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Albemarle Communities

Albemarle County surrounds or includes the city of Charlottesville, several towns, many named communities and neighborhoods, and is home to the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport(CHO). Using a combination of volunteer and career personnel, Charlottesville and Albemarle separately provide fire, rescue, and law enforcement services to their citizens. With property in both the city and county, the University of Virginia (UVA) has its own police department, security force, ambulance fleet, and is home to the Pegasus medevac helicopter. All of these agencies work together regularly under mutual aid agreements.

Emergent 911-calls, and non-emergent service calls, are received by, and dispatched centrally from, the local Emergency Communications Center (CECC)^[1], using the Charlottesville/Albemarle Trunked Radio System. The UVA Medical Center and Martha Jefferson Hospitals serve citizens in this and surrounding counties. UVA Medcom dispatches UVA's ambulance fleet and Pegasus. UVA Medic V (read as "Medic 5") ambulances primarily serve UVA medical facilities.^[2] UVA Special Event Medical Management (SEMM) ambulances primarily provide standby support at special events involving large crowds.^[3] Several area fire departments and rescue squads also provide standby support. Specialized teams, like the Technical Rescue Team, utilize a combination of personnel and resources from several agencies.^[4] Other specialized fire and rescue teams, some agency-specific, include: Water Rescue Teams^[5][6], Vehicle Rescue Teams^[7], and Special Event Teams^[8]. Several agencies are members of Virginia State EMS Task Force 2.^[9]

In the city and county, the police departments handle patrol and traffic duties, whereas the sheriff departments handle civil matters, court duties, and prisoner transports. The sheriff departments regularly support the police on special assignments like selected traffic enforcement.^[10] All of the above agencies, and the Virginia State Police, combine their efforts using a unified command structure^[11][12] when an event involves large crowds, increased traffic, or requires a larger combined response. Specialized law-enforcement teams include: Tactical Teams, K-9 Teams, Firearms Teams, Surveillance Teams, Crisis Negotiations Teams, Forensics Teams, Accident Reconstruction Teams, and Search and Rescue Teams.^[13][14] The multi-jurisdictional Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement (JADE) Task Force utilizes members and resources from many of the above law enforcement agencies, and can also include members of the Virginia State Police and federal agencies like the FBI and DEA as appropriate.^[15]

The Albemarle, Charlottesville, and UVA communities are home to the U.S. Army's National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC), the U.S. Army's Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School (TJAGLCS), part of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), a National Guard armory, and U.S. Army Reserve Advising Group. UVA is home to a Naval Reserve Officer's Training Corps (NROTC) Midshipment Battalion, the Army Reserve Officer's Training Corps (AROTC) Cavalier Battalion, and the Air Force Officer's Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 890.

Albemarle Amateur Radio Club (AARC) serves Charlottesville, Albemarle, and the UVA communities. Earning the Dayton Hamvention 2011 Club of the Year Award brought AARC recognition on a national and international level.^[16][17] AARC membership includes leaders from several of the above emergency agencies. UVA regularly hosts the W4UVA Amateur Radio Club which encourages young amateur radio operators and recruits others into the world of amateur radio. AARC members maintain several local area repeaters^[18], and amateur radio equipment at CECC and area hospitals for use during communication emergencies.

