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*North Coventry Police Department (dispatched on Montgomery County's PD 2 dispatch channel on the Montgomery County trunked system) | *North Coventry Police Department (dispatched on Montgomery County's PD 2 dispatch channel on the Montgomery County trunked system) | ||
− | == Police Districts == | + | === Police Districts === |
+ | <table border="1"> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <th>Dist</th><th>Department</th><th>Dispatch</th> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>01</b></td><td>West Chester Borough</td><td>Self</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>02</b></td><td>Malvern Borough</td><td>East</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>03</b></td><td>Kennett Square Borough</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>04</b></td><td>Avondale Borough</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>05</b></td><td>West Grove Borough</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>06</b></td><td>Oxford Borough</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>07</b></td><td>Atglen Borough</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>08</b></td><td>Parkesburg Borough</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>09</b></td><td>South Coatesville Borough</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>11</b></td><td>Downingtown Borough</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>12</b></td><td>Honey Brook Borough</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>14</b></td><td>Spring City Borough</td><td>Central</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>15</b></td><td>Phoenixville Borough</td><td>Central</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>16</b></td><td>Coatesville City</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>17</b></td><td>North Coventry Township</td><td>Montco</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>18</b></td><td>East Coventry Township</td><td>Central</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>21</b></td><td>East Vincent Township</td><td>Central</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>25</b></td><td>West Vincent Township</td><td>Central</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>26</b></td><td>East Pikeland Township</td><td>Central</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>27</b></td><td>Schuylkill Township</td><td>Central</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>28</b></td><td>West Caln Township</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>29</b></td><td>West Brandywine Township</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>30</b></td><td>Brandywine Regional PD</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>32</b></td><td>Upper Uwchlan Township</td><td>Central</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>33</b></td><td>Uwchlan Township</td><td>Central</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>34</b></td><td>West Pikeland Township</td><td>Central</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>36</b></td><td>West Sadsbury Township</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>37</b></td><td>Sadsbury Township</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>38</b></td><td>Valley Township</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>39</b></td><td>Caln Township</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>41</b></td><td>West Whiteland Township</td><td>Central</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>42</b></td><td>East Whiteland Township</td><td>East</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>43</b></td><td>Tredyffrin Township</td><td>East</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>44</b></td><td>West Fallowfield Township</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>45</b></td><td>Highland Township</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>47</b></td><td>East Fallowfield Township</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>52</b></td><td>West Goshen Township</td><td>Self*</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>54</b></td><td>Willistown Township</td><td>East</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>55</b></td><td>Easttown Township</td><td>East</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>60</b></td><td>New Garden Township</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>61</b></td><td>East Marlborough Township</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>62</b></td><td>Kennett Township</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>65</b></td><td>Birmingham Township</td><td>Central</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>67</b></td><td>Westtown-East Goshen PD</td><td>Central</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>68</b></td><td>West Nottingham Township</td><td>West</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>75</b></td><td>West Chester University PD</td><td>Self</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>76</b></td><td>Lincoln University PD</td><td>Self</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>77</b></td><td>Coatesville VA PD</td><td>Self</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>78</b></td><td>West Chester Area School District</td><td>Self</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>79</b></td><td>Coatesville Area School District</td><td>Self</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>81</b></td><td>PA Fish & Boat Commission</td><td>Self</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>82</b></td><td>Marsh Creek State Park</td><td>Self</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>83</b></td><td>Warwick County Park</td><td>Self</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>84</b></td><td>Hibernia County Park</td><td>Self</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>85</b></td><td>Nottingham County Park</td><td>Self</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>86</b></td><td>Springton Manor County Park</td><td>Self</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>89</b></td><td>Coatesville School District PD</td><td>Self</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>91</b></td><td>Chester County Detectives</td><td>County**</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>92</b></td><td>Chester County District Attorney's Office</td><td>County**</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>93</b></td><td>Chester County Sheriff's Office</td><td>County**</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><b>94</b></td><td>Chester County Prison</td><td>Self</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | |||
+ | * West Goshen PD self dispatches 0700-2300, then switches to Central overnight | ||
+ | ** Uses any county channel depending on location | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
Revision as of 07:49, 5 June 2015
Contents
Conventional Public Safety Radio Systems
The Borough of West Chester maintains and operates a 4-channel conventional UHF radio system built by Motorola, with a primary transmit tower located in East Bradford Township, a back-up transmit tower located to the rear of the Municipal Building, and three recieve-only sites located on the West Chester University campus, the Embreeville complex in West Bradford Township, and the Chester County Prison complex in Pocopson Township. The system is exclusively used by the West Chester Police Department. In December 2006, the system began full-time operations in APCO P-25 digital mode.
