Kitsap County (WA)

Kitsap County, Washington State, United States

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General County Info

Kitsap County

Kitsap County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington, named after Chief Kitsap of the Suquamish tribe.

As of 2000, its population was 231,969. Its county seat is at Port Orchard, and its largest city is Bremerton.

Kitsap County was formed out of King County, Washington, and Jefferson County, Washington on January 16, 1857. Originally named Slaughter County, it was soon renamed.

The United States Navy is of great importance to the county because it is the largest employer in the county, with installations at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport, and Naval Base Kitsap (which comprises former NSB Bangor, and NS Bremerton).

Kitsap County is connected to the eastern shore of Puget Sound by Washington State Ferries runs from Bremerton to Downtown Seattle , Southworth to West Seattle via Vashon Island, Bainbridge Island to Downtown Seattle, and from Kingston to Edmonds.

CENCOM

CENCOM Logo

Kitsap County CENCOM is the dispatch agency for the county. CENCOM dispatches for 7 law enforcement agencies, 6 different fire agencies and handles around 250,000 911 calls per year. More information can be obtained at Kitsap County CENCOM.

Law Enforcement

LE1 (155.68500)

County North

Used for the following agencies in the north area of Kitsap County:

1. Poulsbo Police
2. Bainbridge Police
3. Suquamish Police
4. Port Gamble Tribal Police
5. Kitsap County Sheriff's Department

LE2 (155.43000)

County South

Used for the following agencies in the south area of Kitsap County:

1. Kitsap County Sheriff's Department
2. Port Orchard Police

LE3 (154.99500)

Bremerton PD

Used for Bremerton Police:

1. Bremerton Police Department

LE4 (154.96500)

Car to car/Tactical

Used for car to car, and it also used as a tactical channel. Is a repeated channel throughout the county.

LE5 (154.98000)

Car to car

Used for car to car communications, is a non-repeated channel.

Fire Dispatch

Fire1 (154.37000)

Fire1 is a simplex channel used for toning and initial dispatch. The tower is chosen by the computer as to the geographic location of the units that are being toned. Anyone using a scanner in the county may not be able to get all initial dispatches, and may just get static during a dispatch. This channel is used for toning all 6 fire agencies services by CENCOM.

Fire2 (155.02500)

Fire2 is a repeated channel in the county. Its is the main response frequency for all of the fire agencies. Fire2 is considered the working channel, and is where more of the information is passed between CENCOM and the fire units that are responding to calls, on scene or transporting a patient.

Fire3 (155.77500)

Fire3 is a simplex channel used as a tactical channel. The frequency is most often used for for structure fires, where there will be a large volume of radio traffic that would inturrupt the normal operations that are on fire2. There is no reason that any other even that becomes large cannot be moved to fire3.

Fire4 (154.41500)

Fire4 is the same as fire3, and used in the same capacity. Fire4 will usually be activated and used if fire3 is already in use.

Others Transmitters

• Puget Sound Energy