K3SAM - Westmoreland County Ambulance Information Spring/Summer 2006

Main EMS Dispatch Operation Frequencies
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

K3SAM NOTE: All hospitals are equipped with 800 Mhz ER Radios
to be used for Medic Command. Several Hospitals are on line as of 13 May 06.
Latrobe Hospital is called by many on 800 Mhz however they are still using 155.280 for their primary ER Command Frequency.

Last Update - 13 May 2006

Receive Frequency	Transmit Frequency	Service Use
154.340	150.775	Monessen Ambulance Service
155.160	155.160	Westmoreland County Ambulance Dispatch Station 90 / Medic 990
155.220	155.220	Lower Kiski EMS Indiana Dispatch Station 90 / Medic 990
155.280	155.280	HEAR Channel 2 - Local Hospital Channel 1 *
155.340	155.340	HEAR Channel 1 - Local Hospital Channel 2 *
155.385	155.385	Laurel Valley EMS / Ambulance Talk Around
155.715	155.715	Mutual Aid Ambulance Service (MAAS) Dispatch
458.0125	463.1875	Rescue 14 Mobile Command

* HEAR Stands for Hospital Emergency Ambulance Radio

- Allegheny County uses 155.400

- EMS crews provide patient information to Emergency Room Doctors prior to arrival to the ER

Station Number	Medic Mobiles Ambulance	Service
90	Medic 90 through 97	LifeStat - Saltsburg Westmoreland and Indiana County Response
101	Medic 101 through 105	Arnold EMS (back in svc)
106	Medic 106 through 110	Oklahoma EMS
116	Medic 116	Lower Kiski - Armstrong County
121	Medic 121 through 125	New Kensington EMS
126	Medic 126 through 130	Lower Burrell; # 1
131	Medic 131 through 134	Vandergrift EMS
135	Medic 135 through 139	Lower Burrell # 3
141	Medic 141	Alcoa Tech Center

Station Number	Medic Mobiles Ambulance	Service
201	Medic 201 through 205	Irwin EMS
206	Medic 206 through 210 Medic 206-11	Jeanette EMS (added Medic 206-11)
211	Medic 211 through 218	North Huntingdon Rescue 8
220	Medic 220 through 224	Trafford EMS
226	Medic 226 through 230	Penn Township Rescue 6
271 (also see Group 9)	Medic 271 and 272	Allegheny Valley Hospital, Allegheny Co. (Pulser) (Primary for Allegheny Co. and their section of Westmoreland Co., also 3rd backup for Murrysville EMS)

Station Number	Medic Mobiles Ambulance	Service
300	Medic 301 through 318	Mutual Aid Ambulance Service (MAAS)
300	VAN 1 - Taxi Service (800 Mhz Hog)	Mutual Aid Ambulance Service (MAAS Taxi Service)
300	VAN 2 - Taxi Service (800 Mhz Hog)	Mutual Aid Ambulance Service (MAAS Taxi Service)
300	VAN 3 - Taxi Service (800 Mhz Hog)	Mutual Aid Ambulance Service (MAAS Taxi Service)
300	VAN 4 - Taxi Service (800 Mhz Hog)	Mutual Aid Ambulance Service (MAAS Taxi Service)
300	VAN 5 - Taxi Service (800 Mhz Hog)	Mutual Aid Ambulance Service (MAAS Taxi Service)
300	VAN 6 - Taxi Service (800 Mhz Hog)	Mutual Aid Ambulance Service (MAAS Taxi Service)
320	Medic 321 through 325	Adamsburg Rescue 14

Station Number	Medic Mobiles Ambulance	Service
400	Medic 401 through 405	Norvelt EMS
406	Medic 406 through 415	Mutual Aid Ambulance Service (MAAS)
416	Medic 416 through 420	Kecksburg EMS
421	Medic 421 through 425	Mt. Pleasant Medic 10
426	Medic 426 through 430	MAAS

Station Number	Medic Mobiles Ambulance	Service
500	Medic 501 through 504	West Newton EMS (Medic 504 is Based in Roscoe)
508	Medics 508 and 509	Fayette City EMS
510	Medic 511 through 515	Smithton / Rostraver EMS
516	Medic 516 through 520	Mon Valley EMS
516	Medic 570 through 579	Mon Valley EMS
521	Medic 521 through 525	Sewickley Township EMS
526	Medic 526 through 530	Rostraver EMS

Station Number	Medic Mobiles Ambulance	Service
700	Medic 701 through 705	Derry EMS (MAAS)
706	Medic 706 through 710	Ligonier EMS (Coverage Includes Ligonier, Ligonier Twp.,Laurel Mountain Borough, and Parts of Fairfield Twp.)
711	Medic 711 through 715	Laurel Valley EMS
716 and 718	Medic 716 through 720	Tri Community EMS - Bolivar
760	Medic 760 through 769	Mutual Aid Ambulance Service (MAAS)

* INDIANA COUNTY *

Station Number	Medic Mobiles Ambulance	Service
800	Medic 801 through 816	Citizens Ambulance ServiceIndiana County (also services parts of Westmoreland County including Derry, Derry Twp., Ligonier and Ligonier Twp.)

