Allen County (IN)

Allen County and Surrounding Areas with Major Routes

Trunked Radio System

Allen County makes minimal use of SAFE-T in all respects as it maintains its own trunked radio system, Allen County Public Safety. SAFE-T is the tertiary system to fall back to if both ACPS and the Allen County Government Services TRS are out of service. The Three Rivers Ambulance Authority (TRAA) makes use of SAFE-T when patient transports require it to go out of range of ACPS.

As of February 2, 2014, most agencies have been migrated to a new APCO-25 system in which most or all Talk Groups are operating with encryption.

• Allen County (IN) Radio IDs

Law Enforcement Agencies

Allen County emergency responders(2001).

1. Allen County Sheriff's Office (ACPD)
2. Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD)
3. Indiana State Police (District 22)
4. New Haven Police (NHPD)
5. Woodburn Police
6. FW International Airport Public Safety (Airport PSD)
7. Purdue Fort Wayne Police
8. [Parkview Hospital Police]

Signal Codes

ACPD and FWPD share a common set of radio signals. Most communication with ACFD and FWFD use plain English with a mix of specific signals still in use.

1 Meet or "eyeball" 2 Disregard 3 Telephone (TX) 4 Courthouse 4A City/County Building 4B Byron Station (ACPD Offices) 4C Animal Control Shelter 5 Garage 5A Car Wash 5G Gas Pumps 6 Communications 6R Radio Shop 7 Out of Service 8 In Service 9 On Scene 10 Location 11 Pick Up Prisoner 12 County Jail 12A Lock-up 13 Ambulance 14 Warrant Check 14S Serving Warrant 15 Assist Party 16 Pick Up Items 17 Read Motor Number 17R Re-Read 18 Work Traffic 19 Escort 20 Unknown Problem 21 Adult 22 Juvenile 22I Juvenile Investigation 22CN Child Neglect 22RC Recovery 22RN Runaway 23 Vandalism 24 Missing Person 25 Vehicle Accident 25HS Hit Skip 26 Vehicle Accident w/ Injuries 26HS Hit Skip 27 Reckless Driving 28 DUI 29 Special Event 30 Traffic Stop 31 Breathalyzer 32 Death Investigation 32A Death Notification 33 Disabled Vehicle 33J Juvenile Locked Inside 34 Traffic Hazard 35 Parked Vehicle - Unoccupied 36 Occupied Vehicle 37 Parking Violation 38 Lost or Stolen License Plate 38A Lost Article 39 Stolen Vehicle 39U Unauthorized Use of Vehicle 40 Alarm 40A Audible Alarm 40ATM ATM Alarm 40B Bank Alarm 40F Fire Alarm 40H Hold Up Alarm 40L Listening Alarm (has microphone) 40P Panic Alarm 41 Person Down 42 Intoxicated Person 43 Disturbance 44 Nuisance 44FW Fireworks 44LM Loud Music 44LP Loud Party 44S Smoke 45 Neighborhood Disturbance 46 Domestic Disturbance 47 Removal of Articles 48 Suspicious Person 49 Prowler 50 Burglary 51 Theft 51A Theft - Attempted 51IP Theft - In Progress 51JO Theft - Just Occurred 52 Shoplifter 53 Armed Robbery 54 UNUSED 55 Fight 56 Molesting 57 Strong-arm Robbery 58 Shooting

