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| − | == Communications Overview == | + | {{Trunking Infobox |
| | + | |SysName = Chester County (PA) TRS |
| | + | |SysType = [[LTR MultiNet]] |
| | + | |SysID = ? |
| | + | |CTone = ? |
| | + | |NAC = ? |
| | + | |Band = 800 |
| | + | |Owner = Chester County |
| | + | |FCC = WPFQ224 |
| | + | |City = Various |
| | + | |County = Chester |
| | + | |State = Pennsylvania |
| | + | |StateB = Pennsylvania |
| | + | |state = pennsylvania |
| | + | |sid = 987 |
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| − | === Chester County Trunked Radio System ===
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| − | The Chester County, Pennsylvania, Department of Emergency Services maintains an 800 megahertz [[LTR]] Multi-Net trunked radio system built by E. F. Johnson. Nearly all public safety communications take place on this 14-channel system simulcast from 18 separate towers located throughout the county. The system can not be tracked by any commercially available scanners, however frequencies can be monitored in conventional mode. All police, fire, and EMS users of this system are dispatched by Chester County DES from it's dispatch center at the Government Services Building in West Goshen Township.
| + | {{LTRTrack |
| | + | |LType=Multinet}} |
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| − | === Conventional Public Safety Radio Systems ===
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| − | The Borough of West Chester maintains and operates a 4-channel conventional UHF radio system built by Motorola, with a primary transmit tower located in East Bradford Township, a back-up transmit tower located to the rear of the Municipal Building, and three recieve-only sites located on the West Chester University campus, the Embreeville complex in West Bradford Township, and the Chester County Prison complex in Pocopson Township. The system is exclusively used by the West Chester Police Department. In December 2006, the system began full-time operations in APCO P-25 digital mode. | + | The Chester County, Pennsylvania, Department of Emergency Services maintains an 800 megahertz [[LTR]] Multi-Net trunked radio system built by E. F. Johnson. Nearly all public safety communications take place on this 14-channel system simulcast from 18 separate towers located throughout the county. All police, fire, and EMS users of this system are dispatched by Chester County DES from it's dispatch center at the Government Services Building in West Goshen Township. |
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| − | West Goshen Township uses a 1 channel VHF-High Band radio system for dispatch and talk-around. This system is used exclusively by West Goshen Police Department. This system is used for dispatch operations during weekday hours (generally between 07:00 and 23:00 Monday through Friday), however when the department is self-dispatched, there are occasions when the county TRS is utilized. During all other times when the department is dispatched by the county, the county TRS is utilized.
| + | ==Related Links== |
| | + | * For additional information, see the [[Chester County Pennsylvania]] article |
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| − | Most of the remaining law enforcement agencies in the county use specifically assigned channels on the county TRS for car-to-car communications. Only Downingtown (VHF-Hi) and Uwchlan Twp (UHF) are confirmed to be using conventional frequencies for talk-around.
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| − | Most fire companies within the county use a set of 800 mhz conventional frequencies for fire-ground operations, however a few companies still use privately licensed channels for that same purpose (among the companies confirmed to have active "private" company channels are East Whiteland, Goshen, Downingtown, and Longwood).
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| − | === County Conventional Repeaters ===
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| − | In concert with the county TRS, there are 3 VHF-High licensed repeaters that rebroadcast dispatcher-only communications on the law enforcement side of the system, one for each of the police dispatching districts (East PD, Central PD, and West PD). As of 2008, all three repeaters are no longer utilized.
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| − | On the Fire/EMS side, dispatch paging can be heard on 160.185. All fire and EMS calls are dispatched on this channel. Also, there are 2 conventional VHF-High repeaters that simulcast both field and dispatch users. The Central and East fire groups are simulcast on one channel, while the West Fire group is simulcast on the other channel.
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| − | The Chester County Sheriff's Office also has an 800 mhz conventional low-power repeater that simulcasts its respective county TRS talkgroup; this frequency can be heard from within a few blocks of the Chester County Justice Center in West Chester.
