Porter County (IN)

Fire Station Numbering

*Chesterton: 500 and 600 series (primarily 500)
*Kouts: 700 and 800 primarily 700
*Porter: 900 and 1000 pri. 900
*Union Twp: 1100 and 1200 (both sets used)
*Boone Grove: 1300, 1400, 2300, and 2400
*Ogden Dunes: 1500 and 1600 pri 1500
*Hebron: 1700 and 1800 pri. 1700
*Liberty Twp.: 1900 and 2000 pri. 1900
*Pine Twp.: 2100 and 2200 pri 2100
*Beverly Shores: 2500 and 2600 pri 2500
*South Haven: 2700 and 2800 (both sets used)
*Washington Twp: 2900 and 3000 pri 2900
*Morgan Twp: 3100 and 3200 pri. 3100
*Burns Harbor: 3300 and 3400 pri 3300
*Lake of the 4 Seasons: 3500 and 3600 (both sets used)
*Porter County Fire Investigation Strike Team (F.I.S.T.): 4700
*Westville (from LaPorte County): 4900
*Mittal Steel: 5300
*Indiana Dunes/National Lakeshore: 5600 (frequency 166.325)
*EMA: 6400
*Tech Rescue Team: 6900
*Haz-Mat: 8400

Notes: 
*Portage is on 154.2200 and uses Ladder 1; Engines 1, 2, 3, & 4; Tower 2, 
and Rescues 1, 2, and 3. 
*Pine Twp and Beverly shores use each other extensively. 
*There is a county-wide mutual aid agreement. 
*Boone Grove VFD and Lake Eliza VFD merged and are now known as 
Boone Grove VFD when dispatched.  
*PHM-EMS and fire units are dispatched on 2 frequencies simultaneously.
*The Porter County Fire Association web site is www.pcfa.net,.


*Each number designates a department (i.e. "1300" is Boone Grove Station)
*A designation of 0x (i.e. "1301" is Boone Grove's Chief, as would be "501"
for Chesterton's Chief). This continues for all officers, 02, 03, 04, 05,
06, 07, etc.)
*The Teens are engines: Boone Grove engine would be 1310, 1311 etc.
*The 20's are for aerials (i.e. 1220 for Union Twp aerial)
*The 30's are for rescues
*The 40's are for tankers
*The 50's are specialty rigs. (8450 is haz mat, 1257 is Union rehab unit)
*The 60's are ambulances
*The 70's are brush units
*The 80's and 90's are individual members.

Fire Tone Out

A Tones	B Tones	Description
344*	387*	Beverly Shores	
1679*	1873*	Boone Grove	
601.1	569.4	Burns Habor	
1868.2	1654.8	Chesterton	
956*	1654.8	Chesterton Call Back	
339.6	496.8	Four Seasons	
377.4	400.3	Hebron	
1670.4	970.4	Kouts	
1859*	1046*	Liberty Twp	
828*	687*	Mittal Steel	
971.4	1049.3	Morgan Twp	
1250*	1515*	National Lakeshore	
578*	796*	Ogden Dunes	
322*	344*	Pine Twp
    1162*       Porter	
651.6	586.1	South Haven	
937*	1765*	Union Twp	
375*	390*	Valparaiso	
2376	1733	Washington Twp	
1378	847.5	Westville	

'''''PORTAGE FD'''''
593*	625*	Ambulance Tone
580.9	736.9	Motor Vehicle Crashes.  1st of 2 tones for working structure fires.  1st of 2 tones for off duty call-back.
710*	681*	Small Fires, fire alarms, investigations.  Second of 2 tones for working structure fires.
736.9	617.6	2nd of 2 tones for off duty call back	

'''''SPECIAL TEAMS'''''
358.6	1400	All Call	
500*	484	EMA	
421*	1400	Incident Mgmt Support Team
524.6	1400	Tech Rescue Team
2376	1820	Fire Investigation Strike Team
470.5	1400	Dive Team
812*	1400	Hazmat

406*	349.2	EMS	
    1296*	PC EMS Diversion

~NOTE:  Tones with '*' are approximate based on analysis of a recording of the tone.	

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 Ticket Issued (Used By Valparaiso PD)
• L Civil / No Report
• 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

Common Carrier

• A-Beep -- UHF-T (MetroChicago) LTR TRS

Related Links

• Chesterton Fire dept
• Porter County Sheriff
• Valparaiso Police
• Valparaiso University Police

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