Durham County (ON)
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Durham Region Information/Overview
Durham Region
Durham Region is located in the area generally referred to as South-Central Ontario. It is bordered by Toronto to the west, Northumberland County to the east, York Region to the north, and Lake Ontario to the south.
Public Safety
Most policing of Durham Region is done by the Durham Regional Police Services. They are dispatched from the 17 Division Headquarters in Oshawa. They are using a radio system that is not monitorable by any scanner.
The Ontario Provincial Police is responsible for the patrol of the 400 series highways and provincial controlled highways, like highway 7. They are dispatched from the Orillia Comm Centre on the Fleetnet.
Fire Service is provided by each municipality within Durham Region. The southern region uses the Durham Region Motorola System, while the northern townships use the Fleetnet system.
Ontario Provincial Police
The Ontario Provincial Police use the Bell Mobility Fleetnet Zone 1 system for most of their communications. All communications on the Operational Talkgroups are APCO25. Interagency talkgroups are generally analog but are rarely used. The OPP also make use of analog mobile repeaters and wide area analog repeaters for portable coverage.
The Whitby detachment patrols the highways within Durham Region and services the Manvers Township area.
They are active on the following digital APCO25 talkgroups:
DEC | HEX | Mode | Alpha Tag | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
8656 | 21d | D | OPP 1OPS38 | Aurora 5B -1OPS38 (5A- RHQ ) |
8672 | 21e | D | OPP 1OPS39 | Burlington 5C - 1OPS39 |
8704 | 220 | D | OPP 1OPS41 | Cambridge 5E - 1OPS41 |
8720 | 221 | D | OPP 1OPS42 | Toronto 5F - 1OPS42 |
8736 | 222 | D | OPP 1OPS43 | Niagara Region 5G - 1OPS43 |
8752 | 223 | D | OPP 1OPS44 | Mississauga 5I - 1OPS44 |
8768 | 224 | D | OPP 1OPS45 | Whitby 5K - 1OPS45 |
8784 | 225 | D | OPP 1OPS46 | Aurora 5L - 1OPS46 Highway 407 ETR |
8800 | 226 | D | OPP 1OPS47 | 1OPS47 |
8816 | 227 | D | OPP 1OPS48 | 1OPS48 |
8832 | 228 | D | OPP 1OPS49 | 1OPS49 |
During normal operations, the Orillia Comm Centre will patch two talkgroups together. The following patches are usually in place on the system:
The Whitby and Toronto talkgroups are usually patched together, along with the Toronto MTO Enforcement talkgroup.
Special Operations and Events will be found on the Tactical talkgroups. Orillia Comm Centre is assigned 1TAC04 - 1TAC08.
Soft ID's for GTR/Durham Region
- 5Alpha - Orillia Region Headquarter Units
- 5Foxtrot - Toronto Units
- 5Kilo - Whitby Units
Most communications can be heard on the Whitby Site, while Pontypool Site is used on the eastern portion and Sunderland Site for the northern portion:
Site | Name | Freqs | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
037 (25) | Whitby 37WHIT | 141.390000 | 142.050000c | 142.290000 | 142.335000 | 142.830000 | 143.145000c |
Site | Name | Freqs | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
038 (26) | Pontypool 38PONT | 141.495000 | 141.705000c | 142.590000c | 142.890000 | 143.055000 | 143.265000 |
Site | Name | Freqs | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
026 (1A) | Sunderland 26SUND | 141.450000 | 141.720000 | 142.320000 | 142.650000a | 142.860000 | 143.100000c | 143.280000 |
If you do not have a digital scanner, it is sometimes possible to still listen to the OPP using one of their mobile analog repeaters (VR 01, VR02 or VR03) or a wide area analog repeater (BEAT 01, BEAT 02 or URBAN).
The mobile and wide area analog repeater frequencies can be found on the Fleetnet Conventional Frequencies Page.
The mobile repeater channel VR01 is the main channel for all mobile repeaters in Durham Region.
VR02 is used by the Highway Safety Division units which patrol Highway 401.
VR03 is used for special events and for aircraft intercepts.
Trunking Data
Codes/Units/Station Lists
Durham EMS Apparatus Listing
- 3004 3100 3101 3111 3112 3113 3116 3117 3118 3120 3121 3122 3123 3125 3127 3128 3150 3151 3152 3153 3154 3157 3158 3162 3164 3165 3167 3193 3237 3259 3265 3289 3290 3299 3325 3344 3346 3388 3389 3390 3391 3517
Durham Fire Codes
List of Codes used by Durham Region Fire Departments
- 4 Open Door
- 5 Working Fire
- 6 Time of arrival
- 7 Assistance required
- 8 Arrived
- 9 Time of return
- 10 Lay a line
- 11 Medical call
- 17 ID of Incident commander
- 22 Hold all extra units
- 30 Possible Suicide
- 33 Arson 45 Fatality
- 50 Vehicle problems
- 53 Vehicle refuel
- 60 Contact by phone RED Chemical/Dangerous goods ORANGE Overdose -or- Use Caution Due to Intoxicated Person(s) at Scene
Related Links
DRPS web site. Check out the police reports link