Grafton County (NH)
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Grafton County Law Enforcement Agencies & Communications
Law enforcement in Grafton County is primarily dispatched by three main agencies: Grafton County Sheriff, Upper Valley Regional Communications Center, and Plymouth Police Department. There are a few towns that self-dispatch including Lebanon and Lincoln.
Grafton County Sheriff’s Department
GCSD also operates Twin State Fire Mutual Aid. The following Law Enforcement agencies are dispatched on the County Dispatch channel:
- Grafton County Sheriff (Covers the county and towns without a PD)
- Bath
- Bethlehem
- Easton (Covered by GCSD)
- Franconia
- Haverhill
- Littleton
- Lisbon (Covers Lyman)
- Piermont (Covered by GCSD when PD staff are off)
- Sugar Hill
- Thornton
- Waterville Valley
- Warren
- Wentworth
Unit call signs are their town name followed by their assigned number, but this does vary by agency. For example, the Waterville Valley Chief would be Waterville 1.
Upper Valley Regional Communications Center
UVRCC dispatches several Police, Fire/EMS, and Highway agencies in Grafton County NH, Sullivan County NH, and Orange County VT. The following Law Enforcement agencies are dispatched on the Police Simulcast channel in the Grafton County area of NH:
- Canaan
- Enfield
- Grafton
- Hanover
- Lyme
- Orford
Plymouth Police Department Communications
The following Law Enforcement agencies are dispatched on the Plymouth PD Dispatch channel:
- Ashland
- Bridgewater
- Bristol
- Campton
- Groton
- Hebron
- Holderness
- Plymouth
- Thornton
- Rumney
Self-Dispatching Towns
Towns Covered By NH State Police
- Benton
- Dorchester
- Ellsworth
- Landaff
- Monroe
- Orange
Alexandria PD and Bristol PD are dispatched by Franklin
Law Enforcement Unit IDs
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 11## | Ashland Police |
| 12## | Bristol Police |
| 13## | Campton Police |
| 14## | Holderness Police |
| 15## | Plymouth Police |
| 16## | Plymouth State College Police |
| 17## | Rumney Police (Disp by County) |
| 19## | Bridgewater Police |
| 76-X | Alexandria Police |
| 70-X | Bath |
| 41-X | Bristol |
| 74-X | Easton |
| 44-X | Franconia |
| 60-X | Grafton |
| 67-X | Hebron |
| 50-X | Rumney |
| 47-X | Sugar Hill |
| 68-X | Thornton |
| 38-X | Waterville Valley |
| 219-X | Lyme |
| 300-X | Monroe |
| 520-X | Woodstock |
| 700-X | Orford |
| 800 | Piermont |
| 1609-X | Bethlehem |
Grafton County Fire/EMS Agencies & Communications
Towns in Grafton County are dispatched by three primary communications centers. They are Twin State Fire Mutual Aid, Upper Valley Regional Communications Center, and Lakes Regional Fire Mutual Aid. The City of Lebanon self-dispatches on its own City Fire Alarm & Station Alerting System (Phoenix G2) more commonly known as Lebanon Fire Alarm. TSFMA, UVRCC, and LFA are members of the Upper Valley Regional Emergency Services Association.
Common Apparatus Identifiers
- Ambulance - A unit designed and licensed to transport patients.
- Boat/Marine - A watercraft operated by a member department.
- C - An officer or member, having command authority.
- Car - A vehicle used primarily for transporting personnel, communications equipment, or other equipment used to support fire ground operations.
- Engine - Firefighting apparatus equipped with a fire pump of at least 750 GPM capacity and carrying not less than 500 gallons of water.
- Forestry - A vehicle that is primarily used in grass, brush, or forest fire suppression.
- Ladder - Firefighting apparatus equipped with an aerial ladder, elevating platform, tower, or snorkel.
- Portable - A portable radio.
- Rescue - A vehicle used primarily to transport equipment and/or manpower for the purpose of removal or extrication of victims requiring fire department assistance.
- Tanker - Firefighting apparatus used primarily for hauling water, with or without a fixed fire pump, and carrying more than 1,000 gallons of water.
- Tower - Firefighting apparatus equipped with an elevating platform, tower, or snorkel.
- Utility - Firefighting apparatus not categorized by another letter designation used to provide support services.
- Warden - An individual designated by the state as a Warden, Deputy Warden, or Special Deputy Warden.
