Kern County (CA)

Kern Dispatch Agency Control Codes

From time to time you will hear agencies identifing themselves or being identified by various units. The "control" system has largely been abandoned, but can still occasionally be heard.

• Control 1 - Kern County Sheriff Department
• Control 2 - Bakersfield Police Department
• Control 3 - Bakersfield Office of the California Highway Patrol
• Control 4 - Fire Department Dispatch
• Control 5 - Kern County Radio Shop

The Sheriff's Department still uses Control 1 as an identifer. The Fire Department consolidated dispatch center is now known as the Emergency Communications Center (ECC) and is identified as such. The ECC dispatches for the Kern County Fire Department, City of Bakersfield Fire Department and California City Fire Department. The Sheriff's Dispatchers, Fire Dispatchers, Emergency Management and county radio shop all share the same facility.

Kern County Fire Station Alert Tones

Station      Tone A     Tone B 
All Call        0.0     1092.4
Battalion 1  1122.5      349.0
Battalion 2  1122.5      368.5
Battalion 3  1122.5      389.0
Battalion 4  1122.5      410.8
Battalion 5  1122.5      433.7
Battalion 6  1122.5      457.9
Battalion 7  1122.5      483.5
Station 11   1153.4      349.0
Station 12   1153.4      368.5
Station 14   1153.4      410.8
Station 15   1153.4      433.7
Station 16   1153.4      457.9
Station 17   1153.4      483.5
Station 18   1153.4      510.5
Station 21   1185.2      340.0
Station 22   1185.2      368.5
Station 23   1185.2      389.0
Station 24   1185.2      410.8
Station 25   1185.2      433.7
Station 26   1185.2      457.9
Station 31   1217.8      349.0
Station 32   1217.8      368.5
Station 33   1217.8      389.0
Station 34   1217.8      410.8
Station 35   1217.8      433.7
Station 36   1217.8      457.9
Station 37   1217.8      483.5
Station 41   1251.4      349.0
Station 42   1251.4      368.5
Station 45   1251.4      433.7
Station 51   1285.8      349.0
Station 52   1285.8      368.5
Station 53   1285.8      389.0
Station 54   1285.8      410.8
Station 55   1285.8      433.7 
Station 56   1285.8      457.9
Station 57   1285.8      483.5
Station 58   1285.8      510.5
Station 61   1321.2      349.0     
Station 62   1321.2      368.5
Station 63   1321.2      389.0
Station 64   1321.2      410.8
Station 65   1321.2      433.7
Station 66   1321.2      457.9
Station 67   1321.2      483.5
Station 71   1357.6      349.0
Station 72   1357.6      368.5
Station 73   1357.6      389.0
Station 74   1357.6      410.8
Station 75   1357.6      433.7
Station 76   1357.6      457.9
Station 77   1357.6      483.5
Station 78   1357.6      510.5
Copter 408   1153.4      288.5
Station 190  1433.4      288.5 California City
Care/Kern     304.7      313.0 Ambulance
Medi-Vac      304.7      288.5
Mercy Air 14  304.7     1006.9

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Move-over In Progress - DB Admin Duster 4/28/09