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Public Safety

Fire Districts, Dispatch and Numbering

Most of St. Louis County's population falls within 23 fire protection districts which cross municipal boundaries. The remainder of the county is served by 20 municipal fire departments. Four dispatch centers (East Central County, North Central County, South County and West County) serve multiple departments and protection districts. Other departments/districts are self-dispatched. There is a standardized apparatus numbering system for St. Louis County (which extends to neighboring counties). The City of St. Louis is an independent city, not part of St. Louis County, and has its own system of apparatus identification.

Apparatus Numbering

Fire apparatus in St. Louis County and nearby counties is identified by a 4 digit number.

The first two digits indicate the agency (fire protection district or fire department).
The 3rd digit usually indicates the house (1, 2, 3, etc.). "0" indicates a command vehicle (fire chief). "9" indicates reserve apparatus. "8" may indicate specialized equipment.
The last digit indicates the type of apparatus:
- "0" or "1" is a pumper
- "2" is an aerial or aerial pumper (quint)
- "3" is a tanker or tanker/pumper
- "4" is a rescue pumper
- "5" is a rescue aerial pumper (rescue quint)
- "6" is a rescue unit
- "7" (sometimes "8") is an EMS unit
- "8" is often a brush truck
- "9" is specialized equipment

Central County Fire Alarm

Live Audio Broadcast

Monarch Fire Protection District

Serves 55 sq.mi. that includes Chesterfield, Ballwin, Wildwood and other West St Louis County Communities (north to Maryland Heights). Dispatched by Central County Fire Alarm

Station 1 is located at 15700 Baxter Road
Station 2 is located at 18424 Wild Horse Creek Road
Station 3 is located at 1201 Fernview Drive
Station 4 is located at 13725 Olive Boulevard
Station 5 is located at 155 Long Road

Units

2212 2000 Pierce Dash 105 ft ladder (Station 1)
2216 2004 Pierce Dash Rescue (Station 1)
2217 2003 Ford MEDTEC Ambulance (Station 1)
2220 1997 Pierce Arrow Pumper (Station 2)
2228 Brush Truck (Station 2)
2230 1998 Pierce Arrow Pumper (Station 3)
2237 1999 Ford MEDTEC Ambulance (Station 3)
2242 2002 Pierce Dash 85 ft ladder (Station 4)
2247 2003 Ford MEDTEC Ambulance (Station 4)
2279 1997 Trailer (Multi-Use) (Station 4)
2253 1986 Pierce Arrow Pumper (Station 5)
2257 2002 Ford MEDTEC Ambulance (Station 5)

West County EMS and Fire Protection District

Dispatched by Central county Fire Alarm

'Unit IDs'

3515 Rescue Quint
3534 Rescue Pumper
3537 EMS

East Central Dispatch Center (police and fire)

Located in Richmond Heights. Dispatches both police and fire/EMS for the municipalities of Clayton, Maplewood, Oivette, Richmond Heights, Shrewsbury and Webster Groves. There is one dispatch frequency for Fire/EMS and two frequencies (North and South) for police.

East Central - Fire (151.055Mhz - Dispatch - 412 DCS; 153.860Mhz - Response - 123.0 CTCSS)

1800 - Shrewsbury (1814 Rescue Pumper, 1817 EMS)
2000 - Webster Groves
2100 - Richmond Heights (2114 Rescue Pumper, 2117 EMS, 2197 Reserve EMS)
2700 - Olivette
3100 - Maplewood (3116 Rescue; uses Abbott for medial transport)
3200 - Clayton

East Central - Police, North (154.800Mhz - 123.0Hz CTCSS)

1900 - Clayton
6400 - Olivette
7200 - Richmond Heights

East Central - Police, South (159.900Mhz - 412 DCS)

5300 - Maplewood
7600 - Shrewsbury
9300 - Webster Groves

Hospitals & EMS

Hospitals

Schools & Colleges

Federal Government

Jefferson National Expansion Monument/ARCH

172.525 100.0 PL  Operations

Units: Arrowhead, 820, 821, 826

Federal Wiki Page

Businesses

Recreation & Attractions

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 Most of St. Louis County's population falls within 23 fire protection districts which cross municipal boundaries. The remainder of the county is served by 20 municipal fire departments.
 Four dispatch centers (East Central County, North Central County, South County and West County) serve multiple departments and protection districts. Other departments/districts are self-dispatched. There is a standardized apparatus numbering system for St. Louis County (which extends to neighboring counties).  The City of St. Louis is an independent city, not part of St. Louis County, and has its own system of apparatus identification.
+====Apparatus Numbering====
+Fire apparatus in St. Louis County and nearby counties is identified by a 4 digit number.
+*The first two digits indicate the agency (fire protection district or fire department).
+*The 3rd digit usually indicates the house (1, 2, 3, etc.). "0" indicates a command vehicle (fire chief). "9" indicates reserve apparatus. "8" may indicate specialized equipment.
+*The last digit indicates the type of apparatus:
+** "0" or "1" is a pumper
+** "2" is an aerial or aerial pumper (quint)
+** "3" is a tanker or tanker/pumper
+** "4" is a rescue pumper
+** "5" is a rescue aerial pumper (rescue quint)
+** "6" is a rescue unit
+** "7" (sometimes "8") is an EMS unit
+** "8" is often a brush truck
+** "9" is specialized equipment
 ===Central County Fire Alarm===