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==Alleghany County Information==
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Alleghany County as well as the city of Clifton Forge and Covington have switched over to a P25 Phase II radio system.
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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.
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The City of Covington Public Works Dept. operates on this system.
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Alleghany County Public schools operate on this system mostly although some in school comms are still on analog radio simplex.
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Covington is still using their analog system for school buses.
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ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN COVINGTON, CLIFTON FORGE AND ALLEGHANY COUNTY IS FULLY ENCRYPTED.
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Fire/EMS with the exception of the Medical comm channel with ARH is in the clear as of 11/07/2021
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So far there does not seem to be any mutual aid or other agency patches present on this system like there is in Rockbridge.
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Sometimes traffic from Rockbridge is carried on this system as well as sometimes there is traffic from Alleghany carried on their system.
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It is an areawide Simulcast system and so far it works well on a 996P2 mobile, and 536 base scanner.
  
 
==Codes/Units/Station Lists==
 
==Codes/Units/Station Lists==
  
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== Alleghany County Fire & EMS Stations ==
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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.  
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*Alleghany County dispatches on 39.500 as well as 800 and uses multiple PL tones on 39.5 including 110.9, 114.8, 127.3, 141.3 and sometimes none. 110.9 covers the west end while 141.3 is used on the east end of the county. The others cover the rest. The 800 dispatch channels use 67.0.  
 
  
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*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"
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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.  
  
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461.725 is East and 461.825 is west, both use 100.0 for the PL.
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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 - Iron Gate ===
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Company 1 provides a First Responder service.
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Company 1 also provides transport emergency medical services.
 
*Wagon 1
 
*Wagon 1
 
*Engine 1
 
*Engine 1
 
*Tanker 1
 
*Tanker 1
 
*Truck 1
 
*Truck 1
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*Ambulance 10
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*Ambulance 11
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=== Company 2/Rescue 1 - Clifton Forge ===
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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.
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Rescue 1
  
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*Iron Gate now has their own Rescue Squad which covers East End including backing up Rescue 1's areas.
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Clifton Forge Crash 14
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Clifton Forge Rescue 15
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Clifton Forge Rescue 16
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Clifton Forge Rescue 17
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Clifton Forge Support 1
  
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=== Company 2/Rescue 1 - Clifton Forge ===
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Company 2
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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
 
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*Ladder 2
 
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*Truck 20
 
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*Truck 21
 
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*Engine 24
 
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*Engine 25
 
  
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*Crash 14
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Clifton Forge Utility 20
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*Ambulance 15
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Clifton Forge Utility 21
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*Ambulance 16
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Clifton Forge Engine 2
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*Ambulance 17
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Clifton Forge Engine 24
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*Support 1
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Clifton Forge Ladder 2
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*Response 1
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Clifton Forge Car 2
  
 
=== Station 3 - Covington ===
 
=== Station 3 - Covington ===
 
Covington has two fire stations.
 
Covington has two fire stations.
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*Utility 20
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Company 3
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*Engine 21
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*Engine 22
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Covington Brush 3
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*Engine 23
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Covington Utility 3
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*Truck 24
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Covington Engine 3
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*Engine 26
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Covington Pumper 3
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*Command 1
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Covington Tanker 3
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*Command 2
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Covington Support 3
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*Command 3
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Covington Truck 3
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*Car 34
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*Ambulance 35
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Rescue 3
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*Ambulance 36
 
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*Ambulance 37
 
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*Crash 39
 
  
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=== Station 4 - MeadWestvaco ===
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Covington Response 3
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Station 4 primarily covers the MeadWestvaco paper mill, but also provides backup to Covington and the surrounding area.
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Covington Rescue 35
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Covington Rescue 36
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Covington Rescue 37
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Covington Crash 39
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=== Station 4 - WestRock ===
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Station 4 primarily covers the WestRock paper mill, but also provides backup to Covington and the surrounding area.
  
 
=== Station 5 - Boiling Springs ===
 
=== Station 5 - Boiling Springs ===
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Boiling Springs has two fire stations.
  
 
=== Station 6 - Dunlap ===
 
=== Station 6 - Dunlap ===
Line 80: Line 109:
  
 
=== Company 8 - Sharon ===
 
=== Company 8 - Sharon ===
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Sharon has two fire stations. Company 8 provides a First Responder service.
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Sharon has two fire stations. Company 8 provides non-transport emergency medical services.
 
*Tanker 8
 
*Tanker 8
 
*Engine 80
 
*Engine 80
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=== Company 9 - Selma ===
 
=== Company 9 - Selma ===
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Company 9 provides non-transport emergency medical services.
 
*Brush 9
 
*Brush 9
 
*Engine 90
 
*Engine 90
Line 98: Line 128:
 
*Engine 93
 
*Engine 93
 
*HazMat 94
 
*HazMat 94
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*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 Information ==
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*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.
  
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*Alleghany County Sheriff, City of Covington and Clifton Forge are back full time on Analog and have completely dropped the digital Nexedge system. Nexedge never worked right as its a POS and they finally gave up on it thankfully.
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The P25 Phase II system is fully operational and none of the analog frequencies are in use in any capacity.
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*All comms in the entire county are analog as of 8/18/2016.
 
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*Radios have been provided to at least some VSP units that I would imagine would be those who work in the area regularly.
 
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*The rescue squads and possibly fire dept. vehicles have 450 radios in their units although they still use the open 800 and 39.5 channels for fire/ems comms. Mostly this allows MA with Rockbridge and Botetourt.
 
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*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. More go out by phone. The Sheriff is a real pain in the a$$ about people listening in to radio traffic which is why he wanted that Nexedge crap so badly.
 
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*It seems they are trying to get pagers or cell phone texting set up for the Fire/Rescue dispatches. Another attempt to keep people from monitoring radio traffic.
 
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*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.
 
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*Bottom line this has reduced monitorable radio traffic in this area.
 
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*Alleghany county is looking to go P25 P1 in the future and has hired a communications consulting firm to plan it. The firm gave their report on it several months ago and are moving ahead from there. The proposal favored is a seven site simulcast P25 Phase 1 system. As usual they are doing it half-a$$ed. The full report stated an eleven site system would provide the most and best coverage but the extra couple million was complained about and the seven site model was selected even though it would only provide somewhere between 60-70% coverage. Not to mention simulcast out here will be very bad. They declined a regional P25 system in conjunction with Rockbridge and Bath as well as a local system incorporating Bath in it. From the looks of it in the story it will utilize existing UHF frequencies.
 
  
 
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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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