescue is in charge of fire protection for all areas within the boundaries of the City of Aurora. Aurora Fire Rescue requires a P25 Phase 2 capable scanner in order to monitor them. They are dispatched on Dispatch (Aurora TG 39101) and respond on any of their tactical talkgroups, most often Tac 2 (Aurora TG 39102) for routine calls.
Jeffcom
Jeffcom dispatches North Fork Volunteer Fire Department and West Metro Fire Rescue.
North Fork Volunteer Fire Department is dispatched on VHF conventional.
West Metro Fire Rescue is dispatched on Dispatch (MARC TG 37785), as well as using an automated voice dispatching system on Tac 6 (MARC TG 37790). Note that the automated voice dispatch is not always functional. Units respond on Tac 2 (MARC TG 37786) for most incidents. A major incident is typically assigned its own tactical channel.
Mountain Communities Fire Protection District
Mountain Communities Fire Protection District is dispatched by Teller County Dispatch on VHF conventional.
Unit Designators
Douglas County fire units use many numerical designators that can be used to help determine general location and departments responding to an incident.
| Identifier | Department | Staffing |
|---|---|---|
| 1-16 1 | Aurora Fire Department | Career |
| 1-17 1 | West Metro Fire Protection District | Career |
| 11-47 1 | South Metro Fire Rescue | Career |
| 130 | West Douglas Fire Protection District | Volunteer |
| 140 | Jackson 105 Fire Protection District | Volunteer |
| 150 | Castle Rock Fire and Rescue Department | Career |
| 160 | Larkspur Fire Protection District | Combination |
| 180 | Franktown Fire Protection District | Combination |
| 400 | Mountain Communities Fire Protection District | Volunteer |
| 1200 | North Fork Volunteer Fire Department | Volunteer |
1 Department operates separate stations and units with the the same designator.
Fire Tone Out
Douglas Regional 911 provides fire paging on 151.115 MHz mostly using Motorola Quick Call 2 tones. These pages are a simulcast of their dispatch talkgroup located on DTRS. Any scanner with the Fire Tone Out feature can use the following tones to provide specific department notifications of calls dispatched within the county.
| Department | First Tone | Second Tone |
|---|---|---|
| Castle Rock Fire and Rescue Department | 349.0 | 410.8 |
| Franktown Fire Protection District | 368.5 | 433.7 |
| Jackson 105 Fire Protection District | 368.5 | 539.0 |
| Larkspur Fire Protection District | 349.0 | 368.5 |
MetCom provides fire paging for the West Douglas Fire Protection District on 151.025 MHz and is patched to the West Douglas Fire Protection District talkgroup on DTRS.
FD Locations
- Castle Rock Fire and Rescue Department
- Station 151 (HQ) - 300 N Perry St (@ Third St), Castle Rock
- Station 152
- Current - 485 Crystal Valley Pkwy, Castle Rock
- Former - 1469 S Columbine Dr (@ S Valley Dr), Castle Rock
- Station 153 - 5463 E Sovereign St (@ Cherry St), Castle Rock - WZJ358
- Station 154 - 3801 Prairie Hawk Dr (@ New Hope Way), Castle Rock
- Station 155 - 3833 Crowfoot Valley Rd (Between Sapphire Pointe Blvd & Diamond Ridge Pkwy), Castle Rock
- Franktown Fire Protection District
- Station 181 (HQ) - 1959 N Highway 83 (@ Kelty Rd), Franktown - WNIL229
- Station 182 - 10605 S Highway 83 (Between Oak Springs Trl & E Greenland Rd), Franktown
- Station 183 - 565 Flintwood Rd (@ E Highway 86), Franktown
- Station 184 - 6120 Bridle Path Ln (@ Bayou Gulch Rd), Parker
- Jackson 105 Fire Protection District
- Station 141 (HQ) - 8767 Jackson Creek Rd (S of Hidden Valley Rd at 39.335192 N, 105.044282 W), Sedalia
- Station 142 - 435 N Perry Park Rd (@ Pine Cliff Ave), Sedalia - WPDS899
- Station 143 - 4333 Greenwood Rd (@ S Perry Park Rd), Sedalia
- Larkspur Fire Protection District
