Litchfield County (CT)
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Contents
- 1 Litchfield County Dispatch (LCD)
- 2 Litchfield County Fire/EMS Pager Tones
- 3 County Agencies
- 3.1 Torrington
- 3.2 Bethlehem
- 3.3 Bridgewater
- 3.4 Colebrook
- 3.5 Cornwall
- 3.6 Falls Village
- 3.7 Goshen
- 3.8 Harwinton
- 3.9 Kent
- 3.10 Litchfield
- 3.11 Bantam
- 3.12 Morris
- 3.13 New Hartford
- 3.14 New Milford
- 3.15 Norfolk
- 3.16 North Canaan
- 3.17 Plymouth
- 3.18 Roxbury
- 3.19 Salisbury
- 3.20 Sharon
- 3.21 Thomaston
- 3.22 Warren
- 3.23 Washington
- 3.24 Watertown
- 3.25 Winchester
- 3.26 Woodbury
- 3.27 Sherman
- 3.28 Medic 4
- 3.29 Medic 6
Litchfield County Dispatch (LCD)
Dispatchers work 12 hour shifts from 6 am to 6pm and from 6pm to 6am. Overtime to a regular work shift is 18 hours unless working on an off day. There are 16 dispatchers with 4 working per shift. There are two assigned to Torrington PD and two assigned to LCD Fire. One on each end acts as a calltaker. it follows this format for a two week schedule.
Monday and Tuesday (23,29,40,48) (27,39,43) Wednesday and Thursday (22,30,32,42) (34,44,45,46) Friday, Saturday, Sunday (23,29,40,48) (27,39,43) Monday and Tuesday (22,30,32,42) (34,44,45,46) Wednesday and Thursday (23,29,40,48) (27,39,43) Friday, Saturday, Sunday (22,30,32,42) (34,44,45,46)
New EFD Protocol 77 is now used for all motor vehicle accidents. Here is the list.
77O1 - Vehicle blocking traffic 77O2 - No injuries and no hazard 77A1 - Low Mechanism 77A2 - No injuries with hazard 77B1 - Injuries 77B2 - Unknown Situation 77C1 - Hazards with injuries 77C2 - Fuel/Fluid leak 77D1 - High Occupancy Vehicle 77D2 - High Mechanism 77D3 - Multiple Vehicle pile-up 77D4 - Pinned / Trapped Victim 77D5 - Ejection 77D6 - Vehicle vs pedestrian/bike 77D7 - Vehicle vs. Building 77D8 - Unstable vehicle 77D9 - Commercial Vehicle
All departments add their ambulance to the dispatch for all structure fires.
The following departments add their ambulance for CO Alarms and potential hazard calls (ex. gas leak, car fire, outside fire, chimney fires)
Bridgewater Fire Cornwall Fire Goshen Fire Harwinton Fire Lakeville Fire Norfolk Fire Sharon Fire Sherman Fire Falls Village Fire
Northfield fire calls between 0600 and 1800 7 days a week adds East Litchfield Fire with the exception of service calls.
East Litchfield fire calls between 0600 and 1800 7 days a week adds Northfield Fire with the exception of service calls.
Litchfield fire calls between 0600 and 1800 7 days a week adds Bantam Fire with the exception of service calls.
Bantam fire calls between 0600 and 1800 7 days a week adds Litchfield Fire with the exception of service calls.
Nepaug non fire calls (CO, MVA, calls formerly known as signal 23) between 0600 and 1800 mon-fri adds New Hartford Fire except service calls.
Nepaug fire calls between 0600 and 1800 mon-fri adds New Hartford Fire and Pine Meadow Fire except service calls. Nepaug structure fires 24/7 add New Hartford and Pine Meadow automatically as well as New Hartford Ambulance
New Hartford fire calls between 0600 and 1800 mon-fri adds Nepaug Fire with the assignment except service calls.
