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DISPATCH CENTERS

• Portage County uses two main dispatch centers for public safety communications within the county.

Portage County Sheriff's Office Communications Center
1500 Strongs Avenue - Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481

Responsible for
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* Primary 911 Answering Point (Cellular 911 Calls)
* Portage County Sheriff's Department
* Plover Police Department
* Wisconsin State Partol Local Communications
* All Portage County Fire/EMS Communications (Minus Stevens Point Fire Department)
* Various County and State Agencies



Stevens Point Police Department Communications Center
1515 Strongs Avenue - Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481

Responsible for
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* Stevens Point Police Department Communications
* Stevens Point Fire Department Communications
* Portage County Ambulance Service Communications (Within City Limits)
* Various City Departments and Agencies


As of April 2013, in the works is a proposal for a possible combination of the Portage County Sheriff's Office Communications Center and the Stevens Point Police Department Communications Center. Details are currently being worked on with both agencies. Should this transition occur, Stevens Point Police Department Communications Personnel will transfer to the newly upgraded and expanded Portage County Sheriff's Office Communications Center.



Currently, In the event of an emergency at either dispatch center, the other is cross-trained and mechanically equipped to handle all of the county's public safety communications needs.

Unit Numbering

Portage County Sheriff (PTSO)
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101     Sheriff
102     Chief Deputy
103,104 Captain
111-115 Lt.
121-139 Sgt.
141-199 Deputy


200's   Stevens Point Police (SPPD)
300-349 Plover Police Department (PLPD)
350-390 Portage County Parks Department
399     Portage County Coroner
400's   Wisconsin State Patrol - Wausau Post (SPWA) Troopers, PTSO Support Staff
500's   PTSO Correctional Staff, UW-Stevens Point Protective Services (UWSP)
600's   PTSO Dispatchers, PTSO Administrative Support Staff
(600's & 700's  old fire dept numbering)
4400's  Wisconsin State Patrol - Wausau Post (SPWA) Inspectors
C-000's Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) Conservation Wardens

• Most Fire Districts will identify themselves in plain English using their name, then apparatus type, then pecking order.

For example, the first wildland fire unit from Stockton would identify as "Stockton Brush 1." Others are migrating to a new numbering system based on their relative proximity to the county seat, Stevens Point. Using this new system, the fourth paramedic unit from Stevens Point would identify as "51-M-4."

Fire District Name                 Apparatus Type
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50-Portage County                  A-Ambulance          
51-Stevens Point Fire              B-Brush
52-Park Ridge Fire                 C-Chief or Command
53-Whiting                         E-Engine
54-Plover                          H-HazMat
55-Hull                            L-Ladder
56-Dewey                           M-Medic or Paramedic
57-Stockton                        P-Platform
58-Amherst                         R-Rescue
59-Rosholt                         S-Squad
60-Bancroft                        T-Tender or Tanker 
61-Almond                          U-Utility
62-Rudolph*                        W-Water Craft
63-Grand Rapids*

• Both Rudolph and Grand Rapids are headquartered in Wood County but have service areas in Portage County. Rudolph and Grand Rapids will identify themselves in plain English most of the time.