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A majority of communications are found on the State of Colorado Digital Trunked Radio System (DTRS) with occasional traffic that can be found on VHF/UHF frequencies.

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Communications

DTRS Sites to Monitor

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Northern

Chevron (1-064)

Central

Silver Heights (1-003)

Southern

West Creek (1-004)

Eastern

Franktown (1-010)

DTRS Talkgroups

DEC HEX Mode Alpha Tag Description
507  1fb  Douglas HRLETF  Sheriff - Highlands Ranch Law Enforcement Training Facility 
1001  3e9  DouglasCo SAR Ad  SAR Admin 
1003  3eb  DouglasCo SAR Op  SAR Ops 
1005  3ed  DouglasCo MedCnt  County Medical Control 
1007  3ef  Douglas SO 1007  Sheriff (1007) 
1009  3f1  Douglas SO SIS  Special Investigations 
1011  3f3  Douglas SO 1011  Sheriff (1011) 
1013  3f5  DouglasCo DEC  County Emergency Communications  
1015  3f7  Douglas SO Adm  Sheriff Administration 
1017  3f9  Douglas Co Cornr  County Coroner 
1019  3fb  DouglasCo Buildn  Building Department 
1021  3fd  DouglasCo R&B  Road & Bridge 
1023  3ff  Douglas SO Trng2  Sheriff Training 2 
1025  401  DouglasCo R&B 1  Road & Bridge 1 
1027  403  DouglasCo R&B 2  Road & Bridge 2 
1029  405  DouglasCo R&B 3  Road & Bridge 3 
1031  407  Douglas SO Supv  Sheriff Supervisors 
1033  409  Douglas SO1  Sheriff 1 Dispatch 
1035  40b  Douglas SO2  Sheriff 2 
1037  40d  Douglas SO3  Sheriff 3 
1039  40f  Douglas SO4  Sheriff 4 
1041  411  DouglasCo Water  Water Department 
1042  412  Douglas OEM  Office of Emergency Management 
1043  413  DouglasCo MAC1  County Mutual Aid 1 
1045  415  DouglasCo MAC2  County Mutual Aid 2 
1051  41b  DouglasCo FD RIT  Fire RIT Emergency  
1053  41d  DouglasCo FD 1  Fire 1 Dispatch 
1055  41f  DouglasCo FD 2  Fire 2 Administrative 
1057  421  DouglasCo FD 3  Fire 3 OPS-3 
1059  423  DouglasCo FD 5  Fire 5 OPS-5 
1061  425  DouglasCo FD 7  Fire 7 OPS-7 
1063  427  DouglasCo FD 9  Fire 9 OPS-9  
1065  429  DouglasCo FD 11  Fire 11 OPS-11  
1067  42b  Douglas SO Inv  Sheriff Investigations 
1069  42d  Douglas SO Jail  Sheriff Jail 
1071  42f  Douglas SO JailT  Sheriff Jail Transport 
1073  431  Douglas SO SA1  Sheriff Special Assignment 1 
1075  433  Douglas SO SA2  Sheriff Special Assignment 2 
1077  435  Douglas SO SA3  Sheriff Special Assignment 3 
1079  437  Douglas SO SWAT  Sheriff SWAT 
1081  439  Douglas SO 1081  Sheriff (1081) 
1083  43b  Douglas SO SWATa  Sheriff SWAT Administration 
1085  43d  Douglas SO 1085  Sheriff (1085) 
1087  43f  Douglas SO 1087  Sheriff (1087) 
1089  441  Douglas SO Trng1  Sheriff Training 1 
1091  443  DouglasCo Wx  County Weather 
1093  445  Douglas SO DTF  Sheriff Drug Task Force 
1791  6ff  West Douglas FPD  West Douglas County Fire Protection District 
1853  73d  DouglasCo FD T1  Fire Training 1 
1855  73f  DouglasCo FD SA2  Fire Special Assignment (1855) 
1861  745  DouglasCo FD 13  Fire 13 OPS-13 
1863  747  DouglasCo Med 9  County Medical Control 9 
1867  74b  DouglasCo FD T2  Fire Training 2 
Additional Talkgroups
DEC Alpha Tag Description
1851 LittletonFD1 Littleton Fire Channel-1 (Control/Dispatch)
1857 LittletonFD2 Littleton Fire Channel-2 (Operations)
1859 LittletonFD4 Littleton Fire Channel-4 (Operations)
1853 LittletonFD5 Littleton Fire Channel-5 (Special Assignment)
1049 LittletonFD6 Littleton Fire Channel-6 (Administrative)
1855 LittletonFD7 Littleton Fire Channel-7 (Special Assignment)
1046 LitletnFDOp4 Littleton Fire Channel- OPS-4 A7 (Mutual Aid W/West Metro FD)
1047 LitletnFDOp9 Littleton Fire Channel OPS-9 (Training)
1048 LitltnFDOp10 Littleton Fire Channel OPS-10 (Training)
1863 LitletnFDMed Littleton Fire Medical Control
1786 Metcom 1 South Metro Fire METCOM-1 (Dispatch)
1792 Metcom Ops 2 South Metro Fire METCOM-2 (Ops-2)
1787 Metcom Ops 3 South Metro Fire METCOM-3 (Ops-3)
1788 Metcom Ops 5 South Metro Fire METCOM-5 (Ops-5)
1789 Metcom Ops 7 South Metro Fire METCOM-7 (Ops-7)
1790 Metcom Ops 9 South Metro Fire METCOM-9 (Ops-9) Training
1793 Metcom Ops15 South Metro Fire METCOM-15 (Ops-15)

