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Fire Departments, Apparatus and Unit IDs

All Herkimer County Fire and EMS is dispatched on 154.205 (PL203.5 South // PL210.7 North-Webb&Inlet). The McCauley Mountain-Old Forge Repeater (North) is patched to JPJ EDACS Utica system which is used as a link to the 911 center in Herkimer.

Active fire ground frequencies are 154.280 & 154.295. 154.160 PL 203.5 is used as Fire/Law Inter-Agency in the county. Some fire departments have their own frequencies as well and use store-forward devices to repeat 911 dispatches.

Barneveld FD, Prospect FD, Remsen FD, St Johnsville FD, Richfield Spring FD lie in neighboring counties and have coverage area inside Herkimer County which has capability of direct dispatch (tone-out) of the agencies.

Herkimer County 911 can also tone Bridgewater FD & Ambulance and St Johnsville Ambulance which do not have territory inside Herkimer County but provide mutual aid EMS coverage.

Up north Herkimer County 911 contracts with the Inlet and Raquette Lake (Hamilton County) for dispatch of Fire & EMS as well as law enforcement.

Fire apparatus are identified by the name of the department, an apparatus type number and a 3-digit unit number. Chiefs use the name of their department with the number 1. 22-1 Fire Coordinator 22-2 through 22-7 Deputy Coordinators

APPARATUS TYPES

1## Pumper 2## none 3## Tanker 4## Aerial 5## Rescue 6## Ambulance 7## Off road ATV & Snowmobiles

Fire & Ambulance Dept.'s

  • Big Moose VFD - 1449 Big Moose Rd. (aka County Route 1) between Lakeview Rd. & Covey Rd.,Eagle Bay
  • Cedarville VFD - 960 State Route 51 between State Route 51 & Elizabethtown Rd. (aka County Route 43),Ilion WNPH475/WPNT299 (aka Joseph Berberich Hose Co. Inc.)
  • Dolgeville VFD - 20 S. Helmer Ave. between Fink St. & Baker St.,Dolgeville WQT992
  • Eagle Bay VFC - 5516 State Route 28 @ West Ave.,Eagle Bay
  • East Herkimer VFD - 193 Main Rd. @ Pallisade St.,Herkimer KWH506
  • Frankfort VFD - 158 S. Litchfield St. (aka State Route 171) between 1st Ave. & Pleasant Ave.,Frankfort WPES803
  • Frankfort Center VFD - 799 Center Rd. (aka County Route 240) between Dutch Hill Rd. & Welshbush Rd. (aka County Route 13),Frankfort KYQ400
  • Frankfort Hill VFD - 2235 Albany Rd. (aka County Route 104) @ Higby Rd. (aka County Route 186),Frankfort WXT511
  • Gray VFD - ****DEPT. HAS DISBANDED****
    • Old Sta. - Bull Hill Rd. (aka County Route 129) just east of Gray Wilmurt Rd. (aka County Route 4), Gray
    • New Sta. - Gray Wilmurt Rd. (aka County Route 4) just north of Bull Hill Rd. (aka County Route 129), Gray
  • Herkimer FD - 125 N. Washington St. between W. Albany St. & Green St.,Herkimer
  • Ilion FD - 1 Central Ave. @ Otsego St. (aka State Route 51),Ilion KWH592
  • Inlet Volunteer Emergency Services Inc. (IVES) - 1 Limekiln Rd. (aka County Route 14) @ State Route 28,Inlet KNNP 530 (Hamilton Co.)
  • Little Falls FD - 659 E. Main St.,Little Falls
  • Middleville VFD (E.W. Corey Hose Co.) - 41 N. Main St.,Middleville WQG758
  • Mohawk VFD - 28 Columbia St.,Mohawk
  • Newport VFD - 7370 Main St.,Newport KNCS610
  • Old Forge VFD - 116 Fulton St.,Old Forge WNDU906
  • Poland VFD -
    • Sta.#1 - 11 Case St.,Poland WQAT492/WQK887
    • Sta.#2 - 2380 State Route 8 south of Smith Rd.,Ohio
  • Salisbury VFD -
    • Sta.#1 - 2549 State Route 29,Salisbury Center KD37480/KNGW991
    • Sta.#2 - 2000 Block of State Route 29 just east of Military Rd.,Salisbury
  • Schuyler VFD -
    • Sta.#1 - 120 Newport Rd.,Utica WQX959
    • Sta.#2 - 3597 State Route 5,Frankfort
  • Van Hornesville VFD -
    • Sta.#1 - 591 Wagner Hill Rd.,Van Hornesville
    • Sta.#2 - 2225 State Route 80,Van Hornesville
  • West Winfield VFD - 179 South St.,West Winfield WNXA716/WQR568
  • Richfield Springs VFD - 34 E. James St.,Richfield Springs KNAW751
  • St. Johnsville VFD - 6 W. Main St.,St Johnsville
  • Kuyahoora Volunteer Ambulance (KVAC) - 39 Case St.,Poland WYG225
  • Mohawk Valley Volunteer Ambulance (MOVAC) - 15 State Route 5S,Mohawk WQV959
  • S&S Volunteer Ambulance Service (Salisbury & Stratford) - WNNJ435
    • Sta.#1 - 843 State Route 29A,Salisbury (S&S)
    • Sta.#2 - 75 N. Helmer Ave.,Dolgeville (D.A.V.A.C.)(Dogleville Area Vol. Amb. Corp)


