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

~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