La Crosse County (WI)
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Contents
Overall theory of operation
La Crosse County is primarily served by a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) operated by the Public Safety Communications Department, still called on-air by its old name, "EDC" (Emergency Dispatch Center).
Personnel there answer 911 and non-emergency phone calls and provide dispatch and other communications services to the Sheriff's Department, municipal police and fire departments and first responder units within the county.
Most radio work is done on the systems documented in the database -- the City of La Crosse operates on its own 800 MHz trunked radio system and resources elsewhere in the county primarily use VHF repeaters.
Telecommunicators can also access VHF Marine Band channels 9 and 16, the County Highway Department repeaters, and any talkgroup on the City of La Crosse TRS.
Computers installed in police squad cars can access some of the same electronic resources available at the dispatch consoles, including realtime dispatch information, reports (including mug shot photos), and vehicle/driver/criminal history information. This is used to augment voice communications for additional detail; officers can also change their own status, assign and put themselves en route to calls.
Other than through computer-delivered information or that relayed third-hand, officers on duty with agencies other than the City of La Crosse may have only the situational awareness of events unfolding within the city which they can glean from traffic on the 155.670 VHF patch of the PD MAIN talkgroup.
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse operates its own dispatch center and VHF repeater but coordinates by phone and radio on incidents requiring response from other agencies. As described in the unit numbering sections, Wisconsin State Patrol and Tri State Ambulance also operate within the county but primarily using their own dispatch centers and radio systems.
There are no other continuously operational PSAPs in the county. In case of PSAP failure, Monroe County will receive 911 calls and La Crosse County Emergency Services can operate its mobile command post from certain predetermined locations and take over 911 call answering service as well as much of the radio functionality that exists at the primary dispatch center.
Unit Numbering
La Crosse County, WI Unit Numbering System
1xx County Sheriff, Dive Rescue
101-149 belong to individual deputies and ranking officers
2xx La Crosse City Police [Trunked Radio System]
LCPD no longer uses beat number assignments.
Officer radio ID's are now based on their badge number .
For example officer # 2492 (badge #49) is identified as 249.
Civil service employees ( CSE , cadets) are identified as CSE 1-10.
Police Reserves are "PR"
3xx Onalaska City and Township
301-349 City Police
350-384 Fire (which serves the city, part of the Town of Onalaska, and all of Medary)
385-399 Brice Prairie First Responders
4xx Shelby Township
425-432 PD Officers
450-469 Fire and First Responders (serving Shelby and Greenfield Townships)
5xx Wisconsin State Patrol Post 5
Note: 5xx numbers are not used in the county plan for interoperability reasons. There
are 5xxx units as well (inspectors). Routine State Patrol activities are conducted
on their own radio system but troopers do monitor county radio systems and work
primarily on Sheriff-1 through La Crosse County EDC sometimes when working major
incidents with multiple agencies responding. (DNR conservation officers also monitor
and answer calls from La Crosse County on Sheriff-1.)
6xx West Salem Village
601-649 Police
650-669 Fire Department (which serves the village and surrounding townships)
670-699 First Responders - individual team members have their own numbers
7xx Holmen Village
8xx Bangor
9xx Campbell Township (French Island)
11xx Farmington Township
13xx University of Wisconsin - La Crosse PD
19xx County Service Processors
41xx County Emergency Management
4101 Mobile Command Post (bus)
Within the blocks above, smaller municipalities' ranges are typically broken down as follows -- (This does not apply to City and County of La Crosse 100s and 200s)
- x01-x49 are Police. Certain agencies assign numbers to individual officers (Onalaska, Sheriff, Shelby); others may use numbers based on vehicles.
- x50s are Fire Department officers.
- x60s are Fire Base stations (390 is Brice Prairie EMS base).
- x61-x79 are assigned to specific fire apparatus.
- x80-x99 First Responder units (particularly West Salem, Campbell, Brice Prairie)
Separation of services explains some of the numbering. For example, West Salem Fire and First Responders are completely separate entities. Brice Prairie First Responders serve an area of Onalaska Township covered in part by Onalaska City Fire and in part by Holmen Fire, and are distinct from either fire service. The numbering (and paging) reflects this. Shelby, on the other hand, is a combined service.
La Crosse Fire Department now uses designations like "Engine 1," "Quint 1," "Heavy Rescue," etc. This is probably good because there would otherwise be collisions with the Police who have taken the entire 200 series. There are still some numbers which seem to be historical references to the old numbering system still used throughout the rest of La Crosse County -- such as "Fire Base 60" (the Station 1 base) and "Car 57" (which is actually a pickup truck, not to be confused with a Fire truck).
More recently, some agencies have started using designators outside the numbering plan -- Campbell Engine 1, Farmington Rescue 6.