59 Cutting/Stabbing 60 Homicide 61 Rape 62 Person with Weapon 63 Attempt to Contact 63Z Zachary Offender Check 64 Unable to Locate Person 65 Suicide 65A Suicide Attempt 65T Suicide Threat 66 Mental Case 66V Mental Violent 67 Indecent Exposure 68 Protect Evidence 69 Wires Down 70 Fire 71 Explosion 72 Failure to Pay 73 Walk Away 74 Unruly Crowd 75 Pursuit 76 Road Block 77 Labor Dispute 78 Communicable Disease 79 Confidential Information 80 Civil Investigation 80E Eviction 80P Serve Protective Order 81 Change Channels 82 Improper Procedure 83 Information 84 Urgent - Lights & Sirens 85 At Once - Lights Only 86 City/County Property Involved 87 Begin Tour of Duty 88 End Tour of Duty 89 E.O.D. (Explosive Ordinance Device) 90 UNUSED 91 Blood Run 92 Drowning 93 Aircraft Accident 94 Out of Jurisdiction 95 In Jurisdiction 96 Battery 97 Found Items 98 Vice Investigation 99 Narcotics 100 Emergency Traffic Only 101 Open Door 102 Threats 103 Unwanted Party 104 Kidnapping 105 Officer Welfare Check 106 Officer Okay 107 On the Air 108 Follow Up 109 Illegal Dumping 110 Known Burglar 111 Animal Investigation 111C Cat 111D Dog 111I Injured 111P Deer Kill Permit 112 Riot 113 Shots Fired 114 Hunter Investigation 120 Grabil 121 Woodburn 122 Huntertown 123 Leo/Cedarville 124 Monroeville 125 Tower Lights at Hillegas 126 Tower Lights at 4B 127 Jail Escape 129 COPS (Community Oriented Policing) 130 Community Corrections (Home Detention) 131 Community Service 134 County Highway 154 Officer Needs Help1

¹ 154 is the badge number of the late Patrolman Kenneth Stiverson of FWPD, who was fatally shot in the line of duty while negotiating with an escaped mental patient.

ACPD

ACPD's First Dodge Charger

The Allen County Sheriff's Office (known as ACPD) has serviced the Allen County area since the first sheriff took office in 1824 and has had 51 sheriffs take office since then (including the current sheriff, David J. Gladieux).

ACPD is known for having a very strong K9 training program and provides such training for neighboring agencies, the Indiana State Police (which now has its own training program), as well as agencies from distant counties and states. ACPD was the second agency in the State of Indiana to have a SWAT/ERT team.

Unit Numbers

ACPD officers use their three digit badge numbers as their unit identifiers on the air. Occasionally, a unit will identify itself by its car number. Warrants units almost exclusively identify by their commission number and not their unit number. Some Fort Wayne units have unit numbers in these ranges, so mutual aid traffic may get confusing sometimes.

Known Unit Prefixes

• 100-300 - Officers
• 600-700 - Reserve Officers
• 800-900 - Marshall
• AC# - Animal Control/Field Service
• C### - Confinement Officer. Often, a jail van.
• CAR# - Commission (Typically Warrants Division)
• EH## - Extra Help (Not Reserves)

FWPD

FWPD Impala

FWPD units are designated with an alpha prefix that may denote what sector that that unit is assigned to and then a three digit number, possibly corresponding to a badge number. When addressed, the phonetic for the sector prefix is used (e.g. "BAKER ONE-THIRTEEN"). So far, alpha prefixes are known to go as high as "O - Ocean".

Fire and Rescue Agencies

Allen County is served by a mix of career, volunteer and hybrid fire departments, including two city fire departments (the career Fort Wayne Fire Department (FWFD) and the city of New Haven & Woodburn (now known as East Central Fire & EMS) and several township and "fire district" departments. Each department is independent of the others. As such, there is no Allen County Fire Department, per se. FWFD & all Allen County stations are dispatched on the city/county 800 MHz trunked radio system and Allen County stations are also simulcast on a VHF frequency (154.010 MHz) primarily for paging. 122nd National Air Guard is a full time department that often provides mutual aid to incidents nearby.

Nearly all departments have abandoned VHF entirely including the use of their tactical channels and nearly all departments use their 800MHz tac channels for inner department operations.

In 2018 St. Joseph Township Fire was disbanded. Fire service is currently contracted out to FWFD and EMS is contracted out to TRAA. Their tanker went to FWFD and the rest of the apparatus was sold off. The building is still partially occupied by the township trustee and the old fire station portion currently houses FWPD specialty vehicles.