Station Number	Medic Mobiles Ambulance	Service Location
900	Medic 901 through 902	Mercy Jeannette Hospital (Primary ALS for Adamsburg, Jeannette, Penn Twp. and North Huntingdon EMS / Secondary ALS for Irwin, Trafford and Murrysville EMS)
930	Medic 930	Frick Hospital
940	Medic 940	Trafford EMS in Station 220 (Primary ALS for Trafford, Irwin and Murrysville EMS)
940-2	Medic 940-2	Rostraver EMS
950	Medic 950	Citizens General Hospital
970	Medic 970	Lee Hospital (Johnstown)
990	Medic 990	Saltsburg Paramedic / IRP LifeStat
271 (also see group 2)	Medic 271 and 272	Allegheny Valley Hospital, Allegheny Co. (Pulser) (Primary for Allegheny Co. and their section of Westmoreland Co., also 3rd backup for Murrysville EMS)

CODE	MEANING (General Usage)
10-1	Receive Poorly
10-2	Receive Good
10-4	OK / Affirmative
10-7	Committed To Scene / Out At Hospital *
10-8	Back In Service
10-13	Send Police ! (Help !)
10-14	Out Of Service
10-15	Station Unmanned
10-16	En-route To Hospital
10-19	Returning To Station or Return To Station
10-20	Location
10-21	Call This Center By Phone or Call _____ By Phone
10-22	Disregard Last Transmission
10-23	Switch To Channel 2
10-24	Send Rescue Units To _____
10-25	Mechanical Problems With This Ambulance
10-26	Send Additional Units
10-27	Send Fire Department
10-38	Arrived At Station
10-39	Possible Intoxicated Person **
10-40	Possible DOA (Dead) *
10-41	Possible Heart or Heart Attack
10-42	Mental Patient ***
10-43	Possible Poisoning
10-45	Vehicle Accident
10-46	Emergency Transfer Of Patient
10-47	Routine Transfer Of Patient
10-48	Possible Overdose or Attempted Overdose
10-49	Possible Suicide or Attempted Suicide
10-50	Send Fire Companies To This Location
10-97	How Do You Copy This Station

* Codes 10-7 & 10-40 could both refer to a possible fatality or dead body.

** Code 10-39 is rarely used. Replaced with "ETOH", chemical compound for ALCOHOL.

*** Code 10-42 and "302 Commitment" are the same. A 302 Commitment can be made by an Officer of the Court including Police Officers.

Hospital	SECODE *	PL (Private Line) Tone **
Citizens	1-477-522	141.3
Jeannette District Memorial Mercy	1-463-922	173.8
Latrobe	1-469-222	131.8
Monsour	1-469-022	192.8
H.C. Frick	1-469-522	82.5
Westmoreland	1-475-922	103.5

* SECODE is a rotary dial unit that is connected to the ambulance radio. Dialing the SECODE "opens" the Hospital radios RECEIVE function so they can hear you. Soon this type of unit will be replaced with a Kanooder Valve.

** PL or Private Line is a sub-audible tone that opens the radio receive function. The idea behind different PL tones for each hospital is so that one hospital will not hear all of the radio chatter in the background that is NOT MEANT for them.

PL Tones are not used with the 800 Mhz system, TALK GROUPS have taken their place. Each talk group has it's own digital signature or code. In order to talk to someone within that talk group, the radio must be programmed for that "channel" or "digital signature". In Westmoreland County, Mark Brammell has the final say on who is allowed on the different talk groups. Maintenance Crews and Taxi Services have top priority within our Emergency Management Programming Tree. Next comes Weights and Measurements, followed by the 911 Employee Chat Room. Somewhere towards the end of the priority list falls fire departments, followed by the police and EMS services. As of this posting each and every fire radio in Westmoreland County are still programmed incorrectly.

Station Number	Medic Mobiles Ambulance	Service
600	Medic 606 through 609	Avonmore Lifesavers
610	Medic 610 through 615	Murrysville Medic 1