Lakes Region Area Radio Identifiers
Lakes Region dispatches the following agencies below on 159.9000 MHz - 210.7 PL. The agencies in bold are located in Grafton County.
| DEPARTMENT NUMBER | DEPARTMENT NAME | TYPE |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALTON | FIRE/EMS |
| 2 | ASHLAND | FIRE |
| 3 | BELMONT | FIRE/EMS |
| 4 | BRISTOL | FIRE/EMS |
| 5 | CENTER HARBOR | FIRE |
| 6 | BARNSTEAD | FIRE |
| 7 | FRANKLIN | FIRE/EMS |
| 8 | GILFORD | FIRE/EMS |
| 9 | GILMANTON | FIRE |
| 10 | GROTON | FIRE |
| 11 | HILL | FIRE |
| 12 | HOLDERNESS | FIRE |
| 13 | LACONIA | FIRE/EMS |
| 14 | MEREDITH | FIRE/EMS |
| 15 | MOULTONBORO | FIRE/EMS |
| 16 | NEW DURHAM | FIRE |
| 17 | NEW HAMPTON | FIRE |
| 18 | PLYMOUTH | FIRE/EMS |
| 19 | SANDBORNTON | FIRE/EMS |
| 20 | SANDWICH | FIRE |
| 21 | TILTON-NORTHFIELD | FIRE/EMS |
| 23 | WATERVILLE VALLEY | FIRE/EMS |
| 24 | WARREN-WENTWORTH | EMS |
| 25 | STRAFFORD | FIRE |
| 30 | ALEXANDRIA | FIRE |
| 31 | ANDOVER | FIRE/EMS |
| 32 | EAST ANDOVER & ANDOVER EMS | FIRE/EMS |
| 34 | BRIDGEWATER | FIRE |
| 35 | CAMPTON-THORNTON | FIRE/EMS |
| 36 | DANBURY | FIRE/EMS |
| 37 | HEBRON | FIRE |
| 38 | RUMNEY | FIRE |
| 40 | WARREN | FIRE |
| 42 | WENTWORTH | FIRE |
| 44 | TWIN RIVERS AMBULANCE | EMS |
| 45 | MEREDITH EMS | EMS |
| 49 | FARMINGTON | MUTUAL AID FIRE |
| 66 | CENTRAL NH HAZ-MAT TEAM | HAZMAT |
| 67 | NH FIRE ACADEMY | SCHOOL |
| 99 | WOLFEBORO | FIRE |
Upper Valley Regional Communications Center
The UVRCC dispatches several Police, Fire/EMS, and Highway agencies in Grafton County NH, Sullivan County NH, and Orange County VT. The primary dispatch channel is refered to as UVCOMM. Towns east of Lebanon are dispatched on the Repeater A channel and Cornish, NH in Sullivan County is dispatched on its own repeater, commonly known as the Cornish Repeater. UVRCC also serves as the back-up communications center for the City of Lebanon and the Hartford Regional Communications Center in Hartford, VT. As of 2023 Croydon, NH Fire and F.A.S.T. Squad are now dispatched by UVRCC on UVCOMM. UVRCC has been making plans for the past few years to consolidate all of their repeater sites to UVCOMM only.
As of July 2023, Hanover Fire Department does use a new Station Alerting System that can be heard on UVCOMM.
The table below shows the departments dispatched by UVRCC, as well as what dispatch channel they are toned out on. Towns in bold are located in Grafton County.
| CHANNEL | DEPARTMENT NAME | TYPE |
|---|---|---|
| UVCOMM | PIERMONT | FIRE/FAST |
| UVCOMM | ORFORD | FIRE/FAST |
| UVCOMM | LYME | FIRE/FAST |
| UVCOMM | HANOVER/ETNA | FIRE/EMS |
| UVCOMM | PLAINFIELD(INCLUDES MERIDEN) | FIRE |
| UVCOMM | CROYDON | FIRE/FAST |
| UVCOMM | TRI-VILLAGE (TOPSHAM) | FIRE/FAST |
| UVCOMM | CORINTH | FIRE/FAST |
| UVCOMM | BRADFORD | FIRE/FAST |
| UVCOMM | VERSHIRE | FIRE/FAST |
| UVCOMM | FAIRLEE/UPPER VALLEY AMBULANCE | FIRE/EMS |
| UVCOMM | WEST FAIRLEE | FIRE/FAST |
| UVCOMM | STRAFFORD | FIRE/FAST |
| UVCOMM | THETFORD | FIRE/FAST |
| UVCOMM | NORWICH | FIRE/FAST |
| RPTR-A | CANAAN (PARTIALLY COVERS DORCHESTER AND ORANGE) | FIRE/EMS |
| RPTR-A | ENFIELD | FIRE/EMS |
| RPTR-A | GRAFTON | FIRE/EMS |
| RPTR-A | GRANTHAM | FIRE/FAST |
| RPTR-A | SPRINGFIELD | FIRE/FAST |
| COR-RPTR | CORNISH | FIRE/RSQ |
UVRCC does not have numbers assigned to the agencies they dispatch. Instead, they use the following format: Town Name-Apparatus-Number (Hanover Engine 3). UVRCC uses V-TAC-11 (151.1375 156.7) for Water Supply 1, and V-TAC-12 (154.4525 156.7) for Water Supply 2.
