Montgomery County (VA)

Scanning Montgomery County

• All fire, rescue, and EMS tones are broadcast on Fire Rescue 1. This channel is not for operations after dispatch.
• The functionality of radio channels is location-specific. Certain channels work better in certain parts of the coounty.
• Tones can also be heard on certain operations channels, such as BFD 1.
• Other channels, such as South 3, are used only for operations and will not broadcast tones.
• Virtually all routine operations are UHF, analog, and conventional.
• Montgomery County state troopers use Salem 1 (now encrypted) on STARS - rarely will they communicate on the county system.
• The county is in the early stages of planning a P25 Phase II 700/800MHz simulcast system.

Fire, Rescue, and EMS Channels

Channel Name	Primary Use	Typical Assignment
Fire Rescue 1	County-wide fire and rescue initial tone-out and broadcast. No call operations, only dispatch.	All Fire & Rescue.
South 3	Primary EMS/rescue operations channel for the southern part of Montgomery County	Commonly used by Christiansburg Rescue, Riner Rescue, Medic 13-1, and Medic 13-2.
South 5	Secondary operations channel for fire & rescue.
South 7	Primary fire operations channel.	Commonly used by Elliston Fire Department.
South 9	Secondary operations channel for fire & rescue.
South 11	Primary fire operations channel.	Commonly used by Riner Fire Department.
CFD 1	Fire operations, internal coordination, and dispatch tones	Christiansburg Fire Department
BFD 1	Fire operations, internal coordination, and dispatch tones	Blacksburg Fire Department
BRS 1	EMS/Rescue operations, internal coordination, and dispatch tones	Blacksburg Volunteer Rescue Squad
VTRS 1	EMS/Rescue operations, internal coordination, and dispatch tones	Virginia Tech Rescue Squad
LNGSHP 1	Fire/EMS/Rescue operations, internal coordination, and dispatch tones	Longshop-McCoy Fire & Rescue

Fire and Rescue Tone Outs

Tone Description	A	B
Blacksburg Fire	953.7	855.5
Blacksburg Rescue - EMS/Duty	832.5	903.2
Blacksburg Rescue - Supervisor 5	1433.4	903.2
Blacksburg Rescue - All Call	600.9	903.2
Christiansburg Fire	1881.0 [LONG]	1881.0 [LONG]
Christiansburg Rescue - EMS/Duty	1153.4	1395
Christiansburg Rescue - Supervisor 9	1433.4	1395.0
County Medic 13-1	510.5	349
County Medic 13-2	1063.2	349
Elliston Fire	510.5	617.4
Riner Rescue	1063.2	553.9
Virginia Tech Rescue - EMS/Duty	600.9	767.4
Virginia Tech Rescue - Supervisor 15	1433.4	767.4
Montgomery Fire & EMS - Supervisor 13	1433.4	1125.5

Apparatus & Stations

Blacksburg Fire

• Station #1
  • Engine 11
  • Engine 13
  • Engine 17
  • Ladder 11
  • Tanker 11
  • Brush 11
  • Attack 11
  • Response 11
  • Hazmat 11

• Station #2
  • Engine 12
  • Ladder 12
  • Tanker 12
  • Brush 12
  • Response 12
  • Air 12

• Station #3
  • Engine 10
  • Engine 19
  • Tanker 13
  • Brush 13
  • Response 13

Elliston Fire

• Engine 2
• Wagon 2
• Squad 2
• Engine 22
• Engine 23
• Attack 24
• Squad 27
• Response 20
• Medic 13-1 (County owned)

Longshop-McCoy Rescue

• Response 30
• Medic 34 (Rescue 34)
• Medic 35 (Rescue 35)

Riner Fire

• Engine 41
• Engine 42
• Engine 43
• Engine 49
• Tanker 48

Blacksburg Rescue

• Response 51
• Response 52
• Response 53
• Command 54
• Medic 51 (Rescue 51)
• Medic 52 (Rescue 52)
• Medic 53 (Rescue 53)
• Medic 54 (Rescue 54)
• Medic 55 (Rescue 55)
• Medic 56 (Rescue 56)
• Squad 51
• Squad 52
• UTV 51
• UTV 52

Longshop-McCoy Fire

• Engine 67
• Tanker 68
• Engine 69

Christiansburg Fire

• Engine 82
• Engine 84
• Engine 87
• Engine 89
• Tower 81
• Ladder 82
• Squad 81
• Tanker 81
• Tanker 88
• Brush 83
• Brush 86

Christiansburg Rescue

• Response 92
• Response 93
• Response 98
• Medic 90 (Rescue 90)
• Medic 91 (Rescue 91)
• Medic 92 (Rescue 92)
• Medic 93 (Rescue 93)
• Medic 94 (Rescue 94)
• Medic 95 (Rescue 95)
• Medic 96 (Rescue 96)

Riner Rescue

• Response 1100 (Chief's vehicle)
• Medic 11-1 (Rescue 11-1)
• Medic 11-2 (Rescue 11-2)
• Medic 11-3 (Rescue 11-3)
• Response 11-5 (Deputy Chief's vehicle)
• UTV 11-6
• Swiftwater Rescue Boats
• Medic 13-2 (County owned)

Virginia Tech Rescue

• Medic 15-3 (Rescue 15-3)
• Medic 15-4 (Rescue 15-4)
• Medic 15-5 (Rescue 15-5)
• Medic 15-7 (Rescue 15-7)
• Response 15-1
• Response 15-2
• Response 15-6

Related Links

• Travel Reference (VA): I-81, US 11, US 460 E, Appalachian Trail

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