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| − | == Dispatch Centers ==
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| − | === Chester County Department of Emergency Services ===
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| − | *Most Municipal Police Departments
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| − | *Chester County Park Rangers
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| − | *All Fire Companies
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| − | *All EMS Squads
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| − | *Comm 1
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| − | === West Chester Borough ===
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| − | *West Chester Police Department
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| − | === West Goshen Township ===
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| − | *West Goshen Police Department (part-time)
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| − | === Montgomery County ===
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| − | *North Coventry Police Department (dispatched on Montgomery County's PD 2 dispatch channel on the Montgomery County trunked system)
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| − | == Police Districts ==
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| − | === East ===
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| − | 02 - Malvern Borough<br>
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| − | 42 - East Whiteland Township<br>
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| − | 43 - Tredyffrin Township<br>
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| − | 54 - Willistown Township<br>
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| − | 55 - Easttown Township<br>
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| − | === Central ===
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| − | 01 - West Chester Borough(self-dispatched)<br>
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| − | 14 - Spring City Borough<br>
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| − | 15 - Phoenixville Borough<br>
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| − | 17 - North Coventry Township(dispatched by Montgomery County, see above)<br>
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| − | 18 - East Coventry Township<br>
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| − | 21 - East Vincent Township<br>
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| − | 25 - West Vincent Township<br>
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| − | 26 - East Pikeland Township<br>
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| − | 27 - Schuylkill Township<br>
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| − | 32 - Upper Uwchlan Township<br>
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| − | 33 - Uwchlan Township<br>
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| − | 34 - West Pikeland Township<br>
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| − | 41 - West Whiteland Township<br>
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| − | 52 - West Goshen Township (self-dispatched; 07:00 - 23:00 weekdays)<br>
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| − | 65 - Birmingham Township<br>
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| − | 67 - Westtown-East Goshen Regional PD<br>
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| − | 75 - West Chester University PD (self-dispatched)<br>
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| − | 78 - West Chester Area School District Security<br>
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| − | === West ===
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| − | 03 - Kennett Square Borough<br>
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| − | 04 - Avondale Borough<br>
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| − | 05 - West Grove Borough<br>
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| − | 06 - Oxford Borough<br>
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| − | 07 - Atglen Borough<br>
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| − | 08 - Parkesburg Borough<br>
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| − | 09 - South Coatesville Borough<br>
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| − | 11 - Downingtown Borough(also patrols East Caln)<br>
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| − | 12 - Honey Brook Borough<br>
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| − | 16 - Coatesville City<br>
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| − | 28 - West Caln Township<br>
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| − | 29 - West Brandywine Township<br>
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| − | 30 - Brandywine Regional Police<br>
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| − | 36 - West Sadsbury Township<br>
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| − | 37 - Sadsbury Township<br>
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| − | 38 - Valley Township<br>
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| − | 39 - Caln Township<br>
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| − | 44 - West Fallowfield Township<br>
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| − | 45 - Highland Township<br>
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| − | 47 - East Fallowfield Township<br>
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| − | 60 - New Garden Township<br>
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| − | 61 - East Marlborough Township<br>
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| − | 62 - Kennett Township<br>
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| − | 68 - West Nottingham Township<br>
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| − | 76 - Lincoln University (campus police; self dispatched)<br>
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| − | 77 - Coatesville VA Medical Center Police (self dispatched)<br>
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| − | 79 - Coatesville Area School District Police<br>
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| − | === County-wide ===
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| − | 81 - Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission<br>
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| − | 82 - Marsh Creek State Park Rangers<br>
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| − | 83 - Warwick County Park<br>
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| − | 84 - Hibernia County Park<br>
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| − | 85 - Nottingham County Park<br>
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| − | 86 - Springton Manor County Park<br>
