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Porter County (IN)

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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
*Midwest Steel: 5000 (frequency of 151.715)
*Bethlehem 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

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
  • 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

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