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== '''Countywide Information''' ==
 
== '''Countywide Information''' ==
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*Franklin County Departments belong to [[FRCOG | Franklin Regional Council of Governments]] .
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*Countywide Small Town PD is Dispatched by SP Shelburne Falls on 460.3500 PL 173.8.
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*'''Franklin County is operating on the [[Massachusetts_Commonwealth_Interoperability_Radio_System|CoMIRS]] system.
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*The old low band frequency of 39.1600 PL 141.3 is a simulcast of 460.3500
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* Discussion on the transition can be seen [https://www.scan-ne.net/sne/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=41406&p=149312 here].'''
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* In addition to Trunked Talkgroups on the CoMIRS System, there are [[Massachusetts_State_Police_Conventional|conventional frequencies]] available to agencies.
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* The UHF system has largely been deprecated. A list of those frequencies are [[Franklin_County_UHF|here]].
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* Full channel plan is available [https://frcog.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Draft-radio-procedures-800-COMIRS-transition-8-2020.pdf here]
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* Countywide Town Police Departments are Dispatched by SP Shelburne Falls unless otherwise noted below
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* Not all towns have full time police. Police services may be provided by the [[Massachusetts_State_Police_Project_25|Massachusetts State Police]] on 800MHz or [[MA_State_Police_Low-Band|Low Band]].
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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.
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* Some departments may be dispatched on the local frequencies in addition to the countywide channel
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* Local channels may be shared between Fire and Police
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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 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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|-align="center" style="background:silver"
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
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|-align="center"
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|774.93125||S||N625||Public Safety Tac 8 (Digital)||
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|-align="center"
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|774.93125||S||141.3||Public Safety Tac 8 (Analog)||
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|-align="center"
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|774.94375||S||N625||Public Safety Tac 9 (Digital)||
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|-align="center"
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|774.94375||S||141.3||Public Safety Tac 9 (Analog)||
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|-align="center"
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|774.95625||S||N625||Public Safety Tac 10 (Digital)||
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|-align="center"
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|774.95625||S||141.3||Public Safety Tac 10 (Analog)||
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|}
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==='''UHF system being phased out'''===
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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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|-align="center" style="background:silver"
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!'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
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|-align="center"
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|460.3500||R||173.8||Countywide police dispatch (Being phased out)||2022.04.04 W1KNE
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== '''Department Frequency Information''' ==
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{{TOC}}
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{{prettytable}}
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==='''Departments dispatched by SP Shelburne Falls'''===
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||'''Department'''||'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''
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{{mediumtable}}
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!'''Town'''||'''ID'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation'''
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Ashfield||460.3500|| R||173.8||DB: SP Shelburne Falls
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|Ashfield||2||||2017.09.25 MrSvenSven
 
|- align="center"  
 
|- align="center"  
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|Bernardson||460.3500|| R||173.8||
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|Bernardston||4||||2017.09.20 MrSvenSven
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Bernardson||453.2125|| R||123.0||DB: SP Shelburne Falls
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|Buckland||6||||
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|- align="center"
 
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|Buckland||F-1 460.3500|| R||173.8||DB: SP Shelburne Falls
 
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|- align="center"
 
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|Buckland||F-2 39.2400||||141.3||
 
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|- align="center"
 
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|Buckland||F-3 39.0800|| R||141.3||
 
 
|- align="center"  
 
|- align="center"  
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|Buckland||453.6375|| R||156.7||FRCOG Repeater
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|Charlemont||7||||2017.08.27 MrSvenSven
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|- align="center"
 
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|Charlemont||460.3500|| R||173.8||SP Shelburne Falls
 