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| − | 89 - Coatesville School District PD<br>
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| − | 91 - Chester County Detectives<br>
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| − | 92 - Chester County District Attorney's Office<br>
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| − | 93 - Chester County Sheriff's Office<br>
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| − | 94 - Chester County Prison<br>
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| − | === Police Radio IDs ===
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| − | '''A'''dam - Chief/Officer in Charge/Lieutenant
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| − | '''B'''oy - Bicycle Patrol
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| − | '''D'''avid - Detective
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| − | '''F'''rank - Foot Patrol
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| − | '''G'''eorge - Animal Control
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| − | '''K'''ing - Canine
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| − | '''M'''ary - Specialized Unit
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| − | '''P'''aul - Patrol Officer/Patrol Car
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| − | '''P'''aul/'''R'''obert - Park Rangers
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| − | '''S'''am - Sergeant/Supervisor/Sheriff
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| − | '''T'''om - Traffic Control & Enforcement
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| − | '''X'''-Ray - Motorcycle
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| − | === Police Sectors ===
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| − | These identifiers are used by larger departments (i.e. West Chester, Phoenixville, Coatesville, Schuylkill Twp, East Whiteland Twp, Tredyffrin Twp, and Westtown East Goshen Regional). The remaining departments use non-sector specific identifiers either for police units or individual officers (West Goshen uses badge numbers, which are usually numbered in the 30s and 40s, but do not appear to correspond to specific sectors).
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| − | 01-09 - Roving
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| − | 10-19 - North
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| − | 20-29 - South
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| − | 30-39 - East
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| − | 40-49 - West
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| − | 50-59 - North-East
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| − | 60-69 - North-West
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| − | 70-79 - South-East
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| − | 80-89 - South-West
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| − | 90-99 - Central
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| − | === Specialized Units ===
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| − | Some departments in the county use the following identifiers for specialized units:
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| − | 50-59 - (M)ary units/Specialized details or units
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| − | 60-69 - (D)avid units/Detectives
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| − | 70-79 - (F)rank units/Foot patrols
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| − | 80-89 - (T)om units/Traffic Enforcement/Safety units
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| − | 90-99 - (B)oy units/Bike patrols or (K)ing units - K-9 officers
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| − | === West Chester Police Ten Code ===
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| − | 10-01 PRIORITY RADIO/TRANSMIT EMERGENCIES ONLY
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| − | 10-02 Busy on Station; limit transmissions
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| − | 10-03 Go ahead with message
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| − | 10-04 OK - Message received
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| − | 10-05 Off duty
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| − | 10-06 Busy/Stand-by
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| − | 10-07 Out of Vehicle at (Location)
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| − | 10-08 In Service/Resuming
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| − | 10-09 Repeat last message/unreadable
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| − | 10-10 Protection of money
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| − | 10-11 Call your home
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| − | 10-12 Return to your home
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| − | 10-13 Meet at (Location)
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| − | 10-14 Report expolsives at (Location)
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| − | 10-15 Assist Officer - EMERGENCY ONLY
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| − | 10-17 Vehicle stop (Location, license plate, vehicle description, # of occupants)
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| − | 10-19 Return to/en-route to/arrived at station
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| − | 10-20 What is your location
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| − | 10-21 Call via landline
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| − | 10-22 Disregard last message/cancel request
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| − | 10-25 Food, Coffee, etc
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| − | 10-26 Prepare to copy
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| − | 10-27 Does not conform to procedures
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| − | 10-28 Request Reg/VIN check
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| − | 10-28S Request Operator/Suspension check
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| − | 10-29 Request NCIC - Wanted/stolen*
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| − | 10-29N Negative NCIC Response
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| − | 10-29P Positive NCIC Response
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| − | 10-34 Officer at home on call
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| − | 10-35 Domestic Disturbance
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| − | 10-36 Furnish Correct Time
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| − | 10-37 Intoxicated Operator/Person
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| − | 10-38 Weapon
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| − | 10-40A See complainant at (location) in reference to ...