West Goshen Township uses a 1 channel VHF-High Band radio system for dispatch and talk-around. This system is used exclusively by West Goshen Police Department. This system is used for dispatch operations during weekday hours (generally between 07:00 and 23:00 Monday through Friday), however when the department is self-dispatched, there are occasions when the county TRS is utilized. During all other times when the department is dispatched by the county, the county TRS is utilized.
Most of the remaining law enforcement agencies in the county use specifically assigned channels on the county TRS for car-to-car communications. Only Downingtown (VHF-Hi) and Uwchlan Twp (UHF) are confirmed to be using conventional frequencies for talk-around.
Most fire companies within the county use a set of 800 mhz conventional frequencies for fire-ground operations, however a few companies still use privately licensed channels for that same purpose (among the companies confirmed to have active "private" company channels are East Whiteland, Goshen, Downingtown, and Longwood).
County Conventional Repeaters
In concert with the county TRS, there are 3 VHF-High licensed repeaters that rebroadcast dispatcher-only communications on the law enforcement side of the system, one for each of the police dispatching districts (East PD, Central PD, and West PD). As of 2008, all three repeaters are no longer utilized.
On the Fire/EMS side, dispatch paging can be heard on 160.185. All fire and EMS calls are dispatched on this channel. Also, there are 2 conventional VHF-High repeaters that simulcast both field and dispatch users. The Central and East fire groups are simulcast on one channel, while the West Fire group is simulcast on the other channel.
The Chester County Sheriff's Office also has an 800 mhz conventional low-power repeater that simulcasts its respective county TRS talkgroup; this frequency can be heard from within a few blocks of the Chester County Justice Center in West Chester.
Dispatch Centers
Chester County Department of Emergency Services
- Most Municipal Police Departments
- Chester County Park Rangers
- All Fire Companies
- All EMS Squads
- Comm 1
West Chester Borough
- West Chester Police Department
West Goshen Township
- West Goshen Police Department (part-time)
Montgomery County
- North Coventry Police Department (dispatched on Montgomery County's PD 2 dispatch channel on the Montgomery County trunked system)
Police Districts
- West Goshen PD self dispatches 0700-2300, then switches to Central overnight
- Uses any county channel depending on location
Police Radio IDs
Adam - Chief/Officer in Charge/Lieutenant Boy - Bicycle Patrol David - Detective Frank - Foot Patrol George - Animal Control King - Canine Mary - Specialized Unit Paul - Patrol Officer/Patrol Car Paul/Robert - Park Rangers Sam - Sergeant/Supervisor/Sheriff Tom - Traffic Control & Enforcement X-Ray - Motorcycle
Police Sectors
These identifiers are used by larger departments (i.e. West Chester, Phoenixville, Coatesville, Schuylkill Twp, East Whiteland Twp, Tredyffrin Twp, and Westtown East Goshen Regional). The remaining departments use non-sector specific identifiers either for police units or individual officers (West Goshen uses badge numbers, which are usually numbered in the 30s and 40s, but do not appear to correspond to specific sectors).