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Charlemont||453.5125||||141.3||Mobile repeater
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|Colrain||8||||
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Charlemont||460.5500|| R||156.7||FRCOG Repeater
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|Conway||9||||
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Colrain||39.1000||||173.8||
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|Deerfield||10|| (station call sign 981)||2019.11.25 W1KNE
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|- align="center"
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|Erving||11||||2017.09.18 MrSvenSven
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Colrain||460.3500|| R||141.3||SP Shelburne Falls
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|Gill||12||||2017.09.11 MrSvenSven
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|- align="center"
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|Hawley||16||||
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|- align="center"
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|Heath||17||||
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Colrain||453.4250|| R||156.7||FRCOG Repeater
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|Leverett||21||||2017.09.25 MrSvenSven
 
|- align="center"  
 
|- align="center"  
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|Conway||460.3500|| R||173.8||SP Shelburne Falls
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|Leyden||22|| - Patrolled by Bernardston PD (July 2022)||2017.09.25 MrSvenSven
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|- align="center"
 
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|Conway||156.0075|| S||D606||Mobile Repeater
 
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Deerfield||460.3500|| R||173.8|||SP Shelburne Falls
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|Monroe||24||||
 
|- align="center"  
 
|- align="center"  
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|Erving||460.3500|| R||173.8||SP Shelburne Falls
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|New Salem||26||||
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|- align="center"
 
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|Erving||154.7100||||74.4||Mobile repeater
 
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|- align="center"
 
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|Erving||453.2625|| R||156.7||FRCOG Repeater
 
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|- align="center"
 
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|Gill||460.3500|| R||173.8||SP Shelburne Falls
 
 
|- align="center"  
 
|- align="center"  
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|Gill||460.0375|| S||141.3||Mobile Repeater
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|Northfield||28||||
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|-align="center"
 
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|Greenfield||460.5250|| R||151.4||New Dispatch - FRCOG Repeater
 
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Greenfield||155.5200|| R||151.4||Self Dispatch
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|Rowe||30||||2017.09.25 MrSvenSven
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Greenfield||156.3300||||151.4||Secondary
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|Shelburne||32||||2017.08.22 MrSvenSven
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|- align="center"
 
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|Hawley||460.3500|| R||173.8||SP Shelburne Falls
 
 
|- align="center"  
 
|- align="center"  
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|Heath||F-1 460.3500|| R||173.8||SP Shelburne Falls
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|Shutesbury||33||||
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|- align="center"
 
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|Heath||F-2 39.0800||||141.3||SP Shelburne Falls
 
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|- align="center"
 
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|Leverett||460.3500|| R||173.8||SP Shelburne Falls
 
 
|- align="center"  
 
|- align="center"  
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|Leverett||460.3875|| S||141.3||Mobile repeater
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|Sunderland||35||||2017.09.21 MrSvenSven
 
|- align="center"  
 
|- align="center"  
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|Leyden||F-1 460.3500|| R||173.8||SP Shelburne Falls
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|Warwick||37||||2023.04.15 Sawyer100
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Leyden||F-2 39.8200||||91.5||
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|Wendell||38||||
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Leyden||460.1750|| R||156.7||FRCOG Repeater
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|Whately||39||||2017.09.25 MrSvenSven
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==='''Departments on CoMIRS'''===
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*Talkgroups may be patched to the legacy trunk too.
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{{mediumtable}}
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!'''Department'''||'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''ID Numbers'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Monroe||460.3500|| R||173.8||SP Shelburne Falls
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|Montague||[[Massachusetts_Commonwealth_Interoperability_Radio_System|MSP TRS]] ||T||TG:2583 || || ||See [[Massachusetts_Commonwealth_Interoperability_Radio_System#Franklin_County|ComIRS]] for Confirmation
 
|- align="center"  
 