As of Jan 1, 2022 the New Haven/Adams Township and the Woodburn Fire Department stations are merged into one. The new East Central Fire & EMS will be a combination department servicing the City's of Woodburn & New Haven, and the unincorporated areas of Adams, Jefferson, Milan, and Maumee Townships out of a total of 5 stations.

Staging Levels

All Allen County departments, including FWFD, use standard staging levels & codes or plain English for emergency response situations.

• Level 1 - Lead pump to scene. All other units stage one block away
• Level 2 - All units stage at designated staging area
• Level 3 - Lead engine to scene. All other units stage near current location
• Level 4 - Task Force on station (1 engine, 1 tanker, 6-8 firefighters)
• Level 5 - Ambulance crew on station
• Level 6 - Lead engine to scene (lights & siren). All other units proceed quietly

Signal Codes

• 700 Evacuate Structure
• 701 Single Unit Can Handle
• 702 Two Units Can Handle
• 703 Three Units Can Handle
• 704 Working Fire
• 705 Send Unit (specify)
• 706 Second Alarm
• 707 Board Up requested
• 708 Request Arson Investigators
• 709 Request Knox Box Key Release

Bases

Each fire station that is dispatched on the Allen County fire dispatch is assigned a "base" number.

• 10 NHATFD HQ Station 3
• 30 Monroeville Fire Department Monroeville EMS
• 40 NHATFD Station 1
• 50 SWACFD Station 1
• 60 Washington Twp FD
• 70 St. Joseph Twp FD (Defunct)
• 80 Arcola FD
• 90 Huntertown Station 1
• 100 Poe VFD
• 110 River Haven FD (Defunct)
• 120 NHATFD Station 2
• 130 Hoagland
• 140 NEACFD Grabill
• 150 SWACFD Station 2
• 160 Woodburn (Maumee Twp)
• 170 NEACFD Cedar Canyons
• 180 Aboite Twp FD Station 1
• 190 Huntertown Station 2
• 200 Churubusco/Smith Twp FD(Serves parts of Allen,Noble and Whitley Counties and can therefore be dispatched by those counties from their respective Dispatch frequencies
• 240 NEACFD Harlan
• 250 SWACFD Station 3
• 260 Woodburn Station 2
• 280 Aboite Twp FD Station 2
• 350 SWACFD Station 4
• 870 Fire Arson Specialized Team (FAST Team)
• 122nd National Air Guard

Base Locations

• Allen County (IN) Fire/EMS

Service Availability

Most Allen County fire departments now operate combination, with paid staff and volunteers. If a station cannot be successfully raised via fire dispatch after four minutes, the next closest/available station is dispatched (referred to as the "four minute protocol").

As of 2021, the majority of the Allen County ambulances provide ALS Paramedic care.

County Paramedic Units Medic 45,Medic 95,Medic 115,Medic 125,Medic 145,Medic 165,Medic 175,Medic 185,Medic 195, Medic 225,Medic 245,Medic 265,Medic 285, Engine 11 (Non-Transport Engine), DC11(Non-Transport SUV),F181(Non-Transport SUV)

County BLS Ambulances Emergency 35,Emergency 55,Emergency 105, Emergency 135,Emergency 155,Emergency 255,Emergency 355

