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== '''Countywide Information''' == | == '''Countywide Information''' == | ||
*'''In Berkshire County, EMS is mainly handled by the local fire departments''' | *'''In Berkshire County, EMS is mainly handled by the local fire departments''' | ||
| − | * | + | *BLS = Basic Life Support (Basic EMTs) |
| − | * | + | *INT = Intermediate Level Support |
| − | * | + | *ALS = Advanced Life Support (Paramedics) |
*Countywide Dispatch is done by the County Sheriff's Dispatch Center which is located in Pittsfield (not to be confused with the private EMS provider County EMS) | *Countywide Dispatch is done by the County Sheriff's Dispatch Center which is located in Pittsfield (not to be confused with the private EMS provider County EMS) | ||
*ALS Intercepts are done by other communities and backed up by County Ambulance Co. (in the Pittsfield area)<br> | *ALS Intercepts are done by other communities and backed up by County Ambulance Co. (in the Pittsfield area)<br> | ||
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== '''Countywide EMS frequencies''' == | == '''Countywide EMS frequencies''' == | ||
{{prettytable}} | {{prettytable}} | ||
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||'''Channel'''||'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations''' | ||'''Channel'''||'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations''' | ||
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| − | |CMED Ch.01||155.3400||S||107.2||Primary (EMS to Area Hospitals)|| | + | |CMED Ch.01||155.3400||S||107.2||Primary (EMS to Area Hospitals)||2025.01.06 Sawyer100 (SNE Submitter) |
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| − | |CMED Ch.02||155.3850||S||107.2||Secondary ((BMC) Incoming trip reports and med control) || | + | |CMED Ch.02||155.3850||S||107.2||Secondary ((BMC) Incoming trip reports and med control) ||2025.01.06 Sawyer100 (SNE Submitter) |
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||'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations''' | ||'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations''' | ||
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| − | |||||||Dispatched | + | |154.3100<sup>1</sup>||S<sup>2</sup>||107.2||Dispatched by Berkshire Sheriff's Control||2024.01.03 W1KNE |
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| + | |155.2800||S||D031||Secondary Ops|| | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | <sup>1</sup>See [[Berkshire_County_Fire_Departments|Berkshire County Fire]] for other frequencies used.<br> | ||
| + | <sup>2</sup>Berkshire Fire is normally simplex, however various other repeaters exist in the county. | ||
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| + | == '''Northern Berkshire EMS''' == | ||
| + | {{prettytable}} | ||
| + | *Provides primary EMS to several towns in the extreme northern part of the county and neighboring counties, based in North Adams and Williamstown. | ||
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| + | ||'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations''' | ||
| + | |- align="center" | ||
| + | |155.8425||R||151.4||Dispatched by North Adams||2025.01.06 Sawyer100 (SNE Submitter) | ||
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| − | |155. | + | |155.1750||S||151.4||Tactical||2023.01.25 sawyer100 |
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||'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations''' | ||'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations''' | ||
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| − | |152.3900||S|| | + | |152.3900||S||77.0||Pittsfield area operations||See Private Ambulances page for confirmation. |
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||'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations''' | ||'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations''' | ||
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| − | |155.2800||S||88.5||Operations|| | + | |155.2800||S/R||88.5||Operations||2025.01.06 Sawyer100 (SNE Submitter) |
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{{prettytable}} | {{prettytable}} | ||
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| + | !'''Community''' | ||
| + | !'''EMS Provider''' | ||
| + | !'''Frequency''' | ||
| + | !'''Type''' | ||
| + | !'''Tone''' | ||
| + | !'''Notes''' | ||
| + | !'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations''' | ||
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| − | |Adams||BLS & ALS: Adams EMS||||||||DB: Berkshire County|| | + | |Adams||BLS & ALS: Adams EMS||||||||DB: Berkshire County||2023.12.12 sawyer100 |
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|Adams||BLS & ALS: Adams EMS||155.2200||R||107.2||Secondary||2017.07.30 MrSvenSven | |Adams||BLS & ALS: Adams EMS||155.2200||R||107.2||Secondary||2017.07.30 MrSvenSven | ||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