- Station 161 (HQ) - 9414 Spruce Mountain Rd (Between W Plum Creek Ave & W Fox Farm Rd), Larkspur - WPXA253
- Station 162 - 5672 Red Rock Dr (Between Perry Park Blvd & Dead End at the end of Dead End), Larkspur
- Station 164 - 15205 Furrow Rd (Between Estates Cir & Ray Dr), Larkspur
- Mountain Communities Fire Protection District
- Station 1 & 3 - located in Teller County
- Station 2 - 15000 Westcreek Rd (@ Stump Rd), Sedalia
- North Fork Fire Protection District - WPUB215
- Station 1-3 - located in Jefferson County
- South Metro Fire Rescue
- Station 11-12, 14-15, 21-23, 31-33, 35, 37-38, & 42 - located in Arapahoe County
- Station 13 & 19 - located in Jefferson County
- Station 16 - 8119 Blakeland Dr (Between N US-85 & Riverview Pkwy), Littleton
- Station 17 - 9554 S University Blvd (Between E Highlands Ranch Pkwy & Teal Ridge Ct), Highlands Ranch
- Station 18 - 401 Timbervale Trl (@ Lucent Blvd), Highlands Ranch
- Station 20 - 1801 E Wildcat Reserve Pkwy, Highlands Ranch (@ Summit View Pkwy), Highlands Ranch
- Station 34 - 8871 Maximus Dr (@ S Yosemite St), Lone Tree
- Station 36 - 421 Castle Pines Pkwy (@ 1st Ave), Castle Pines
- Station 39 - 475 W Happy Canyon Rd (Between Castle Pines Dr N & Country Club Dr), Castle Rock
- Station 40 - 10297 N Chatfield Dr (Between W Chatfield Ln & US-85), Littleton
- Station 41
- Current - 10795 Pine Dr (Between Summerset Ln & E Main St), Parker
- Former - 7950 Louviers Blvd (@ Main St), Louviers
- Station 43 - 8165 N Pinery Pkwy (@ Hillcrest Way), Parker
- Station 44 - 12625 E Lincoln Ave (@ S Peoria St), Parker
- Station 45 - 16801 Northgate Dr (@ Keystone Blvd), Parker
- Station 46 - 19310 Stroh Rd (@ J Morgan Blvd), Parker
- Station 47 - 11685 Tomahawk Rd (Between Beechwood Dr & Cherrywood Dr), Parker
- West Douglas County Fire Protection District - WPTN227
- Station 131 - 310 N Highway 67 (Between N Rampart Range Rd & Pine Creek Rd), Sedalia - KNAK730
- Station 132
- Current - 3305 N Highway 67 (Between Oak Valley Rd & Madge Gulch Rd), Sedalia - KNAK730
- Former - 3307 N Highway 67 (Between Oak Valley Rd & Rainbow Creek Rd), Sedalia
- Station 133 - 7149 Cherokee Dr (Between Piute Dr & Hopi Dr), Sedalia - KNAK730
- Station 134 (HQ) - 4037 Platte Ave (Between Manhart St & Victor St), Sedalia - KNAK730
- West Metro Fire Protection District - WPXT498
- Station 1-14 - located in Jefferson County
- Station 15 - 6222 Roxborough Park Rd (@ E Roxborough Dr), Littleton
- Littleton Fire Rescue (Merged with South Metro) - WNZM430
- Station 11-12 & 14-15 - located in Arapahoe County
- Station 13 & 19 - located in Jefferson County
- Station 16 - 8119 Blakeland Dr (Between N US-85 & Riverview Pkwy), Littleton
- Station 17 - 9554 S University Blvd (Between E Highlands Ranch Pkwy & Teal Ridge Ct), Highlands Ranch
- Station 18 - 401 Timbervale Trl (@ Lucent Blvd), Highlands Ranch
Fire Radio Definitions
Archived from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Air Unit | An apparatus that carries a machine to refill S.C.B.A. container at the fire ground/operation |
| Battalion Chief | Shift Command Officer |
| Brush | A light attack apparatus, typically 4 X 4, with less than 400 gallons of water, a booster pump of less than 500 GPM, and designed to respond to wildland fires. |
| Chief | The Fire Chief of the department or one of the department's executive officers. |
| Dive | A specialize unit that carries water and ice rescue equipment |
| Division Chief | Mid-management officer; Battalion Chief reports to Division Chief |
| Division | Organization level having responsibility for operations within a defined geographic area. This functional level falls between branch and crews, task forces, strike teams, and/or single resources. |