|- align="center"  
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|Montague||453.4875|| R||107.2||Dispatched by Town
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|Orange||[[Massachusetts_State_Police|MSP TRS]]||T||TG:36656||29||DB: SP Shelburne Falls||2025.03.28 W1KNE
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Montague||453.2000|| R||156.7||FRCOG Repeater
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|Orange||[[CoMIRS]]||T||TG:2291||29||DB: SP Shelburne Falls||2024.11.01 schwab
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|- align="center"
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|}
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== '''Departments with local dispatch channels or secondary frequencies.''' ==
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{{prettytable}}
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|-align="center"
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!'''Department'''||'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''ID Numbers'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|New Salem||F-1 460.3500|| R||173.8||SP Shelburne Falls
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|Bernardston||453.2125||R||123.0||4||||
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|- align="center"  
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|- align="center"
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|New Salem||F-2 39.2200||||173.8||
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|Buckland||39.2400||||141.3||6||F-2||
 
|- align="center"  
 
|- align="center"  
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|New Salem||453.2875|| R||156.7||FRCOG Repeater
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|Buckland||39.0800||R||141.3||6||F-3||
 
|- align="center"  
 
|- align="center"  
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|Northfield||460.3500|| R||173.8||SP Shelburne Falls
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|Charlemont||453.5125||||141.3||7||Mobile repeater||
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Northfield||453.4375||||173.8||Mobile Repeater
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|Colrain||39.1000||||173.8||8||||
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Orange||[[Massachusetts_State_Police|MSP TRS]]||T||TG 36656||Dispatched by Town
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|Conway||156.0075||S||D606||9||Mobile Repeater||
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|- align="center"
 
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|Rowe||460.3500|| R||173.8||SP Shelburne Falls
 
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Shelburne||F-1 460.3500|| R||173.8||SP Shelburne Falls
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|Erving||154.7100||||74.4||11||Mobile repeater||
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|- align="center"
 
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|Shelburne||F-2 39.0800||||141.3||
 
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Shelburne||453.3125||||141.3||Mobile repeater
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|Gill||460.0375||S||141.3||12||Mobile Repeater||
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|-align="center"
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|Greenfield||460.5250||R||151.4||||Self Dispatch||2025.04.25 W1KNE
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Shelburne||460.3500|| R||173.8||FRCOG Repeater
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|Greenfield||155.5200||R||151.4||||Self Dispatch||
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Shelburne||453.8000|| R||206.5||WEMLEC Repeater
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|Greenfield||156.3300||||151.4||||Secondary||
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Shutesbury||155.7450|| R||141.3||DB: SP Shelburne Falls
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|Heath||39.0800||||141.3||17||F-2||
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Sunderland||460.3500|| R||173.8||DB: SP Shelburne Falls
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|Leverett||460.3875||S||141.3||21||Mobile repeater||
 
|- align="center"  
 
|- align="center"  
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|Warwick||F-1 460.3500|| R||173.8||DB: SP Shelburne Falls
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|Leyden||39.8200||||91.5||22||F-2||
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Warwick||F-2 39.2200||||141.3||
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|Montague||453.4875||R||156.7||25||Self Dispatch||2017.09.19 MrSvenSven
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|- align="center"
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|New Salem||39.2200||||173.8||26||F-2||
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|- align="center"
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|Northfield||453.4375||S||173.8||28||Mobile Repeater||
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Warwick||453.4125||||206.5||WMLEC Repeater
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|Shelburne||39.0800||||141.3||32||F-2||
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Warwick||453.3875|| R||156.7||FRCOG Repeater
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|Shelburne||453.3125||||141.3||32||Mobile repeater||
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Wendell||F-1 460.3500|| R||173.8||SP Shelburne Falls
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|Shutesbury||155.7450||R||141.3||33||||
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Wendell||F-2 39.2200||||141.3||  
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|Wendell||39.2200||||141.3||38||F-2||
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Whately||460.3500|| R||173.8||SP Shelburne Falls
 
 
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Latest revision as of 12:30, 25 April 2025