| − | |Alford||BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS||||||||Dispatched on | + | |Alford||BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS||||||||Dispatched on [[Berkshire_County_Fire_Departments|Berkshire County Fire]] channels||See [[Berkshire_County_EMS#Southern_Berkshire_Volunteer_Ambulance_Squad|SBVAS Above]] for Confirmation. |
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
|Becket||BLS & INT: Becket EMS||||||||DB: Berkshire County||2017.08.26 MrSvenSven | |Becket||BLS & INT: Becket EMS||||||||DB: Berkshire County||2017.08.26 MrSvenSven | ||
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|Cheshire||BLS & ALS: Adams EMS||||||||DB: Berkshire County||2017.09.19 MrSvenSven | |Cheshire||BLS & ALS: Adams EMS||||||||DB: Berkshire County||2017.09.19 MrSvenSven | ||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
| − | |Clarksburg||BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS||155.8425||||151.4|| | + | |Clarksburg||BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS||155.8425||||151.4||||See [[Berkshire_County_EMS#Northern_Berkshire_EMS|NBEMS Above]] for Confirmation. |
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
|Dalton||BLS & INT: Dalton Fire||||||||DB: Dalton|| | |Dalton||BLS & INT: Dalton Fire||||||||DB: Dalton|| | ||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
| − | |Egremont||BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS||||||||Dispatched on | + | |Egremont||BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS||||||||Dispatched on [[Berkshire_County_Fire_Departments|Berkshire County Fire]] channels||See [[Berkshire_County_EMS#Southern_Berkshire_Volunteer_Ambulance_Squad|SBVAS Above]] for Confirmation. |
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
| − | |Florida||BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS||155.8425||||151.4|| | + | |Florida||BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS||155.8425||||151.4||||See [[Berkshire_County_EMS#Northern_Berkshire_EMS|NBEMS Above]] for Confirmation. |
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|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
| − | | | + | |Great Barrington||BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS||||||||Dispatched on [[Berkshire_County_Fire_Departments|Berkshire County Fire]] channels||See [[Berkshire_County_EMS#Southern_Berkshire_Volunteer_Ambulance_Squad|SBVAS Above]] for Confirmation. |
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
| − | |Hancock||BLS & ALS: | + | |Hancock||BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS||155.8425||||151.4||||See [[Berkshire_County_EMS#Northern_Berkshire_EMS|NBEMS Above]] for Confirmation. |
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
|Hinsdale||BLS: Hinsdale EMS||||||||DB: Dalton on both County and Hinsdale FD Channels||2017.07.29 MrSvenSven | |Hinsdale||BLS: Hinsdale EMS||||||||DB: Dalton on both County and Hinsdale FD Channels||2017.07.29 MrSvenSven | ||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
| − | |Lanesborough||BLS: Lanesborough Fire||||||||DB: Berkshire County|| | + | |Lanesborough||BLS: Lanesborough Fire||||||||DB: Berkshire County||2024.01.12 sawyer100 |
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
|Lee||BLS & INT: Lee EMS||||||||DB: Berkshire County||2017.10.10 MrSvenSven | |Lee||BLS & INT: Lee EMS||||||||DB: Berkshire County||2017.10.10 MrSvenSven | ||
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|Lenox||BLS & INT: Lenox EMS||||||||DB: Berkshire County||2017.09.25 MrSvenSven | |Lenox||BLS & INT: Lenox EMS||||||||DB: Berkshire County||2017.09.25 MrSvenSven | ||
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| − | |Monterey||BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS||||||||Dispatched on | + | |Monterey||BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS||||||||Dispatched on [[Berkshire_County_Fire_Departments|Berkshire County Fire]] channels||See [[Berkshire_County_EMS#Southern_Berkshire_Volunteer_Ambulance_Squad|SBVAS Above]] for Confirmation. |
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
| − | | | + | |Mount Washington||BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS||||||||Dispatched on [[Berkshire_County_Fire_Departments|Berkshire County Fire]] channels||See [[Berkshire_County_EMS#Southern_Berkshire_Volunteer_Ambulance_Squad|SBVAS Above]] for Confirmation. |
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
| − | | | + | |Mount Washington||BLS & INT: Copake Falls(NY) Rescue||155.2950||S||173.8||Columbia County, NY||Please see [[Nearby New York]] for confirmation. |
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
| − | |New Ashford||BLS & ALS: | + | |New Ashford||BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS||155.8425||||151.4||||See [[Berkshire_County_EMS#Northern_Berkshire_EMS|NBEMS Above]] for Confirmation. |
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|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
