Portage County (WI)
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Unit Numbering
Portage County Sheriff (PTSO) ----------------------------- 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 --------------------- -------------------- 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.