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 and 1400 pri 1300
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
Lake Eliza: 2300 and 2400 pri 2300
Beverly Shores: 2500 and 2600 pri 2500
South Haven: 2700 and 2800 pri 2800
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 pri 3500
Portage: 4200, 4300, 4400, 4500, 4600 (not used--long story)
Porter County Fire Investigation Strike Team (F.I.S.T.): 4700
Westville (from LaPorte County): 4900
Midwest Steel: 5000 (frequency of 151.715)
Bethlehem Steel: 5300
Indiana Dunes/National Lakeshore: 5600 (frequency 166.325)
Haz-Mat: 8400
EMA: 6400

Notes: Portage is on 154.22 and uses E-1, A-11 and so on. Pine Twp and
Beverly shores use each other extensively. 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,.


*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

Porter County Fire Investigation Strike Team
Tone A= 2376.0
Tone B= 1820.0

Porter County All Call
Tone A= 358.6
Tone B= 1400.0

Washington Township Fire Dept.
Tone A= 2376.0
Tone B= 1733.0

Burns Harbor Fire Dept.
Tone A= 601.1
Tone B= 569.4

Tech Rescue
Tone A= 524.6
Tone B= 1400.0

Dive Team
Tone A= 470.5
Tone B= 1400.0

Portage Fire Dept.
Tone 1:
Tone A= 726.9
Tone B= 617.6
Tone 2:
Tone A= 548.3
Tone B= 726.9

Lakes of the Four Seasons Fire
Tone A:339.6
Tone B:496.8

SOUTH HAVEN FIRE DEPT.
TONE A: 651.6
TONE B: 586.1

CHESTERTON FIRE DEPT.
TONE A: 1868.2
TONE B: 1654.8

HEBRON FIRE DEPT.
TONE A: 377.4
TONE B: 400.3

KOUTS FIRE DEPT.
TONE A: 1670.4
TONE B: 970.4

MORGAN FIRE DEPT.
TONE A: 971.4
TONE B: 1049.3 

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
• 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