01-09 - Roving 10-19 - North 20-29 - South 30-39 - East 40-49 - West 50-59 - North-East 60-69 - North-West 70-79 - South-East 80-89 - South-West 90-99 - Central
Specialized Units
Some departments in the county use the following identifiers for specialized units:
50-59 - (M)ary units/Specialized details or units 60-69 - (D)avid units/Detectives 70-79 - (F)rank units/Foot patrols 80-89 - (T)om units/Traffic Enforcement/Safety units 90-99 - (B)oy units/Bike patrols or (K)ing units - K-9 officers
West Chester Police Ten Code
10-01 PRIORITY RADIO/TRANSMIT EMERGENCIES ONLY 10-02 Busy on Station; limit transmissions 10-03 Go ahead with message 10-04 OK - Message received 10-05 Off duty 10-06 Busy/Stand-by 10-07 Out of Vehicle at (Location) 10-08 In Service/Resuming 10-09 Repeat last message/unreadable 10-10 Protection of money 10-11 Call your home 10-12 Return to your home 10-13 Meet at (Location) 10-14 Report expolsives at (Location) 10-15 Assist Officer - EMERGENCY ONLY 10-17 Vehicle stop (Location, license plate, vehicle description, # of occupants) 10-19 Return to/en-route to/arrived at station 10-20 What is your location 10-21 Call via landline 10-22 Disregard last message/cancel request 10-25 Food, Coffee, etc 10-26 Prepare to copy 10-27 Does not conform to procedures 10-28 Request Reg/VIN check 10-28S Request Operator/Suspension check 10-29 Request NCIC - Wanted/stolen* 10-29N Negative NCIC Response 10-29P Positive NCIC Response 10-34 Officer at home on call 10-35 Domestic Disturbance 10-36 Furnish Correct Time 10-37 Intoxicated Operator/Person 10-38 Weapon 10-40A See complainant at (location) in reference to ... 10-41 Fire call 10-41A EMS call 10-42 Visitor/prisoner present; can't talk 10-42F Female in car (give mileage) 10-42P Prisoner in car/arrest made 10-45 Motor vehicle accident 10-45PD Accident/Property damage w/no injuries 10-45PI Accident/Personal injury 10-45F Accident/Fatal 10-45HR Accident/Hit and run 10-45M Accident/Other than vehicular 10-46 Escort 10-47 Animal complaint 10-49 Burglary 10-54 Requesting tow truck 10-60 Uneccesary use of radio 10-65 Traffic violation/citation Issued 10-67 Alarm @ (location) 10-67A Alarm has been reset 10-80 Traffic detail 10-82 Disabled vehicle 10-88 Warrant, paperwork, package, etc. 10-90 Arrived at scene 10-91 Assignment completed 10-92 Situation under control 10-93 Unit (#), turn radio - message not not to be heard by passenger/prisoner 10-95 BACKUP UNIT (#) @ REF: (?) 10-97 Transmission received loud and clear 10-98 OK on your last request 10-99 Change your location, unreadable
Fire/EMS Stations
East Fire
2 - Berwyn 3 - Paoli 4 - Malvern 5 - East Whiteland 15 - Chester County Haz Mat 51 - West Chester - First West Chester Fire Co 52 - West Chester - Goodwill Fire Co 53 - West Chester - Fame Fire Co 54 - Goshen 55 - Good Fellowship EMS 56 - Goshen - Hershey's Mill 58 - WCU QRS 91 - Chester Co Hospital Medics D15 - Radnor (Delco) D41 - Newtown Square (Delco) M47 - King Of Prussia (Montco) M317 - Lafayette EMS (Montco)
Central Fire
6 - West Whiteland 33 - Honey Brook 45 - Alert - Downingtown 46 - Minquas - Downingtown 47 - Lionville 48 - Glen Moore 49 - East Brandywine 61 - Kimberton 62 - Ridge 63 - Liberty - Spring City 64 - Norco 65 - Phoenix H&L - Phoenixville 68 - Valley Forge 69 - Twin Valley 73 - Ludwigs Corner 77 - County Dive Team 83 - Spring City EMS (Operated by Royersford Fire Co. EMS) 84 - North Coventry Township EMS (Operated by Goodwill EMS of Pottstown) 85 - Phoenixville EMS (Operated by Trappe Fire Co. EMS) 87 - Uwchlan Ambulance 187 - Uwchlan Ambulance @ West Whiteland Fire Co. M324 - Trappe Fire Co EMS (MontCo) M325 - Friendship (Royersford) Fire Co EMS (MontCo) M329 - Goodwill Fire Co EMS (MontCo)
West Fire
8 - Keystone Valley (2013 merger of Atglen 26, Parkesburg 28, Pomeroy 29) 12 - West Grove/New London Substation 21 - Union of Oxford 22 - West Grove 23 - Avondale 24 - Kennett 25 - Longwood 27 - Cochranville 31 - Sadsburyville 32 - West Grove/London Britain Substation 35 - Wagontown 36 - Po-Mar-Lin 37 - Modena 38 - Thorndale 39 - West Bradford 41 - Washington Hose - Coatesville 43 - West End - Coatesville 44 - Westwood 144 - Westwood Ambulance @ Wagontown Fire Co. 75 - Acellor Mittal Steel Coatesville 76 - Coatesville VA 89 - Elverson EMS 189 - Elverson EMS @ Honey Brook Fire Co. 93 - Brandywine Hospital Medics 193 - Brandywine Hospital Medics @ Twin Valley Fire Co. 94 - Jennersville Regional Hospital Medics 194 - Jennersville Regional Hospital Medics @ Avondale Fire Co. L49 - White Horse (Lancaster Co) L52 - Christiana (Lancaster Co) D59 - Concordville (Delco)
Licensed but unidentified frequencies for Chester County
The following is a list of frequencies currently licensed to Chester County but not listed with a confirmed use on either the TRS system page or the conventional page. It is encouraged that people either submit known info on these frequencies or program them into their scanners and help listen to confirm their uses. If you see a frequency more than once it is because they appear on more than one license but in different ways.