La Crosse County Fire/EMS Pager Tones
| Holmen Fire (7/18) | 154.205 | 600.9 | 669.9 |
Tri-State and Sparta Ambulance Radio Designators
Tri-State Ambulance provides Advanced Life Support to most of La Crosse County (as well as Vernon, Trempealeau, and some other areas) except some northeastern portions of the county which are primarily served by Sparta Ambulance. On a medical call, first responders and an ambulance are sent. Tri-State operates a dispatch center which provides Emergency Medical Dispatch (prearrival information gathering and instruction to caller) and coordinates trucks on their own radio system. Trucks may be assigned to posts as an act of "System Status Management" with the goal of resources being near predictive demand locations, but are primarily assigned to fixed locations. In extreme cases, such "System Status Management" may involve moving units from Sparta or Winona.
This numbering and communications protocol is separate of any county's numbering and protocol.
- 216-219 Sparta
- 301-312 Tri-State
- 400's Tri-State special events
- 500's Tri-State Supervisors
Common Law Enforcement Lingo/Shorthand
- ATL = Attempt to Locate
- Pro/Par = Probation/Parole
- QPP = Query Probation/Parole (for a subject's Probation/Parole Status)
- RO = Registered Owner
- Chapter 51, 55, and just "Chapter" = hold for psych evaluation
- 961 = controlled substance (based on state law Chapter 961)
Law Enforcement Call Disposition Codes (incomplete)
- A Adam = Unfounded complaint
- B Boy
- C Charles
- D David = Subject left area before arrival of police
- E Edward = Peace restored
- F Frank
- G George
- H Henry
- I Ida = Municipal citation/summons issued
- J John = Juvenile citation/referral
- K King = Parking citation issued
- L Lincoln = Arrest made
- M Mary = Wrecker took vehicle
- N Nora
- O Ocean = Automatic alarm investigated
- P Paul = Police service (other/catch-all)
- Q Queen = community oriented policing detail?
- R Robert = Report will be filed
- S Sam
- T Tom
- U Union
- V Victor = Verbal warning
- W William = Written warning
- X X-Ray = Bicycle citation
- Y Young
- Z Zebra
A given call may conclude with more than one disposition, each officer may have his or her own "dispo" ("for my part"), and a given code may be used more than once -- "10-8 with an R Robert and two L Lincolns" means a report will be written and two people were arrested.
Fire Stations and Appartus
La Crosse Regional Airport (LSE) Fire Department-2841 Fanta Reed Rd. Striker 1 Striker 2 La Crosse Fire Department Station 1-726 5th Ave. S. Air Trailer 1 Boat 1 Car 57 Car 63 Engine 1 Engine 11 Hazmat 1 Quint 1 Rescue 1 USAR 1/Technical Rescue La Crosse Fire Department Station 2/HQ-1400 Lacrosse St. Battalion 1 Battalion 2 Car 56 (Fire Investigation/Building Safety) Car 62 (Fire Investigation) Car 66 (Training Bureau) Chief 7 Chief 60 Quint 2 Rescue 2 UTV 1 La Crosse Fire Department Station 3-1710 Losey Blvd. S. EMS Trailer Engine 3 Fire Safety Simulation Trailer Hazmat 2 Hazmat Trailer 1 Hazmat Trailer 2 Kitchen Fire Demonstration Trailer Medic Bike 1 Medic Bike 2 Quint 3 Rescue 3 USAR 3 La Crosse Fire Department Station 4-920 Gillette St. Air Trailer 2 Boat 2 Boat 3 Car 54 Car 68 Engine 4 Engine 10 Quint 4 Wildland Apparatus Antique La Crosse Fire Department Station 10-626 Monitor St. La Crosse Fire Department Community Risk Management-400 La Crosse St. Truck 71 (CRM-71) Truck 72 (CRM-72) Truck 73 (CRM-73) Truck 74 (Fire Inspection/Building Safety) Truck 75 (Fire Inspection/Building Safety) Truck 76 (Fire Inspection/Building Safety) La Crosse Fire Department Training Center-Isle La Plume Onalaska Fire Department-415 Main St. Boat 1 Brush 1 Chief 1 Chief 2 Chief ? Engine 1 Engine 2 Rescue 1 Rescue 2 Tender 1 Truck 1 Truck 2 UTV 1 Chief 351 Ladder 361 Engine 362 Engine 363 Quick Attack 364 Brush 365 Gator 366 Tanker 367 Rehab 368 Command 369 Rescue Squad 370 All Purpose 371 Brice Prairie First Responders-W7886 County Road ZN ARGO (6 wheeler) Boat 1 Boat 2 RDC (Rapid Deployment Craft) Rescue 1 Rescue 2 385 Ambulance 386 