|New Marlborough||BLS: New Marlborough EMS||||||||DB: Berkshire County||2017.08.26 MrSvenSven | |New Marlborough||BLS: New Marlborough EMS||||||||DB: Berkshire County||2017.08.26 MrSvenSven | ||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
| − | |North Adams||BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS||155.8425|| | + | |North Adams||BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS||155.8425||||151.4||||See [[Berkshire_County_EMS#Northern_Berkshire_EMS|NBEMS Above]] for Confirmation. |
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|Otis||BLS: Otis EMS||||||||DB: Berkshire County||2017.08.26 MrSvenSven | |Otis||BLS: Otis EMS||||||||DB: Berkshire County||2017.08.26 MrSvenSven | ||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
|Peru||BLS: Hinsdale Fire||||||||DB: County or Dalton on County and Hinsdale FD channels||2017.07.29 MrSvenSven | |Peru||BLS: Hinsdale Fire||||||||DB: County or Dalton on County and Hinsdale FD channels||2017.07.29 MrSvenSven | ||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
| − | |Pittsfield||BLS & ALS: County Ambulance (Privately o/o)||||||||DB: Pittsfield | + | |Pittsfield||BLS & ALS: County Ambulance (Privately o/o)||155.2800||S/R||88.5||DB: Pittsfield PD||See [[Berkshire_County_EMS#County_Ambulance|Above]] for Confirmation. |
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
|Richmond||BLS: Richmond Fire||||||||DB: Berkshire County||2017.09.25 MrSvenSven | |Richmond||BLS: Richmond Fire||||||||DB: Berkshire County||2017.09.25 MrSvenSven | ||
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|Savoy||BLS & ALS: Adams EMS||||||||DB: Berkshire County|| | |Savoy||BLS & ALS: Adams EMS||||||||DB: Berkshire County|| | ||
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| − | |Sheffield||BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS||||||||Dispatched on | + | |Sheffield||BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS||||||||Dispatched on [[Berkshire_County_Fire_Departments|Berkshire County Fire]] channels||See [[Berkshire_County_EMS#Southern_Berkshire_Volunteer_Ambulance_Squad|SBVAS Above]] for Confirmation. |
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
|Stockbridge||Stockbridge EMS||||||||DB:County||2017.08.11 MrSvenSven | |Stockbridge||Stockbridge EMS||||||||DB:County||2017.08.11 MrSvenSven | ||
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|West Stockbridge||BLS: Richmond Fire||||||||DB: Berkshire County|| | |West Stockbridge||BLS: Richmond Fire||||||||DB: Berkshire County|| | ||
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| − | |Williamstown||BLS & ALS: | + | |Williamstown||BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS||155.8425||||151.4||||See [[Berkshire_County_EMS#Northern_Berkshire_EMS|NBEMS Above]] for Confirmation. |
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|Windsor||BLS: Windsor Fire||||||||DB: Dalton on Windsor FD channel|| | |Windsor||BLS: Windsor Fire||||||||DB: Dalton on Windsor FD channel|| | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:47, 26 January 2025
Countywide Information
- In Berkshire County, EMS is mainly handled by the local fire departments
- BLS = Basic Life Support (Basic EMTs)
- INT = Intermediate Level Support
- ALS = Advanced Life Support (Paramedics)
- Countywide Dispatch is done by the County Sheriff's Dispatch Center which is located in Pittsfield (not to be confused with the private EMS provider County EMS)
- ALS Intercepts are done by other communities and backed up by County Ambulance Co. (in the Pittsfield area)
- Lifestar communicates to Berkshire County on the fireground frequency
- Unless otherwise noted, EMS is dispatched on Fire Department radio channels.
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Countywide EMS frequencies
- Berkshire County C-MED radio communications are all on VHF (on these 2 channels). They do not use any of the UHF C-MED channels
| Channel | Frequency | Type | Tone | Notes | Confirmation/ReConfirmations |
| CMED Ch.01 | 155.3400 | S | 107.2 | Primary (EMS to Area Hospitals) | 2025.01.06 Sawyer100 (SNE Submitter) |
| CMED Ch.02 | 155.3850 | S | 107.2 | Secondary ((BMC) Incoming trip reports and med control) | 2025.01.06 Sawyer100 (SNE Submitter) |
Southern Berkshire Volunteer Ambulance Squad
- Provides primary EMS to several towns in the extreme southern part of the county, based in Great Barrington next to Fairview Hospital on Lewis Ave.
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Notes | Confirmation/ReConfirmations |
| 154.31001 | S2 | 107.2 | Dispatched by Berkshire Sheriff's Control | 2024.01.03 W1KNE |
| 155.2800 | S | D031 | Secondary Ops |
1See Berkshire County Fire for other frequencies used.
2Berkshire Fire is normally simplex, however various other repeaters exist in the county.
Northern Berkshire EMS
- Provides primary EMS to several towns in the extreme northern part of the county and neighboring counties, based in North Adams and Williamstown.
