Van Buren County (MI)
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EMS Agencies and Hospitals
Community Emergency Response Team
- WQPR998 for 159.975 Mobile Extenders
South Haven Area Emergency Services
- 10/12 KNBT346 add 155.0175 Base/Mobile (NFM)
Municipalities and Districts
County
- 154.205 appears to have phone paging/dispatching capabilities
- WQTQ419, WQTP995 = 154.205 Repeater, 155.715 Repeater; inputs of 159.2475, 158.9625 at multiple locations (NFM)
- WRWC361 Van Buren County Road Commission
Bangor
- WQJS624 - 159.8775 voice/data (11k) (public works?)
Bloomingdale Township
- WQMX929 add 151.13 Base/Mobile for Fireground (11K)
Columbia Township (Grand Junction)
- WPPH210 add 154.7625 Base/Mobile (11K)
Goble Pine Grove
- KYE638 add 154.07 Base/Mobile (11K) for Fire
Hartford
- 12/11 KXO601 add 156.24 Base/Mobile for Fireground
- WQOT855 - Mobiles 173.225, 173.275, 173.325, 173.375 (11K/7K) for Community Events (EMA/Fire)
Keeler Township
- Fireground - WNVY987 151.4 Base/Mobile (11K)
Lawrence (Township)
- WPLV224 adding 154.16 Base/Mobile
Lawton
- 12/11 KNHA827 add 156.24 Base/Mobile for Fireground
Unit Lists
County Fire Units - Numbering Scheme
- 1200 - Paw Paw
- 1300 - Lawton
- 1400 - Decatur-Hamilton
- 1500 - Sister Lakes
- 1600 - Keeler Township
- 1700 - Lawrence
- 1800 - Hartford
- 1900 - Covert
- 2100 - Watervliet (Berrien County)
- 2200 - South Haven Area Emergency Services
- 2300 - Bangor
- 2400 - Gobles-Pine Grove
- 2500 - Mattawan
- 2600 - Bloomingdale
- 2700 - Columbia Township
- 4100 - North Berrien (Berrien County)
Last two digits indicate type of unit:
- 00 - Station
- 10-19 - Ambulance/QR unit
- 20-29 - Engine
- 30-39 - Tanker
- 40-49 - Aerial Ladder
- 50-59 - Aerial Platform
- 60-69 - Brush
- 70-79 - Rescue
- 80-89 - Utility trucks
- 100 and up - command and non-command personnel
Law Enforcement Unit Numbering
- Central - Van Buren County 911 Dispatchers
- 07 - Covert Police
- 23 - Pokagon Band Police (Tribal Police)
- 29 - Bloomingdale Police
- 31 - Gobles Police (currently patrolled by Sheriff's Dept)
- 32 - Lawrence Police (currently patrolled by Sheriff's Dept)
- 39 - Bangor Police
- 40 - Decatur Police
- 41 - Lawton Police
- 42 - Mattawan Police
- 46 - Hartford Police
- 47 - Paw Paw Police
- 50 - Units from MSP 5th District Headquarters
- 51 - MSP Paw Paw
- 60 - South Haven Police
- 80 - Van Buren County Sheriff
- 90 - Court/County Related
EMS Agencies Units and Numbering Scheme
- 1911 - Covert EMS
- 1918 - Covert EMS
- 2211-2214 - South Haven Area Emergency Services (SHAES)
- 2410 - Life EMS (Gobles)
- 8010-8019 - Van Buren EMS
Medical Priority Dispatching
- 1 - Emergency response (lights and sirens)
- 2 - Fast response (lights on, siren only as necessary)
- 3 - Non-emergency response
Law Talk, Codes and Phrases
- 10-8 - Available for calls
- 10-42 - End of shift, out of service
- ## Unit - ## is the Police Unit number listed above and the call is for any available unit
- BOL - Be on the lookout
- DWI/OUI - Motorist under the influence
- EPS - Alarm company
- Key Holder - Authorized person with keys for a building/alarm panel
- GOA - Gone On Arrival
- Motorist Assist - Stranded Vehicle
- No val - Not valid
- PDA - Property Damage Accident
- PI - Personal Injury Accident
- RO - Registered Owner
- RP - Reporting Person/Party
- Receiving - Jail receiving garage
- REG - Vehicle license plate
- 1X - Vehicle occupied by one person
- Standby - Just a second
- Tappers/McDonald's/Reits - Local towing companies
- TX - A telephone call or phone number
- UTL - Unable To Locate
Tones & Alerts
The P25 pager tone (faster high-low sound) indicates
- Important 911 Dispatches
- Assault in progress
- Domestic violence in progress
- Robbery in progress
- Suicidal person
A 1000 Hz tone sounds for
- BOL
- Hold/Resume/Transfer radio traffic
Schools
Covert Public Schools
Bangor Public Schools
- WNFR633 462.525, 464.7875 Repeaters; Mobiles on 466.7125, 466.8, 467.0375, 469.15, 466.1 (NFM)
Van Buren County (MI) Bridges
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