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==Fire Station Numbering==
 
==Fire Station Numbering==
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*Chesterton: 500 and 600 series (primarily 500)
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*500 & 600 - Chesterton
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*Kouts: 700 and 800 primarily 700
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*700 & 800 - Kouts
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*Porter: 900 and 1000 pri. 900
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*900 & 1000 - Porter
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*Union Twp: 1100 and 1200 (both sets used)
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*1100 & 1200 - Union Twp
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*Boone Grove: 1300, 1400, 2300, and 2400
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*Boone Grove:  
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*Ogden Dunes: 1500 and 1600 pri 1500
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**1300 & 1400 - Boone Grove Station
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*Hebron: 1700 and 1800 pri. 1700
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**2300 & 2400 - Lake Eliza Station
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*Liberty Twp.: 1900 and 2000 pri. 1900
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*1500 & 1600 - Ogden Dunes
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*Pine Twp.: 2100 and 2200 pri 2100
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*1700 & 1800 - Hebron
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*Beverly Shores: 2500 and 2600 pri 2500
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*1900 & 2000 - Liberty Twp.
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*South Haven: 2700 and 2800 (both sets used)
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*2100 & 2200 - Pine Twp. (Disbanded)
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*Washington Twp: 2900 and 3000 pri 2900
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*2500 & 2600 - Beverly Shores
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*Morgan Twp: 3100 and 3200 pri. 3100
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*2700 & 2800 - South Haven
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*Burns Harbor: 3300 and 3400 pri 3300
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*2900 & 3000 - Washington Twp
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*Lake of the 4 Seasons: 3500 and 3600 (both sets used)
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*3100 & 3200 - Morgan Twp
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*Porter County Fire Investigation Strike Team (F.I.S.T.): 4700
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*3300 & 3400 - Burns Harbor
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*Westville (from LaPorte County): 4900
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*3500 & 3600 & 3700 - Lake of the 4 Seasons
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*Mittal Steel: 5300
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*3800, 3900, 4000, 4100 - Valparaiso **FOR THE SWITCH TO IPSC SYSTEM/NOT USED AT THIS TIME**
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*Indiana Dunes/National Lakeshore: 5600 (frequency 166.325)
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*4200, 4300, 4400 - Portage **FOR THE SWITCH TO IPSC SYSTEM/NOT USED AT THIS TIME**
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*EMA: 6400
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*4500 - Town of Pines
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*Tech Rescue Team: 6900
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*4700 - Porter County Fire Investigation Strike Team (F.I.S.T.)
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*Haz-Mat: 8400
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*4900 - Westville (from LaPorte County)
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*5300 - Mittal Steel (Former Bethlehem Steel)
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*5600 - Indiana Dunes National Park
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*6400 & 6500 - Emergency Management
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*6900 - Tech Rescue Team
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*7100 - Incident Mgmt Support Team
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*7400 - Search And Rescue Team
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*7600, 7700, 7800, 7900 - Porter EMS
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*8400 - Haz-Mat
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*Portage & Valparaiso do not use the county numbering system at this time
  
 
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*Portage is on 154.2200 and uses Ladder 1; Engines 1, 2, 3, & 4; Tower 2,  
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*All county fire departments are toned out on 154.3100.
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and Rescues 1, 2, and 3.  
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*Portage uses Ladder 1; Engines 1, 2, 3, & 4; Tower 2, and Rescues 1, 2, and 3.
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*Pine Twp and Beverly shores use each other extensively.
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*Valparaiso uses Engines 1, 2, and 3 as well as Rescues 1, 2, & 22
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*There is a county-wide mutual aid agreement.  
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*There is a county-wide mutual aid agreement.
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*Boone Grove VFD and Lake Eliza VFD merged and are now known as
 
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Boone Grove VFD when dispatched. 
 
 
*PHM-EMS and fire units are dispatched on 2 frequencies simultaneously.
 
*PHM-EMS and fire units are dispatched on 2 frequencies simultaneously.
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*The Porter County Fire Association web site is www.pcfa.net,.
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*The Porter County Fire Association web site is www.pcfa.net
  
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===Fire Unit Designations===
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*XX01 to XX09 - Officers
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*XX10 to XX19 - Engines
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*XX20 to XX29 - Aerials
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*XX30 to XX39 - Rescues
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*XX40 to XX49 - Tankers
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*XX50 to XX59 - Specialty Rigs
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*XX60 to XX69 - Medics/Ambulances
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*XX70 to XX79 - Brush Trucks
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*XX80 to XX99 - Individual Department Members
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====Porter Hospital EMS====
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*Station 1 (Chesterton Area) - Medic 11 & Medic 12
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*Station 2 (Valparaiso Area) - Medic 21
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*Station 3 (Kouts/Hebron Area) - Medic 31
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*Station 4 (Wheeler Area) - Medic 41
  
