EMT Ambulance (Emergency Medical Transport)
- coverage in Stark, Columbiana, Harrison, Carroll and Belmont Counties in Ohio as well as in the northern panhandle of West Virginia (as Tri-State Ambulance)
- EMT Ambulance website
The use Nextels most of the time but have a presence on various business repeaters in Eastern Ohio and also have some MARCS radios and operate on TG 64608 for the Belmont / WV areas because Nextel coverage is often poor in that area.
Stark Co area
463.500 / 468.500 repeater – 186.2 PL ( WPID690 – Staley Comm)
463.550 / 468.550 repeater – 167.9 PL ( KNDM503 – Domer Comm)
Harrison Co area
464.400 / 469.400 repeater – 532 DPL ( WPLW99 – Domer Comm)
Post 4: Perrysville
Post 5: Scio
Post 6: Adena / Pleasant Grove
Post 7: New Athens
When they are at a post, they are covering two stations.
Carroll Co area
453.6125 / 458.6125 repeater – 032 DPL ( WPXB519 )
Belmont Co / Ohio Co WV and Marshall Co WV area
possibly on TG 64608 – of the Ohio MARCS trunked system (per Mylan)
I believe EMT currently has some MARCS equipment loaned to them for testing, which is why EMT is showing up on TG 64608 (a DAS talkgroup). In hearing their testing, I’d think EMT will find the MARCS system to be very reliable for them. However, I’m not sure they would want to switch their whole fleet over to MARCS. I imagine they pay a lot less a month (and already have the radio equipment) for the various 400 Mhz business repeaters that they currently use. If EMT stays with MARCS to provide coverage for the Belmont Co area, you’ll likely find them on a dedicated talkgroup in the future.
(updated April 27, 2010)
(updated April 23, 2010)
(updated March 8, 2010)
(originally posted Feb 26, 2010)
152.03 PL 107.2 – simulcast of Hancock Co SO WV on 155.64
152.12 / 158.58 PL 74.4 – unknown business in Jefferscon Co OH or Northern WV panhandle
152.15 / xxx.xxxx – unknown business in Jefferson Co OH or Northern WV panhandle – unknown input
152.21 PL 91.5 – simulcast of Marshall Co WV Fire Dispatch on 154.385
154.145 / 158.49 PL 107.2 – Weirton / Hancock Fire – 158.49 is the input to this repeater
158.61 / xxx.xxx PL 146.2 – trash hauler – Northern WV panhandle – unknown input
Notice that these are all old paging / RCC mobile phone frequencies and are likely paired up.
If you live in Columbiana, Jefferson, Belmont or Monroe Co in Ohio or in Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall or Wetzel Co in WV, you might want to listen for non-paging activity on the following frequencies:
FA 152.03 / 158.49........ FJ 152.57 / 157.83
FB 152.06 / 158.52........ FK 152.60 / 157.86
FC 152.09 / 158.55........ FL 152.63 / 157.89
FD 152.12 / 158.58........ FM 152.66 / 157.92
FE 152.15 / 158.61........ FN 152.69 / 157.95
FF 152.18 / 158.64........ FO 152.72 / 157.98
FG 152.21 / 158.67........ FP 152.75 / 158.01
FH 152.51 / 157.77........ FQ 152.78 / 158.04
FI 152.54 / 157.80........ FR 152.81 / 158.07
MARTINS FERRY – The fate of Martins Ferry’s city 911 service and its dispatchers may be decided today.
City Council’s Finance Committee met Saturday to come up with a plan to trim roughly $154,000 from the budget. One option to be presented to council tonight includes the elimination of the city’s dispatchers and a return to relying on dispatching services provided by Belmont County 911.
Read the full article here: http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/534529.html
Air Evac Lifeteam – air medevac
151.505 / 158.400 repeater – 115 DPL ( WPYR891 )
151.6025 / 159.9375 repeater – 115 DPL – ( WQJQ331 )
159.9375 simplex – 065 DPL ( WQJQ331 )
Dispatch and operations can be heard on all of the frequencies above.
Air Evac Lifeteam has a presence in Ohio and West Virginia, including a base in Wheeling / New Martinsville and one in East Liverpool.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is changing the way it dispatches troopers by combining the dispatchers from six counties into one center in St. Clairsville.
Patrol Staff Lt. Matt Evans, who is assistant district commander, said troopers still will be stationed at the Steubenville post on Cadiz Road after the change occurs later this summer.
The patrol invested in a new radio system — a Multi-Agency Radio Communication System, or MARCS — that gives the patrol statewide communication capabilities.
Troopers used to fill in as dispatchers in the past but won’t be able to with MARCS because of the training involved, according to Evans. Dispatchers from posts in Belmont, Monroe, Washington, Morgan, Jefferson and Harrison counties in August or September all will begin work out of the St. Clairsville post, dispatching for troopers in the six counties that make up the patrol’s District 7.
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