Tippecanoe County (IN)
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Tippecanoe County WEB
P25 systems
- Tippecanoe County Government (P25) Used by all county Law agencies in (Sheriff, Battleground Police, Lafayette Police, West Lafayette Police, Purdue Police)
- Indiana Project Hoosier SAFE-T Used as a backup to the Tippecanoe County trunked system and for interoperability with other agencies.
Tippecanoe County Sheriff WEB FB
- Animal Control, County Jail,
Tippecanoe (County) Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) WEB FB
EMS Agencies/Hospitals
Hospitals, see the Businesses page - #################
PHI Medical Helicopter/Dove Flight 1: West Lafayette
IU Health Lifeline Lafayette
Tippecanoe Emergency Ambulance Service (T.E.A.S.) WEB
24-hour, state-of-art, emergency care and treatment of ill and injured patients in the pre-hospital setting.
Joint venture agreement between the Tippecanoe County Commissioners, IU Health and Franciscan Health, which provides the ambulances and dispatch center.
Serves an area of 500 square miles, pre-hospital emergency medical needs of more than 186,000 city and county residents, in addition to the many visitors and travelers through Tippecanoe County. They also respond to police and fire standbys for all of the volunteer and paid departments in Tippecanoe County. They transfer distressed newborns from hospitals in the surrounding counties back to the Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) located at Franciscan Health Lafayette East. In 2018 TEAS responded to 20,000 911 calls.
Staff covers four paramedic ALS ambulances, 24/7, one ambulance 16 hours a day, one paramedic ALS ambulance 12 hours a day, seven days a week, and two administrative chase cars staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The 911 emergency units are staffed at a minimum by one Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and one paramedic, in accordance with state statutes.
Municipalities and Districts
Greater Lafayette Public Transportation
- 453.35RM 82.5 PL City Bus: Dispatch FMN KWB613 Deprecated 5/11/26, no longer in use, on NXDN only
Battleground
Buck Creek
Clarks Hill
Dayton
Lafayette
Montmorenci
Romney
Stockwell
Wea Township
West Lafayette
West Lafayette Police Department Police FB
West Lafayette Fire Department WEB FB
- Station 1 - 300 North St
- Station 2 - 531 W. Navajo St
- Station 3 - 1100 W. Kalberer
46 full-time firefighters; three shifts (A, B, C); each firefighter works a 56-hour week (24-hour shifts that alternate). Minimum of 15 firefighters and officers on duty working under one Battalion Chief. Other admin includes Chief, two Deputy Chiefs, two Inspectors, and an Administrative Assistant.
Westpoint
Schools
T.C. Harris School and Academy (Lafayette) WEB
- 463.4125 468.4125 WRCJ326 RM CC 4 TG 1501 SL 1 DM
Colleges
Purdue University WEB FB
Purdue University Police Department WEB
Purdue University Fire Department WEB
- West Lafayette campus operates two state-certified advanced life support (ALS) ambulances and one state-certified ALS fire engine. All fire personnel are either state-certified Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) or paramedics (EMT-P). The department averages more than 1,000 runs a year in emergency medical services and rescue incidences.
Sports, etc.
Mackey Arena - Concessions: Concession stands, managed by Boilermaker Hospitality, offer a wide selection of food and drinks. WEB
Ross-Ade Stadium GameDay Policies
- Run/managed by Purdue University, security also provided by PU.
- Concessions/Vendor same as Mackey Arena
Frequency Usage
- 461.0375 466.0375 RM CC 5 TG 101 SL 1 RA Stadium Ops 1 Ross-Ade Stadium Ops [No License] DMR Schools
- 461.0375 466.0375 RM CC 5 TG 102 SL 2 RA Stadium Ops 2 Ross-Ade Stadium Ops [No License] DMR Schools
- Usually itinerant, low power repeater/mobile use. May be covered under ERS Wireless license WQIN217 (8/25)
Big 10 Conference
- 452.0125 Repeater WSDJ210 CC 6 TG * SL * Big10Conf Purdue Game Comms DMRE
- Also licensed for 452.65, 461.4125, 461.6625. There are other sites for other locations of the Big 10
Fire Stations / Tone-Outs