New Hartford rescue calls mon-fri 0600-1800 adds Nepaug and Pleasant Valley fire
Pleasant Valley adds Barkhamsted East Fire and Riverton Fire for all calls 7 days a week from 0600-1800. All calls between 1800-0600 are a single company response including fire alarms and chimney fires with the exception of high life hazard buildings. Active structure calls 24/7 adds Barkhamsted East, Riverton, Colebrook and West Hartland. From 0600-1800 Mon-Fri, the Barkhamsted Townwide tone gets used no matter who gets dispatched.
Barkhamsted East fire calls between 0600-1800 mon-fri adds Pleasant Valley Fire and East Hartland Fire except service calls. Pleasant Valley Fire responds 24/7 for rescue calls.
Riverton fire calls between 0600-1800 mon-fri adds Pleasant Valley Fire, Barkhamsted East Fire, Colebrook Fire, West Hartland Fire except service calls.
Colebrook fire calls between 0600-1800 mon-fri adds Riverton Fire, Pleasant Valley Fire, West Hartland Fire except motor vehicle accidents and service calls. Colebrook 1st responders are dispatched on all fire calls.
West Hartland fire calls 24/7 adds East Hartland Fire except service calls. Colebrook, Riverton and Pleasant Valley are added Mon-Fri between 0600-1800 for active structure calls.
East Hartland fire calls 24/7 adds West Hartland Fire except service calls. Barkhamsted East Fire is added mon-fri 0600-1800.
Falls Village Ambulance is dispatched to all Falls Village fire calls.
Warren Ambulance is dispatched to all Warren fire calls.
Bantam Ambulance is dispatched to all Bantam fire calls.
All Litchfield Ambulance calls in Northfield's district adds Northfield 1st responders.
All structure fires in Litchfield have the Torrington RIT team dispatched.
All structure fires in Norfolk and North Canaan have the Norfolk RIT team dispatched.
North Canaan Medic gets dispatched to all ambulance calls in North Canaan no matter the response level.
When any ambulance is out of service or is on a 1st call where there isn't another unit in that agency's fleet, ambulance first responders get toned out along with mutual aid ambulance.
When Sharon Ambulance is unavailable, ambulance 1st responders along with Sharon Fire Rescue 1 responds.
When Norfolk Ambulance is unavailable, ambulance 1st responders along with Norfolk Fire Utility 50 responds.
All fire and medical calls on the Route 7 corridor in Sharon are handled by Cornwall.
Northern Dutchess Medics are backup paramedic providers for Kent, Warren and North Canaan.
All LCD channels are simplex. LCD broadcast and receives from 16 transmitter sites located throughout the county interconnected by the State Police microwave system. Because of this you can hear the dispatchers clearly throughout the county, but can rarely hear units more than a town or 2 away.
As of 2010 LCD no longer uses radio codes and is strictly "plain English".
Channels
Dispatch 1
- Dispatching
- Quick Call 2 Tone Activations
- DTMF Knox Box Activations
- Unit responding to station or scene
- First unit on scene
- Apparatus on the air
- Apparatus responding
- Apparatus on scene
Command 2
Not currently in use. Intended to be a repeater version of Command 3.