4X4 387 Open Water Boat 388 Near Shore Boat 390 Base Shelby Fire Department-2801 Ward Ave. Engine 461 Tender 462 Tender 463 Engine 464 Rescue 465 Engine 466 Tender 467 Kubota 468 (4X4) Boat Rescue 1 West Salem Fire Protection Disctrict-100 Mill St. S. Engine 661 Ladder 662 Heavy Rescue 671 Equipment Van 672 Engine 673 Tender 674 Unit 675 Unit 676 Unit 678 West Salem Emergency Medical Team-567 Brickl Rd. 698 699 Holmen Area Fire Department-710 S. Main St. Engine 1 Quint 1 Rescue 1 760 (Station) Utility 761 Engine 762 Tender 763 Brush 764 Boat 765 Unit 766 (UTV) Unit 767 (UTV) Tender 768 Engine 769 Unit 770 (UTV) Rescue 771 Engine 772 Tanker 773 Bangor-Burns Fire Department-1310 Commercial St. Boat 1 Engine 2 ? 4 860 (Station) Engine 861 Engine 862 Engine 863 Tender 866 Tender 867 Tender 868 Utility 870 Brush 871 Brush 872 Equipment Van 873 Utility 874 Utility 875 Campbell Fire Department-2219 Bainbridge St. 960 Station 961/Engine 1 962/Engine 2 964/Tender 2 965/Tender 1 966/Squad 1 967/Boat 1 968/Utility Van 969 Boat 2 Rescue 1 Rescue 2 Trailer 1/Lacrosse County Mass Casualty Unit Farmington Fire Department-W3910 County Road D 1160 (Station) 1161 (Engine) 1162 (Tender) 1163 (4X4) 1164 Equipment Van 1165 Rescue Squad 1166 1168 (Kubota) 1169 (Kubota) Gundersen Air-1900 South Ave. La Crosse Gundersen Tri-State Ambulance/Gunderson Health System Ambulance Regional Operations and Communications Center (ROCC)-235 Causeway Blvd. Lacrosse Gundersen Tri-State Ambulance Station 2-2827 26th St. S. Lacrosse Gundersen Tri-State Ambulance Station 5-3930 Circle Dr. Holmen
P25 Radio ID's
1355206 La Crosse County ??? (NOT WISCOM COMPLIANT) 3230000 La Crosse County PSAP 323700X La Crosse County ??? 80081XX Canadian Pacific Railroad Police 81005XX Wisconsin State Patrol EF Johnson VM900 squad radios 81055XX Wisconsin State Patrol EF Johnson VM900 squad radios 81105XX Wisconsin State Patrol portables 81155XX Wisconsin State Patrol portables 81205XX Wisconsin State Patrol Kenwood TK-5710 squad radios 81255XX Wisconsin State Patrol Kenwood TK-5710 squad radios 81605XX Wisconsin State Patrol portables 81655XX Wisconsin State Patrol portables 82XXXXX Wisconsin DNR 9901105 National Weather Service-La Crosse Weather Forecasting Office 9901200 National Weather Service-La Crosse Weather Forecasting Office ??????? Campbell FD ??????? Federal Bureau of Investigation-La Crosse Resident Agency (KSC227) ??????? Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center ??????? La Crosse Airport ??????? La Crosse Convention Center ??????? La Crosse DPW ??????? La Crosse FD ??????? La Crosse Metro Transit Utility ??????? La Crosse PD ??????? La Crosse County Emergency Management ??????? La Crosse County Mass Casualty Team ??????? La Crosse County Sheriff Office ??????? Mayo Clinic Health System Franciscan Healthcare ??????? MedLink ??????? Onalaska DPW ??????? Shelby FD ??????? Transportation Security Administration @ LSE ??????? United States Army Corps of Engineers ??????? United States Coast Guard ??????? United States Fish & Wildlife Service (possibly 95XXXXX ?) ??????? United States Fish & Wildlife Service-La Crosse District Office and Visitor Center ??????? UW La Crosse Janitorial/Maintenance ??????? UW La Crosse PD ??????? West Salem EMS ??????? West Salem PD ??????? Wisconsin DNR La Crosse River Trail Office ??????? Wisconsin DNR La Crosse Service Center (KNFY403) ??????? Wisconsin Department of Transportation-La Crosse Office (KNJW977)
ARES/RACES/Skywarn/Weather Information
La Crosse County ARES/RACES 146.400 PL 107.2 WIV-1 446.050 PL 107.2 WIU-1 146.580 PL 186.2 WIV-5 On-Scene Command 441.025 PL 186.2 WIU-5 On-Scene Command 147.585 PL 100.0 WIV-CMD 446.375 PL 100.0 WIU-CMD 147.540 PL 114.8 WI-CB Crossband 446.4875 PL 114.8 WI-CB Crossband 146.460 PL 114.8 WI-VPR 2M Portable Repeater (147.460 PL 114.8 in) 442.125 PL 114.8 WI-UPR 70cm Portable Repeater (447.125 PL 114.8 in) NOAA Weather Radio La Crosse County SAME: 055063 WFO: La Crosse, WI WX1-162.550 WXJ86 LaCrescent WX4-162.425 KGG95 Winona WX7-162.525 KE2XKP Tomah