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FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN COLCHESTER COUNTY, NOVA SCOTIA
Last updated October 15, 2004

Colchester County lies in Northern Nova Scotia and surrounds its major town, Truro, which is sometimes called the hub of Nova Scotia due to the fact that highway and rail traffic to and from New Brunswick, Central Nova Scotia, and Cape Breton Island meets here. The fire departments in Colchester are independent entities but they of course do operate together and no doubt have access to each others frequencies, beyond the normal NS mutual aid frequency of 153.83 MHz. Many of the departments have a contract with Valley Dispatch to alert their members or to assist with operations. As the chart indicates there is not a unified system, but all departments have access to the provincial fire repeater at Nuttby Mountain on 152.03 MHz and some use it regularly for dispatch and/or operations. Any corrections or additions you might be able to provide would be appreciated. Thank you to Stephen for the mapwork and for help with the frequencies. (“Map 1” showing detail around Truro will appear at a later date.)

Map i.d. #	Department	Dispatch Agency	Disp Freq	Ops Freq
01	Bass River	Valley Dispatch	154.22??
02	Bible Hill	Valley Dispatch	154.400	154.40 out/158.325 input
03	Brookfield	Valley Dispatch	153.905	152.03
04	Cobequid	Valley Dispatch	152.03
05	Debert	Valley Dispatch	??	152.03
06	Economy	?	155.550
07	Five Islands	?	155.520
08	Great Village	Valley Dispatch	154.22	152.03
09	Hilden	Valley Dispatch	152.03
10	North River	Valley Dispatch	154.295
11	Onslow-Belmont	Valley Dispatch	153.92	152.03
12	Salmon River	Valley Dispatch	155.25
13	Stewiacke	Valley Dispatch	153.785
14	Tatamagouche	Valley Dispatch	152.03
15	Truro	self	155.61?	155.61 ?
16	Upper Stewiacke	?	153.440
17	Valley-Kemptown	Valley Dispatch	152.03

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