Licensed but unidentified frequencies for Chester County – County FCC Licenses
33.100
72.280
72.640
153.800 (158.865)
154.740
154.785
155.220
155.475
155.760 (158.880)
156.150
156.210
158.850
158.910
159.030
460.500 (465.500)
806.0125 (on a license by itself, not paired with anything)
807.0750 (on a license by itself, not paired with anything)
807.8750 (on a license by itself, not paired with anything)
807.9750 (on a license by itself, not paired with anything)
808.1750 (on a license by itself, not paired with anything)
808.6375 (on a license by itself, not paired with anything)
808.7500 (on a license by itself, not paired with anything)
811.2375 (matches CH 9-16 as their inputs, though they aren’t on one license)
813.2375 (matches CH 9-16 as their inputs, though they aren’t on one license)
814.2375 (matches CH 9-16 as their inputs, though they aren’t on one license)
815.2375 (matches CH 9-16 as their inputs, though they aren’t on one license)
815.4375 (matches CH 9-16 as their inputs, though they aren’t on one license)
815.4875 (matches CH 9-16 as their inputs, though they aren’t on one license)
851.0625 (806.0625)
851.0125
851.0125 (806.0125)
852.1000 (807.1000)
851.725(806.725)
852.100(807.100)
852.2125
852.3875 (807.3875)
853.6375
854.2125 (809.2125)
854.3125 (809.3125)
854.4125 (809.4125)
854.9875 (809.9875)
855.4875 (810.4875)
856.4875 (811.4875)
856.4875 (813.4875)
856.9625 (811.9625)
857.4625 (812.4625)
857.9875 (812.9875)
858.9875 (813.9875)
859.9875 (814.9875)
Fire Tone Outs
Chester County Pager Tone Excel sheet (Updated 5/2015)
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Dist | Department | Dispatch |
---|---|---|
01 | West Chester Borough | Self |
02 | Malvern Borough | East |
03 | Kennett Square Borough | West |
04 | Avondale Borough | West |
05 | West Grove Borough | West |
06 | Oxford Borough | West |
07 | Atglen Borough | West |
08 | Parkesburg Borough | West |
09 | South Coatesville Borough | West |
11 | Downingtown Borough | West |
12 | Honey Brook Borough | West |
14 | Spring City Borough | Central |
15 | Phoenixville Borough | Central |
16 | Coatesville City | West |
17 | North Coventry Township | Montco |
18 | East Coventry Township | Central |
21 | East Vincent Township | Central |
25 | West Vincent Township | Central |
26 | East Pikeland Township | Central |
27 | Schuylkill Township | Central |
28 | West Caln Township | West |
29 | West Brandywine Township | West |
30 | Brandywine Regional PD | West |
32 | Upper Uwchlan Township | Central |
33 | Uwchlan Township | Central |
34 | West Pikeland Township | Central |
36 | West Sadsbury Township | West |
37 | Sadsbury Township | West |
38 | Valley Township | West |
39 | Caln Township | West |
41 | West Whiteland Township | Central |
42 | East Whiteland Township | East |
43 | Tredyffrin Township | East |
44 | West Fallowfield Township | West |
45 | Highland Township | West |
47 | East Fallowfield Township | West |
52 | West Goshen Township | Self* |
54 | Willistown Township | East |
55 | Easttown Township | East |
60 | New Garden Township | West |
61 | East Marlborough Township | West |
62 | Kennett Township | West |
65 | Birmingham Township | Central |
67 | Westtown-East Goshen PD | Central |
68 | West Nottingham Township | West |
75 | West Chester University PD | Self |
76 | Lincoln University PD | Self |
77 | Coatesville VA PD | Self |
78 | West Chester Area School District | Self |
79 | Coatesville Area School District | Self |
81 | PA Fish & Boat Commission | Self |
82 | Marsh Creek State Park | Self |
83 | Warwick County Park | Self |
84 | Hibernia County Park | Self |
85 | Nottingham County Park | Self |
86 | Springton Manor County Park | Self |
89 | Coatesville School District PD | Self |
91 | Chester County Detectives | County** |
92 | Chester County District Attorney's Office | County** |
93 | Chester County Sheriff's Office | County** |
94 | Chester County Prison | Self |