Fire/EMS/Rescue serving Albemarle and portions of UVA

Fire/EMS/Rescue Agencies

Abbr		Agency	Radio Id	Location
CARS		Charlottesville Albemarle Rescue Squad	Rescue 1	McIntire Rd
ERVFC		East Rivanna Volunteer Fire Company	Station 2	Glenmore
NGVFC		North Garden Volunteer Fire Company	Station 3	North Garden
EVFC		Earlysville Volunteer Fire Company	Station 4	Earlysville
CVFD		Crozet Volunteer Fire Department	Station 5	Crozet
WARS		Western Albemarle Rescue Squad	Rescue 5	Crozet
SPVFC		Stony Point Volunteer Fire Company	Station 6	Stony Point
SVFC		Scottsville Volunteer Fire Company	Station 7	Scottsville
SVRS		Scottsville Volunteer Rescue Squad	Rescue 7	Scottsville
STVFD		Seminole Trail Volunteer Fire Department	Station 8	Berkmar Dr
CHOFR		Charlottesville Albemarle Airport Fire Rescue	Station 9	CHO Airport
ACFR	EFR	Earlysville Fire Rescue	Rescue 4 (day shift)	Earlysville
	SPFR	Stony Point Fire Rescue	Rescue 6 (future)	Stony Point
	STFR	Seminole Trail Fire Rescue	Rescue 8	Berkmar Dr
	MFR	Monticello Fire Rescue Department	Station 11, Rescue 11	Mill Creek
	HFR	Hollymead Fire Rescue Department	Station 12, Rescue 12	near airport
	IFR	Ivy Fire Rescue Department	Station 15, Rescue 15	Ivy
	PFR	Pantops Fire Rescue Department	Station 16, Rescue 16 (future)	Pantops
			Rescue 16 (temporary)	MJH ER Pantops
	ACFR	Albemarle County Fire Rescue Department	Administration, Medic 19	5th St Extd
UVA	MedicV	UVA Medic V Ambulance	Medic V	UVA ER
				MJH ER Proffit
	NETS	UVA Newborn Emergency Transport	NETS	UVA ER
	Pegasus	UVA Pegasus	Helicopter Pegasus	CHO airport
			Pegasus Air
			Pegasus Ground	UVA ER
	SEMM	UVA Special Event Medical Management	SEMM	UVA ER, NorthRidge
	Fire	UVA Fire Marshal	UVA Fire Marshal	UVA Grounds

^{References: NBC29 (PDF), WCAV, Daily Progress}

Fire/EMS/Rescue Apparatus

Agency		Apparatus
CARS		Medic 140, Medic 141, Medic 142, Medic 143, Medic 144, Medic 145, Medic 146, Medic 147
		Squad 133, Squad 134, Squad 135
		Water Rescue 136, Boat 1, Boat 2, Boat 3, Kayak 1, Kayak 2, ?
		Logistics 137, Collapse Trailer, Special Events Trailer, Gator 1
		Car 130, Car 131, Car 132, Support 138, Car 139, Car 148, Car 149, OMD 6, OMD 8
ERVFC		Attack 22, Engine 21, Engine 24, Brush 25, Tanker 26, Tanker 28, Car 20, Car 21, Car 22, Utility/Hose Trailer
NGVFC		Engine 32, Engine 34, Tanker 37, Tanker 39, Utility 38, Brush 31, Brush 36, Car 30
EVFC		Engine 41, Engine 45, Tanker 49, Brush 43, Brush 46, HazMat 47, Car 40, Car 42, Car 48
CVFD		Engine 52, Engine 56, Engine 58, Truck 54, Tanker 59, Brush 53, Brush 55, Car 50, Car 51, Car 52, Utility 59
WARS		Medic 501, Medic 502, Medic 503, Squad 505, Car 506, Car 507, Car 508, Gator 5
SPVFC		Engine 61, Engine 62, Tanker 69, Brush 63, Brush 64, Utility 65, Car 60, Car 61, Car 62
SVFD		Engine 72, Engine 73, Tanker 77, Tanker 79, Brush 75, Utility 76, HazMat Trailer, Water Rescue 70, Car 70, Car 71, Car 72
SVRS		Medic 703, Medic 705, Medic 706, Medic 707, Squad 709, Car 701, Car 702, Car 708
STVFD		Engine 81, Engine 82, Engine 85, Tower 88, Car 80, Car 82, Car 83, Car 89, Utility 86
CHO		Airport 94, Airport 95
ACFR	EFR	Medic 4
	SPFR	Medic 6 (future)
	STFR	Medic 8
	MFR	Medic 11, Engine 111, Tanker 111, Truck 115, Medic 112 (reserve), Car 111, Rehab 10
	HFR	Medic 12, Engine 121, Tanker 121, Tower 121, Car 121
	IFR	Medic 15, Engine 151, Chief 150
	PFR	Medic 16, Engine 161 (planned), ?
	ACFR	Chief 10, Chief 11, Chief 12, Chief 13, Battalion 11, Battalion 12, Battalion 13, Battalion 14
		Fire Marshal 10, Fire Marshal 11, Fire Marshal 12, Fire Marshal 13, Training 10, Services 10, Services 11, Medic 17, Medic 18, Medic 19
UVA	MedicV	Medic 3, Medic 4, Medic 5, Medic 6, Medic 7, Medic 8, Medic 11
	NETS	NETS 1, NETS 2
	Pegasus	Helicopter Pegasus, Pegasus Air, Pegasus Ground
	SEMM	SEMM 1, SEMM 3, SEMM 4, SEMM 5, SEMM 6, SEMM 7, SEMM 8, SEMM 9, SEMM 11, SEMM 12, SEMM 14, SEMM 15, SEMM Gator
	Emrg Mgmt	Emergency Management 3, ?
	Fire	UVA Fire Marshal, UVA2