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*Each number designates a department (i.e. "1300" is Boone Grove Station)
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===Fire/EMS Response Levels===
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*A designation of 0x (i.e. "1301" is Boone Grove's Chief, as would be "501"
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*Priority 1 - Ambulance & Fire HOT (Lights/Sirens)
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for Chesterton's Chief). This continues for all officers, 02, 03, 04, 05,
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*Priority 2 - Ambulance (Or closest ALS Unit) HOT & Fire COLD (No lights/sirens)
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06, 07, etc.)
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*Priority 3 - Ambulance ONLY HOT
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*The Teens are engines: Boone Grove engine would be 1310, 1311 etc.
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**Also used for ambulance transport emergent
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*The 20's are for aerials (i.e. 1220 for Union Twp aerial)
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*Priority 4 - Ambulance or Engine ONLY COLD
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*The 30's are for rescues
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**Also used for ambulance transport non-emergent
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*The 40's are for tankers
 
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*The 50's are specialty rigs. (8450 is haz mat, 1257 is Union rehab unit)
 
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*The 60's are ambulances
 
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*The 70's are brush units
 
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*The 80's and 90's are individual members.
 
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==Fire Tone Out==
 
==Fire Tone Out==
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A Tones B Tones Description
 
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344* 387* Beverly Shores
 
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1679* 1867.8 Boone Grove
 
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601.1 569.4 Burns Habor
 
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1868.2 1654.8 Chesterton
 
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956* 1654.8 Chesterton Call Back
 
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339.6 496.8 Four Seasons
 
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368.7 400.3 Hebron
 
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1665.8 971.4 Kouts
 
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1859* 1046* Liberty Twp
 
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828* 682.8 Mittal Steel
 
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971.4 1049.3 Morgan Twp
 
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1250* 1515* National Lakeshore
 
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569.3 788.8 Ogden Dunes
 
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322* 344* Pine Twp
 
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    1153.8      Porter
 
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651.6 586.1 South Haven
 
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937* 1765* Union Twp
 
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378.7 399.9 Valparaiso
 
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2376 1733 Washington Twp
 
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1378 847.5 Westville
 
  
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'''''PORTAGE FD'''''
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{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="10"
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580.9 617.6 Ambulance Tone
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!A Tones!!B Tones!!Description
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580.9 736.9 Motor Vehicle Crashes. 1st of 2 tones for working structure fires.  1st of 2 tones for off duty call-back.
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710* 681* Small Fires, fire alarms, investigations.  Second of 2 tones for working structure fires.
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|358.6||1400.0||County Fire All Call
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736.9 617.6 2nd of 2 tones for off duty call back
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|1006.9||1472.9||Beverly Shores
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|1669.0||1881.0||Boone Grove
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|600.9||569.1||Burns Harbor
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|1881.0||1650.0||Chesterton
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|952.5||1650.0||Chesterton Off Duty Call Back
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|510.5||483.5||Emergency Mgmt Agency
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|2401.0||1820.0||Fire Investigation Strike Team
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|339.6||496.8||Four Seasons
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|810.2||1400.0||Hazmat
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|368.5||389.0||Hebron
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|1669.0||977.2||Kouts
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|1881.0||1063.2||Liberty Twp
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|822.2||682.5||Mittal Steel
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|977.2||1063.2||Morgan Twp
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|1251.4||1513.5||National Lakeshore
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|569.1||788.5||Ogden Dunes
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|346.7||384.6||Town of Pines
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|688.3||651.9||Portage All Stations
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|726.8||617.4||Portage Off Duty Call Back
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|410.8||349.0||Porter Hospital EMS
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|1153.4|| Long Tone ||Porter
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|651.9||584.8||South Haven
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|539.0||1400.0||Search & Rescue Team
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|524.6||1400.0||Technical Rescue Team
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|953.7||1733.7||Union Twp
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|672.0||742.5||Valparaiso
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|2401.0||1733.7||Washington Twp
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|470.5||1395.0||Water Rescue Dive Team
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|1395.0||847.5||Westville
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==Porter County Sheriff's Dept Unit Designations==
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*With the exception of UNIT 1 being the Sheriff, officer badge numbers increase as new officers are hired.  Badge numbers do not get re-used. The higher the number, the newer the officer.
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*'J' units are Jail Officers
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*'R' units are Reserve Officers
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*'X' units are District 10 Convservation Officers assigned to Porter County
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*Some of the smaller towns use the Sheriff Dept Frequancy.  Those units are identified by their town name and unit number, i.e. Kouts-5 or Hebron-3.
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==Portage Police Department Unit Designations==
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*Portage PD uses the same type of number system as PCSP.  The higher the number, the newer the officer.   
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*600 series units are Reserve Officers.
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==Police Call Disposition Codes==
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*1--Alarm / Verified Entry
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*2--Alarm / False - Human Error
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*3--Alarm / False - Mechanical
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*4--Alarm / False - No Fault
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*A--Arrest(s), Adult
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*C--Assignment Complete
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*D--Message Delivered
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*G--Gone On Arrival
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*H--911 Hang Up Check
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*J--Juvenile Arrest(s) - No Adults
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*K--Parking Citation Issued (Valpo PD)
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*L--Civil / No Report
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*M--Mediation Recommended
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*N--Nothing Found
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*O--Assist Other Jurisdiction
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*P--Vehicle Impound
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*R--Report Taken
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*S--School Hotline Tip
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*T--UTT Issued (Uniform Traffic Ticket)
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*U--Unfounded or Call Cancelled
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*V--Verbal Warning (Traffic)
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*W--Written Warning (Traffic)
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*Z--Assist Citizen
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==Other Wiki Articles==
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* [[Chicago Area Radio Monitoring Association (CARMA)]]
  