Command 3
- Ambulance enroute to hospital
- Ambulance at hospital
- Clear of incident
- Incident closed
- Other messages to LCD
Scene 4-12
Scene 4 - Barkhamsted, Kent, Lakeville
Scene 5 - New Hartford, North Canaan
Scene 6 - Falls Village, Harwinton
Scene 7 - Litchfield, Norfolk
Scene 8 - Colebrook, Warren
Scene 9 - Hartland, Washington
Scene 10- Cornwall, Sherman
Scene 11- Goshen, Morris
Scene 12- Bridgewater, Sharon
Traffic 13
Fire Police
Airtac 14
Helicopter (Life Star) coordination
Interops 15
Interagency Channel
Admin
LCD staff members
Intra County
Used only during emergencies when Dispatch 1 is not working. CMED
Med 2 - Sharon Hospital
Med 3 - Charlotte Hungerford Hospital
Med 4 - New Milford Hospital
Med 5 - St. Mary's Hospital
Med 6 - Waterbury Hospital
Med 7 - Winsted Health Center
Med 9 - Northwest C-Med Dispatch
Med 10 - Danbury Hospital
- Ambulances communicating with hospital (incoming patients and medical control)
- Ambulances communicating with Medic for line of sight intercepts
Litchfield County Fire/EMS Pager Tones
Litchfield Countywide Tone 1472.9 (long tone) Alert Tone 1006.9 (long tone)
Bantam Fire & Ambulance 1472.9 - 304.7
Bantam Siren 2271.7 - 953.7
Barkhamsted East Fire 1472.9 - 313.0
Barkhamsted Townwide Fire 1433.4 - 399.8
Barkhamsted Townwide Siren 445.7 - 1122.5
Bridgewater Fire & Ambulance 1472.9 - 321.7
Bridgewater Siren 553.9 - 1006.9
Burrville Fire 1989.0 - 879.0
Colebrook Fire 445.7 - 810.2
Colebrook Siren 457.9 - 1092.4
Colebrook First Responders 445.7 - 1598.0
Cornwall Fire & Ambulance 600.9 - 1092.4
Cornwall Siren 2271.7 - 1830.5
Drakeville Fire 1989.0 - 1687.2
East Hartland Fire 634.5 - 1153.4
East Hartland Siren 368.5 - 1472.9
East Hartland First Responders 617.4 - 1122.5
East Litchfield Fire 651.9 - 1185.2
East Litchfield Siren 399.8 - 339.6
Falls Village Fire & Ambulance 1472.9 - 389.0
Falls Village Siren 1989.0 - 1395.0
Goshen Fire & Ambulance 1472.9 - 399.8
Goshen Siren 928.1 - 707.3
Goshen Dive Team 767.4 - 1321.2
Harwinton Ambulance 788.5 - 410.8
Harwinton Fire 1472.9 - 433.7
Harwinton Base 1472.9 - 422.1 (used for 1830 base test and special announcements)
Harwinton Siren 399.8 - 422.1
Kent Fire & Ambulance 1472.9 - 445.7
Kent Siren 2468.2 - 767.4
Lakeville Fire 1472.9 - 457.9
Lakeville Siren 903.2 - 1598.0
Litchfield Ambulance 928.1 - 1642.0
Litchfield Fire 1472.9 - 483.5
Litchfield Siren 399.8 - 321.7
Morris Fire & Ambulance 1472.9 - 524.6
Morris Siren 617.4 - 746.8
Nepaug Fire 1472.9 - 553.9
Nepaug Siren 349.0 - 1092.4
New Hartford Ambulance 1092.4 - 569.1
New Hartford Fire 1472.9 - 584.8
New Hartford Siren 1472.9 - 1122.5
New Hartford Townwide Fire 1122.5 - 330.5
Norfolk Ambulance 2043.8 - 1217.8
Norfolk Fire 1472.9 - 617.4
Norfolk Siren 1472.9 - 1063.2
North Canaan Ambulance 1472.9 - 634.5
North Canaan Medic 1217.8 - 634.5
North Canaan Fire 1472.9 - 651.9
North Canaan Siren 879.0 - 1989.0
Northfield Fire 1472.9 - 1092.4
Northwest Rope Rescue 1472.9 - 349.0
Pine Meadow Fire 1472.9 - 810.2
Pleasant Valley Fire 1472.9 - 788.5