| Engine | An apparatus with a permanently mounted fire pump with a capacity of 500 GPM or greater, a water tank of at least 500 gallons, a hose bed, and contains NFPA minimum equipment for a class A pumper/engine. |
| Hazmat | A specially designed and equipped apparatus that responds to hazardous materials incidents. |
| Ladder | Generic terminology for an aerial apparatus. May be a Quint, Tower or Truck. |
| Light Unit | An apparatus that carries an on board light system used to provide scene illumination. |
| Medic | An apparatus that is staffed by fire fighters and carries basic or advanced life support (BLS/ALS) equipment and personnel; may or may not have transport capability; BLS usually staffed by EMT's; ALS staffed by a minimum of one paramedic and one EMT; most career department rescues are ALS. |
| Quint | An apparatus with a permanently mounted fire pump with a capacity of 500 GPM or greater, a water tank that may be less than 500 gallons, but typically not less than 200 gallons, a hose bed, all NFPA minimum equipment for a class A pumper/engine, carrying a full complement of ground ladders totaling 116 feet, and has a permanently mounted, power operated aerial ladder that may be less than 100 feet in length. Quints may function as either an engine or truck companies. |
| RED LEADER | Airport Crash Rescue apparatus |
| RIT | The Rapid Intervention Team is to be used to provide for the rescue of firefighters operating at emergency incidents if the need arises. |
| Rescue | An apparatus that carries specialized equipment that may include, but is not limited to heavy extrication, trench rescue, urban search and rescue, and confined space, and rapid intervention. |
| SCAT | A light attack apparatus with a booster pump of less than 400 GPM, limited personnel carrying capability equipped with limited structural firefighting equipment. Is usually limited to structural firefighting but may also respond on wildland fires. Scats may also be known as minipumpers. |
| Squad | A specialized apparatus that can carry equipment similar to a rescue, and may include equipment for mass casualty incidents. It may also include a mobile air unit, lighting capabilities, and additional hazmat equipment and supplies. |
| Squirt | Apparatus with a fire pump, a water tank, hose bed, and an aerial device usually less than 75 feet. Normally handles engine type assignments and is similar to a Quint |
| Tender | An apparatus that provides a mobile water supply, has a tank capacity greater than 1000 gallons, has a small capacity pump usually between 500 and 750 GPM and carries a limited supply of hose. |
| Tower | A platform ladder truck with a permanently mounted passenger carrying platform attached to a telescoping aerial ladder and carrying a full complement of ground ladders totaling 116 feet. |
| Truck | A ladder truck with a permanently mounted, power operated aerial ladder and carries a full complement of ground ladders totaling 116 feet. |
Amateur Radio
Colorado ARES Regional Coordination Repeaters
- 447.525MHz / - / 146.2Hz In / 146.2Hz Out "525 Alpha" Location: Devils Head, Pike National Forest
- 447.525MHz / - / 203.5Hz In / 146.2Hz Out "525 Bravo" Location: Hess Reservoir, Surrey Ridge
Repeaters are open, but are not "ragchew" machines. Traffic should be limited to ARES or emergency communications related administration, coordination, exercises, training, and incidents. 525 Alpha has wide area coverage from Pueblo County in the south to the Wyoming Border. Coverage due east is limited due to main peak of Devils Head, but there is good coverage of Pike National Forest and back country around North and South Forks of the Platte River.
Businesses
- Wind Crest Senior Living - a new TG was noticed for a few seconds with audio stating "AV Techs Testing 1, 2, 3, 4." Indicating a TG of 201 and 202 (decimal).