  • FCC Call Signs are in BOLD

Law Enforcement Information & Unit IDs

Herkimer County Law Enforcement is dispatched by the 911 center located in Village of Herkimer. Primary South Repeater is 155.610 PL 162.2. North Repeater (Towns of Webb and Inlet) is 155.610 PL 131.8. The North Repeater is also patched to the JPJ EDACS System which is used for a link between the McCauley Mountain - Old Forge Repeater and the 911 center in Herkimer.

Herkimer County Sheriff Department runs the jail and serves civil paperwork only. There is no Sheriff Road Patrol. All law enforcement outside the villages and town that have their own police departments is handled by the New York State Police. The 911 center answers all State Police administrative calls and dispatches SP cars on 155.610. You will also frequently hear DEC/Encon Law Enforcement Units (7N671-7N673) and Forest Rangers on 155.610.

There is a new Law Enforcement "TAC-Data" channel in the south area of the county - 154.430 pl 162.2.

154.160 PL 203.5 is Fire/Law Inter-Agency inside Herkimer County. All Local Police and State Police Units have this frequency and can talk to any fire department on this channel. (It is rarely used).

Police cars MRD identifiers are 3 digit numbers. (Example - Ilion PD car 101). Police Chiefs are x20 (EX: Herkimer Police Chief is 220, County Sheriff is 820, etc). Captains, Sergeants, etc start at x21 to x29 (EX: Little Falls PD Sergeants are 525,526,527). Officers start at x30 and up)

  • 10x Ilion Police (cars 101 to 105, 106 to 108 - bike or foot patrols)
  • 20x Herkimer Police (cars 201,202,203,205,207,209 // 206, 208 bike or foot)
  • 30x Mohawk Police (cars 301, 303)
  • 40x Frankfort Town Police (cars 401,402,403,404,405)
  • 50x Little Falls Police (cars 502,503,505 // 506, 508 bike or foot)
  • 60x Dolgeville Police (cars 601, 603, 609 // 606, 608 bike or foot)
  • 70x Frankfort Village Police (cars 701, 703, 707)
  • 80x Herkimer County Sheriff (no road patrol) (cars 801 to 819)
  • 7D14x Webb Town Police (cars 7D140,7D141,7D142,K-91) (7D143 to 7D145 snowmobiles&ATVs)
  • 7B335-7B337 Inlet Town Police
  • Marine x Herkimer County Sheriff boat

NY State Police Cars

East Herkimer Barracks: 1D20, 1D22, 1D23, 1D24, 1D26

Poland Sub-station (located at Poland FD Station 1): 1D25, 1D28

West Winfield Sub-station: 1D27

Herkimer County Amateur Radio Repeaters

  • 145.110/144.510 - Ilion (N2ZWO) (PL 167.9)
  • 147.045/147.645 - Norway (N2ZWO) (PL 167.9)
  • 147.090/147.690 - Mohawk (W2JIT)

Herkimer County Fast Food Drive-Thru Frequencies


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