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HCFR station location list is at http://horrycountyfirerescue.com/station-information<br/>
 
HCFR station location list is at http://horrycountyfirerescue.com/station-information<br/>

Latest revision as of 19:52, 26 May 2018

Fire/Rescue

Horry County Fire/Rescue

Horry County Fire Rescue is dispatched via alphanumeric paging on 155.0925mHz NFM. Alphanumeric dispatches are followed with voice confirmation on the TAC TGID matching the geographic location of the incident. Responding units contact dispatch on the matching TAC TGID.

HCFR Battalion Map

Primary tac talkgroups are as follows:

  • Tac 1 (6080) - Battalion 1: Northern section of the county, including the North Myrtle Beach, Little River, and Loris areas.
  • Tac 2 (6081) - Battalion 2: Southern section of the county, including the Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, Socastee, and Garden City areas, as well as eastern portions of Conway and Carolina Forest.
  • Tac 3 (6082) - Battalion 3: Western/Central section of the county, including much of the city of Conway and the Aynor/Galivants Ferry areas.

A fireground/incident tac talkgroup will be assigned for certain operations which generally require coordination among a large number of responding units. For example, units responding to a structure fire will be assigned what's usually referred to as a "tac channel" (properly called a fireground/incident talkgroup.) Fireground operations will take place on the assigned tac channel. Dispatch does not generally monitor incident tac channels, and any time a unit needs to contact dispatch, their respective dispatch channel (tac 1-3) will be used. Other communications (coordinating attack, water shuttles, etc.) will be done on the tac channel.

Incident/Fireground tac talkgroups are as follows:

  • Tac 4, 5, 6, 7, 8: General fireground operations.
  • Tac 9: Generally reserved for wildfire and brush fire operations. May be used for some fireground operations.
  • Tac 10: Reserved solely for helicopter operations.
  • Tac 11: Generally reserved for HAZMAT and technical operations. May be used for some fireground operations.

The Horry County Fire/Rescue Website contains lots of information about HCFR. A list of all Horry County Fire/Rescue stations, with pictures, can be found on their website's station list.

Other Local Fire/Rescue Departments

Myrtle Beach Fire Department is dispatched on talkgroup 6250 and HCFR's alphanumeric paging system. Fireground and incident coordination is on Fireground 2 or 3 (6251 and 6252 respectively). The unit numbers are in the 600 series and Horry County Medics also cover the City of Myrtle Beach (Medic 30 and 36), dispatched via HCFR's alphanumeric paging system.

North Myrtle Beach Public Safety is a hybrid agency (personnel are cross-trained) of police and fire units. The fire units are dispatched on talkgroup 6204 by "Firecom", as well as via HCFR's alphanumeric paging system. Incident and fireground operations are on one of their 6 fireground tac channels. Unit numbers are in the 700 series. North Myrtle Beach Public Safety also has a list of stations (with pictures) on their website as well.

Conway Fire Department is dispatched by the county and operate on the county's tac channels. However, they do have three talkgroups that are used infrequently.

Loris Fire Department is dispatched by the county and operate on the county's tac channels.

Several volunteer rescue squads exist in Horry County. They supplement regular Fire/Rescue operations and are dispatched on the HCFR talkgroups. Depending on apparatus staffing, units are dispatched as "Basic" or "Medic" - i.e. Basic 88 is BLS capable, Medic 88 is ALS capable. The following is a list of these agencies:

  • 81 - Myrtle Beach Rescue
  • 82 - Horry Rescue (Conway)
  • 84 - Surfside Beach Rescue
  • 85 - Aynor Rescue
  • 86 - Mt. Olive Rescue
  • 87 - North Horry Rescue (Loris)
  • 88 - North Myrtle Beach Rescue

Horry County Fire/Rescue Station List

A list of all Horry County Fire/Rescue stations, with pictures, can be found on their website's station list.

North Myrtle Beach Public Safety also has a list of stations (also with pictures) on their website as well.

A Google-maps based map, which lists all city and county stations, has also been contributed.