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| − | 10-41 Fire call
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| − | 10-41A EMS call
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| − | 10-42 Visitor/prisoner present; can't talk
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| − | 10-42F Female in car (give mileage)
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| − | 10-42P Prisoner in car/arrest made
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| − | 10-45 Motor vehicle accident
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| − | 10-45PD Accident/Property damage w/no injuries
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| − | 10-45PI Accident/Personal injury
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| − | 10-45F Accident/Fatal
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| − | 10-45HR Accident/Hit and run
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| − | 10-45M Accident/Other than vehicular
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| − | 10-46 Escort
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| − | 10-47 Animal complaint
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| − | 10-49 Burglary
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| − | 10-54 Requesting tow truck
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| − | 10-60 Uneccesary use of radio
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| − | 10-65 Traffic violation/citation Issued
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| − | 10-67 Alarm @ (location)
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| − | 10-67A Alarm has been reset
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| − | 10-80 Traffic detail
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| − | 10-82 Disabled vehicle
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| − | 10-88 Warrant, paperwork, package, etc.
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| − | 10-90 Arrived at scene
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| − | 10-91 Assignment completed
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| − | 10-92 Situation under control
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| − | 10-93 Unit (#), turn radio - message not not to be heard by passenger/prisoner
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| − | 10-95 BACKUP UNIT (#) @ REF: (?)
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| − | 10-97 Transmission received loud and clear
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| − | 10-98 OK on your last request
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| − | 10-99 Change your location, unreadable
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| − | == Fire/EMS Stations ==
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| − | === East Fire ===
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| − | 2 - Berwyn
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| − | 3 - Paoli
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| − | 4 - Malvern
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| − | 5 - East Whiteland
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| − | 15 - Chester County Haz Mat
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| − | 51 - West Chester - First West Chester Fire Co
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| − | 52 - West Chester - Goodwill Fire Co
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| − | 53 - West Chester - Fame Fire Co
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| − | 54 - Goshen
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| − | 55 - Good Fellowship EMS
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| − | 56 - Goshen - Hershey's Mill
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| − | 58 - WCU QRS
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| − | 91 - Chester Co Hospital Medics
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| − | D15 - Radnor (Delco)
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| − | D109 - Narberth - Radnor ALS (Delco)
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| − | D41 - Newtown Square (Delco)
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| − | M47 - King Of Prussia (Montco)
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| − | M317 - Lafayette EMS (Montco)
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| − | === Central Fire ===
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| − | 6 - West Whiteland
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| − | 33 - Honey Brook
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| − | 45 - Alert - Downingtown
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| − | 46 - Minquas - Downingtown
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| − | 47 - Lionville
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| − | 48 - Glen Moore
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| − | 49 - East Brandywine
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| − | 61 - Kimberton
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| − | 62 - Ridge
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| − | 63 - Liberty - Spring City
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| − | 64 - Norco
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| − | 65 - Phoenix H&L - Phoenixville
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| − | 68 - Valley Forge
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| − | 69 - Twin Valley FD
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| − | 73 - Ludwigs Corner
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| − | 74 - Teen Aid QRS (Upper Uwchlan Twp)
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| − | 77 - County Dive Team
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| − | 85 - Phoenixville EMS (Operated by Goodwill EMS of Pottstown)
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| − | 87 - Uwchlan
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| − | M324 - Trappe Fire Co EMS (MontCo)
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| − | M325 - Friendship (Royersford) Fire Co EMS (MontCo)
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| − | M329 - Goodwill Fire Co EMS (MontCo)
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| − | === West Fire ===
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| − | 8 - Keystone Valley (2013 merger of Atglen 26, Parkesburg 28, Pomeroy 29)
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| − | 12 - West Grove/New London Substation
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| − | 21 - Union of Oxford
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| − | 22 - West Grove
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| − | 23 - Avondale
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| − | 24 - Kennett
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| − | 25 - Longwood
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| − | 27 - Cochranville
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| − | 31 - Sadsburyville
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| − | 32 - West Grove/London Britain Substation
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| − | 34 - Martins Corner
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| − | 35 - Wagontown
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| − | 36 - Po-Mar-Lin
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| − | 37 - Modena
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| − | 38 - Thorndale
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| − | 39 - West Bradford
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| − | 41 - Washington Hose - Coatesville
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| − | 43 - West End - Coatesville
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| − | 44 - Westwood
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| − | 75 - Arcellor Mittal Steel Coatesville
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| − | 76 - Coatesville VA
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| − | 93 - Brandywine Hospital Medics
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| − | 94 - Jennersville Regional Hospital Medics
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| − | L49 - White horse (Lancaster Co)
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| − | L52 - Christiana (Lancaster Co)
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| − | D59 - Concordville (Delco)
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| − | ==Licensed but unidentified frequencies for Chester County==
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| − | The following is a list of frequencies currently licensed to Chester County but not listed with a confirmed use on either the TRS system page or the conventional page. It is encouraged that people either submit known info on these frequencies or program them into their scanners and help listen to confirm their uses. If you see a frequency more than once it is because they appear on more than one license but in different ways.