Riverton Fire 1472.9 - 855.5
Riverton Rope Rescue 1472.9 - 1185.2
Salisbury Ambulance 1472.9 - 928.1
Sharon Ambulance 2401.0 - 953.7
Sharon Fire 1472.9 - 979.9
Sharon Siren 304.7 - 979.9
Sherman Fire & Ambulance 1472.9 - 330.5
Torringford Fire 1989.0 - 1285.8
Torrington Fire 707.3 - 1285.8
Torrington Fire Police 1472.9 - 1217.8
Warren Fire & Ambulance 483.5 - 1185.2
Warren Siren 1472.9 - 2271.7
Washington Fire & Ambulance 1153.4 - 1122.5
West Hartland Fire 457.9 - 1034.7
West Hartland Siren 1642.0 - 1472.9
West Hartland First Responders 457.9 - 1642.0
Winsted EMS 788.5 - 832.5
Winsted EMS First Responders 928.1 - 832.5
Winsted Fire 746.8 - 688.3
Winchester Fire 688.3 - 767.4
Campion Ambulance Torrington 1357.6 - 496.8
Campion Medic 4 1513.5 - 688.3
Campion Medic 6 1513.5 - 979.9
Northern Dutchess Paramedics 1472.9 - 688.3
Noon Siren Tone 1 2271.7 - 1830.5 (Cornwall)
Noon Siren Tone 2 399.8 - 358.6 (East Litchfield)
Noon Siren Tone 3 788.5 - 879.0 (Bantam, Bridgewater, East Hartland, Goshen, Kent, Morris, New Hartford, Warren)
Noon Tone 4 483.5 - 1185.2 (Warren Fire Pager Tone)
NOTE: As a courtesy, noon activations are not done during live active calls, however, on quiet days, they are kindly done by dispatchers 22,29 and 42. They are dropped only and exactly between the 12:00:00 and 12:00:59 window.
County Agencies
Torrington
Current Apparatus
- Engine 1 - 2000 pumper with a 1500 GPM (gallons per minute) pump and a 1000 gallon water tank. Assigned to HQ. Torrington Engine 1
- Engine 2 - 2005 American LaFrance 75" ladder
- Engine 3 - 2001 pumper with a 1500 GPM pump and a 1000 gallon water tank. Torrington Engine 3
- Engine 4 - 2011 Spartan Gladiator / Rosenbauer
- Truck 1 - 2014 Rosenbauer 109'
- Tac 9 - 2005 Freightliner / Pierce Contender (Prime Mover)
- District 1 - 2010 Ford Expedition
Source of Information and Pictures: City of Torrington, CT - APPARATUS
Burrville Fire
Squad 45 Brush 46 Engine 47 Fire Police 48
Torringford Fire
Rescue 16 Engine 17 Car 25 (Fire Police)
Drakeville Fire
Engine 35 Brush 36 Tanker 38
Emergency Services
The City of Torrington is assisted by Campion Ambulance services and Torrington Police Department, along with three (3) volunteer fire departments, which are: Torringford Volunteer Fire Department, Burrville Volunteer Fire Department and Drakeville Volunteer Fire Department.
Campion is dispatched out of Waterbury by CDC (Campion Dispatching Center.)
Bethlehem
Dispatched on 33.88 by Northwest CT Public Safety
Dispatch is RE Central
FD is RE Base
Engine 1 - Hose Reel Truck
Engine 2 - Ford Brush Truck
Engine 3 - Boardman Pumper
Engine 4 - Seagrave Pumper
Engine 5 - Seagrave Pumper w/ CAFS
Rescue 6 - Ford E450 Rescue
Emergency 7 - Ford Expedition Fly Car
10-2 - Ambulance
Police dispatched by CSP Troop L
Apparatus uses on board repeaters to cross their VHF portables with the low band radio in the truck to talk to central
KCE526 RE Bethlehem
Bridgewater
Bridgewater Police
Dispatched by CSP. Bridgewater has a Resident State Trooper and at least 1 town officer.
