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== '''Countywide Information''' ==
 
== '''Countywide Information''' ==
 
*'''Fire District 9 covers Franklin County'''
 
*'''Fire District 9 covers Franklin County'''
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*'''Franklin County is operating on the [[Massachusetts_Commonwealth_Interoperability_Radio_System|CoMIRS]] system. '''
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* The UHF system is expected to be deprecated upon completed transition to CoMIRS. A list of those frequencies are [[Franklin_County_UHF|here]].
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* In addition to Trunked Talkgroups on the CoMIRS System, there are [[Massachusetts_State_Police#Conventional_700.2F800_Frequencies|conventional frequencies]] available to agencies.
 
* Countywide Town Fire Departments are Dispatched by SP Shelburne Falls
 
* Countywide Town Fire Departments are Dispatched by SP Shelburne Falls
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* The [[FRCOG | Franklin Regional Council of Governments]] UHF system is used for all Fire and Police in the county.
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* The Franklin Regional Council of Governments UHF system is used for all Fire and Police in the county with the exception of Greenfield, Montague, and Orange.
 
* Some departments may be dispatched on the local frequencies in addition to the countywide channel
 
* Some departments may be dispatched on the local frequencies in addition to the countywide channel
 
* Local channels may be shared between Fire and Police
 
* Local channels may be shared between Fire and Police
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* There are also [[WMLEC]] repeaters in the area that may be used as TAC channels
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* '''There are also [[WMLEC]] repeaters at Borden Mountain, Mount Grace, and Shelburne Mountain in the area that might be used as TAC channels.''' Please submit any confirmed info found.
  
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=== '''Franklin Regional Council of Governments''' ===
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{{prettytable}}
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=== '''Franklin County Emergency Communications System (FCECS)''' ===
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*TAC channels are "public safety" TACs, for all PS services.
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{{Prettytable}}
 
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|'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmations'''
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmations'''
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|460.4000||R||173.8||Countywide fire dispatch||2017.08.11 MrSvenSven
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|774.93125||S||N625||Public Safety Tac 8 (Digital)||See [[Franklin_County_Police_Departments|County Police]] page for confirmation.
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|460.1875||R||156.7||Mt Toby 1||2017.05.02 MrSvenSven
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|774.93125||S||141.3||Public Safety Tac 8 (Analog)||See [[Franklin_County_Police_Departments|County Police]] page for confirmation.
 
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|460.6000||R||156.7||Mt Toby 2||
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|774.94375||S||N625||Public Safety Tac 9 (Digital)||See [[Franklin_County_Police_Departments|County Police]] page for confirmation.
 
|-align="center"
 
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|453.2625||R||156.7||Erving||
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|774.94375||S||141.3||Public Safety Tac 9 (Analog)||See [[Franklin_County_Police_Departments|County Police]] page for confirmation.
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|453.6375||R||156.7||Buckland 1||2017.07.04 MrSvenSven
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|774.95625||S||N625||Public Safety Tac 10 (Digital)||See [[Franklin_County_Police_Departments|County Police]] page for confirmation.
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
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|453.3875||R||156.7||Buckland 2||2017.07.04 MrSvenSven
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|774.95625||S||141.3||Public Safety Tac 10 (Analog)||See [[Franklin_County_Police_Departments|County Police]] page for confirmation.
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|460.1750||R||156.7||Leyden||
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==='''UHF system being phased out'''===
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|453.4250||R||156.7||Colrain||2017.07.04 MrSvenSven
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*For a list of the other UHF frequencies used in the county, [[Franklin_County_UHF|Click Here]].
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{{prettytable}}
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|460.5500||R||156.7||Charlemont||
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmations'''
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|453.2875||R||156.7||New Salem||2016.10.20 ecps92
 
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|453.1125||S||156.7||Tac 1||
 
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|453.8875||S||156.7||Tac 2||
 
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|453.9125||S||156.7||Tac 3||
 
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|458.0375||S||156.7||Tac 4||
 
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|458.1125||S||156.7||Tac 5||
 
 
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|458.9125||S||156.7||Tac 6||
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|460.4000||R||173.8||Countywide fire dispatch||2024.01.03 ecps92
 
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== '''Department Frequency Information''' ==
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{{TOC}}
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{{prettytable}}
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==='''Towns dispatched by Shelburne Falls'''===
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{{mediumtable}}
 
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||<font color="#990000">'''Department'''||<font color="#990000">'''Frequency'''||<font color="#990000">'''Type'''||<font color="#990000">'''Tone'''||<font color="#990000">'''ID Number'''||<font color="#990000">'''Notes'''||<font color="#990000">'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
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!'''Town'''|| '''ID Number'''|| '''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmations'''
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|Ashfield||||||||2||Dispatched via Buckland 1 repeater||2017.07.04 MrSvenSven
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|Ashfield||2||Dispatched via Buckland 1 repeater||2017.07.04 MrSvenSven
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|Ashfield||33.9800||||123.0||2||Secondary||
 
