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*The Northeast Air Alliance has adopted the use of VTAC11, UTAC41D or 8TAC91D for landing zone coordination vs coming up on individual agency frequencies when coordinating landing zones in Massachusetts. (May 2022)
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*The New Hampshire Department of Public Safety has adopted the use of VMED29 for landing zone coordination.
  
 
=='''Medflight'''==
 
=='''Medflight'''==
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*Based out of Boston
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*Based out of Hanscom Field, Bedford, MA
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*[https://www.bostonmedflight.org/ Boston Medflight]
 
*Has bases in the following locations (IATA codes):
 
*Has bases in the following locations (IATA codes):
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**Hanscom AFB, Bedford (BED)
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**Hanscom Field, Bedford (BED)
 
**Lawrence Municipal Airport (LWM)
 
**Lawrence Municipal Airport (LWM)
 
**Mansfield Municipal Airport (1B9)
 
**Mansfield Municipal Airport (1B9)
 
**Plymouth Airport (PYM)
 
**Plymouth Airport (PYM)
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**Portsmouth NH IAP (PSM)
  
  
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!'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
!'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
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|461.4500||S||107.2||Medflight Primary Operations||Boston||2021.01.04 W1KNE
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|461.4500||S||107.2||Medflight Primary Operations||Boston||2025.01.03 ecps92
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|130.5750||S||AM||Medflight Ops VHF||Boston||2024.10 [https://aeronav.faa.gov/visual/09-05-2024/PDFs/Boston_Heli.pdf FAA Document]
 
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|460.8000||S||107.2||Boston - Simplex Ops||Boston||2019.02.13 W1KNE
 
|460.8000||S||107.2||Boston - Simplex Ops||Boston||2019.02.13 W1KNE
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|460.8000||R||127.3||Plymouth|| ||
 
|460.8000||R||127.3||Plymouth|| ||
 
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|[[Industrial_Communications_and_Electronics_MotoTrbo_Systems|ICE TRS]]||T||[[Industrial_Communications_and_Electronics_MotoTrbo_Systems#Network_134_Talkgroups|TG:22]]||Ground and Aircraft Transports||Bedford Dispatch||2016.02.23
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|[[Industrial_Communications_and_Electronics_Trunk|ICE TRS]]||T||[[Industrial_Communications_and_Electronics_MotoTrbo_Systems#Network_134_Talkgroups|TG:22]]||Ground and Aircraft Transports||Bedford Dispatch||See ICE TRS trunk for confirmation.
 
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|[[Industrial_Communications_and_Electronics_Trunk|ICE TRS]]||T||[[Industrial_Communications_and_Electronics_MotoTrbo_Systems#Network_134_Talkgroups|TG:390]]||Ground and Aircraft Transports||Bedford Dispatch||See ICE TRS trunk for confirmation
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|[[Industrial_Communications_and_Electronics_Trunk|ICE TRS]]||T||[[Industrial_Communications_and_Electronics_MotoTrbo_Systems#Network_134_Talkgroups|TG:391]]||Ground and Aircraft Transports||Bedford Dispatch||See ICE TRS trunk for confirmation
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|[[Industrial_Communications_and_Electronics_Trunk|ICE TRS]]||T||[[Industrial_Communications_and_Electronics_MotoTrbo_Systems#Network_134_Talkgroups|TG:392]]||Ground and Aircraft Transports||Bedford Dispatch||See ICE TRS trunk for confirmation
 
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=='''LifeFlight of Maine'''==
 
=='''LifeFlight of Maine'''==
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*Based out of Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor
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*Life-Flight of Maine helicopters are based in Bangor, Lewiston and Sanford and are remotely dispatched by MEDCOMM from Bangor.
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*Bases also at:
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*Landing zone coordination with local agencies often takes place on Maine State Fire (154.3100).
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**Central Maine Medical Center, Augusta
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*A statewide UHF repeater system is used for flight-following.
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**Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport, (SFM)
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*The Boston Med-Flight system (461.4500) is also used during flights to Boston.
  
