Knox County (TN)
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Contents
- 1 Knoxville Police (KPD)
- 2 Pellissippi State Technical Community College Police (PSPD)
- 3 AMR/RURAL METRO
- 4 Knox County Rescue (formerly KVERS)
- 5 Karns Fire Department
- 6 Seymour Volunteer Fire Department (SVFD)
- 7 Public Building Authority (PBA) Safety and Security
- 8 West Town Mall
- 9 Rural/Metro Fire Tones
- 10 EMS and Fire Station Response Areas
- 11 Radio Codes
Knoxville Police (KPD)
Unit ID'S
- Patrol Units Callsign that ends with 9 is Canine (Example 79 Alpha or 169)
- 140’s, 150’s= TRAFFIC DIVISION (MOTORCYCLE)
- 160'S,170'S = CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT PATROL (DOWNTOWN AREA)
- 180'S = PADDY WAGON TRANSPORTATION (PRISONER TRANSPORTATION)
- 190'S = PUBLIC INFORMATION DIVISION (CIVIL & CERT)
- 200'S = CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION
- 270'S = FORENSICS
- 330'S AND 340’s= SCHOOL RESOURCE DIVISION
- 350's = ANIMAL CONTROL DIVISION (CIVIL)
- 500'S = ADMINISTRATIVE
Pellissippi State Technical Community College Police (PSPD)
Unit ID
- STATION A = DISPATCH (LOCATED AT HARDIN VALLEY CAMPUS)
- 101 = CHIEF
- 102 = DEPUTY CHIEF
AMR/RURAL METRO
UNIT ID
- EMS1XX = ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL MANAGEMENT
- CAR XX = FAST RESPONSE VEHICLES
- MEDIC 2XX = FIRE MEDIC
- EMS500 = SHIFT SUPERVISOR IN RESPONSE VEHICE
- 700 & 701 = ALS AMBULANCE WITH SUPERVISOR
- FORENSICS800 = BODY RECOVERY TRANSPORT
- 9XX = SPECIAL EVENT AMBULANCES
Knox County Rescue (formerly KVERS)
Apparatus
Command Staff
- RESCUE 110 Response Vehicle, Chief
- RESCUE 111 Response Vehicle, Deputy Chief
- RESCUE 112 Response Vehicle, Assistant Chief
- RESCUE 171 Response Vehicle, Captain
- RESCUE 172 Response Vehicle, Captain
- RESCUE 173 Response Vehicle, Captain
First-Out Crash Trucks
- RESCUE 123 East Knox
- RESCUE 124 West Knox
- RESCUE 136 North Knox
Reserve Crash Truck Fleet
- RESCUE 121 Reserve Only
- RESCUE 122 Reserve Only
- RESCUE 126 Reserve Only
Specialty Team Vehicles
- RESCUE 125 Heavy/Confined Space
- RESCUE 133 Trench/Collapse
- RESCUE 134 Water/Dive Team West Knox
- RESCUE 135 Water/Dive Team East knox
Utility Vehicles / Personnel Carriers
- RESCUE 127 F550 Flatbed Tow/Haul
- RESCUE 128 F350 Pickup with camper top
Karns Fire Department
The Karns Fire Department serves an area of 65 square miles in Northwest Knox County. Karns, an ISO Class 4 department (for the entire area), has four fire stations strategically located in the Karns, Ball Camp, Hardin Valley and Solway communities. The Headquarters facility, where the department’s business affairs are managed, is located off Oak Ridge Highway in the Karns community. The department provides fire protection, Advance Life Support (ALS), hazardous materials response, vehicle extrication, an assortment of technical rescue services, and public education for over 40,000 residents. Also, serves 9 Public Schools in their response area. They are known as a combination department. Two station are operated 24 Hours with at least two payed department members on board the apparatus.
Unit IDS
- Engine 401 = Karns Station 1 First Due Apparatus
- Tanker 401= Karns Station 1 Tanker
- Engine 402=Hardin Valley Station 2 First Due Apparatus
- Engine 403=
- Engine 404= Ball Camp Station 4 Apparatus
- Engine 411= Karns Station 1 Second Due Apparatus (Usually staffed by volunteers)
- Tanker 413= Solway Station 3 Tanker
- Chief 40/4= Acting Shift Supervisor
- Chief 41 = Chief
- Chief 42-Chief 45 = Assistant Chiefs
- Tower 1=Hardin Valley Station Second Due Apparatus
Karns Fire TACN Radio IDS
- 2138905 = ENGINE 401 MOBILE
Seymour Volunteer Fire Department (SVFD)
The department serves over 20,000 homes (32,000 people), 400 business, 70 churches, 2 private schools, 8 public schools and Johnson University (with 400+ on-campus residents). Their Fire District is spread across three Tennessee counties, Blount, Knox, and Sevier with a total response area of approximately 118.6 square miles. SVFD primarily operates on vhf analog for most operations but Seymour also operates on simplex uhf tac channels to communicate with Sevier County agencies on scene and on a Knox TACN talk groups for talkaround communications.
Unit ID
- Battalion 50 = Fire Chief
Public Building Authority (PBA) Safety and Security
Government Agency that provides security services to City County Building, Old Court House, Andrew Johnson Building, World’s Fair Park,Sunsphere, Volunteer Landing, Juvenile Justice Center, Knoxville Transit Center, City Lots/Garages, and Knox County Clerk Office. As well as parking enforcement within the Central Business District and the Cumberland Ave corridor. The COMM Center also does 24/7 monitoring of over 300 cameras.
Property Abbreviations
- CCB = CITY COUNTY BUILDING
- DKG = DWIGHT KESSEL GARAGE
- JJC = JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER
- KAT = KNOXVILLE TRANSIT CENTER
- OCH = OLD COURTHOUSE
- SSG = STATE STREET GARAGE
- LSG = LOCUST STREET GARAGE
- MAG = MAIN AVENUE GARAGE
- MSG = MARKET SQUARE GARAGE
- WFP = WORLD'S FAIR PARK
Unit ID
- BASE = COMM CENTER
- PBA 1 = CEO
- 300 = SAFETY AND SECURITY CAPTAIN
- 100 = CITY COUNTY BUILDING (CCB) LT.
- 101 = PARK PATROL LT.
- 102 = JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER (JJC) LT.
- 103 = KNOXVILLE AREA TRANSIT (KAT) CENTER LT.
- 116 = COMM CENTER PORTABLE
- 15X = PARK PATROL SAFETY OFFICERS
- 16X = KNOXVILLE AREA TRANSIT (KAT) CENTER SAFETY OFFICER
West Town Mall
Unit IDS
- 1X and 2X=Security Officers (Allied Universal Contract Security)
- 5X=KPD Officers
- Mobile=Contract Security Patrol Vehicle
- 112 = Regal Cinebarre Security
Rural/Metro Fire Tones
West End
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East/South End
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North End
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EMS and Fire Station Response Areas
Radio Codes
10 Codes
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Alpha Signals
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Numerical Signals
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Printable Knoxville Codes
- Source: Knoxville 10 Codes