Twin State Fire Mutual Aid
TSFMA is operated by the Grafton County Sheriff's Department in Haverhill, NH dispatching Fire/EMS agencies on 154.4000 MHz - 136.5 PL. The table below shows the departments dispatched by TSFMA and those in bold are located in Grafton County.
| DEPARTMENT NAME | TYPE | STATE |
|---|---|---|
| BATH | FIRE | NH |
| BETHLEHEM | FIRE/EMS | NH |
| EASTON | FIRE | NH |
| FRANCONIA | FIRE/EMS | NH |
| LANDAFF | FIRE | NH |
| LINCOLN | FIRE | NH |
| LISBON | FIRE/EMS | NH |
| LITTLETON | FIRE | NH |
| MONROE | FIRE | NH |
| PIERMONT (MEMBER AGENCY BUT NOT DISPATCHED BY TSFMA) | FIRE/EMS | NH |
| SUGAR HILL | FIRE | NH |
| TWIN MOUNTAIN (CARROLL) | FIRE/EMS | NH |
| WHITEFIELD | FIRE/EMS | NH |
| WOODSTOCK | FIRE | NH |
| WOODSVILLE | FIRE/EMS | NH |
| BARNET | FIRE/EMS | VT |
| BRADFORD (MEMBER AGENCY BUT NOT DISPATCHED BY TSFMA) | FIRE/EMS | VT |
| GROTON | FIRE/EMS | VT |
| NEWBURY | FIRE/EMS | VT |
| PEACHAM | FIRE | VT |
| RYEGATE | FIRE | VT |
| WELLS RIVER | FIRE | VT |
| WEST NEWBURY | FIRE | VT |
City of Lebanon Fire Alarm
The City of Lebanon Communications dispatches Firefighters/Paramedics, Law Enforcement Officers, and Highway Crews for the City of Lebanon only. They do however serve as the back-up for the Upper Valley Regional Communications Center. Lebanon does share the two operations channels with UVRCC and the Hartford VT Regional Communications Center which are a part of the UVRESA MOU for fire units to utilize. They are known as Operations 1 and Operations 2. Lebanon primarily uses OPS-1 when on a scene in their jurisdiction.
Lebanon started using the Peonix G2 Station Alerting System aka Samantha back in 2021 to help free up dispatch when toning out calls. However, when a call goes above a General Alarm, the SAS tones out only the city units. Following that, the dispatcher announces a First, Second, Third, or Fourth Alarm depending on the situation, and lists on the mutual aid assignments based on the run cards for the zone in which the incident has occurred.
Lebanon also provides mutual aid ambulance service to Enfield, Canaan (as needed if Canaan AMB is unavailable), Grafton (as needed), Grantham, New London (as needed if New London EMS is unavailable).
Lebanon has four fire stations, two of which are used for primary operations:
- Station 1 (Headquarters and Administration) | South Park St - CAR 1, CAR 2, CAR 3, CAR 4, ENGINE 9, ENGINE 7, LADDER 1, RESCUE 1, AMB 1, AMB 3, UTILITY, MARINE 1, HAZMAT 1, GATOR 1, SPECIAL OPS TRAILERS.
- Station 2 | Main St, West Lebanon - CAR 5, ENGINE 2, TRUCK 2, AMB 2.
- Station 3 | Route 4 towards Enfield - RESERVE ENGINE, SPECIAL OPS TRAILERS.
- Station 4 (Lebanon Municipal Airport ARFF Shed) | Airpark Rd - ARFF 1
The City of Lebanon Fire Department is dispatched on 151.23500 MHz - N379
Starting in late 2024 / early 2025, the City of Lebanon Fire Department will be rebuilding Station 1. More information on the project can be found here: Central-Fire-Station-Project
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