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Alleghany County Information

Alleghany County as well as the city of Clifton Forge and Covington have switched over to a P25 Phase II radio system. All LE, Fire and EMS now operate on this system. None of the old analog frequencies are still used in any manner with the exception of Westvaco Rescue. They still use the analog frequencies as well as having talk groups on the new system. They rarely use the new system.

The City of Covington Public Works Dept. operates on this system.

Alleghany County Public schools operate on this system mostly although some in school comms are still on analog radio simplex.

Covington is still using their analog system for school buses.

ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN COVINGTON, CLIFTON FORGE AND ALLEGHANY COUNTY IS FULLY ENCRYPTED.

Fire/EMS with the exception of the Medical comm channel with ARH is in the clear as of 11/07/2021

So far there does not seem to be any mutual aid or other agency patches present on this system like there is in Rockbridge.

Sometimes traffic from Rockbridge is carried on this system as well as sometimes there is traffic from Alleghany carried on their system.

It is an areawide Simulcast system and so far it works well on a 996P2 mobile, and 536 base scanner.

Codes/Units/Station Lists

Alleghany County has fully transitioned to a P25 Phase II radio system and all fire communications including Dispatch, Operations channels and helicopter channels are on this system.

Covington Fire/EMS is also on this system. Medical comms with ARH are now fully encrypted and the Med 10 channel is no longer used by Alleghany Medics.

Westvaco has talk groups on this system but rarely uses them. They are still dispatching on the old analog channels for some reason.

Company 1 - Iron Gate

Company 1 also provides transport emergency medical services.

Wagon 1
Engine 1
Tanker 1
Truck 1
Ambulance 10
Ambulance 11

Company 2/Rescue 1 - Clifton Forge

Rescue 1 covers calls in Clifton Forge, Iron Gate, Selma, Sharon, and Valley Ridge area and all areas east of about the 17 MM on I-64. Company 2 is dispatched on all Rescue 1 calls in the Town of Clifton Forge.

Rescue 1

Clifton Forge Crash 14 Clifton Forge Rescue 15 Clifton Forge Rescue 16 Clifton Forge Rescue 17 Clifton Forge Support 1

Company 2

Clifton Forge Utility 20 Clifton Forge Utility 21 Clifton Forge Engine 2 Clifton Forge Engine 24 Clifton Forge Ladder 2 Clifton Forge Car 2

Station 3 - Covington

Covington has two fire stations. Company 3

Covington Brush 3 Covington Utility 3 Covington Engine 3 Covington Pumper 3 Covington Tanker 3 Covington Support 3 Covington Truck 3

Rescue 3

Covington Response 3 Covington Rescue 35 Covington Rescue 36 Covington Rescue 37 Covington Crash 39

Station 4 - WestRock

Station 4 primarily covers the WestRock paper mill, but also provides backup to Covington and the surrounding area.

Station 5 - Boiling Springs

Boiling Springs has two fire stations.

Station 6 - Dunlap

Dunlap has two fire stations.

Engine 6
Pumper 6
Squad 6
Brush 6
Utility 61
Ambulance 62
Brush 63
Tanker 64
Ambulance 65
Ambulance 67
Tanker 68

Station 7 - Falling Spring

Pumper 7
Tanker 7
Squad 7
Rescue 74

Company 8 - Sharon

Sharon has two fire stations. Company 8 provides non-transport emergency medical services.

Tanker 8
Engine 80
Attack 81
Engine 82
Brush 83
Engine 84
Utility 85
Rescue 87
Support 8

Company 9 - Selma

Company 9 provides non-transport emergency medical services.

Brush 9
Engine 90
Engine 91
Utility 92
Engine 93
HazMat 94

Alleghany County Sheriff Information

Alleghany County Sheriff, City of Covington and Town of Clifton Forge Police have now transitioned to a P25 Phase II system and all LE communications are fully encrypted.

The P25 Phase II system is fully operational and none of the analog frequencies are in use in any capacity.

