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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.
 
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) | 2013.03.01 NI1V | 
| CMED Ch.02 | 155.3850 | S | 107.2 | Secondary ((BMC) Incoming trip reports and med control) |  | 
Southern Berkshire Volunteer Ambulance Squad
- Provides primary EMS to several towns in the extreme southern part of the county
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Notes | Confirmation/ReConfirmations | 
|  |  |  | Dispatched by Great Barrington Police |  | 
| 155.2800 | S | 107.2 | Secondary Ops |  | 
Action EMS
| Frequency | Type | Tone | Notes | Confirmation/ReConfirmations | 
| 152.3900 | S | 107.2 | Pittsfield area operations | 2017.05.24 MrSvenSven | 
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 | 88.5 | Operations | 2017.05.24 MrSvenSven | 
EMS Provider Information
| Community | EMS Provider | Frequency | Type | Tone | Notes | Confirmation/ReConfirmations | 
| Adams | BLS & ALS: Adams EMS |  |  |  | DB: County | 2017.07.30 MrSvenSven | 
| Adams | BLS & ALS: Adams EMS | 155.2200 | R | 107.2 | Secondary | 2017.07.30 MrSvenSven | 
| Alford | BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS |  |  |  | DB: Berkshire County |  | 
| Becket | BLS & INT: Becket EMS |  |  |  | DB: Berkshire County | 2017.08.11 MrSvenSven | 
| Cheshire | BLS & ALS: Adams EMS |  |  |  | DB: Adams |  | 
| Clarksburg | BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS | 155.8425 |  | 151.4 | DB: North Adams |  | 
| Dalton | BLS & INT: Dalton Fire |  |  |  | DB: Dalton |  | 
| Egremont | BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS |  |  |  | DB: Berkshire County |  | 
| Florida | BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS | 155.8425 |  | 151.4 | DB: North Adams |  | 
| Great Barrington | BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS |  |  |  | DB: Great Barrington PD |  | 
| Hancock | BLS & ALS: Village EMS |  |  |  | DB: Berkshire County |  | 
| Hancock | BLS & ALS: Village EMS | 155.2200 |  | 127.3 | Village EMS Ops |  | 
| Hinsdale | BLS: Hinsdale EMS |  |  |  | DB: Dalton on both County and Hinsdale FD Channels | 2017.07.29 MrSvenSven | 
| Lanesborough | BLS: Lanesborough Fire |  |  |  | DB: Berkshire County | 2017.08.12 MrSvenSven | 
| Lee | BLS & INT: Lee EMS |  |  |  | DB: Lee Dispatch on Countywide FD Channels |  | 
| Lee | BLS & INT: Lee EMS | 155.2950 |  | 107.2 |  |  | 
| Lenox | BLS & INT: Lenox EMS |  |  |  | DB: Berkshire County | 2017.08.13 MrSvenSven | 
| Monterey | BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS |  |  |  | DB: Berkshire County |  | 
| Mouth Washington | BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS |  |  |  | DB: Berkshire County |  | 
| Mouth Washington | BLS & INT: Copake Falls(NY) Rescue | 46.5000 |  | 110.9 | Columbia County, NY |  | 
| New Ashford | BLS & ALS: Village EMS |  |  |  | DB: Berkshire County |  | 
| New Ashford | BLS & ALS: Village EMS | 155.2200 |  | 127.3 | Village EMS Ops |  | 
| New Marlborough | BLS: New Marlborough EMS |  |  |  | DB: Berkshire County |  | 
| North Adams | BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS | 155.8425 | R | 151.4 | DB: North Adams | 2017.08.11 MrSvenSven | 
| North Adams | BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS | 155.1750 |  | 151.4 | Tactical | 2014.11.11 ScottWebmaster | 
| Otis | BLS: Otis EMS |  |  |  | DB: Berkshire County | 2017.08.11 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) |  |  |  | DB: Pittsfield FD |  | 
| Richmond | BLS: Richmond Fire |  |  |  | DB: Berkshire County |  | 
| Sandisfield | BLS: Sandisfield EMS |  |  |  | DB: Berkshire County | 2017.08.13 MrSvenSven | 
| Savoy | BLS & ALS: Adams EMS |  |  |  | DB: Adams |  | 
| Sheffield | BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS |  |  |  | DB: Great Barrington PD | 2017.08.11 MrSvenSven | 
| 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: Village EMS |  |  |  | DB: Berkshire County |  | 
| Williamstown | BLS & ALS: Village EMS | 155.2200 |  | 127.3 | Village EMS Ops |  | 
| Windsor | BLS: Windsor Fire |  |  |  | DB: Dalton on Windsor FD channel |  |