 
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|Mount Hope
 
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!'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
!'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
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|451.7750||R||203.5||Lifeflight 4 - MEDCOM Sanford Repeater|| ||2019.08.30 LTE4NFD
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|453.6500||R||103.5||Primary Operations||Multi||2023.09.26 MASSBUSMARK
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|451.7750||D||203.5||Lifeflight 4 - MEDCOMM base <br>Change to 453.6500 when airborne||Sanford||2024.10.06 GraniteScanner
 
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|453.6500||S||103.5||Talkaround (w/bases)||All Bases||2018.07.08 ecps92
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|456.7750||D||203.5||Lifeflight 4 - MEDCOMM crew/helo response <br>Change to 453.6500 when airborne||Sanford||2025.05.01 schwab
 
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|151.5500||R||D114||Dixmont Repeater|| ||2019.08.30 LTE4NFD
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|151.5500||R||D114||VHF Repeater||Dixmont||2019.08.30 LTE4NFD
 
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!'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
!'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
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|155.3850||S||82.5||||Hartford Hospital program||2021.04.04 W1KNE
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|155.3850||S||82.5||||Hartford Hospital program||2025.08.27 cg
 
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|452.3375||R||D351||Meriden||Lifestar 1||2018.07.30 CG
 
|452.3375||R||D351||Meriden||Lifestar 1||2018.07.30 CG
 
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|461.3875||R||141.3||Hartford & Norwich UHF||Lifestar 2||2017.01.31
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|461.3875||R||141.3||Hartford & Norwich UHF||Lifestar 2||2025.08.27 cg
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|461.3875||R||D351||Westfield||Lifestar 3||2018.12.29 cg
 
 
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|461.3875||R||D351||Westfield||Lifestar 3||2022.04.17 W1KNE
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
=='''SkyHealth'''==
 
=='''SkyHealth'''==
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*Based out of Yale New Haven Hospital
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*SkyHealth 2 is based out of Yale New Haven Hospital
 
*Also stationed at North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY
 
*Also stationed at North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY
  
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!'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
!'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
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|[[OneVoice|OneVoice TRS]]||T||TG: 301005||Inter-Hospital Transfers ||New Haven, CT & Manhasset, NY||2015.10.15
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|[[OneVoice|OneVoice TRS]]||T||TG: 301005||Inter-Hospital Transfers ||New Haven, CT & Manhasset, NY||See [[OneVoice#One_Voice_Talkgroups|OneVoice]] for confirmations
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|155.2050||S||67.0||patch to TRS||New Haven ||2023.07.31 cg
 
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!'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
!'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
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|155.1600||S||118.8||||UMASS University campus (Worcester, MA)||2020.01.10 W1KNE
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|155.1600||S||D411||||UMASS University campus (Worcester, MA)||2025.06.27 MASSBUSMARK
 
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|MSP 800||T||TG:10096||Worcester EMS Wide Area||Used as a backup to 155.1600||See [[Massachusetts_State_Police#Regional_Nets|MSP Talkgroups]] for Confirmations
 
|MSP 800||T||TG:10096||Worcester EMS Wide Area||Used as a backup to 155.1600||See [[Massachusetts_State_Police#Regional_Nets|MSP Talkgroups]] for Confirmations
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!'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
!'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
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|155.3250||S||141.3||Lebanon NH||Based at Lebanon, NH||
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|155.3250||S||141.3||Based at Lebanon NH (Primary Ops)||Lebanon NH||2025.08.27 cg
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|461.2250||R||146.2||Based at Burlington VT||Stowe VT||2024.08.15 jeffkett
 
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|464.4500||R||D703||Goffstown NH||Based at Manchester NH||2019.10.21 ecps92
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|464.4500||R||D703||Based at Manchester NH||Goffstown NH||2024.11.27 MASSBUSMARK
 
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!'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
!'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
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|155.2350||S||D432||Air-Grnd||Covers Western Mass and Vermont||2012.03.07
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|155.2350||S||D432||Air-Grnd||Covers Western Mass and Vermont||2025.08.27 cg
 
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Latest revision as of 20:37, 27 August 2025

For Lifeflight of Maine and Boston Medflight, you may hear the helicopters on the "air to ground" frequency even if you can't hear the repeater.

Table of contents -
  • The Northeast Air Alliance has adopted the use of VTAC11, UTAC41D or 8TAC91D for landing zone coordination vs coming up on individual agency frequencies when coordinating landing zones in Massachusetts. (May 2022)
  • The New Hampshire Department of Public Safety has adopted the use of VMED29 for landing zone coordination.

