Ottawa County (MI)
From The RadioReference Wiki
Revision as of 04:34, 25 April 2009 by Slash (talk | contribs) (→Ottawa County Fire - Numbering Scheme)
Contents
10 Codes and Unit Lists
Ottawa County Fire - Numbering Scheme
The First two numbers of the numbering plan are the department number. The 3rd digit is the type of apparatus, and the fourth digit in the number is supposed to be station that the unit is assigned to; though not all depts did follow that for the fourth number.
Department Numbers and Radio Channel:
01 Allendale Fire Department North 02 Olive Twp Fire Rescue South 03 Chester twp Fire Dept (Conklin) North 04 Coopersville Fire Dept North 05 Crockery Twp Fire Dept North 06 Zeeland twp Fire Dept South 07 Ferrysburg Fire Dept North 08 Georgetown Twp Fire South 09 Grand Haven City Fire(DPS) North 10 Grand Haven Twp Fire North 11 Holland City Fire Dept South 12 Holland Twp Fire Dept South 13 Hudsonville Fire South 14 Jamestown Twp Fire South 15 Park Twp Fire South 16 Port Sheldon Twp South 17 Spring Lake Twp North 18 Marne Fire Dept (Wright / Tallmadge?) North 19 Zeeland Fire Dept South 20 Robinson twp Fire North 21 Blendon Twp Fire South 25 HAZMAT Countywide 26 Technical Rescue Countywide
The 3rd digit is Type of Apparatus:
1 Pumpers under 750 gpm 2 Pumpers over 750 gpm 3 Special Apparatus (Water Rescue) 4 Aerial Devices, platforms, etc 5 Special Types (Emergency Services) 6 Tankers 7 Rescue Trucks, and other rescue 8 Brush Units, / Special types / Watercraft 9 Command officers
The fourth number is supposed to be station number or in the case of Command Officers, the lowest number being the chief, and highest being lowest ranking senior officer.
Examples: 1290 12 = Holland twp, 9 = Commmand 0 = Chief 1222 12 = Holland twp 2 = pumper 2 = Station 2
Ottawa County Law Enforcement - Numbering Scheme
Police 1, City Dispatch (154.7250):
Holland city units are generally a phonetic letter followed by one or two numbers (like Charlie 21, or Union 32). Adam/Baker/Charlie units are assigned to a specific zone (area) of the city.
The Holland city unit types heard are: Adam (Zone A) Baker (Zone B) Charlie (Zone C) David (less common) Frank K9 Lincoln Motor (Motorcycle, less common) Robert (Reserve units) Tom (Traffic units) Union (Evidence Technician) Victor (less common, special reserve unit?) Zebra (Supervisor)
Other department units: 47xx - Spring Lake/Ferrysburg PD 48xx - Zeeland City PD 64xx - Michigan State Police (only heard on Police 1 if needed to communicate with other listed departments) 66xx - Grand Haven City PD
Police 2, County Dispatch (154.7850)
Ottawa County units are 7xxx. 71xx units are supervisors. 73xx serves the southwest county area, 74xx serves southeast, 75xx northeast, 76xx northwest.
Certain townships choose to have medically trained police units (called E-Units) respond to medical calls, instead of fire departments. E-3x units serve Holland and Park Twps, and E-4x units serve Georgetown Twp.
The county boats are refered to as "County Boat (70, 71, 72, 73, and 74.). While they can be transported elsewhere when needed, the first three are usually in Grand Haven/Spring Lake, and the last two are usually around Holland, Lake Macatawa.
64xx - Michigan State Police (only heard on Police 2 if needed to communicate with other listed departments) 96xx - Grand Valley State University units
Ottawa County Law Enforcement - Codes and Phrases
Ottawa County uses the standard APCO Ten Codes for communicating.
In addition, MICR (Michigan Incident Crime Reporting) codes are also occasionally heard that are used to assign to incidents. These are not unique to Ottawa County and are used by all Michigan police agencies.
The most commonly heard codes are: 3500 (thirty-five hundred) - Narcotics 5400 (fifty-four hundred) or 5402 - OWI (operating while intoxicated)