Duchesne County (UT)

Naming

The name of Duchesne (doo-shane) County is of uncertain origin, there being six origins given:

1. The Ute Indian word doo-shane meaning dark canyon.
2. Fort Duquesne, built by the French in what is now Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
3. Rose du Chesne, founder of the Sacred Heart in Utah.
4. An early Indian chief in the region.
5. An 1830s French fur trapper.
6. Andre Duchesne, a French geographer and historian.

Utah State Agency Radio Call Signs

• 1M (1 Mike) Duchesne County
  • 2M Duchesne City
  • 3M Roosevelt
  • 4M Myton

Roosevelt City is dispatched using Zulu as an identifier.

Duchesne County Fire Department

• Fire 100 Units = Duchesne City Fire
• Fire 140 Units = Fruitland Fire and First Responders
• Fire 150 Units = Altamont Fire
• Fire 160 Units = Tabiona Fire
• Fire 170 Units = Myton Fire
• Fire 180 Units = Neola Fire
• Fire 200 Units = Roosevelt Fire

Duchesne County EMS

• E100 Units = Duchesne EMS
• E150 Units = Altamont EMS
• E160 Units = Tabiona EMS
• Medic= Duchesne County Paramedics
• UBMC = Uintah Basin Medical Center

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