Fire Departments

Douglas County Fire Unit Designators

  • 1-15 (15)** - West Metro Fire Protection District (Career)
  • 11-18 (16-18)** - Littleton Fire Rescue (Career)
  • 31-47 (34, 36, 39, 40-41, 43-47)* - South Metro Fire Rescue (Career)
  • 130 - West Douglas Fire Protection District (Volunteer)
  • 140 - Jackson 105 Fire Protection District (Volunteer)
  • 150 - Castle Rock Fire Department (Combination)
  • 160 - Larkspur Fire Protection District (Combination)
  • 180 - Franktown Fire Protection District (Combination)
  • 1200 (1203)* - North Fork Volunteer Fire Department (Volunteer)

* Department operates in other counties, designator numbers marked with parenthesis operate within the county. ** Littleton and West Metro operate separate stations and units with the 11-15 number designator.

Fire Unit Definitions - Adopted from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office

Fire Dispatch Radio Nomenclature
Term Definition
Air Unit An apparatus that carries a machine to refill S.C.B.A. container at the fire ground/operation
Battalion Chief Shift Command Officer
Brush A light attack apparatus, typically 4 X 4, with less than 400 gallons of water, a booster pump of less than 500 GPM, and designed to respond to wildland fires.
Chief The Fire Chief of the department or one of the department's executive officers.
Dive A specialize unit that carries water and ice rescue equipment
Division Chief Mid-management officer; Battalion Chief reports to Division Chief
Division Organization level having responsibility for operations within a defined geographic area. This functional level falls between branch and crews, task forces, strike teams, and/or single resources.
Engine An apparatus with a permanently mounted fire pump with a capacity of 500 GPM or greater, a water tank of at least 500 gallons, a hose bed, and contains NFPA minimum equipment for a class A pumper/engine.
Hazmat A specially designed and equipped apparatus that responds to hazardous materials incidents.
Ladder Generic terminology for an aerial apparatus. May be a Quint, Tower or Truck.
Light Unit An apparatus that carries an on board light system used to provide scene illumination.
Medic An apparatus that is staffed by fire fighters and carries basic or advanced life support (BLS/ALS) equipment and personnel; may or may not have transport capability; BLS usually staffed by EMT's; ALS staffed by a minimum of one paramedic and one EMT; most career department rescues are ALS.
Quint An apparatus with a permanently mounted fire pump with a capacity of 500 GPM or greater, a water tank that may be less than 500 gallons, but typically not less than 200 gallons, a hose bed, all NFPA minimum equipment for a class A pumper/engine, carrying a full complement of ground ladders totaling 116 feet, and has a permanently mounted, power operated aerial ladder that may be less than 100 feet in length. Quints may function as either an engine or truck companies.
RED LEADER Airport Crash Rescue apparatus
RIT The Rapid Intervention Team is to be used to provide for the rescue of firefighters operating at emergency incidents if the need arises.
Rescue An apparatus that carries specialized equipment that may include, but is not limited to heavy extrication, trench rescue, urban search and rescue, and confined space, and rapid intervention.
SCAT A light attack apparatus with a booster pump of less than 400 GPM, limited personnel carrying capability equipped with limited structural firefighting equipment. Is usually limited to structural firefighting but may also respond on wildland fires. Scats may also be known as minipumpers.
Squad A specialized apparatus that can carry equipment similar to a rescue, and may include equipment for mass casualty incidents. It may also include a mobile air unit, lighting capabilities, and additional hazmat equipment and supplies.
Squirt Apparatus with a fire pump, a water tank, hose bed, and an aerial device usually less than 75 feet. Normally handles engine type assignments and is similar to a Quint
Tender An apparatus that provides a mobile water supply, has a tank capacity greater than 1000 gallons, has a small capacity pump usually between 500 and 750 GPM and carries a limited supply of hose.
Tower A platform ladder truck with a permanently mounted passenger carrying platform attached to a telescoping aerial ladder and carrying a full complement of ground ladders totaling 116 feet.
Truck A ladder truck with a permanently mounted, power operated aerial ladder and carries a full complement of ground ladders totaling 116 feet.