 
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|- align="center"  
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|Bernardson||||||||4||DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911||
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|Bernardston||4||||
 
|- align="center"
 
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|Bernardson||453.6625||R||141.3||4||Repeats 33.5400||
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|Buckland||6||||
 
|- align="center"
 
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|Buckland||||||||6||DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911||
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|Charlemont||7||||
 
|- align="center"
 
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|Buckland||154.1450||||67.0||6|| ||
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|Colrain||8||||2017.10.05 MrSvenSven
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|Conway||9||||
 
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|Charlemont||||||||7||DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911||
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|Deerfield||10||||2017.09.25 MrSvenSven
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|- align="center"
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|Erving||11||||
 
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|Colrain||||||||8||DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911||
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|Gill||12||||2017.10.05 MrSvenSven
 
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|Colrain||33.9200||||123.0||8||F2||
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|Hawley||16||||
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|- align="center"
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|Heath||17||||
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|- align="center"
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|Leverett||21||||
 
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|Colrain||460.5125||||123.0||8||Repeats 33.9200||
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|Leyden||22||||
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|- align="center"
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|Monroe||24||||
 
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|Conway||||||||9||DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911||
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|Montague||25||Montague Center FD||2018.02.21 MrSvenSven
 
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|Conway||155.5425||||141.3||9||Local Ops F2||
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|New Salem||26||||
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|Northfield||28||||
 
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|Conway||154.8225||||141.3||9||F3 Repeats 33.5400||
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|Rowe||30||||
 
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|Deerfield||||||||10||DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911 ||
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|Shelburne||31||Shelburne Falls FD/EMS||
 
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|Erving||||||||11||DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911||
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|Shelburne||32||Shelburne Center FD||2017.08.27 MrSvenSven
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|Sunderland||35||||
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|Warwick||37||||2017.09.19 MrSvenSven
 
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|Gill||||||||12||DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911 ||
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|Wendell||38||||
 
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|Greenfield||453.0750||R||118.8||||Dispatch||2017.03. MrSvenSven
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|Whately||39||Dispatched on Toby 1 Repeater||2017.05.02 MrSvenSven
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== '''Towns with local dispatch or secondary frequencies.''' ==
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*Most towns below are dispatched by the information above.
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{{prettytable}}
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!'''Town'''|| '''Frequency'''||  '''Type'''||  '''Tone'''|| '''ID Number'''|| '''Notes'''|| '''Confirmation/Reconfirmations'''
 
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|Hawley||||||||16||DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911 ||
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|Ashfield||33.9800||||123.0||2||Secondary||
 
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|Heath||||||||17||DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911 ||
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|Bernardston||453.6625||R||141.3||4||Repeats 33.5400||
 
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|Leverett||||||||21||DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911 ||
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|Buckland||154.1450||||67.0||6|| ||
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|Leyden||||||||22||DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911||
 
 
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|Monroe||||||||24||DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911||
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|Colrain||||||||8||DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911||2017.10.05 MrSvenSven
 
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|Monroe||33.7800||||123.0||24||Fireground||
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|Colrain||33.9200||||123.0||8||F2||
 
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|Montague||453.2000||R||156.7||25||Dispatch||2016.03.06 MrSvenSven
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|Colrain||460.5125||||123.0||8||Repeats 33.9200||
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|New Salem||||||||26||DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911||
 
 
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|Northfield||||||||28||DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911||
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|Conway||155.5425||||141.3||9||Formerly Local Ops F2, no longer used. Retained for historical purposes only||2017.10.22 GaryS
 
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|Orange|||||||| ||Dispatched via New Salem repeater||2016.04.25 cmpsa
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|Conway||154.8225||||141.3||9||F3 Repeats 33.5400||
 
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|Orange||453.2750||R|||| ||Licensed, unknown if active||
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|Greenfield||453.0750||R||118.8||||Self Dispatch||2025.04.25 W1KNE
 
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|Rowe||||||||30||SP Shelburne Falls 911||
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|Monroe||33.7800||||123.0||24||Fireground||
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|Shelburne||||||||31/32||DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911||
 
 
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|Shelburne||453.5875||R||156.7||31/32||Repeat of 33.5400||
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|Montague||453.2000||R||156.7||36||Turners Falls FD, self dispatched||2018.01.07 MrSvenSven
 
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|Shutesbury||||||||33||DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911||
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|Orange||453.2750||R||173.8||29||Fireground||2022.06.04 W1KNE
 