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Notes | Confirmation/ReConfirmations |
| 155.8425 | R | 151.4 | Dispatched by North Adams | 2025.01.06 Sawyer100 (SNE Submitter) |
| 155.1750 | S | 151.4 | Tactical | 2023.01.25 sawyer100 |
Action EMS
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Notes | Confirmation/ReConfirmations |
| 152.3900 | S | 77.0 | Pittsfield area operations | See Private Ambulances page for confirmation. |
County Ambulance
- County Ambulance (a private EMS provider not affiliated with the county) provides ALS intercepts to much of the county
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Notes | Confirmation/ReConfirmations |
| 155.2800 | S/R | 88.5 | Operations | 2025.01.06 Sawyer100 (SNE Submitter) |
EMS Provider Information
| Community | EMS Provider | Frequency | Type | Tone | Notes | Confirmation/ReConfirmations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | BLS & ALS: Adams EMS | DB: Berkshire County | 2023.12.12 sawyer100 | |||
| Adams | BLS & ALS: Adams EMS | 155.2200 | R | 107.2 | Secondary | 2017.07.30 MrSvenSven |
| Alford | BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS | Dispatched on Berkshire County Fire channels | See SBVAS Above for Confirmation. | |||
| Becket | BLS & INT: Becket EMS | DB: Berkshire County | 2017.08.26 MrSvenSven | |||
| Cheshire | BLS & ALS: Adams EMS | DB: Berkshire County | 2017.09.19 MrSvenSven | |||
| Clarksburg | BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS | 155.8425 | 151.4 | See NBEMS Above for Confirmation. | ||
| Dalton | BLS & INT: Dalton Fire | DB: Dalton | ||||
| Egremont | BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS | Dispatched on Berkshire County Fire channels | See SBVAS Above for Confirmation. | |||
| Florida | BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS | 155.8425 | 151.4 | See NBEMS Above for Confirmation. | ||
| Great Barrington | BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS | Dispatched on Berkshire County Fire channels | See SBVAS Above for Confirmation. | |||
| Hancock | BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS | 155.8425 | 151.4 | See NBEMS Above for Confirmation. | ||
| Hinsdale | BLS: Hinsdale EMS | DB: Dalton on both County and Hinsdale FD Channels | 2017.07.29 MrSvenSven | |||
| Lanesborough | BLS: Lanesborough Fire | DB: Berkshire County | 2024.01.12 sawyer100 | |||
| Lee | BLS & INT: Lee EMS | DB: Berkshire County | 2017.10.10 MrSvenSven | |||
| Lee | BLS & INT: Lee EMS | 155.2950 | 107.2 | |||
| Lenox | BLS & INT: Lenox EMS | DB: Berkshire County | 2017.09.25 MrSvenSven | |||
| Monterey | BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS | Dispatched on Berkshire County Fire channels | See SBVAS Above for Confirmation. | |||
| Mount Washington | BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS | Dispatched on Berkshire County Fire channels | See SBVAS Above for Confirmation. | |||
| Mount Washington | BLS & INT: Copake Falls(NY) Rescue | 155.2950 | S | 173.8 | Columbia County, NY | Please see Nearby New York for confirmation. |
| New Ashford | BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS | 155.8425 | 151.4 | See NBEMS Above for Confirmation. | ||
| New Marlborough | BLS: New Marlborough EMS | DB: Berkshire County | 2017.08.26 MrSvenSven | |||
| North Adams | BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS | 155.8425 | 151.4 | See NBEMS Above for Confirmation. | ||
| Otis | BLS: Otis EMS | DB: Berkshire County | 2017.08.26 MrSvenSven | |||
| Peru | BLS: Hinsdale Fire | DB: County or Dalton on County and Hinsdale FD channels | 2017.07.29 MrSvenSven | |||
| Pittsfield | BLS & ALS: County Ambulance (Privately o/o) | 155.2800 | S/R | 88.5 | DB: Pittsfield PD | See Above for Confirmation. |
| Richmond | BLS: Richmond Fire | DB: Berkshire County | 2017.09.25 MrSvenSven | |||
| Sandisfield | BLS: Sandisfield EMS | DB: Berkshire County | 2017.10.13 MrSvenSven | |||
| Savoy | BLS & ALS: Adams EMS | DB: Berkshire County | ||||
| Sheffield | BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS | Dispatched on Berkshire County Fire channels | See SBVAS Above for Confirmation. | |||
| Stockbridge | Stockbridge EMS | DB:County | 2017.08.11 MrSvenSven | |||
| Tyringham | BLS & INT: Lee EMS | DB: Lee Dispatch | ||||
| Washington | BLS: Hinsdale EMS | DB: Dalton | ||||
| West Stockbridge | BLS: Richmond Fire | DB: Berkshire County | ||||
| Williamstown | BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS | 155.8425 | 151.4 | See NBEMS Above for Confirmation. | ||
| Windsor | BLS: Windsor Fire | DB: Dalton on Windsor FD channel |