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+==Alleghany County Information==
+Alleghany County as well as the city of Clifton Forge and Covington have switched over to a P25 Phase II radio system.
+All LE, Fire and EMS now operate on this system. None of the old analog frequencies are still used in any manner with the exception of Westvaco Rescue. They still use the analog frequencies as well as having talk groups on the new system. They rarely use the new system.
+The City of Covington Public Works Dept. operates on this system.
+Alleghany County Public schools operate on this system mostly although some in school comms are still on analog radio simplex.
+Covington is still using their analog system for school buses.
+ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN COVINGTON, CLIFTON FORGE AND ALLEGHANY COUNTY IS FULLY ENCRYPTED.
+Fire/EMS with the exception of the Medical comm channel with ARH is in the clear as of 11/07/2021
+So far there does not seem to be any mutual aid or other agency patches present on this system like there is in Rockbridge.
+Sometimes traffic from Rockbridge is carried on this system as well as sometimes there is traffic from Alleghany carried on their system.
+It is an areawide Simulcast system and so far it works well on a 996P2 mobile, and 536 base scanner.
 ==Codes/Units/Station Lists==
-== Alleghany County Fire & EMS Stations ==
+Alleghany County has fully transitioned to a P25 Phase II radio system and all fire communications including Dispatch, Operations channels and helicopter channels are on this system.
-*Alleghany County dispatches on 39.500 as well as 800 and uses multiple PL tones and sometimes none. The PL code listed of 110.9 is only one of several in use depending on location and units plus the situation in the field.
-*Alleghany County Fire and Rescue Dept. units now use special communications channels for contact between their units and lifeflight helicopters. Channels are referred to as "Warm Springs Helicopter Channel" or "East Helicopter Channel." West is referred to as "Peter's Mountain Helicopter Channel" or "West Helicopter Channel"
-*Believed to be one and the same channel but further monitoring is needed to make a definitive decision on 2 or 4 channels.
+Covington Fire/EMS is also on this system. Medical comms with ARH are now fully encrypted and the Med 10 channel is no longer used by Alleghany Medics.
+Westvaco has talk groups on this system but rarely uses them. They are still dispatching on the old analog channels for some reason.
 === Company 1 - Iron Gate ===
-Company 1 provides a First Responder service.
+Company 1 also provides transport emergency medical services.
 *Wagon 1
 *Engine 1
 *Tanker 1
 *Truck 1
+*Ambulance 10
+*Ambulance 11
-*Iron Gate now has their own Rescue Squad which covers East End including backing up Rescue 1's areas.
+=== Company 2/Rescue 1 - Clifton Forge ===
+Rescue 1 covers calls in Clifton Forge, Iron Gate, Selma, Sharon, and Valley Ridge area and all areas east of about the 17 MM on I-64. Company 2 is dispatched on all Rescue 1 calls in the Town of Clifton Forge.
-=== Company 2/Rescue 1 - Clifton Forge ===
+Rescue 1
-Rescue 1 covers calls in Clifton Forge, Iron Gate, Selma, Sharon, and Valley Ridge area. Rescue 1 covers all areas east of about the 17 MM on I-64
-*Ladder 2
+Clifton Forge Crash 14
-*Truck 20
+Clifton Forge Rescue 15
-*Truck 21
+Clifton Forge Rescue 16
-*Engine 24
+Clifton Forge Rescue 17
-*Engine 25
+Clifton Forge Support 1
+Company 2
-*Crash 14
+Clifton Forge Utility 20
-*Ambulance 15
+Clifton Forge Utility 21
-*Ambulance 16
+Clifton Forge Engine 2
-*Ambulance 17
+Clifton Forge Engine 24
-*Support 1
+Clifton Forge Ladder 2
-*Response 1
+Clifton Forge Car 2
 === Station 3 - Covington ===
 Covington has two fire stations.
-*Utility 20
+Company 3
-*Engine 21
-*Engine 22
+Covington Brush 3
-*Engine 23
+Covington Utility 3
-*Truck 24
+Covington Engine 3
-*Engine 26
+Covington Pumper 3
-*Command 1
+Covington Tanker 3
-*Command 2
+Covington Support 3
-*Command 3
+Covington Truck 3
-*Car 34
-*Ambulance 35
+Rescue 3
-*Ambulance 36
-*Ambulance 37
+Covington Response 3
-*Crash 39
+Covington Rescue 35
+Covington Rescue 36
+Covington Rescue 37
+Covington Crash 39
-=== Station 4 - MeadWestvaco ===
+=== Station 4 - WestRock ===
-Station 4 primarily covers the MeadWestvaco paper mill, but also provides backup to Covington and the surrounding area.
+Station 4 primarily covers the WestRock paper mill, but also provides backup to Covington and the surrounding area.
 === Station 5 - Boiling Springs ===
+Boiling Springs has two fire stations.
 === Station 6 - Dunlap ===
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 === Company 8 - Sharon ===
-Sharon has two fire stations. Company 8 provides a First Responder service.
+Sharon has two fire stations. Company 8 provides non-transport emergency medical services.
 *Tanker 8
 *Engine 80
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 === Company 9 - Selma ===
+Company 9 provides non-transport emergency medical services.
 *Brush 9
 *Engine 90
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 *Engine 93
 *HazMat 94
-*Station 9 has added an EMS element to their station. Referred to as EMS 9. Unsure as to nature of or type of rescue equipment or personnel. Also has added "First Responders" to their station. (Actual type of call dispatched)
 == Alleghany County Sheriff Information ==
+*Alleghany County Sheriff, City of Covington and Town of Clifton Forge Police have now transitioned to a P25 Phase II system and all LE communications are fully encrypted.
-Alleghany County Sheriff, City of Covington and Clifton Forge have switched over to an advanced rolling code encryption on a Digital Nexedge system. They use their old analog frequencies for this system.
+The P25 Phase II system is fully operational and none of the analog frequencies are in use in any capacity.
-*The full switchover occurred on November 15th 2011 although it was plagued with problems which have caused it to be virtually dropped for the last several years.
-*New radios have been provided to at least some VSP units that I would imagine would be those who work in the area regularly.
-*The rescue squads and possibly fire dept. vehicles have these radios in their units although they still use the open 800 and 39.5 channels for fire/ems comms.
-*The system allows them to revert to analog at any time should they so desire or in case of a digital system failure as well as communications with other agencies who do not have the new radios. They can go back and forth as they like from analog to digital encryption.
-*This system because of the Rolling Code Encryption is completely unmonitorable
-*COVINGTON PD has completely dropped use of this digital system some time back and has no plans to return to it. They don't like it at all. They are back on their old analog frequencies.
-'''*NEW INFO AS OF 1/01/2014'''
-*Alleghany county SO appears to have fully working computers in their units now with which they get dispatched on as well as additional information on calls. This means quite a few calls go out over these computers rather than on the radio.
-*Also as of the new year it seems that Alleghany is concurrently using both analog and digital at deputy's/dispatcher's discretion. At least the usage has been up quite a bit over the last weeks. Cell phones are also still used.
-*It also appears that they have put up multiple towers around the county or something of the like as they often tell units to switch towers beyond just the old two. Handheld coverage has dramatically increased and improved. The units using HTs are often the ones told to switch towers with impressive results. They also have some type of voting system in place although it doesn't seem to work very well as noted above.
-*Bottom line this has reduced monitorable radio traffic in this area. How long it will last is up for debate as they frequently have been having radio problems. Then again maybe that should be 'Continue to have frequent radio problems.' :)
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