^{References: NBC29 (PDF), WCAV, Daily Progress}

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Law Enforcement serving Albemarle and portions of UVA

Agency		Radio Prefix	Radio IDs or Numeric Range
Airport	Police	Airport	903, 905, 906, 907, 908
	TSA	TSA	?
Albemarle	Police	AP	1-999 200's: Corporals
	Sheriff	SO	1-99
	Scottsville Police	Scottsville	1-3
Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail		Jail	?
UVA	Police	UP	1-99 ?
	Security	US or Security	xxx ?
Virginia	DGIF Conservation Police (Game Warden)	GW	(listed on agency website)
	State Police	VSP

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CECC Unidentified Talkgroups, Channels, etc.

Since CECC and the field-units utilize a combination of trunked-system talkgroups, and other non-trunked simplex channels, the list of unknown items is maintained as one convenient list on the Charlottesville / Albemarle TRS wiki page:

• Charlottesville / Albemarle#CECC Unidentified Talkgroups, Channels, etc.

Frequencies and Callsigns

• The frequencies and callsigns below are not directly part of the Charlottesville/Albemarle Trunked Radio System. The frequency tables below are generated automatically from the respective database pages.

Albemarle County Frequencies

Frequency  License  Type  Tone  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag  155.22000  WXP594   BM    WARS Adm/Tac Western Albemarle Rescue Squad (WARS) Admin/Tac  FM  EMS-Tac  155.34000  WXP594   BM    ACFR Hosp Rescue - EMS to UVA and Martha Jefferson Hospitals  FM  Hospital  155.83500  KNGS260   B  167.9 PL  ACFR VAlb1 Not used - Replaced by ACFR talkgroups  FMN  EMS-Tac  155.95500    BM    ACFR VAlb2 Not used - Replaced by ACFR talkgroups  FMN  EMS-Tac  460.47500  WNAG949   B  127.3 PL  ACFR Resp ACFR Response and Tac talkgroups (patched to trunk system)  FM  Fire-Tac  460.25000  WNAG949   B  151.4 PL  ACFR Disp ACFR Dispatch (patched to trunk system)  FM  Fire Dispatch

>>> RRDB Link

Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority Frequencies

'"`UNIQ--freqsubcat-00000001-QINU`"'
>>> RRDB Link

Albemarle County Callsigns

Assignment		Callsigns
Albemarle County Fire Rescue		WNAG949
Albemarle County Schools		WPWY572
Albemarle County Service Authority		WQCY982
Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA)		WPWT359 WPYV675
SIRS-users		KVF640
Western Albemarle Rescue Squad		WXP594
Specific-assignment unclear		KIC370 KXA256 KNGS260 WQBC238

Piedmont Virginia Community College Callsigns

• WPEP431

University of Virginia Frequencies

Frequency  Input    License  Type  Tone  Alpha Tag  Description  Mode  Tag  853.90000      WPWD882   M  156.7 PL  UVAJPJ Scrty University Police--John Paul Jones Arena Inside Detail  FM  Law Tac  463.85000  468.85000   WDL884   RM  146.2 PL  UVA Transit University Transit Services  FM  Transportation  453.22500  458.22500   KXJ361   RM  156.7 PL  UVA Maint? Maintenance?  FM  Public Works
>>> RRDB Link

University of Virginia Callsigns

Assignment		Callsigns
Athletic Dept.		WPTW849
Amateur Radio Club		W4UVA
Birdwood Golf Course		WQBY820
Boar's Head Inn and Sports Club		WNUJ972 WQBV406
Darden Business School		WPSS406
Facilities Mgmt?		KXJ361 WNNG637 WNRH742 WQNV619
Hospital Security?		WNSX266
ITS		WPFI948
Medical Center	MedCom	KWX540 WRY700 WQNX394 WQPA210
	Helipad	KUK2
Pagers		KNDV360 WQDG501
Siren Towers		KYL662 WQNS918
SMG		WQET314
SMG - JPJ Arena		WQFN887
Specific-assignment unclear		WDL884 WPKZ915 WNKQ382

