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Sioux Falls Area Radio Traffic Guide

Most Departments in the Sioux Falls area utilize the South Dakota State Digital System for radio communications. Some departments still use analog frequencies, those are mainly located in Lincoln County and other surrounding counties. Metro Communications is the main dispatching entity for Sioux Falls Police, Fire and ambulance as well as the local volunteer Fire and EMS departments.

Sioux Falls Police

The Sioux Falls Police Department utilizes the theSouth Dakota State Digital System for all of their communications. The divider for the city is Minnesota Ave. Everything east of Minnesota Ave uses SFPD East. Everything West uses SFPD West. The data channel can be somewhat boring to listen to. They use this channel for running names for wants and warrants, and also license plates for wants, registration, and etc.

User Talk Group Use
SFPD East TG 23712 Minnesota Ave to the East
SFPD West TG 23728 Minnesota Ave to the West
MNHA law data TG 23808 Running names and License plates, County Wide
SFPD SWAT TG 23856 Mainly encrypted when used
SFPD TG 23744 Rarely used

Sioux Falls Fire Rescue

Sioux Falls Fire Rescue (SFFD) utilizes the theSouth Dakota State Digital System for all of their communications. SFFD is an ISO level one department that is comprised of 11 stations that are dispersed throughout the city. All dispatching is done on Sioux Falls Fire 6. The units then acknowledge the page one the main channel of SFFD Channel 1. The stations are toned out utilizing station plectrons which turn on the lights and sound and alarm. Sioux Fall Fire is also paged out using ditial alpha numeric belt pagers. If there are large incidents they may utilize Sioux Falls Fire 2, 3 and so on for dispatching and fire ground use. Sioux Falls Fire is dispatched to all medical calls but they do not transport. See Sioux Falls Paramedics Plus below for EMS communications.

User Talk Group Use
SFFD 1 TG 23472 Fire Channel 1
SFFD 2 TG 23488 Fire Channel 2
SFFD 3 TG 23504 Fire Channel 3
SFFD 4 TG 23520 Fire Channel 4
SFFD 5 TG 23536 Fire Channel 5
SFFD 6 TG 23552 Dispatch Channel

Paramedics Plus of Sioux Falls

Paramedics Plus of Sioux Falls is a Texas Based company that took over EMS operations in Sioux Falls in early 2015. Prior to that Rural Metro Ambulance Service was the EMS provider for the area. Paramedics Plus does not utilize stations as did Rural Metro. They instead use "posts". Ambulance will go to certain parking lots in the city and post while they wait for calls. On the channel you will head "968 at 105". The first number is the ambulance unit number while go from 960-968. The second number pertains to the post which goes from around 100 to around 110. Listed below are the talk groups that Paramedics Plus use on the South Dakota State Digital System

User Talk Group Use
Sioux Falls Metro EMS 1 TG 23696 Sioux Falls EMS Operations City Wide

County Fire and EMS

County Fire and EMS departments are dispatched via belt pagers. Oddly enough Minnehaha County funds an analog two tone paging system and a digital alpha numeric system. The departments are dispatched again by Metro Communications. All departments utilize MNHA CO FD 1. If there are multiple incidents MNHA CO FD 2 or MNHA CO FD 3 can be utilized. There are more county fire channels that will be listed below, but they are rarely used.

List of County Fire and EMS departments: Brandon Fire,Valley Springs Fire,Split Rock Fire,Garretson Fire,Garretson Ambulance, Sherman Fire,Baltic SD Fire,Dell Rapids Fire Dell Rapids Ambulance, Colton Fire,Lyons Fire,Crooks Fire,Hartford Fire,Humbolt Fire, Humbolt Amubulance, Minnehaha Emergency Management Return to DB page: Minnehaha County (SD)
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