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Benzie County Public Safety

Benzie County Fire/EMS Info

There are 6 fire departments and 3 EMS departments in Benzie County, Station 1-9. Stations 2 and 3 and County EMS station, which are always manned. All other departments are part-time and volunteers. All personnel check in to central dispatch when responding to their station during a call using their POV unit names. Example of a POV unit name: 15-73 or 14-03. You can tell what department by looking at the second digit of the POV number. Example: 15-73 is part of station 5.

Station - Department - Address - Township

Station 1 - Benzie County EMS Director (no tones) - 448 Court Pl - Benzonia Twp

Station 2 - Benzie EMS (Benzonia Station) - 448 Court Pl - Benzonia Twp

Station 3 - Benzie EMS (Frankfort Station) - 120 Park Ave - Crystal Lake Twp

Station 4 - Frankfort-Area FD - 1223 James St - Crystal Lake Twp

Station 5 - Benzonia Twp FD - 1020 Michigan Ave - Benzonia Twp

Station 6 - Homestead Twp FD - 11508 Honor Hwy - Homestead Twp

Station 7 - Almira Twp FD and EMS - 7272 Ole White Dr - Almira Twp

Station 8 - Thompsonville FD - 14714 Lincoln Ave - Weldon Twp

Station 9 - Inland Twp FD - 19668 Honor Hwy - Inland Twp

Station 11 - Thompsonville EMS - 14714 Lincoln Ave - Weldon Twp

Benzie County Radio info

Benzie County's law enforcement and Fire/EMS has fully migrated to the Michigan's Public Safety Communications System (MPSCS), and the only non-P25 public safety frequency is 154.920 - used for VHF Fire Dispatch

MPSCS P25 Sites in Benzie County

Homestead Twp Site (main site) * WPQD480: 44.641308, -86.016659

851.2000, 851.4625, 852.4625, 853.4625, 853.9625

--Main site used in the county, transmits Benzie county talkgroups

Inland Twp Site * WPQD480: 44.64250, -85.82369

851.0125, 851.3000, 851.9500, 852.4250, 852.9000, 853.5875, 853.8750, 855.6125, 855.9375

--Repeats talkgroups from Leelanau, Grand Traverse, Wexford, and Manistee county.

Frankfort Repeater Site * WQWL875: 44.63608, -86.24081

854.98750, 856.96250, 857.98750

--Repeater for Frankfort, which is located in a geological bowl. Repeats Law and Fire dispatch only. Frequencies are not trunked.

The Talkgroup IDs (TGIDs) used in the county are as follows

65535 - PD TAC

4967 - PD DISPATCH

4335 - FD/EMS OPS

4201 - COUNTYWIDE

5534 - EMS TAC

5535 - FIREGROUND/OPS 1

5536 - FIREGROUND/OPS 2

5537 - FIREGROUND/OPS 3

Benzie County Attractions Information

Crystal Mountain is using Kenwood portable 2-way radios and mainly uses the frequencies 464.5125 (Alpine Slide for summer months), 152.420 for Ski Patrol and 462.3625 (for housekeeping operations). No other activity has been logged through their other channels.

Apparently they have 10 channels they use. I have only found two on their FCC License that are active.

Their radio system consists of at least 3 repeaters: one at the top of the crystal clipper lift, one atop the housekeeping building, and one on the top of the cell phone tower on site.