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'''''SPECIAL TEAMS'''''
 
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358.6 1400 All Call
 
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510.5 483.5 EMA
 
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421* 1400 Incident Mgmt Support Team
 
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524.6 1400 Tech Rescue Team
 
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2376 1820 Fire Investigation Strike Team
 
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470.5 1400 Dive Team
 
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812* 1400 Hazmat
 
  
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406* 349.2 EMS
 
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    1286.3 PC EMS Diversion
 
  
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~NOTE:  Tones with '*' are approximate based on analysis of a recording of the tone.
 
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==Call Disposition Codes==
 
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*1. Alarm / Verified Entry
 
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*2. Alarm / False - Human Error
 
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*3. Alarm / False - Mechanical
 
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*4. Alarm / False - No Fault
 
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*A Arrest(s), Adult
 
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*C Assignment Complete
 
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*D Message Delivered
 
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*G Gone On Arrival
 
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*H 911 Hang Up Check
 
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*J Juvenile Arrest(s) - No Adults
 
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*K Parking Ticket Issued (Used By Valparaiso PD)
 
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*L Civil / No Report
 
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*N Nothing Found
 
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*O Assist Other Jurisdiction
 
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*P Vehicle Impound
 
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*R Report Taken
 
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*S School Hotline Tip
 
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*T UTT Issued (Uniform Traffic Ticket)
 
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*U Unfounded or Call Cancelled
 
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*V Verbal Warning (Traffic)
 
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*W Written Warning (Traffic)
 
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*Z Assist Citizen
 
  
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==Common Carrier==
 
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==Related Links==
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* [http://www.chestertonfire.org/ Chesterton Fire dept]
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* [http://www.portercountysheriff.com/ Porter County Sheriff]
 
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* [http://www.valparaisopolice.org/ Valparaiso Police]
 
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* [http://www.valpo.edu/vupd/ Valparaiso University Police]
 
  
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Latest revision as of 12:51, 2 October 2022

Fire Station Numbering

  • 500 & 600 - Chesterton
  • 700 & 800 - Kouts
  • 900 & 1000 - Porter
  • 1100 & 1200 - Union Twp
  • Boone Grove:
    • 1300 & 1400 - Boone Grove Station
    • 2300 & 2400 - Lake Eliza Station
  • 1500 & 1600 - Ogden Dunes
  • 1700 & 1800 - Hebron
  • 1900 & 2000 - Liberty Twp.
  • 2100 & 2200 - Pine Twp. (Disbanded)
  • 2500 & 2600 - Beverly Shores
  • 2700 & 2800 - South Haven
  • 2900 & 3000 - Washington Twp
  • 3100 & 3200 - Morgan Twp
  • 3300 & 3400 - Burns Harbor
  • 3500 & 3600 & 3700 - Lake of the 4 Seasons
  • 3800, 3900, 4000, 4100 - Valparaiso **FOR THE SWITCH TO IPSC SYSTEM/NOT USED AT THIS TIME**
  • 4200, 4300, 4400 - Portage **FOR THE SWITCH TO IPSC SYSTEM/NOT USED AT THIS TIME**
  • 4500 - Town of Pines
  • 4700 - Porter County Fire Investigation Strike Team (F.I.S.T.)
  • 4900 - Westville (from LaPorte County)
  • 5300 - Mittal Steel (Former Bethlehem Steel)
  • 5600 - Indiana Dunes National Park
  • 6400 & 6500 - Emergency Management
  • 6900 - Tech Rescue Team
  • 7100 - Incident Mgmt Support Team
  • 7400 - Search And Rescue Team
  • 7600, 7700, 7800, 7900 - Porter EMS
  • 8400 - Haz-Mat
  • Portage & Valparaiso do not use the county numbering system at this time

