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Franklin County (OH)

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Overview

The 2000 census showed the population of Franklin County to be 1,068,978.

Government Communications

Franklin County Communications Authority

Most government communications in Franklin County are on one of two systems operated by the Franklin County Communications Authority.

City of Dublin

Dublin, a suburb of Columbus located in the Northwest part of the Franklin County, operates its own Motorola Smartnet simulcast trunking system.

RR Database listing for City of Dublin

City of Grove City

Grove City, a suburb of Columbus located in the Southwest part of the Franklin County, operates its own Motorola Smartnet single-site trunking system.

RR Database listing for Grove City

Columbus Police radio codes

  • 10-3 - Officer In Trouble
  • 10-4 - Property damage accident
  • 10-4A - Property damage hit-skip
  • 10-5 - Injury accident
  • 10-5A - Injury hit-skip
  • 10-6 - Traffic violator
  • 10-6A - Auto obstructing
  • 10-6B - Parking complaint
  • 10-7 - Burglary report
  • 10-8 - Burglary in progress
  • 10-8A - Burglary alarm
  • 10-8B - B&E in progress - vacant structure
  • 10-9 - Fraudulant documents in progress
  • 10-10A - Bomb threat - suspicious package found
  • 10-11 - Stolen file check
  • 10-12 - Registration check
  • 10-13 - Ticket check
  • 10-14 - Cutting or stabbing
  • 10-15 - Call home
  • 10-16 - Disturbance
  • 10-16A - Information/assistance
  • 10-16B - Disturbance/mental
  • 10-16C - Loud music
  • 10-16F - Fireworks
  • 10-17 - Domestic violence
  • 10-17A - Domestic dispute
  • 10-17B - Domestic - standby for clothing
  • 10-18 - DOA
  • 10-19 - Intoxicated person
  • 10-20 - Drowning
  • 10-22 - Animal complaint
  • 10-23 - Errand
  • 10-23A - Escort
  • 10-23B - Emergency lockout
  • 10-24 - EMS
  • 10-24A - Infectious / contagious disease
  • 10-25 - Fire
  • 10-25A - Trash fire
  • 10-26 - Fight
  • 10-27 - Assault or assault report
  • 10-27A - Telephone harassment
  • 10-28 - Homicide
  • 10-29 - Juvenile complaint
  • 10-30 - Theft in progress
  • 10-30A - Theft report
  • 10-30B - Shoplifter
  • 10-31 - Missing person
  • 10-31A - Missing person returned
  • 10-32 - Message
  • 10-33 - Person with gun
  • 10-33A - Person with knife
  • 10-34 - Nature unknown
  • 10-34A - Panic alarm
  • 10-34B - 911 hang-up call
  • 10-34C - Check on well being
  • 10-35 - OVI complaint
  • 10-36 - Street obstruction
  • 10-37 - Official or visitor
  • 10-38 - Property destruction in progress
  • 10-38A - Property destruction report
  • 10-39 - Prowler
  • 10-40 - Recovered Property
  • 10-41 - Robbery just occurred
  • 10-41A - Robbery report
  • 10-42 - Robbery in progress
  • 10-42A - Robbery alarm
  • 10-43 - Shooting
  • 10-43A - Shots fired
  • 10-43B - Shots fired/hunters
  • 10-44 - Sex crime in progress
  • 10-44A - Sex crime report
  • 10-44B - Indecent exposure
  • 10-45 - Stolen vehicle
  • 10-45A - Stolen vehicle recovered
  • 10-46 - Stranded motorist
  • 10-47 - Suicide
  • 10-47A - Suicide attempt
  • 10-48 - Suspicious vehicle
  • 10-48A - Suspicious person
  • 10-48G - Suspected threat group activity
  • 10-49 - Vice complaint
  • 10-49A - Narcotics complaint
  • 10-50 - Wanted person
  • 10-50A - Wanted felon
  • 10-50B - Registered felon, not wanted
  • 10-51 - Prisoner transport
  • 10-52 - Wrecker run
  • 10-54 - Traffic control
  • 10-55 - House watch
  • 10-55A - Park, walk, talk (foot patrol)
  • 10-55B - Bail bondsman
  • 10-56 - Request for meal break
  • 10-57 - Request for assistance - backup
  • 10-58 - Guard duty
  • 10-60 - Emergency response (red light/siren)

Clearance Disposition Codes

  • Code 1 - Report and/or citation
  • Code 1A - False alarm report taken
  • Code 2 - Party advised or No report needed
  • Code 3 - Arrest made
  • Code 4 - Non-arrest situation / Errand complete

Any disposition codes followed by the letter "V" indicate the incident was recorded on video.

Note: These codes are used by the following police departments in Franklin County: Columbus, Columbus Regional Airport Authority, Grandview Heights, Perry Twp, Upper Arlington, Westerville, Whitehall, Reynoldsburg, Worthington, Sharon Twp and Grove City.

