Allegheny County (PA) Pittsburgh City Radio Channels

Introduction

• Discussion: Pittsburgh Fire questions Thread
  • The data in the table below comes from the above thread.

• Separate specialty channels employed by SWAT and Narcotics/Vice are covered in their respective Wiki sections under the Police.

• Pittsburgh fire has someone on radio watch. There are no tones for the station. The stations know which fire zones they are to respond to and it is given on dispatch. If a second confirmed structure comes in, that will operate on fire Ch. 1. If the first structure is pretty well under control, the incident commander makes the decision if they will move off of Fire 2 or not. They do have the abilities to use PD 5, ops as well. I have not heard them do this too often.

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Channel	Frequency	CTCSS/NAC ($)	Assignment	Notes
PD 1	453.1000	218.1	Zone 1/2
PD 2	453.2500	67.0	Zone 3/6
PD 3	453.4000	114.8	Zone 4/5
PD 4	453.5500	69.3	Index	This channel is monitored by the Index desk and Warrant Office. It is used to run vehicle registration checks, warrants, Operator License Numbers “OLN”, and tow requests.
PD 5	453.4500	$2E8	Ops	P25 Encrypted
PD 6	453.9500	$8D1	Admin	P25 Encrypted
PGH Secure	460.425	$375	Secure	Citywide / P25 Encrypted
PD SPEC 1	458.3375	186.2	Simplex	Zone 1/2 Comms
PD SPEC 2	453.3375	186.2	Simplex	Zone 3/4 Comms
PD SPEC 3	453.3625	186.2	Simplex	Zone 5/6 Comms
PGH Talkaround	458.3625	186.2	Talkaround	Citywide Simplex Comms
Fire 1	453.7000	71.9	Dispatch
Fire 2	453.8500	118.8	Ops.	Used for reported or confirmed structure fires
EMS 1	462.9500	91.5	Dispatch 1	Main Channel
EMS 2	462.9750	136.5	Dispatch 2	Used for chit chat and Med Reports

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