Medflight

  • Based out of Hanscom Field, Bedford, MA
  • Boston Medflight
  • Has bases in the following locations (IATA codes):
    • Hanscom Field, Bedford (BED)
    • Lawrence Municipal Airport (LWM)
    • Mansfield Municipal Airport (1B9)
    • Plymouth Airport (PYM)
    • Portsmouth NH IAP (PSM)


Frequency Type Tone Use Location Confirmation/Reconfirmation
461.4500 S 107.2 Medflight Primary Operations Boston 2025.01.03 ecps92
130.5750 S AM Medflight Ops VHF Boston 2024.10 FAA Document
460.8000 S 107.2 Boston - Simplex Ops Boston 2019.02.13 W1KNE
461.4500 R ? Multiple Sites Eastern Mass
460.8000 R 114.8 Boston All Bases
460.8000 R 103.5 Bedford
460.8000 R 127.3 Plymouth
ICE TRS T TG:22 Ground and Aircraft Transports Bedford Dispatch See ICE TRS trunk for confirmation.
ICE TRS T TG:390 Ground and Aircraft Transports Bedford Dispatch See ICE TRS trunk for confirmation
ICE TRS T TG:391 Ground and Aircraft Transports Bedford Dispatch See ICE TRS trunk for confirmation
ICE TRS T TG:392 Ground and Aircraft Transports Bedford Dispatch See ICE TRS trunk for confirmation

LifeFlight of Maine

  • Life-Flight of Maine helicopters are based in Bangor, Lewiston and Sanford and are remotely dispatched by MEDCOMM from Bangor.
  • Landing zone coordination with local agencies often takes place on Maine State Fire (154.3100).
  • A statewide UHF repeater system is used for flight-following.
  • The Boston Med-Flight system (461.4500) is also used during flights to Boston.
Transmitter Locations -
Mount Washington, NH
Chase Mountain
Sugarloaf Mountain
Cooper Mountain
Bald Mountain
Pickard Mountain
Blackstrap Hill
Northern Maine Med Center, Fort Kent
Streaked Mountain
Fish Hill
Quaker Hill
Mount Hope
Frequency Type Tone Use Location Confirmation/Reconfirmation
453.6500 R 103.5 Primary Operations Multi 2023.09.26 MASSBUSMARK
451.7750 D 203.5 Lifeflight 4 - MEDCOMM base
Change to 453.6500 when airborne		 Sanford 2024.10.06 GraniteScanner
456.7750 D 203.5 Lifeflight 4 - MEDCOMM crew/helo response
Change to 453.6500 when airborne		 Sanford 2025.05.01 schwab
151.5500 R D114 VHF Repeater Dixmont 2019.08.30 LTE4NFD

Lifestar

  • Based out of Hartford Hospital.
    • Aircraft based at:
    • Lifestar 1, Midstate Hospital, Meriden
    • Lifestar 2, Backus Hospital, Norwich
    • Lifestar 3, Barnes Municipal Airport, Westfield, MA. (BAF)
Frequency Type Tone Use Location Confirmation/Reconfirmation
155.3850 S 82.5 Hartford Hospital program 2025.08.27 cg
452.3375 R D351 Meriden Lifestar 1 2018.07.30 CG
461.3875 R 141.3 Hartford & Norwich UHF Lifestar 2 2025.08.27 cg
461.3875 R D351 Westfield Lifestar 3 2022.04.17 W1KNE

SkyHealth

  • SkyHealth 2 is based out of Yale New Haven Hospital
  • Also stationed at North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY
Frequency Type Tone Use Location Confirmation/Reconfirmation
OneVoice TRS T TG: 301005 Inter-Hospital Transfers New Haven, CT & Manhasset, NY See OneVoice for confirmations
155.2050 S 67.0 patch to TRS New Haven 2023.07.31 cg

LifeFlight

  • Based out of UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester
  • UMass also provides EMS for the City of Worcester and the Town of Shrewsbury
Frequency Type Tone Use Location Confirmation/Reconfirmation
155.1600 S D411 UMASS University campus (Worcester, MA) 2025.06.27 MASSBUSMARK
MSP 800 T TG:10096 Worcester EMS Wide Area Used as a backup to 155.1600 See MSP Talkgroups for Confirmations

Dartmouth Hitchcock Advanced Response Team (D-HART)

  • Based out of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
    • Also stationed in Manchester, NH
Frequency Type Tone Use Location Confirmation/Reconfirmation
155.3250 S 141.3 Based at Lebanon NH (Primary Ops) Lebanon NH 2025.08.27 cg
461.2250 R 146.2 Based at Burlington VT Stowe VT 2024.08.15 jeffkett
464.4500 R D703 Based at Manchester NH Goffstown NH 2024.11.27 MASSBUSMARK

LifeNet 7-1

  • Based at South Albany Airport, Ravena, NY (4B0)
  • Formerly known as Albany MedFlight
Frequency Type Tone Use Location Confirmation/Reconfirmation
155.2350 S D432 Air-Grnd Covers Western Mass and Vermont 2025.08.27 cg
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