Fire/EMS

Departments

Department Unit numbers Location Dispatch freq/TG
Columbus FD 1-34 Columbus FCCA TG 272 (10 Fire)
Grandview Heights FD 50 Grandview Heights 855.5375
Clinton Township FD 60 NE Columbus FCCA TG 272 (10 Fire)
Upper Arlington FD 70 Upper Arlington FCCA TG 336 (UA Dispatch)
Norwich Township FD 80 Hilliard FCCA TG 10704 (Norwich Dispatch)
Washington Township FD 90 Dublin FCCA TG 10672 (Washington Dispatch)
Worthington FD 100 Worthington 866.2500
Westerville FD 110 Westerville FCCA TG 7088
Minerva Park VFD (EMS only) 119 Minerva Park FCCA TG 7088 (Westerville Dispatch)
Plain Township FD 120 New Albany FCCA TG 10480 (MECC Dispatch)
Mifflin Township FD 130 Gahanna FCCA TG 10480 (MECC Dispatch)
Jefferson Township FD 140 Blacklick FCCA TG 10480 (MECC Dispatch)
Whitehall FD 150 Whitehall FCCA TG 10480 (MECC Dispatch)
DSCC Fire 154 Columbus ?
Truro Township FD 160 Reynoldsburg FCCA TG 10480 (MECC Dispatch)
Hamilton Township FD 170 Obetz, Lockbourne FCCA TG 10544 (Hamilton Dispatch)/33.860
Madison Township FD 180 Canal Winchester FCCA TG 272 (10 Fire)
Franklin Township FD 190 SW Columbus FCCA TG 272 (10 Fire)
Jackson Township FD 200 Grove City Grove City TG 1616
Rickenbacker ANGB Fire 220 Lockbourne ?
Pleasant Township FD 230 Harrisburg Grove City TG 1616
Prairie Township FD 240 Western Franklin County FCCA TG 10608 (Prairie Dispatch)/33.860
Port Columbus ARFF 400 Columbus FCCA TG 8976 (CMH ARFF)

Note: Cxx numbers (C-8, C-14, etc) are used by Box 15 units communicating with area fire departments. The Box 15 Club, a non-profit volunteer group, owns and operates the rehab vehicles which respond to extended incidents such as multiple-alarm fires and hazmat responses to provide firefighter rehab services.


Pager tones

Department Frequency Tone A Tone B
Grandview Heights 855.7375 433.7 330.5
Hamilton Twp all-call 33.860 950.0 1180.0
Hamilton Twp 171 33.860 950.0 1232.0
Hamilton Twp 172 33.860 950.0 834.0
Prairie Twp all-call 33.860 1820.0
Prairie Twp 241 33.860 1985.0
Prairie Twp 243 33.860 799.0
Central Ohio Severe Weather Net 146.760 368.5 600.9
Upper Arlington 71 Trunked DTMF 71
Upper Arlington 72 Trunked DTMF 72
Upper Arlington 73 Trunked DTMF 73
Norwich Twp all-call Trunked 672.0
Norwich Twp all-call Trunked 900.2? 643.0
Washington Twp all-call Trunked 539.0
Washington Twp 91 Trunked 539.0 615.8
Washington Twp 92 Trunked 539.0 368.5
Washington Twp 93 Trunked 539.0 716.1
Washington Twp 95 Trunked 539.0 510.5
Jackson Twp all-call Trunked 569.1
Jackson Twp 201 Trunked 569.1 600.9
Jackson Twp 202 Trunked 569.1 634.5
Jackson Twp 203 Trunked 569.1 669.9
Pleasant Twp all-call Trunked 600.9
Pleasant Twp station call Trunked 600.9 634.5
Box 15 Trunked 349.0 1357.6

Radio codes

  • Signal O ("oh") - Last fire unit leaving scene
  • Signal E - Emergency response requested
  • Signal X - Normal response requested
  • Code 1 - Victim/patient deceased

Note: These codes are used in Franklin County and most of Central Ohio. Some agencies in Central Ohio make occasional use of certain Sheriff's codes, although this is slowly being discontinued in favor of Incident Command System and NFPA recommendations for plain language.

Columbus Regional Airport Authority Units

  • Airport x - Airport Operations
  • Airport 5 - On-duty Operations Supervisor
  • 21 - Ground Transportation
  • 31 - Custodial
  • 41 - Facilities Maintenance
  • 60 - Airfield Maintenance
  • 70 - Airfield Maintenance
  • 300 - Police
  • 400-449 - ARFF
  • 450-499 - Traffic Control

County Police unit numbers

Frequency: 866.4875

  • Worthington PD - 3xx
  • Sharon Twp PD - 48x (dispatched by Worthington)
  • Perry Twp PD - 5xx, 6xx (dispatched by Worthington)

Sheriff radio codes

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office uses BSSA codes and signals, as well as the following clearance codes. These codes are used by Franklin County Sheriff and police departments dispatched by them in Franklin County: Franklin County Sheriff, Clinton Twp, Minerva Park, Blendon Twp, Mifflin Twp, Brice, Obetz, Madison Twp, and Groveport. Self-dispatched agencies in Franklin County using these codes are Dublin, Gahanna and New Albany, which use their own clearance codes.

Clearance codes

  • A - Party Advised
  • B - Citation issued and/or arrest made
  • C - Complaint unfounded
  • D - Handled by other agency
  • I - Vehicle/property impounded
  • M - Miscellaneous clearance
  • R - Report taken

Sheriff unit numbers

  • 1-99 - County Sheriff
  • T10 series - Sheriff's township contract cars (NW)
  • T20 series - Sheriff's township contract cars (NE)
  • T30 series - Sheriff's township contract cars (SW)
  • T40 series - Sheriff's township contract cars (SE)
  • 200-229 - Clinton Twp
  • 230-249 - Mifflin Twp
  • 250-269 - Minerva Park
  • 270-295 - Blendon Twp
  • 300-319 - Franklin Twp
  • 320-329 - Valleyview
  • 330-345 - Harrisburg
  • 400-419 - Groveport
  • 420-424 - Brice
  • 425-439 - Obetz
  • 440-459 - Madison Twp