Hants County (NS)

Fire

East Hants

The Municipality of East Hants operates a series of repeaters covering all stations in East Hants with the exception of Enfield and Mount Uniacke, as well as a common paging frequency and a common set of simplex operations channels. The repeaters are located at Barr Settlement (near Gore), Maitland, Noel and Walton Shore. Dispatching services are provided by Valley Communications, in Kentville. Stations can also use the Maritime Public Safety Radio Network (MPSRN) "north" talkgroups, and the provincial mutual aid VHF simplex frequency 153.83

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
153.77000		CGH884	B	CSQ	EHantsPaging	Fire paging: Barr Settlement, Maitland, Noel and Walton Shore	FM	Fire Dispatch
151.65500			M		E.Hants Ops1	Fire ops 1 (simplex)	FM	Fire-Tac
154.90500			M		E.Hants Ops2	Fire ops 2 (simplex)	FM	Fire-Tac
155.83500			M		E.Hants Ops3	Fire ops 3 (simplex)	FM	Fire-Tac
155.32500			M		E.Hants Ops4	Fire ops 4 (simplex)	FM	Fire-Tac
151.74500			M		E.Hants Ops5	Fire ops 5 (simplex)	FM	Fire-Tac
155.29500			M	82.5 PL	E.Hants Ops6	Fire ops 6 (simplex)	FM	Fire-Tac
154.69500			M		E.Hants Ops7	Fire ops 7 (simplex)	FM	Fire-Tac
150.12500	149.20000	XML522	RM		E.Hants Ops8	Fire ops 8 (repeater)	FM	Fire-Tac
154.46000	160.03500	CGH884	RM	CSQ	EHants-Barr	Fire dispatch, Barr Settlement repeater	FM	Fire Dispatch
152.84000	158.41500	CGH888	RM	100.0 PL	EHants-Waltn	Fire dispatch, Walton Shore repeater	FM	Fire Dispatch
153.32000	158.89500	CGH887	RM	173.8 PL	E.Hants-Noel	Fire dispatch, Noel repeater	FM	Fire Dispatch
152.19500	157.75500	CGH889	RM	151.4 PL	E.Hants-Mait	Fire dispatch, Maitland repeater	FM	Fire Dispatch

Enfield and Mount Uniacke fire departments are not dispatched by Valley Communications, they are dispatched by Halifax Regional Municipality's Integrated Emergency Services dispatching centre in Dartmouth, and as such do not use the East Hants county system for daily operations. Enfield does however have the ability to operate on the East Hants system, for mutual aid responses with other stations in East Hants. Enfield and Mount Uniacke fire use the Halifax Regional Fire talkgroups on the Maritime Public Safety Radio Network (MPSRN) for their dispatching and operations.

East Hants stations and unit suffixes

All stations in East Hants (with the exception of Mount Uniacke) are assigned a station number in the county communications system. Each unit or piece of apparatus is assigned a three or four digit call sign used on the radio system, with the first or first two digits consisting of the station number, followed by a two digit suffix denoting the type of unit or apparatus.

Stations are as follows:

#	Station
1	Shubenacadie
2	Elmsdale
3	Nine Mile River
4	Lantz
5	Maitland
6	Milford
7	Noel
8	Rawdon
9	Gore
10	Kennetcook
11	Enfield (when responding mutual aid with other East Hants stations)
12	Indian Brook
13	Walton Shore

The two digit suffixes are as follows:

##	Unit or apparatus
00	The station itself
01	Station chief
02	Deputy chief
03	Assistant deputy chief
04-09	Other officers
11-19	Engines
21-29	Tankers
31-39	Rescue and utility vehicles
41-49	Aerials

For example unit 211 on the radio would be Elmsdale station's first engine.

West Hants

The Municipality of West Hants does not have a unified paging and dispatch system for fire like East Hants; stations are paged out on their own "private" frequencies and repeaters, and can also use the Maritime Public Safety Radio Network (MPSRN) "north" talkgroups, and the provincial mutual aid VHF simplex frequency 153.83

Ambulance

Ambulance services are provided by Emergency Health Services (EHS) (NS). Communications are on the EHS "North 1," "West 2" and "Central 1" talkgroups on the Maritime Public Safety Radio Network (MPSRN).

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