Notes:

  • All county fire departments are toned out on 154.3100.
  • Portage uses Ladder 1; Engines 1, 2, 3, & 4; Tower 2, and Rescues 1, 2, and 3.
  • Valparaiso uses Engines 1, 2, and 3 as well as Rescues 1, 2, & 22
  • There is a county-wide mutual aid agreement.
  • PHM-EMS and fire units are dispatched on 2 frequencies simultaneously.
  • The Porter County Fire Association web site is www.pcfa.net

Fire Unit Designations

  • XX01 to XX09 - Officers
  • XX10 to XX19 - Engines
  • XX20 to XX29 - Aerials
  • XX30 to XX39 - Rescues
  • XX40 to XX49 - Tankers
  • XX50 to XX59 - Specialty Rigs
  • XX60 to XX69 - Medics/Ambulances
  • XX70 to XX79 - Brush Trucks
  • XX80 to XX99 - Individual Department Members

Porter Hospital EMS

  • Station 1 (Chesterton Area) - Medic 11 & Medic 12
  • Station 2 (Valparaiso Area) - Medic 21
  • Station 3 (Kouts/Hebron Area) - Medic 31
  • Station 4 (Wheeler Area) - Medic 41

Fire/EMS Response Levels

  • Priority 1 - Ambulance & Fire HOT (Lights/Sirens)
  • Priority 2 - Ambulance (Or closest ALS Unit) HOT & Fire COLD (No lights/sirens)
  • Priority 3 - Ambulance ONLY HOT
    • Also used for ambulance transport emergent
  • Priority 4 - Ambulance or Engine ONLY COLD
    • Also used for ambulance transport non-emergent

Fire Tone Out

A Tones B Tones Description
358.6 1400.0 County Fire All Call
1006.9 1472.9 Beverly Shores
1669.0 1881.0 Boone Grove
600.9 569.1 Burns Harbor
1881.0 1650.0 Chesterton
952.5 1650.0 Chesterton Off Duty Call Back
510.5 483.5 Emergency Mgmt Agency
2401.0 1820.0 Fire Investigation Strike Team
339.6 496.8 Four Seasons
810.2 1400.0 Hazmat
368.5 389.0 Hebron
1669.0 977.2 Kouts
1881.0 1063.2 Liberty Twp
822.2 682.5 Mittal Steel
977.2 1063.2 Morgan Twp
1251.4 1513.5 National Lakeshore
569.1 788.5 Ogden Dunes
346.7 384.6 Town of Pines
688.3 651.9 Portage All Stations
726.8 617.4 Portage Off Duty Call Back
410.8 349.0 Porter Hospital EMS
1153.4 Long Tone Porter
651.9 584.8 South Haven
539.0 1400.0 Search & Rescue Team
524.6 1400.0 Technical Rescue Team
953.7 1733.7 Union Twp
672.0 742.5 Valparaiso
2401.0 1733.7 Washington Twp
470.5 1395.0 Water Rescue Dive Team
1395.0 847.5 Westville

Porter County Sheriff's Dept Unit Designations

  • With the exception of UNIT 1 being the Sheriff, officer badge numbers increase as new officers are hired. Badge numbers do not get re-used. The higher the number, the newer the officer.
  • 'J' units are Jail Officers
  • 'R' units are Reserve Officers
  • 'X' units are District 10 Convservation Officers assigned to Porter County
  • Some of the smaller towns use the Sheriff Dept Frequancy. Those units are identified by their town name and unit number, i.e. Kouts-5 or Hebron-3.

Portage Police Department Unit Designations

  • Portage PD uses the same type of number system as PCSP. The higher the number, the newer the officer.
  • 600 series units are Reserve Officers.

Police Call Disposition Codes

  • 1--Alarm / Verified Entry
  • 2--Alarm / False - Human Error
  • 3--Alarm / False - Mechanical
  • 4--Alarm / False - No Fault
  • A--Arrest(s), Adult
  • C--Assignment Complete
  • D--Message Delivered
  • G--Gone On Arrival
  • H--911 Hang Up Check
  • J--Juvenile Arrest(s) - No Adults
  • K--Parking Citation Issued (Valpo PD)
  • L--Civil / No Report
  • M--Mediation Recommended
  • N--Nothing Found
  • O--Assist Other Jurisdiction
  • P--Vehicle Impound
  • R--Report Taken
  • S--School Hotline Tip
  • T--UTT Issued (Uniform Traffic Ticket)
  • U--Unfounded or Call Cancelled
  • V--Verbal Warning (Traffic)
  • W--Written Warning (Traffic)
  • Z--Assist Citizen


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