Station #'s

[One13Truck]

Occasionally I'll throw on the dispatch from Dover's web site, but I don't know who anybody is. Anybody have the fire and EMS station #'s so I know who's going where??? Frequencies and ground explanations would be a help as well.

[tucker2743]

40-Bowers Beach
41-Camden-Wyoming
42-Carlisle (Milford)
43-Cheswold
44-Citizens Hose Company of Smyrna
45-Clayton
46-Robbins Hose Company of Dover (their apparatus responds as "Engine 3" without using their station number if they are responding in their first due)
47-Farmington
48-Felton
49-Frederica
50-Harrington
51-Hartly
52-Houston
53-Leipsic
54-Little Creek
55-Magnolia
56-Marydel
57-South Bowers Beach
58-Dover Air Force Base
63-Dover Ambulance (contractor)
64-American Legoin Ambulance of Smyrna
65-County Paramedic Supervisor
66-Northern medic unit (Smyrna)
67-Central medic unit (Dover)
68-Southwestern medic unit (Harrington)
101-Sussex medic unit that serves Southeast area (Milford)

Officers #'s start at 15 and go up. (Example:40-15 is the chief of Bowers, 40-16 would be the Deputy, and so on)
Fire Police use 30's (40-30, 40-31, etc.)
EMS officers start at 40 (40-40, 40-41)

Tucker Dempsey
Past Chief
Cheswold Fire Company

[One13Truck]

Many thanks!!! Any help with the 10 codes? Not the same as the ones we use in Pa.

How busy is Dover? I've only heard them go on a box twice. I don't listen 24-7 so maybe I just have perfect timing and miss them all the time.

[tucker2743]

The main ones are:
10-1 Under control
10-2 On scene
10-3 Proceed with message
10-4 OK
10-7 Back in quarters
10-8 Responding
10-9 Repeat message
10-10 MVC, MVA
10-11 Second emergency
10-12 Cover up assignment
10-17 Food or drink to the scene
10-19 Returning to quarters
10-20 Location
10-44 Request for ambulance

Dover responds to about 1000 calls per year. They do not respond to EMS calls. They only respond to accidents that involve rescue or fire.
They have 2 stations
Station 1
Engine 4 (Sqrt)
Engine 6
Engine 7
Rescue 1
Ladder 1 (Tiller)

Station 2
Engine 3
Engine 5
Ladder 2 (Rearmount tower)

Officers
15-Chief
16-Deputy
17-1st Assistant Chief
18-2nd Assistant Chief
19-Third Assistant Chief
20-Fourth Assistant Chief
21-Captain
22-Captain
The officers are elected at large so there are no specific station officers.

They dispatch one station or the other for minor calls (called crew calls) based on the location in the district. They dispatch both stations for structure fires and accidents. Most of their district is within city limits but they do have some rural area to the west. On the majority of their alarms, they respond alone. They used to have several boxes that required mutual aid on the initial dispatch, but they have scaled most of those back. In the rural area to the west, Hartly (51) is due with a tanker.

Tucker Dempsey

[One13Truck]

Thanks again, guess I'm just missing their calls. That can happen when only listening for a few hours a night after work I guess. LOL Are all 3 counties on a state-wide 800 system now? A month today I'll be hitting OCMD and if I remember I'll pack away the scanner in the luggage to haul down and listen when time permits.

[tucker2743]

Yes, the whole state is on 800 mhz. It has been around 5 years now, I think. Each county has its own fire & EMS templates to use as well as a statewide template for large incidents. If you are in OC, you may be able to pick up some of Sussex on a scanner if you can find a fire company repeater frequency that rebroadcasts the 800. There are a few very expensive scanners that pick up 800 directly.

Tucker Dempsey

[towerlt]

Tucker2473,

Do you have the frequency's for the county?. I travel a lot into your county.
Thanks,
JR

[tucker2743]

Cheswold repeater-154.340 repeats dispatch, emsops, Dover, and all tac channels except one in Kent County
Dover repeater-154.445 repeats dispatch, tac channels, and Dover channel for Kent County
Middletown repeater-453.025 repeats New Castle County dispatch, ems, and tac channels

Tucker Dempsey