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| − | Licensed but unidentified frequencies for Chester County – County FCC Licenses<br>
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| − | 33.100<br>
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| − | 72.280<br>
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| − | 72.640<br>
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| − | 153.800 (158.865)<br>
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| − | 154.740<br>
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| − | 154.785<br>
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| − | 155.220<br>
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| − | 155.475<br>
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| − | 155.760 (158.880)<br>
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| − | 156.150<br>
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| − | 156.210<br>
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| − | 158.850<br>
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| − | 158.910<br>
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| − | 159.030<br>
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| − | 460.500 (465.500)<br>
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| − | 806.0125 (on a license by itself, not paired with anything)<br>
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| − | 807.0750 (on a license by itself, not paired with anything)<br>
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| − | 807.8750 (on a license by itself, not paired with anything)<br>
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| − | 807.9750 (on a license by itself, not paired with anything)<br>
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| − | 808.1750 (on a license by itself, not paired with anything)<br>
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| − | 808.6375 (on a license by itself, not paired with anything)<br>
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| − | 808.7500 (on a license by itself, not paired with anything)<br>
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| − | 811.2375 (matches CH 9-16 as their inputs, though they aren’t on one license)<br>
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| − | 813.2375 (matches CH 9-16 as their inputs, though they aren’t on one license)<br>
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| − | 814.2375 (matches CH 9-16 as their inputs, though they aren’t on one license)<br>
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| − | 815.2375 (matches CH 9-16 as their inputs, though they aren’t on one license)<br>
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| − | 815.4375 (matches CH 9-16 as their inputs, though they aren’t on one license)<br>
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| − | 815.4875 (matches CH 9-16 as their inputs, though they aren’t on one license)<br>
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| − | 851.0625 (806.0625)<br>
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| − | 851.0125<br>
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| − | 851.0125 (806.0125)<br>
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| − | 852.1000 (807.1000)<br>
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| − | 851.725(806.725)<br>
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| − | 852.100(807.100)<br>
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| − | 852.2125<br>
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| − | 852.3875 (807.3875)<br>
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| − | 853.6375<br>
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| − | 854.2125 (809.2125)<br>
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| − | 854.3125 (809.3125)<br>
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| − | 854.4125 (809.4125)<br>
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| − | 854.9875 (809.9875)<br>
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| − | 855.4875 (810.4875)<br>
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| − | 856.4875 (811.4875)<br>
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| − | 856.4875 (813.4875)<br>
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| − | 856.9625 (811.9625)<br>
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| − | 857.4625 (812.4625)<br>
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| − | 857.9875 (812.9875)<br>
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| − | 858.9875 (813.9875)<br>
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| − | 859.9875 (814.9875)<br>
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| − | == Fire Tone Outs ==
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| − | [http://www.radioreference.com/data/files/ct/2255/CCFR_hiband_Tones.xls Chester County Pager Tone Excel sheet]
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| − | Search:PennsylvaniaFTO
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| − | [[Category:Pennsylvania Fire Tone Outs]] | + | [[Category:Pennsylvania Trunked Radio Systems]] |