Fort Wayne Fire Department

• Sta. #1 (HQ) - 419 E. Main St. @ Lafayette St. (aka US-27),Ft. Wayne
• Sta. #2 - 2023 Taylor St. between Bevel Ave. & Brooklyn Ave.,Ft. Wayne
• Sta. #3 - (Defunct) 226 W. Washington Blvd. between Webster St. & Harrison St.,Ft. Wayne (This retired station currently houses the Ft. Wayne Firefighters Museum)
• Sta. #4 - 4130 Lahmeyer Rd. between Trotters Chase Ln. & Becky Ln.,Ft. Wayne
• Sta. #5 - 5801 Bluffton Rd. across from Old Trail Rd.,Ft. Wayne
• Sta. #6 - 1500 W. Coliseum Blvd. (aka State Route 930) between Executive Blvd. & Newaygo Rd.,Ft. Wayne (The rear of the Sta. has access off of Directors Row)
  • Former Sta. - 1441 (N.) Wells St. @ W. 4th St.,Ft. Wayne
• Sta. #7 - 1602 Lindenwood Ave. @ Spring St.,Ft. Wayne
• Sta. #8 - 6035 Rothman Rd. between Sunderland Dr. & Maplecrest Rd.,Ft. Wayne
• Sta. #9 - 2530 E. Pontiac St. @ Fruehauf Dr.,Ft. Wayne
• Sta. #10 -
  • Current Sta. - 3200 N. Anthony Blvd. @ Crescent Ave.,Ft. Wayne
  • Former Sta. - 1245 E. State Blvd. across from California Ave.,Ft. Wayne
• Sta. #11 - 405 E. Rudisill Blvd. @ Lafayette St. (aka US-27),Ft. Wayne
• Sta. #12 - 6901 S. Anthony Blvd. between Seddlemeyer Ave. & Gardendale Ave.,Ft. Wayne
• Sta. #13 - 6727 N. Clinton St. across from Foxchase Run,Ft. Wayne
• Sta. #14 - 3400 Reed Rd. between Fairlawn Pass & Vance Ave.,Ft. Wayne
• Sta. #15 - 1415 Northland Blvd. between Lima Rd. (aka State Route 3) & Polo Run,Ft. Wayne
• Sta. #16 - 11330 Coldwater Rd. between Badiac Rd. & Valley O' Pines Pkwy.,Ft. Wayne
• Sta. #17 - 1910 Getz Rd. @ Constitution Dr.,Ft. Wayne
• Sta. #18 - 10805 Liberty Mills Rd. @ Homestead Rd.,Ft. Wayne
• Sta. #19 - 10116 Covington Rd. @ S. Scott Rd.,Ft. Wayne

Three Rivers Ambulance Authority

TRAA currently holds the contract with the City of Fort Wayne / Allen County for emergency medical services. TRAA will also provide ALS assists outside of the city limits along with county BLS EMS units to provide a paramedic or transfer a patient to an ALS ambulance, as a portion of county ambulances lack ALS service.

TRAA also holds contracts to certain areas of the county that do not have any other ambulance service, including portions of unincorporated St. Joseph Township and Lake Township.

• 525 Hayden St. between S. Monroe St. & Clay St.,Ft. Wayne (WNAH566)

Jurisdictions

Allen County Townships

ACPD has enforcement power within the entire county, though the patrol division is assigned outside of the city limits; despite this, many enforcement activities are performed by ACPD within the city. FWPD officers are firmly limited in jurisdiction to the city limits. FWPD is empowered by the Allen County Sheriff and maintains its power of enforcement at his/her discretion. ACPD has divided the county into districts which are identified alphabetically (A through F).

Town Marshals

The State of Indiana empowers these marshals, and Allen County has several outlying towns that employ/facilitate one or more marshals:

1. Monroeville Monroeville PD (Unit 809)
2. Woodburn PD (Formerly 812-#, now identify as WOODBURN #)
3. Zanesville PD (Allen & Wells Counties) Unit 810
4. Churubusco PD (Whitley County, but maintains radio contact on ACPS TRS using Unit 836)

There are other unit numbers believed to be town marshals but have not been associated with a particular locality:

1. 808

New Haven

Despite appearing to be conjoined with Fort Wayne, New Haven maintains its own police agency and has several fire houses under the control of the Allen County Fire Department, Adams Township. NHPD relies mostly on marked Ford Police Utility Interceptors, though is known to have unmarked SUVs, and marked Dodge Chargers.