Lafayette Fire Department Fire Station 1/HQ - 443 North 4th St Fire Station 2 - 800 Erie St Fire Station 3 -1710 South St Fire Station 5 - 750 North Creasy Ln Fire Station 6 - 2561 Schuyler Ave Fire Station 7 - 2150 South 18th St Fire Station 8 - 911 East 350 South Fire Station 9 - 1757 South 475 East Training Center - 2070 South 500 East Fire Prevention Office - 200 North 2nd St West Lafayette Fire Department Fire Station 1 - 300 North St Fire Station 2 - 531 Navajo St Purdue University Fire Department 1655 West Third Street West Lafayette Clarks Hill VFD 11749 Silver Street Clarks Hill Randolph TWP VFD 11508 Us 231 Hwy South Romney Shadeland VFD 3209 South 250 West Lafayette Tippecanoe TWP/Battleground VFD 112 North Street Battle Ground Wabash Township VFD 2811 Klondike Road West Lafayette Washington TWP/ Buck Creek VFD 7400 Railroad Street Buck Creek Wea Township Community VFD 1700 Wea School Road Lafayette West Point Volunteer VFD 4949 State Road 25 South West Point Evonik Industries Tippecanoe Labs Fire Department 1650 Lilly Road Lafayette
Tippecanoe County Fire Tone-Outs (154.3700 Mhz; simulcast from trunked system)
| Agency | Tone A | Tone B |
|---|---|---|
| Tippecanoe County EMA Alert 1 (155.0250 Mhz) | 2850.0 | 1258.0 |
| Tippecanoe County EMA Alert 2 (155.0250 Mhz) | 2850.0 | 953.0 |
| Tippecanoe Emergency Ambulance Service (County EMS) | 1500.1 | 300.1 |
| Battleground Fire (Tippecanoe Township) | tbd | tbd |
| Buck Creek Fire (Washington Township) | tbd | tbd |
| Clarks Hill Fire (Lauramie Township) | tbd | tbd |
| Randolph Fire (Town of Romney) | tbd | tbd |
| Shadeland Fire (Union Township) | 903.2 | 1983.0 |
| Sheffield Fire (Town of Dayton & Perry Township) | tbd | tbd |
| Stockwell Fire (Lauramie Township) | tbd | tbd |
| Wabash Fire (Shelby & Wabash Townships) | 767.1 | 810.1 |
| Wea Fire | 767.4 | 903.2 |
| West Point Fire (Jackson & Wayne Townships; Davis Township in Fountain County) | tbd | tbd |
Unit Numbering
- 200-Series: Sheffield Township/Dayton
- 300-Series: Union Township/Shadeland
- 400-Series: Wea Township
- 500-Series: Wayne Township/West Point
- 600-Series: Wabash Township/Klondike
- 700-Series: Tippecanoe Township/Battleground
- 800-Series: Clarks Hill No longer 800's
- 900-Series: Buck Creek
- 1100-Series: Randolph/Jackson Township/Romney
- 1200-Series: Clarks Hill/Lauramie Township
- 1300-Series: Shelby Township/Otterbein
- 1600-Series: Evonik Industries Tippecanoe Labs (Plant Fire Department)
Public Safety TRS - County Event Channels Utilization
Purdue Sporting Events
For Football Games, County Event Talkgroups with noted usage as follows:
- COUNTY EVENT 1: Stadium Command and Traffic Control
- COUNTY EVENT 2: Law Enforcement Command
- COUNTY EVENT 3: Law Enforcement Records Checks
- COUNTY EVENT 4: Purdue Event Staff
- COUNTY EVENT 5: Fire/EMS Command
- COUNTY EVENT 6: Assigned as needed
- COUNTY EVENT 7: Assigned as needed
- COUNTY EVENT 8: Assigned as needed
- COUNTY EVENT 9: Assigned as needed (ENCRYPTED)
- COUNTY EVENT 10: Assigned as needed (ENCRYPTED)
For Non-Football Athletic Events & Graduation, Purdue Event Talkgroups are used as follows:
- PURDUE EVENT 1: Command Operations
- PURDUE EVENT 2: Assigned as needed
- PURDUE EVENT 3: Assigned as needed
- PURDUE EVENT 4: Assigned as needed
See also the Purdue Athletics Department DMR System here:
https://www.radioreference.com/db/sid/11620
For winter snow removal operations, the following talkgroup(s) are used:
- PURDUE GROUNDS: Primary Campus Snow Removal Operations
- See also Purdue Airport Runway Maintenance Conventional Frequency listed here: https://www.radioreference.com/db/aid/6731
Major Festivals, Parades and Events
- COUNTY EVENT 1: Assigned as needed
- Noted usage: Event Command Operations
- COUNTY EVENT 2: Assigned as needed
- Noted usage: none
- COUNTY EVENT 3: Assigned as needed
- Noted usage: Purdue Move-In Day, Taste of Tippecanoe, Purdue Grand Prix
- COUNTY EVENT 4: Assigned as needed
- Noted usage: Feast of The Hunters Moon, Tippecanoe County Fair
- COUNTY EVENT 5: Assigned as needed
- Noted usage: Feast of The Hunters Moon, 4th of July Fireworks, Search & Rescue, Fire Mutual Aid, Christmas Parade, Training
- COUNTY EVENT 6: Assigned as needed
- Noted usage: none
- COUNTY EVENT 7: Assigned as needed
- Noted usage: none
- COUNTY EVENT 8: Assigned as needed
- Noted usage: none
- COUNTY EVENT 9: Assigned as needed
- Noted usage: none - THIS TALKGROUP IS ENCRYPTED
- COUNTY EVENT 10: Assigned as needed
- Noted usage: none - THIS TALKGROUP IS ENCRYPTED
Related Links/Pages
- Business/Industrial Database page and/or WIKI