Bridgewater Engine 11 (second due pumper to all calls)
Bridgewater Engine 12 (first due pumper to all calls)
Bridgewater Tanker 5 (first due tanker)
Bridgewater Tanker 10 (second due tanker)
Bridgewater Brush 1
Bridgewater Ambulance
Colebrook
Colebrook Engine 1 (Center)
Colebrook Squad 4 (Center)
Colebrook Utility 5 (Center)
Colebrook Tanker 31 (Center)
Colebrook Engine 2 (Forge)
Colebrook Brush 6 (Forge)
Colebrook Rescue 8 (Forge)
Colebrook Tanker 32 (Forge)
Cornwall
Cornwall Engine 2-0 (West Cornwall)
Cornwall Engine 3-0 (Cornwall Bridge)
Cornwall Brush 4 (Cornwall Bridge)
Cornwall Utility 5 (West Cornwall)
Cornwall Truck 6 (Cornwall Bridge)
Cornwall Tanker (West Cornwall)
Cornwall Rescue 1 (West Cornwall)
Cornwall Ambulance (West Cornwall)
Falls Village
Falls Village Rescue 1
Falls Village Brush 4
Falls Village Engine 6
Falls Village Utility 8
Falls Village Engine 9
Falls Village Ambulance
Goshen
Goshen Engine 1 (first due structure pumper)
Goshen Engine 2 (Tanker)
Goshen Engine 3 (first due rescue pumper, second due structure pumper)
Goshen Truck 4 (Utility)
Goshen Truck 5 (mini pumper)
Goshen Truck 6 (dive truck)
Goshen Ambulance 8 (reserve ambulance)
Goshen Ambulance 9 (primary ambulance)
Harwinton
Harwinton Engine 1 (first due rescue pumper, second due structure pumper)
Harwinton Engine 2 (first due structure pumper)
Harwinton Engine 3 (support pumper, used also for outside fires)
Harwinton Brush 4
Harwinton Tanker 5
Harwinton Ambulance 66-1
Harwinton Ambulance 66-2
Harwinton Westside Utility 6
Harwinton Westside Rescue 7
Harwinton Westside Utility 8
Harwinton Westside Tanker 10
Harwinton Westside Engine 12
Kent
Kent Engine 1 (Tanker)
Kent Engine 2 (first due pumper)
Kent Brush 3
Kent Utility 4
Kent Engine 5
Kent Engine 6
Kent Rescue 8
Kent Tower 1
Kent Ambulance 1
Kent Ambulance 2
Police
Kent participates in the Resident State Trooper Program.
Litchfield
Litchfield Ladder 1
Litchfield Engine 1
Litchfield Engine 2 (first due pumper)
Litchfield Engine 4 (tanker)
Litchfield Rescue 5
East Litchfield Engine 24 (first due to structure calls)
East Litchfield Engine 25 (brush truck, used for service calls)
East Litchfield Engine 26 (first due to general alarms, rescue calls)
Northfield Engine 1
Northfield Engine 2 (tanker)
Northfield Engine 3 (4x4 mini pumper)
Northfield Rescue 1
Bantam
Bantam Utility 32
Bantam Tanker 33
Bantam Engine 34
Bantam Engine 35 (second due pumper to all calls). Formerly first due to structure calls.
Bantam Engine 36 (first due pumper to all calls). Formerly first due to rescue calls.
Bantam Ambulance 37
Bantam Rescue 38
Bantam Ambulance 39
Morris
Morris Engine 1
Morris Engine 3 (Tanker)
Morris Brush 4
Morris Engine 5 (first due to all calls)
Morris Rescue 6
Morris 87-1 (ambulance)
Morris Command Vehicle
New Hartford
New Hartford Brush 2 (st 1)
New Hartford Engine 5 (st 1)
New Hartford Rescue 6 (st 1)
New Hartford Engine 7 (st 2)
New Hartford Tanker 10 (st 2)
Nepaug Engine 1 (first due structure pumper)
Nepaug Tanker 2
Nepaug Rescue 3
Nepaug Engine 4 (first due rescue pumper)
Nepaug Brush 5
Nepaug Fire Police 6
Pine Meadow Engine 1
New Milford
Police
New Milford Fire
Dispatched by New Milford Police. New Milford has 4 volunteer Fire Departments:
- Northville
- Gaylordsville
- Water Witch
- Lanesville
New Milford Community Ambulance
Dispatched by New Milford Police. New Milford Community Ambulance has 2 ambulances and 1 fly car. As of late 2013/early 2014 New Milford was in the process of paying for a daytime paramedic.