Station Department Location Station Department Location
1 HCFR Socastee 2 HCFR Little River
3 HCFR Bucksport 4 HCFR Forestbrook
5 HCFR Wampee 6 HCFR Finklea
7 HCFR Lake Arrowhead 8 HCFR Juniper Bay
9 HCFR Antioch 10 HCFR Ketchuptown
12 HCFR Nixonville 13 HCFR Longs
14 HCFR Shell 15 HCFR Bayboro
16 HCFR Cates Bay 17 HCFR Mt. Vernon
18 HCFR Stephens Crossroads 19 HCFR Cherry Hill
20 HCFR Scipio 21 HCFR Maple
23 HCFR University 24 HCFR Aynor
25 HCFR Mt. Olive 26 HCFR Goretown
27 HCFR Allens 28 HCFR Joyner
29 HCFR Conway HQ 30 HCFR Myrtle Beach - North
31 HCFR Surfside Beach 32 HCFR North Myrtle Beach
34 HCFR Red Bluff 35 HCFR Loris
36 HCFR Myrtle Beach - South 38 HCFR Floyds
39 HCFR Carolina Forest 40 HCFR Hickory Grove
41 HCFR Iron Springs 42 Surfside FD Surfside Beach
43 HCFR Lee's Landing 45 HCFR Carolina Bays
46 HCFR Pitch Landing 51 Conway FD Conway
52 Conway FD Conway 53 Conway FD Conway
61 Myrtle Beach FD Sta 1 - Mr. Joe White Ave 62 Myrtle Beach FD Sta 2 - N Kings Hwy
63 Myrtle Beach FD Sta 3 - S Kings Hwy 64 Myrtle Beach FD Sta 4 - Howard Pkway
65 Myrtle Beach FD Sta 5 - 79th Ave N 66 Myrtle Beach FD Sta 6 - 38th Ave N
68 Fairbluff FD Fairbluff, NC 69 Tabor City FD Tabor City, NC
71 N Myrtle Beach Sta 1 - 2nd Ave S 72 N Myrtle Beach Sta 2 - Sea Mountain Hwy
73 N Myrtle Beach Sta 3 - 33rd Ave S 74 N Myrtle Beach Sta 4 - Little River Neck Rd
75 N Myrtle Beach Sta 5 - Barefoot Resort Rd 76 MI-GC FD Murrells Inlet-Garden City
77 MI-GC FD Murrells Inlet-Garden City

Horry County FR Alphanumeric Paging Cap Codes

Frequency is 155.0925 mHz NFM POCSAG1 format

Cap codes for Horry County FR are formatted 0ss0taa where left to right:

  • 0 always zero
  • ss station number as in 01 - 46
  • 0 always zero
  • t apparatus type as in 1=fire 2=medical
  • aa apparatus number as in 01, 02, 03=engine/squad;04=truck or ladder;06,07=rescue or brush;05=medic
  • Example 0180101 is 181, 0320205 is medic 32

Cap codes for North Myrtle Beach Fire are formatted 0700saa where left to right:

  • 070 is North Myrtle Beach FR
  • 0 always 0
  • s North Myrtle Beach station numbers 1-5
  • aa apparatus number
  • Example 0700401 is engine 741

Cap codes for Myrtle Beach Fire Department are formatted 06s0aaa where left to right:

  • 06 is Myrtle Beach FD
  • s Myrtle Beach station number 1-6
  • 0 always 0
  • aaa apparatus number

HCFR station location list is at http://horrycountyfirerescue.com/station-information
NMBFR station location list is at http://ps.nmb.us/fire-rescue/fire-stations/
MBFD station location list is at http://www.cityofmyrtlebeach.com/departments/fire_department/index.php

There are also several other small municipalities as well as volunteer rescue groups using the paging system 077, 088 (NMBRS), etc...

Last three unit digits:

  • 101 Engines and squads with the exception of SQ1. For some reason SQ1 is assigned 0307
    • (A squad in HCFR is an engine with extrication, RIT, and some hazmat abilities)
  • 104 Ladders and Towers
  • 205 Medic units - ALS transport
  • 215 Basic units - BLS transport
  • 306 Brush trucks

Rehab units are possibly assigned 0399 but not confirmed.

Other station assignments:

  • 090=Battalion Chief station assignment: 0301=BC1, 0302=BC2, 0303=BC3
  • 095=Rescue station assignment: 0102=R2, 0103=R3
  • 096=Medical officer station assignment. I think 0200 is a general announcement and 0201=EMS1, 0202=EMS2, and 0203=EMS3
  • 075=Investigator station assignment: 0101=INV1, 0102=INV2, 0103=INV3

Links

  • Horry County Fire and Rescue - Official website for Horry County Fire/Rescue. This website has a list of stations, with pictures and assigned units, and other information.