Hants County
(Municipalities of West Hants and East Hants)
Fire
Departments
Last
updated March 28, 2004
Click here for map showing station locations, from Stephen
Legend |
Department Name |
Dispatch Frequency |
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Municipality of East Hants |
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A |
Elmsdale (Colchester Dispatch) |
153.770/158.805 rptr out/in Tone 100.0 |
B |
Enfield (HRM Dispatch) (operates on HRFES TMR talkgroups but may also have VHF for operations with adjacent departments) |
154.28 (HRM Dispatch) |
C |
Gore (Valley Dispatch) |
155.835/153.62 rptr out/in Tone 100.0 |
D |
Indian Brook (Valley Dispatch?) |
154.250 |
E |
Kennetcook |
154.265 |
F |
Lantz (Colchester Dispatch) |
153.770/158.805 rptr out/in Tone 100.0 |
G |
Maitland |
155.325 |
H |
Milford (Colchester Dispatch) |
153.770/158.805 rptr out/in Tone 100.0 |
I |
Nine Mile River (Valley Dispatch) has a Sub-Station |
155.835/153.62 rptr out/in Tone 100.0 |
J |
Noel (may be paged by Colchester Dispatch on 152.030) |
154.010(?) or 152.015 |
K |
Rawdon (Valley Dispatch) |
155.835/153.62 rptr out/in Tone 100.0 |
L |
Shubenacadie (Colchester Dispatch) |
153.770/158.805 rptr out/in Tone 100.0 |
M |
Uniacke District (HRFES Dispatch) (operations on HRFES tmr talkgroups) |
154.415 (HRM Dispatch) |
N |
Walton Shore District |
154.68 |
Municipality of West Hants |
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O
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Summerville |
154.710 |
P
|
Hantsport |
154.340/149.32 rptr out/in |
Q
|
Brooklyn |
154.620 |
R
|
Windsor (Valley Dispatch?) |
151.460/155.58 rptr out/in |
New coordinated East Hants system beginning in December 2003 and used by Lantz, Milford, Shubenacadie and Elmsdale.
| Channel | Use | Frequency |
| 1 | Vinegar Hill Repeater | 153.770 rptr out/158.805 input (former Lantz frequency) Tone 100.0 |
| 2 | Mutual Aid |
153.830 |
| 3 | Operations 1 |
154.160 |
| 4 | Operations 2 | 154.650 |
| 5 | Operations 3 | 153.770 (former Milford frequency) |
| 6 | Vinegar Hill Pager | 153.770 (dial-up system, operated from Colchester Dispatch in Truro)** |
| 7 | Nuttby Mountain Repeater |
152.03 rptr out/154.19 input Tone 82.5 (provincial fire grid repeater, used by several departments in Colchester County) |
| 8 | Barr Settlement Repeater | 150.125 rptr out/149.20 input Tone 82.5 (former highways repeater) |
| 9 | Rawdon Fire Repeater | 155.835 rptr out/153.62 input Tone 100.0 |
** The dial-up system is expected to be replaced by a direct radio access system using the repeater input frequency and a yagi antenna at the Truro office of Colchester dispatch.
Apparatus Numbering System (East Hants only)
For most departments it is a unified three digit system, with the first number (or 10 in the case of Kennetcook) indicating the department, as listed below, and the second digit indicating apparatus type (1= Engine, 2 = Tanker, 3 = Rescue or Utility) and the third digit a 1 unless the unit is a second or third of that type of apparatus in that department.
1 Shubenacadie
2 Elmsdale
3 Nine Mile River
4 Lantz
5 Maitland
6 Milford
7 Noel??
8 Rawdon
9 Gore
10 Kennetcook
11 Enfield*
Enfield uses a variation on this system: Engine 11, Tanker 11, etc
Indian Brook is not part of the system and uses Truck 1, Truck 2, etc.