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Litchfield County Dispatch (LCD)

All LCD channels are simplex. LCD broadcast and receives from 6 transmitter sites located throughout the county interconnected by the State Police microwave system. Because of this you can hear the dispatchers clearly thought the county but can rarely hear units more than a town or 2 away.

As of 2010 LCD no longer uses radio codes and is strictly "plain english".

Channels

Dispatch 1

• Dispatching
• Unit responding to station or scene
• First unit on scene
• Apparatus on the air
• Apparatus responding
• Apparatus on scene

Command 2

Not currently in use. Intended to be a repeater version of Command 3.

Command 3

• Ambulance enroute to hospital
• Ambulance at hospital
• Clear of incident
• Incident closed
• Other messages to LCD

Scene 4-12

Rarely used

Traffic 13

Fire Police

Airtac 14

Helicopter (Life Star) coordination

Interops 15

Interagency Channel

Admin

LCD staff members

Intra County

Used only during emergencies when Dispatch 1 is not working.

CMED 4

• Medic 4
• Ambulances communicating with New Milford Hospital

Litchfield County Fire/EMS Pager Tones

Agency	Tone 1	Tone 2
Washington	1152.9	1122.2
Bridgewater	1472.9	321.7
Medic 4	1530	688.3
Sherman*	1472.9	330.5
Warren	483.5	2271.7
Kent	1472.9	445.7
New Milford Ambulance	767.4	1185.2
New Milford FD - Water Witch	1344	788.5/1733.7

• Sherman is dispatched by Litchfield County Dispatch but is actually in Fairfield County.

County Agencies

Torrington

Torrington Fire

Dispatched by LCD. Torrington Fire is a paid department supported by a few other volunteer departments in the city.

Bridgewater

Bridgewater Police

Dispatched by CSP. Bridgewater has a Resident State Trooper and at least 1 town officer.

Bridgewater Fire

Dispatched by LCD. Bridgewater fire is self-funded through the proceeds of the annual Bridgewater Fair. Apparatus:

• 2 Engines
• 2 Tankers
• Brush Truck
• Boat
• Bridgewater Ambulance

Kent

Kent Volunteer Fire Dept

Dispatched by LCD. Apparatus:

• Kent Ambulance 1
• Kent Ambulance 2
• Engine 1
• Engine 2
• Brush 3
• Brush 4
• Engine 5
• Pumper 6
• Tower 1
• Rescue 8

Police

Kent participates in the Resident State Trooper Program.

New Milford

New Milford Fire

Dispatched by New Milford Police. New Milford has 4 volunteer Fire Departments:

• Northville
• Gaylordsville
• Water Witch
• Lanesville

New Milford Community Ambulance

Dispatched by New Milford Police. New Milford Community Ambulance has 2 ambulances and 1 fly car. As of late 2013/early 2014 New Milford was in the process of paying for a daytime paramedic.

Roxbury

Police

Roxbury has a Resident State Trooper and a paid constable.

Washington

Washington Police

Dispatched by CSP. Washington has a Resident State Trooper and 2 police officers.

Sherman

Sherman is in Fairfield County however the town's Fire Department is dispatched by Litchfield County Dispatch.

Medic 4

Medic 4 is based out of New Milford Hospital and responds to:

• New Milford
• Kent
• Washington
• Sherman
• Bridgewater

Medic 4 is dispatched by LCD on Dispatch 1 but will usually only say "Medic 4 acknowledges". Once in the fly car Medic 4 then receives directions to the scene from LCD on CMED 4 and all further communication with LCD takes place on CMED 4.