Countywide Information


  • Franklin County is operating on the CoMIRS system.
  • Discussion on the transition can be seen here.
  • In addition to Trunked Talkgroups on the CoMIRS System, there are conventional frequencies available to agencies.
  • The UHF system has largely been deprecated. A list of those frequencies are here.
  • Full channel plan is available here
  • Countywide Town Police Departments are Dispatched by SP Shelburne Falls unless otherwise noted below
  • Not all towns have full time police. Police services may be provided by the Massachusetts State Police on 800MHz or Low Band.
  • 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 Confirmation/Reconfirmation
774.93125 S N625 Public Safety Tac 8 (Digital)
774.93125 S 141.3 Public Safety Tac 8 (Analog)
774.94375 S N625 Public Safety Tac 9 (Digital)
774.94375 S 141.3 Public Safety Tac 9 (Analog)
774.95625 S N625 Public Safety Tac 10 (Digital)
774.95625 S 141.3 Public Safety Tac 10 (Analog)

UHF system being phased out

  • For a list of the other UHF frequencies used in the county, Click Here.
Frequency Type Tone Notes Confirmation/Reconfirmation
460.3500 R 173.8 Countywide police dispatch (Being phased out) 2022.04.04 W1KNE
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Departments dispatched by SP Shelburne Falls

Town ID Notes Confirmation
Ashfield 2 2017.09.25 MrSvenSven
Bernardston 4 2017.09.20 MrSvenSven
Buckland 6
Charlemont 7 2017.08.27 MrSvenSven
Colrain 8
Conway 9
Deerfield 10 (station call sign 981) 2019.11.25 W1KNE
Erving 11 2017.09.18 MrSvenSven
Gill 12 2017.09.11 MrSvenSven
Hawley 16
Heath 17
Leverett 21 2017.09.25 MrSvenSven
Leyden 22 - Patrolled by Bernardston PD (July 2022) 2017.09.25 MrSvenSven
Monroe 24
New Salem 26
Northfield 28
Rowe 30 2017.09.25 MrSvenSven
Shelburne 32 2017.08.22 MrSvenSven
Shutesbury 33
Sunderland 35 2017.09.21 MrSvenSven
Warwick 37 2023.04.15 Sawyer100
Wendell 38
Whately 39 2017.09.25 MrSvenSven

Departments on CoMIRS

  • Talkgroups may be patched to the legacy trunk too.
Department Frequency Type Tone ID Numbers Notes Confirmation/Reconfirmation
Montague MSP TRS T TG:2583 See ComIRS for Confirmation
Orange MSP TRS T TG:36656 29 DB: SP Shelburne Falls 2025.03.28 W1KNE
Orange CoMIRS T TG:2291 29 DB: SP Shelburne Falls 2024.11.01 schwab

Departments with local dispatch channels or secondary frequencies.

Department Frequency Type Tone ID Numbers Notes Confirmation/Reconfirmation
Bernardston 453.2125 R 123.0 4
Buckland 39.2400 141.3 6 F-2
Buckland 39.0800 R 141.3 6 F-3
Charlemont 453.5125 141.3 7 Mobile repeater
Colrain 39.1000 173.8 8
Conway 156.0075 S D606 9 Mobile Repeater
Erving 154.7100 74.4 11 Mobile repeater
Gill 460.0375 S 141.3 12 Mobile Repeater
Greenfield 460.5250 R 151.4 Self Dispatch 2025.04.25 W1KNE
Greenfield 155.5200 R 151.4 Self Dispatch
Greenfield 156.3300 151.4 Secondary
Heath 39.0800 141.3 17 F-2
Leverett 460.3875 S 141.3 21 Mobile repeater
Leyden 39.8200 91.5 22 F-2
Montague 453.4875 R 156.7 25 Self Dispatch 2017.09.19 MrSvenSven
New Salem 39.2200 173.8 26 F-2
Northfield 453.4375 S 173.8 28 Mobile Repeater
Shelburne 39.0800 141.3 32 F-2
Shelburne 453.3125 141.3 32 Mobile repeater
Shutesbury 155.7450 R 141.3 33
Wendell 39.2200 141.3 38 F-2



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