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|Sunderland||||||||35||DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911||
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|Shelburne||453.5875||R||156.7||31/32||Repeat of 33.5400||
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|Warwick||||||||27||DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911||
 
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|Wendell||||||||38||DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911||
 
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|Whately||||||||39||Dispatched on Toby 1 Repeater||2017.05.02 MrSvenSven
 
 
|- align="center"
 
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|Shutesbury||453.3750||R||156.7||33||DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911 - Local Ops||2022.04.17 sawyer100 (SNE submitter)
 
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Latest revision as of 13:22, 25 April 2025

Countywide Information

  • Fire District 9 covers Franklin County
  • Franklin County is operating on the CoMIRS system.
  • The UHF system is expected to be deprecated upon completed transition to CoMIRS. A list of those frequencies are here.
  • In addition to Trunked Talkgroups on the CoMIRS System, there are conventional frequencies available to agencies.
  • Countywide Town Fire Departments are Dispatched by SP Shelburne Falls
  • The Franklin Regional Council of Governments UHF system is used for all Fire and Police in the county with the exception of Greenfield, Montague, and Orange.
  • Some departments may be dispatched on the local frequencies in addition to the countywide channel
  • Local channels may be shared between Fire and Police
  • There are also WMLEC repeaters at Borden Mountain, Mount Grace, and Shelburne Mountain in the area that might be used as TAC channels. Please submit any confirmed info found.


Franklin County Emergency Communications System (FCECS)

  • TAC channels are "public safety" TACs, for all PS services.
Frequency Type Tone Notes Confirmations
774.93125 S N625 Public Safety Tac 8 (Digital) See County Police page for confirmation.
774.93125 S 141.3 Public Safety Tac 8 (Analog) See County Police page for confirmation.
774.94375 S N625 Public Safety Tac 9 (Digital) See County Police page for confirmation.
774.94375 S 141.3 Public Safety Tac 9 (Analog) See County Police page for confirmation.
774.95625 S N625 Public Safety Tac 10 (Digital) See County Police page for confirmation.
774.95625 S 141.3 Public Safety Tac 10 (Analog) See County Police page for confirmation.

UHF system being phased out

  • For a list of the other UHF frequencies used in the county, Click Here.
Frequency Type Tone Notes Confirmations
460.4000 R 173.8 Countywide fire dispatch 2024.01.03 ecps92
Table of contents -

Towns dispatched by Shelburne Falls

Town ID Number Notes Confirmation/Reconfirmations
Ashfield 2 Dispatched via Buckland 1 repeater 2017.07.04 MrSvenSven
Bernardston 4
Buckland 6
Charlemont 7
Colrain 8 2017.10.05 MrSvenSven
Conway 9
Deerfield 10 2017.09.25 MrSvenSven
Erving 11
Gill 12 2017.10.05 MrSvenSven
Hawley 16
Heath 17
Leverett 21
Leyden 22
Monroe 24
Montague 25 Montague Center FD 2018.02.21 MrSvenSven
New Salem 26
Northfield 28
Rowe 30
Shelburne 31 Shelburne Falls FD/EMS
Shelburne 32 Shelburne Center FD 2017.08.27 MrSvenSven
Sunderland 35
Warwick 37 2017.09.19 MrSvenSven
Wendell 38
Whately 39 Dispatched on Toby 1 Repeater 2017.05.02 MrSvenSven


Towns with local dispatch or secondary frequencies.

  • Most towns below are dispatched by the information above.
Town Frequency Type Tone ID Number Notes Confirmation/Reconfirmations
Ashfield 33.9800 123.0 2 Secondary
Bernardston 453.6625 R 141.3 4 Repeats 33.5400
Buckland 154.1450 67.0 6
Colrain 8 DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911 2017.10.05 MrSvenSven
Colrain 33.9200 123.0 8 F2
Colrain 460.5125 123.0 8 Repeats 33.9200
Conway 155.5425 141.3 9 Formerly Local Ops F2, no longer used. Retained for historical purposes only 2017.10.22 GaryS
Conway 154.8225 141.3 9 F3 Repeats 33.5400
Greenfield 453.0750 R 118.8 Self Dispatch 2025.04.25 W1KNE
Monroe 33.7800 123.0 24 Fireground
Montague 453.2000 R 156.7 36 Turners Falls FD, self dispatched 2018.01.07 MrSvenSven
Orange 453.2750 R 173.8 29 Fireground 2022.06.04 W1KNE
Shelburne 453.5875 R 156.7 31/32 Repeat of 33.5400
Shutesbury 453.3750 R 156.7 33 DB: SP Shelburne Falls 911 - Local Ops 2022.04.17 sawyer100 (SNE submitter)



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