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-There are 6 fire departments and 3 EMS departments in Benzie County, Station 1-9. Stations 2 and 3 and County EMS station, which are always manned. All other departments are part-time and volunteers. All personnel check in to central dispatch when responding to their station during a call using their POV unit names. Example of a POV unit name: 15-73. To identify what station this POV belongs to/is responding to you look at the first two digits. If the first two digits are 15, the POV is responding to Station 5.
+There are 6 fire departments and 3 EMS departments in Benzie County, Station 1-9. Stations 2 and 3 and County EMS station, which are always manned. All other departments are part-time and volunteers. All personnel check in to central dispatch when responding to their station during a call using their POV unit names. Example of a POV unit name: 15-73 or 14-03. You can tell what department by looking at the second digit of the POV number. Example: 1'''5'''-73 is part of station '''5'''.
-Examples:
-'''5'''-73 = Station 5
-'''7'''-21 = Station 7
-'''9'''-56 = Station 9
-This rule applies to all stations.
+Station - Department - Address - Township
+Station 1 - Benzie County EMS Director (no tones)     - 448 Court Pl       - Benzonia Twp
+Station 2 - Benzie EMS (Benzonia Station)       - 448 Court Pl      - Benzonia Twp
-To determine the type of responding POV, you look at the latter two digits
+Station 3 - Benzie EMS (Frankfort Station)        - 120 Park Ave - Crystal Lake Twp
+Station 4 - Frankfort-Area FD - 1223 James St - Crystal Lake Twp
-Going back to the 15-73 example, the '73' indicates that this POV is a firefighter.
+Station 5 - Benzonia Twp FD   - 1020 Michigan Ave - Benzonia Twp
--01 through -10 means that the responding POV is a fire-officer  Ex. 14-03
+Station 6 - Homestead Twp FD  - 11508 Honor Hwy - Homestead Twp
--11 through -19 means that the responding POV is a fire-medic    Ex. 16-13
+Station 7 - Almira Twp FD and EMS - 7272 Ole White Dr - Almira Twp
--20 through -99 means that the responding POV is a firefighter   Ex. 15-73
+Station 8 - Thompsonville FD - 14714 Lincoln Ave - Weldon Twp
+Station 9 - Inland Twp FD     - 19668 Honor Hwy - Inland Twp
-This rule applies to all stations '''except''' for station 1. All POVs with the prefix 11-  are medics   Ex.  11-43
+Station 11 - Thompsonville EMS - 14714 Lincoln Ave - Weldon Twp
+----
-Station - Department - Address - Township
+'''Benzie County Radio info'''
-Station 1 - Thompsonville EMS - 14714 Lincoln Ave - Weldon Twp
+Benzie County's law enforcement and Fire/EMS has fully migrated to the [[Michigan's Public Safety Communications System (MPSCS)]], and the only non-P25 public safety frequency is 154.920 - used for VHF Fire Dispatch
-Station 2 - Benzonia EMS      - 448 Court Pl      - Benzonia Twp
-Station 3 - Frankfort-Area EMS- 120 Park Ave - Crystal Lake Twp
-Station 4 - Frankfort-Area FD - 1223 James St - Crystal Lake Twp
+''MPSCS P25 Sites in Benzie County''
-Station 5 - Benzonia Twp FD   - 1020 Michigan Ave - Benzonia Twp
-Station 6 - Homestead Twp FD  - 11508 Honor Hwy - Homestead Twp
+Homestead Twp Site (main site) * {{Callsign|WPQD480}}:  44.641308, -86.016659
-Station 7 - Almira Twp EMS/FD - 7272 Ole White Dr - Almira Twp
+.2000,
+.4625,
+.4625,
+.4625,
+.9625
-Station 8 - Thompsonville FD  - 14714 Lincoln Ave - Weldon Twp
+--Main site used in the county, transmits Benzie county talkgroups
-Station 9 - Inland Twp FD     - 19668 Honor Hwy - Inland Twp
+Inland Twp Site * {{Callsign|WPQD480}}:  44.64250, -85.82369
-Station 1 and Station 8 are located in the same building but are manned by different personnel.
+.0125,
+.3000,
+.9500,
+.4250,
+.9000,
+.5875,
+.8750,
+.6125,
+.9375
+--Repeats talkgroups from Leelanau, Grand Traverse, Wexford, and Manistee county.
-----
+Frankfort Repeater Site * {{Callsign|WQWL875}}:  44.63608, -86.24081
-'''Benzie County Radio Info'''
+.98750,
+.96250,
+.98750
+--Repeater for Frankfort, which is located in a geological bowl. Repeats Law and Fire dispatch only. Frequencies are ''not'' trunked.
-Because of the county's small size (the smallest in the state), the radio service used for fire and EMS is fairly simple. Almost all operations and dispatch are done on '''154.92MHz'''. Frankfort Fire Department's tactical channel is '''158.775MHz''', which is not used very often. Almira Station 7 uses '''159.21MHz''' fairly often as a tactical channel, but unless you live in the Lake Ann area, it is very static-y and hard to pick up. For larger operations like structure fires and major car accidents, most departments will switch to one of the county's 3 firegrounds, which are P25 frequencies.
+The Talkgroup IDs (TGIDs) used in the county are as follows
-'''Benzie County P25 Info'''
+- PD TAC
-Benzie County's law enforcement has fully migrated to the Michigan Public Safety Communications Project 25 System (MPSCS P25). [https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/APCO_Project_25]
+- PD DISPATCH
+- FD/EMS OPS
-The county uses 3 different sites.
+- COUNTYWIDE
-Site frequencies can be found by following these links: [https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?fccCallsign=WPQD480][https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?fccCallsign=WPQD481]
-[https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?fccCallsign=WQWL875]
-The main one used in the county is located on Zimmerman Rd at 44.641308, -86.016659
-Another Site used within the county is in Inland Twp at 44.64250, -85.82369
-The final site used in the county is located in Frankfort at 44.63608, -86.24081
+- EMS TAC
+- FIREGROUND/OPS 1
-The Talkgroup IDs (TGIDs) used in the county are as follows
+- FIREGROUND/OPS 2
+- FIREGROUND/OPS 3
-- PD TAC
-- PD DISPATCH
-- FD/EMS
+''Benzie County Attractions Information''
-- COUNTYWIDE
+Crystal Mountain is using Kenwood portable 2-way radios and mainly uses the frequencies 464.5125 (Alpine Slide for summer months), 152.420 for Ski Patrol and 462.3625 (for housekeeping operations). No other activity has been logged through their other channels.
-- EMS TAC
-- FIREGROUND 1
+Apparently they have 10 channels they use. I have only found two on their FCC License that are active.
-- FIREGROUND 2
+Their radio system consists of at least 3 repeaters: one at the top of the crystal clipper lift, one atop the housekeeping building, and one on the top of the cell phone tower on site.
-- FIREGROUND 3
+[[Category:Michigan Trunking Information]]
+[[Category:Michigan Frequencies]]
+[[Category:Michigan Fire Services]]
+[[Category:Michigan Medical]]

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