Norfolk
Norfolk Engine 30
Norfolk Engine 40
Norfolk Utility 50
Norfolk ATV 70
Norfolk Brush 80
Norfolk Engine 90
Norfolk Tanker 100
North Canaan
North Canaan Ladder 1
North Canaan Rescue 1
North Canaan Tanker 3
North Canaan Truck 8
North Canaan Truck 9
North Canaan Engine 15 (second due pumper)
North Canaan Engine 16 (first due pumper)
Plymouth
Roxbury
Police
Roxbury has a Resident State Trooper and a paid constable.
Fire/EMS
Roxbury is dispatched via NW Public Safety.
Salisbury
Lakeville Utility 1
Lakeville Utility 2
Lakeville Rescue 400 (second due to rescue calls)
Lakeville Tanker 10
Lakeville Engine 20 (first due to all calls)
Lakeville Engine 30 (second due to structure calls)
Lakeville Utility 50
Lakeville Engine 60 (hose supply for structure fires)
Lakeville Tanker 70
Sharon
Sharon Ladder 1
Sharon Rescue 1 (first due to rescues)
Sharon Engine 3 (Tanker) (second due to structure calls)
Sharon Engine 4 (Ellsworth Station)
Sharon Engine 6 (first due pumper to all calls from Main Station)
Sharon Hazmat 1
Sharon Utility 1
Sharon Utility 2
Sharon Ambulance
Thomaston
Warren
Warren Engine 3 (first due to all calls)
Warren Truck 5
Warren Engine 6
Warren Engine 7 (Tanker) (second due to structure calls)
Warren Rescue 8 (first due to rescues)
Warren Ambulance
Washington
Washington Police
Dispatched by CSP. Washington has a Resident State Trooper and 2 police officers.
Washington Volunteer Fire Department
Now Dispatched by LCD on LCD Dispatch. After dispatch, Washington units communicate on their dedicated channel
Watertown
Winchester
Woodbury
Dispatched by Northwest CT Public Safety
Fire and Ambulance dispatched on VHF analog, cross patched at Northwest with P25 VHF operations channel.
Responding mutual aid companies without digital radios can use the analog channel to transmit over the cross patch, and digital audio is rebroadcasted over the analog channel
Sherman
Sherman is in Fairfield County however the town's Fire Department is dispatched by Litchfield County Dispatch.
Sherman Volunteer Fire Department
Apparatus
- Sherman Engine 1 (second due to rescue, 4x4 for weather emergencies)
- Sherman Engine 2 (first due for rescue, second due to structure calls)
- Sherman Engine 3 (third due to calls, aids in water supply)
- Sherman Brush 4
- Sherman Engine 5 (first due pumper to general alarms and fires)
- Sherman Utility 6
- Sherman Marine 7
- Sherman Tanker
- Sherman Ambulance
Channels
- Fireground - Repeater installed but almost always used as a simplex channel
- Tac 1 - Simplex, rarely used
- Fire Police - Simplex, Traffic control
- LCD Scene 10 - Rarely used, shared with Cornwall
Other Agencies
- Sherman Highway - Simplex
- River Oaks - 2 UHF channels
- Beatty Construction (33.160) - Licensed to Beatty but shared with some of the other construction companies in town
Medic 4
Medic 4 is based out of New Milford Hospital and responds to:
- Bridgewater
- Kent
- New Milford
- Roxbury
- Sherman
- Warren
- Washington
Medic 4 is dispatched by LCD on Dispatch 1 and acknowledges the call on Dispatch 1. Once in the fly car Medic 4 then receives directions to the scene from LCD on CMED 4 and all further communication with LCD takes place on CMED 4.
When responding to a call in New Milford Medic 4 usually checks in with New Milford Ambulance on the 159.3525 repeater.
Medic 6
Medic 6 is based out of Winsted Healthcare and responds to:
Barkhamsted
Colebrook
New Hartford
Norfolk
West Hartland
Winchester
Pleasant Valley
Riverton