Newton County (IN)

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Newton County Government WEB

A new 700Mhz P-25 Phase II system is currently being built as of November 2025.
Newton County uses the Project Hoosier SAFE-T system in a limited capacity.

Fire/EMS/EMA 158.805 Central tower is linked to 151.4675 North tower and 154.0475 South tower
EMA also uses 155.055 (unk. tone) and State EMA 155.025 91.5 PL WNQG217
Police also use 155.370 Point-to-Point, 155.475 156.7 ILEEN/VLAW31, 155.130 Car-to-Car/Talkaround KVL862, 155.130R/154.890 Plan A Rptr

Microwave Sites

201 N 3rd St, Kentland - 1107.0 Callsign WRTE433
4117 S 240 W # 600, Morocco (NC Govt Center) - 1798.0, 1806.0 Callsign WRTE435
NO EXACT STREET ADRESS, Mt Ayr, IN (NC Water Tower) - 19540.0, 19620.0 Callsign WRTJ215

Newton County Sheriff WEB

SAFE-T is used. All law enforcement has Harris XL-200P’s. They primarily use 800 on the portables. All the cars have VHF radios. When dispatch talks, they key up on the VHF repeater and the respective SAFE-T talkgroup for either law or fire, regardless of which system your radio in on.

Most Fire except Goodland still uses VHF.

They are switching to all VP8000’s county wide (fire and police), and implementing a new 700Mhz trunked system starting in November 2025.

Newton County Highway

Utilizes a repeater with an output of 159.180

Misc..

The 155.070 and 158.805 repeaters are located at the former ambulance building on Co. Rd. 100 North, just west of US 41, known as the town of Enos. Some county offices, including EMA, are still housed at this location. The county highway repeater is located in Morocco at the county highway building.

Goodland fire has a repeater system whereas the dispatch on 158.805 is retransmitted on their 154.205 frequency.

It is not uncommon for Kentland and Brook fire departments to monitor the repeater input frequency of 153.755 on their pagers due to their proximity to the sheriff's office versus the repeater at Enos.

Newton County Water System

Wholesale provider of water. Water is treated at the Cornish Creek Water Treatment Facility located at Lake Roy Varner and at the Williams Street Water Treatment Facility located in downtown Covington

Newton County Water and Sewerage Authority

Municipalities

Brook

Goodland

Lake Village

Morocco

Thayer/Lincoln Township

Unit Designators

POLICE

155.070 Primary sheriff frequency. (repeater output) Also uses Hoosier Safe-T system.

Sheriff's department units begin with the number 56, the alphabetical reference number of Newton County. (56th of 92 counties)

56-0 Sheriff, 56-1 Captain, 56-2 Sgt., 56-3 Sgt./Detective, 56-4 Sgt., Remaining officers numbered according to their seniority.

Town marshals are numbered starting in the 56-50's through 56-90's, with the marshal holding the 1 (51, 71, 91, etc.) and the deputies subsequent numbers (92, 52, 73, etc.)

56-51 Goodland, 56-71 Brook, 56-81 Kentland, 56-91 Morocco, (56-61 presumably held for the town of Mt. Ayr, but they no longer have a marshal)

EMS

158.805 Primary EMS frequency. (repeater output)

2 EMS stations, one located on US 41 and Co. Rd. 825 South (referred to as South Base), the other on SR 10 and Co. Rd. 100 E (referred to as North Base). One EMS crew is on duty at each station 24 hrs. per day. Medic 1 and Medic 2 are stationed at the south base, Medic 3 and Medic 4 at the north base. When either medic is dispatched to a call, the other unit moves to the center of the county for coverage. When both units are dispatched, an 'all page' goes out for off duty medics to man Medic 2 and Medic 4.

FIRE

158.805 Primary fire frequency. (repeater output)

Each department is numbered in the hundreds with members numbered in order of rank. 01 for chief, 02 for assistant, and so on. Many times the '56' is dropped and only the helmet number is used. (ie: 101, 204, 504) Each department utilizes their own fireground frequency. The county fire association has a licesne for the mutual aid frequency of 154.2800 but it is rarely, if ever, used.

56-100 Brook, Fireground: 154.100
56-200 Goodland, Fireground: 154.205
56-300 Kentland, Fireground: 158.835
56-400 Lake Township, Fireground: 154.205
56-500 Lincoln Township, Fireground: 154.355
56-700 Morocco, Fireground: 154.175

56-600 This series was designated by the state for emergency management and follows the same numbering as fire departments. 601 being the EMA director.

For apparatus listings and photos, see: https://indianafiretrucks.smugmug.com/Northwestern-Indiana/Newton