Law Enforcement

Douglas County Sheriff's Office (DCSO)

DCSO is dispatched by their own in-house communications center. Patrol units are typically identified with three digits followed by a letter. The first digit of a unit's number represents the shift.

  • 1 - Day
  • 2 - Swing
  • 3 - Graves

This is followed by two additional numbers that represents the beat which the unit is assigned to, which can be found here (PDF). Beats range from 01 to 10 unless they are a Supervisor which are assigned 00. All patrol units are also assigned an additional letter that designate which car they inside the beat. Some examples are "203 Adam" which is a swing unit in the 03 beat and is the first car of the beat or "300 Boy" which is a graves supervisor and is the second supervisor in service.

Specialized units typically do not follow the above example and differ in letters.

  • King - K9 unit (Usually King ##)

Codes

  • A(Adam) - Dead Body
  • BR stands for "Bulletin Report". The term bulletin comes from the old days when things were typed on a typewriter and then put on a clip board for interested persons to view, whether it be private citizens, the press or whoever. The codes are a quick way of giving the dispatcher the final disposition of the call so it can be closed with a disposition in the report. Here's the codes:
    • BR # 1 - Gone on arrival
    • 2 - No criminal activity
    • 3 - False alarm
    • 4 - No response (used by a supervisor only, they do not have, or do not want to commit a resource)
    • 5 - Handled by other agency (fire department, State Patrol, Police Department, etc.)
    • 6 - Field Interview card made on subject(s)
    • 7 - Citation or ticket issued
    • 8 - Not used
    • 9 - Warning given

Note: DCSO has generally phased out code usage, but certain units may be found to occasionally refer to CRPD codes as they were once commonly used in DCSO.

Castle Rock Police Department (CRPD)

CRPD is dispatched by their own communications division. Patrol units are typically identified with three digits only. The first digit of a unit's number represents the shift. These are followed by an additional two digit identifier.

  • 1 - Day
  • 2 - Swing
  • 3 - Graves

Specialized units do not follow the above numbering system and use a letter followed by a two digit identifier.

  • Charlie - Corporal
  • David - Detective
  • King - K9 unit
  • Sam - Sergeant
  • Tom - Traffic

Codes

  • 1 - Emergency/Situational Radio Traffic Only
  • 2 - Routine Response
  • 3 - Emergency Response
  • 4 - Officer / Situation is okay
  • 5 - Traffic Contact
  • 6 - Warrant
    • M(Mary) - Misdemeanor
    • F(Frank) - Felony
  • 7 - Meal Break
  • 8 - On Scene
  • 10 - Officer Need Assistance

Lone Tree Police Department (LTPD)

LTPD is dispatched by Parker Police Department's communications section. The first digit of a unit's number represents the shift.

  • 1 - Day
  • 2 - Swing
  • 3 - Graves

The next two digits represent the district. If the second two digits are zeros, it is a supervisor. The third letter is used if there is more than one car in a district. A "Lima Tango" unit is a Lone Tree PD general patrol unit.

  • A "Lima Mike" unit is a Lone Tree/Park Meadows Mall PD unit.
  • A "Lima Delta" unit is a Lone Tree PD detective unit. The second digit of a Lone Tree designator represents the shift.
    • A unit starting with a 6 is a traffic unit.
    • A unit starting with an 8 is an impact unit or school resource officer.
    • Adam is a patrol unit.
    • Boy is a two-man patrol unit.
    • Mary is a motorcycle unit.
    • Paul is no longer patrol, but an off duty unit.
    • King is a K9 Unit
    • Lincoln is a shift supervisor or drug taskforce officer.
    • Ida is investigations Command is sheriff admin. The lower the number, the higher up the unit is. (Command 1 is the sheriff).