Berkshire County Fire Departments
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Fire District 12
- Fire District 12 covers Berkshire County
- Daily tone tests conducted around 6pm, provided there isn't a call in the county
- Great Barrington tests pagers for GB/Housatonic Mondays at 5:45 PM
- County Fire identifies as "470" and "Berkshire Sheriff's Control"
- All County Departments are dispatched from the County Control, unless otherwise indicated as "local" below.
- All County Departments have F1 and F2 in their radios.
- Berkshire Sheriff's Control can transmit on either F1 or F2, but only dispatches on F1.
- There are several county transmitter locations:
- Lenox Mountain, Richmond Primary Site
- Mount Wilcox, Monterey
- DPW Garage, Blandford
- Cory Road Fire Tower, Savoy
- WUPE-FM Tower, North Adams
- 76 East Street, Pittsfield
- East Otis Road, Tolland (This is a repeater site. Units in Sandisfield & Tolland are repeated)
- Berkshire County also dispatches Middlefield (Hampshire County) and Blandford (Hampden County)
- Channel numbers are theoretical, and can vary based on which department has use.
| Channel | Frequency | Type | Tone | Notes | Confirmation/ReConfirmations |
| 1 | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | Dispatch | 2016.07.17 W1KNE |
| 2 | 152.9825 | S | 131.8 | Response Channel | 2016.07.17 W1KNE |
| 3 | 159.7575 | S | D413 | Command | 2014.11.04 W1KNE |
| 4 | 154.1600 | S | 107.2 | Fireground 1 (North County) | |
| 5 | 155.8050 | S | 107.2 | Fireground 2 (South County) | 2015.07.19 W1KNE |
| 6 | 153.8825 | S | D343 | Fireground 3 | |
| 7 | 158.8050 | S | 107.2 | Interior Units (On Scene) | 2014.11.04 W1KNE |
Department Frequency Information
| Town Name | Alpha Tag | Frequency | Type | Tone/TG | Notes | Confirmation/ReConfirmations |
| ADAMS | ADAMS FD | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | Local Dispatch/Tie to County | 2012.05.24 jeffkett |
| ADAMS | ADAMS FD LCL | 153.8900 | S | 107.2 | Local Operations | |
| ADAMS | ADAMS FOREST | 154.4450 | S | 107.2 | Forest Wardens | |
| ALFORD | ALFORD FIRE | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | County Fire | |
| BECKET | BECKET FIRE | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | County Fire | |
| CHESHIRE | CHESHIRE FD | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | County Fire | |
| CLARKSBURG | CLARKSBURG FD | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | North Adams Dispatch | 2012.06.18 W1KNE |
| DALTON | DALTON FD | 153.8150 | S | 107.2 | Dalton Fire Operations | 2012.08.03 W1KNE |
| EGREMONT | EGREMONT FD | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | County Fire (Also Dispatched by GB) | |
| FLORIDA | FLORIDA FD | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | County Fire | 2016.07.17 W1KNE |
| GREAT BARRINGTON | GT BARRINGTON FD | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | Local Dispatch/Operations "849" | 2016.07.17 W1KNE |
| HANCOCK | HANCOCK FD | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | County Fire | |
| HINSDALE | HINSDALE FD | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | County Fire | 2012.08.03 W1KNE |
| HINSDALE | HINSDALE FG | 154.0700 | S | 107.2 | Local Fireground | |
| HINSDALE | HINSDALE FD | 159.6375 | R | 107.2 | Berkshire County Repeater (Repeats 154.310)(Unlicensed) | 2014.08.05 W1KNE |
| LANESBOROUGH | LANESBOROUGH FD | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | County Fire | 2012.08.03 W1KNE |
| LANESBOROUGH | LANESBOROUGH FD UHF | 453.5000 | R | 107.2 | Fire UHF Crosspatch (188 Summer Street Location) | 2012.08.03 W1KNE |
| LANESBOROUGH | LANESBOROUGH FD UHF | 453.9250 | R | 107.2 | Fire UHF Crosspatch (655 Cheshire Road Location) | 2012.08.03 W1KNE |
| LEE | LEE FIRE | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | Local Dispatch/Operations "Lee Dispatch" | 2014.08.05 W1KNE |
| LENOX | LENOX FD | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | County Fire | 2015.07.19 W1KNE |
| LENOX | LENOX FG | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | Local Fireground | |
| MONTEREY | MONTEREY FD | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | County Fire (Also dispatched by GB) | 2016.07.17 W1KNE |
| MOUNT WASHINGTON | - | - | - | - | No Local FD. Covered by Egremont/Columbia Cty NY (46.5000 {110.9}). | |
| NEW ASHFORD | NEW ASHFORD FD | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | County Fire | |
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | NEW MARLBORO FD | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | County Fire (Also dispatched by GB) | |
| NORTH ADAMS | NORTH ADAMS FD | 170.1500 | R | 107.2 | Local Dispatch/Operations | 2015.06.27 W1KNE |
| OTIS | OTIS FD | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | County Fire | |
| PERU | PERU FD | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | County Fire | |
| PERU | PERU FG | 154.1300 | S | 107.2 | Local Fireground | |
| PITTSFIELD | PITTSFIELD FD | 154.3400 | R | 107.2 | Local Dispatch/Operations (Medic Disp. too.) | 2016.07.17 W1KNE |
| PITTSFIELD | PITTSFIELD FG | 154.2200 | S | 107.2 | Local Fireground Operations | |
| RICHMOND | RICHMOND FD | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | County Fire | |
| SANDISFIELD | SANDISFIELD FD | 154.3100 | R | 107.2 | County Fire (Tolland Tower Repeater) | 2012.06.21 W1KNE |
| SAVOY | SAVOY FD | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | County Fire | 2016.07.17 W1KNE |
| SAVOY | SAVOY FG | 154.2050 | S | 107.2 | Local Fireground | |
| SHEFFIELD | SHEFFIELD FD | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | County Fire (Also dispatched by GB) | |
| STOCKBRIDGE | STOCKBRIDGE FD | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | County Fire (Tones can originate locally from a local alarm) | 2012.08.03 W1KNE |
| TYRINGHAM | TYRINGHAM FD | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | County Fire | |
| WASHINGTON | - | - | - | - | No Local FD. Covered by Becket & Pittsfield. | |
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | W STOCKBRIDGE FD | 154.3100 | S | 107.2 | County Fire | |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | WILLIAMSTOWN FD | 154.1300 | S | 107.2 | Local Dispatch/Operations | |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | WILLIAMSTOWN FG | 154.2350 | S | 107.2 | Fireground | |
| WINDSOR | WINDSOR FD | 155.7150 | R | 192.8 | Local Dispatch/Operations (Shared with PD) | 2014.08.05 W1KNE |
