Ottawa County (MI)

10 Codes and Unit Lists

Ottawa County Fire - Numbering Scheme

The First two numbers of the numbering plan are the department number. The 3rd digit is the type of apparatus, and the fourth digit in the number is supposed to be station that the unit is assigned to; though not all depts did follow that for the fourth number.

Department Numbers and Radio Channel:

01	Allendale Fire Department			North
02	Olive Twp Fire Rescue			        South
03	Chester twp Fire Dept (Conklin)			North
04	Coopersville Fire Dept				North
05	Crockery Twp Fire Dept				North
06	Zeeland twp Fire Dept				South
07	Ferrysburg Fire Dept				North
08	Georgetown Twp Fire				South
09	Grand Haven City Fire(DPS)			North
10	Grand Haven Twp Fire				North
11	Holland City Fire Dept				South
12	Holland Twp Fire Dept				South
13	Hudsonville Fire				South
14	Jamestown Twp Fire				South
15	Park Twp Fire					South
16	Port Sheldon Twp				South
17	Spring Lake Twp					North
18	Marne Fire Dept (Wright / Tallmadge?)	        North
19	Zeeland Fire Dept				South
20	Robinson twp Fire				North
21    Blendon Twp Fire                                South
25    HAZMAT                                          Countywide
26    Technical Rescue                                Countywide

The 3rd digit is Type of Apparatus:

1    Pumpers under 750 gpm
2    Pumpers over 750 gpm
3    Special Apparatus (Water Rescue)
4    Aerial Devices,  platforms, etc
5    Special Types (Emergency Services)
6    Tankers
7    Rescue Trucks,  and other rescue
8    Brush Units,  / Special types / Watercraft
9    Command officers

The fourth number is supposed to be station number or in the case of Command Officers, the lowest number being the chief, and highest being lowest ranking senior officer.

Examples:
1290	12 = Holland twp,   9 = Commmand     0 = Chief
1222	12 = Holland twp    2 = pumper       2 = Station 2 

Ottawa County Law Enforcement - Numbering Scheme

Police 1, City Dispatch (154.7250):

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Holland city units are generally a phonetic letter followed by one or two numbers (like Charlie 21, or Union 32). Adam/Baker/Charlie units are assigned to a specific zone (area) of the city.

The Holland city unit types heard are: Adam (Zone A) Baker (Zone B) Charlie (Zone C) David (less common) Frank K9 Lincoln Motor (Motorcycle, less common) Robert (Reserve units) Tom (Traffic units) Union (Evidence Technician) Victor (less common, special reserve unit?) Zebra (Supervisor)

Other department units: 47xx - Spring Lake/Ferrysburg PD 48xx - Zeeland City PD 64xx - Michigan State Police (only heard on Police 1 if needed to communicate with other listed departments) 66xx - Grand Haven City PD

Police 2, County Dispatch (154.7850)

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Ottawa County units are 7xxx. 71xx units are supervisors. 73xx serves the southwest county area, 74xx serves southeast, 75xx northeast, 76xx northwest.

Certain townships choose to have medically trained police units (called E-Units) respond to medical calls, instead of fire departments. E-3x units serve Holland and Park Twps, and E-4x units serve Georgetown Twp.

The county boats are refered to as "County Boat (70, 71, 72, 73, and 74.). While they can be transported elsewhere when needed, the first three are usually in Grand Haven/Spring Lake, and the last two are usually around Holland, Lake Macatawa.

64xx - Michigan State Police (only heard on Police 2 if needed to communicate with other listed departments) 96xx - Grand Valley State University units

Ottawa County Law Enforcement - Codes and Phrases

Ottawa County uses the standard APCO Ten Codes for communicating.

In addition, MICR (Michigan Incident Crime Reporting) codes are also occasionally heard that are used to assign to incidents. These are not unique to Ottawa County and are used by all Michigan police agencies.

The most commonly heard codes are:

3500 (thirty-five hundred)          Narcotics
5400 (fifty-four hundred) or 5402   OWI (operating while intoxicated)