Monroe County (MI) Fire/EMS

Fire Tone Outs

Monroe County Fire Departments no longer use two tone activation for pagers. 
Fire Departments using fire sirens still use two tone to activate the sirens only. 
Two Tone listed below is active fire siren tones on 159.090.

Whiteford Township and Ottawa Lake Fire Departments have merged to create Ottawa Lake-Whiteford Fire. 
Department numbering and paging is still being worked out as of 12/30/2023.

26 Ash Twp. - 553.9 / 903.2
30 Bedford Twp Sta. 1 - No Active Fire Siren
47 Bedford Twp Sta. 2 - No Active Fire Siren
56 Bedford Twp Sta. 3 - No Active Fire Siren
33 Berlin Twp Sta. 1 (Newport) - No Active Fire Siren
34 Berlin Twp Sta. 2 (South Rockwood) - No Active Fire Siren
22 Dundee Twp. - No Active Fire Siren
27 Erie Twp. - 688.0 / 768.0
58 Estral Beach - 435.0 / 510.0
38 Exeter Twp - 855.0 / 903.0
32 Frenchtown Twp Sta. 1 - No Active Fire Siren
44 Frenchtown Twp Sta. 2 - No Active Fire Siren
24 Ida Township - 725.0 / 586.0
36 Lasalle Twp. - No Active Fire Siren
37 LMR Twp. - No Active Fire Siren
18L Luna Pier - 584.0 / 855.0
28 Milan Area - No Active Fire Siren
41 Monroe City - No Active Fire Siren
35 Monroe Twp. - No Active Fire Siren
39 Morin Point - 586.0 / 553.0
42 Ottawa Lake - 408.0 / 365.0
23 Summerfield Twp. 855.0 / 553.0
29 Whiteford Twp - 618.0 / 855.0

Monroe County also uses School and Industrial Monitors (Primarily Federal Signal Informers)
These are toned out as well on 159.090 and usually have a voice message that follows. 
Used for Severe Weather or other countywide emergencies.

Medical calls are dispatched with priority codes –

Priority 1 - means First Responders Fire/Rescue and Ambulance service responds with
lights and siren.

Priority 2 - means the ambulance runs posted speed but the responding fire department
responds lights and siren activated and should upgrade or downgrade the situation
upon arrival.

Priority 3 - means the ambulance and the responding fire/rescue is to respond “no
code” which is posted speeds and no lights or siren.

The station numbering system in Monroe County is no longer used. Units are toned out by the name of their municipality. Example: "Bedford Twp. Distrct 1", La Salle Twp.", "Monroe City"; etc. Apparatus is referred to in plain English: "Monroe City Engine 1", "Bedford Twp. Engine 1", La Salle Brush 1".; etc.

Monroe Community Ambulance

A = Alpha (ALS Paramedic Unit)
B = Bravo (BLS EMT-Basic Unit)
C = Charlie (Paramedic Supervisors & Upper Management such as Vice President)
E = Echo  (Paramedic first response unit, staffed with 1 senior paramedic)

ALS = Advanced Life Support
BLS = Basic Life Support

Priority Codes

Priority 1 = Lights and Sirens Response
Priority 3 = Non-emergent immediate response (911 calls)
Priority 4 = A scheduled transfer normally handled by BLS units
Priority 5 = Any transfer that is called in 1hr before the time of the pick-up

(MCA Units based on location below may no longer be accurate, due to staffing and unit placement across the county.)

5801 Ash Twp 
5802 Dundee 
5803 Monroe Twp  
5804 Bedford 
5805 Monroe City 
5810 Monroe HRU (High Response Unit)
5811 Bedford HRU (High Response Unit) 
5850-5851 Monroe BLS 
5880-5899 Monroe Events 
58C1-58C3 Monroe Supervisors 


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