Related Links

Radio Reference Pages

Database

• Albemarle County, Virginia
• Charlottesville City, Virginia
• Charlottesville/Albemarle Trunked Radio System
• Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport DB Listing
• Medevac in Virginia

Forums

• Virginia Radio Discussion Forum
  • Charlottesville Albemarle Talkgroups Thread
  • New Group Forming in VA Thread
  • Jaunt Trunked DMR Thread
  • Charlottesville/Albemarle 800 system Thread
  • Charlottesville/Albe/UVA 800 Sys News Thread
  • New Pegasus procedure? Thread
  • Charlottesville/Albemarle simulcast Thread
  • Albe/Ch'ville tones Thread

Wiki

• Charlottesville City (VA)
• Charlottesville/Albemarle Trunked Radio System
• Charlottesville/Albemarle Trunked Radio System Radio IDs
• Trunked Radio Systems (VA)
• Category:Digital Scanners
• Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport (CHO) Albemarle County (VA)
• Potomac Consolidated Terminal Radar Approach Control
• Virginia State Police (VA)
• Travel Reference (VA): I-64, US 29, US 250, US 15, US 33, Appalachian Trail, Skyline Drive

Community Web pages

Albemarle County, Virginia

Albemarle: Amateur Radio

• Albemarle Amateur Radio Club

Albemarle: Fire/EMS/Rescue

• Albemarle County Fire Rescue Department
  • Fire Station First Due Response Areas (.pdf file)
  • Fire Station Response Areas with 5 Mile Radius (.pdf file)
  • Rescue Squad Response Areas (.pdf file)
• Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad
  • CARS Status Board
  • CARS old site
• East Rivanna Volunteer Fire Company
  • ERVFC Status Board
• North Garden Volunteer Fire Company
• Earlysville Volunteer Fire Company
• Crozet Volunteer Fire Department
• Western Albemarle Rescue Squad
  • WARS Status Board
• Stony Point Volunteer Fire Company
• Scottsville Volunteer Fire Department
• Scottsville Volunteer Rescue Squad
• Seminole Trail Volunteer Fire Department
  • STVFD Status Board
• Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport Fire Rescue
• Monticello Fire Rescue Department
• Hollymead Fire Rescue Department
• Ivy Fire Rescue Department
• Pantops Fire Rescue Department

Albemarle: Law Enforcement

• Albemarle County Police Department
• Albemarle County Sheriff's Office
• Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail

Charlottesville, Virginia

• Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad
• Charlottesville Fire Department
• Charlottesville Police Department
• Charlottesville Sheriff

Regional

Regional: CERT Team

• Charlottesville-Albemarle-UVA CERT Team

Regional: Communications

• Albemarle/Charlottesville/UVA Emergency Communications Center
• Fire Incident Display System
• Rescue Incident Display System
• UVA MedCom

Regional: Fire/EMS/Rescue

• Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group
• Thomas Jefferson EMS Council
  • TJEMS Council Task Force 2

Regional: Hospitals

• Martha Jefferson Hospital - Pantops (Main Campus)
• Martha Jefferson Hospital - Proffit Rd
• UVA Medical Center

University of Virginia

UVA: Amateur Radio

• W4UVA Amateur Radio Club
• W4UVA Amateur Radio and RF Communications Club

UVA: EMS/Medical

• UVA Medical Center
• UVA MedCom
• UVA Medic V
• UVA Newborn Emergency Transport (NETS)
• UVA Pegasus
• UVA Special Event Medical Management

UVA: Law Enforcement

• UVA Police Department
• UVA Security

UVA: Military

• UVA Air Force ROTC
• UVA Army ROTC
• UVA Navy ROTC

Commonwealth of Virginia

• Virginia State Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF)
• Virginia State Police

Federal

• Drug Enforcement Agency
• Federal Bureau of Investigation

Military

• National Guard Armory
• US Army Judge Advocate General Legal Center and School
• US Army National Ground Intelligence Center
• US Army Reserve
• US Defense Intelligence Agency
• UVA Air Force ROTC
• UVA Army ROTC
• UVA Navy ROTC

Social Media

• FaceBook: Charlottesville Area Breaking News and Events
• FaceBook: Charlottesville Area Radio Scanner Enthusiasts
• Twitter: Charlottesville Area Breaking News and Events

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