Andover Volunteer Fire Department
Radio Freqs

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This is for all the scanner people. If you listen to us (or any department that's part of Tolland County Mutual Aid), you've heard people talk in numeric codes. Well, now you have the key to the codes.

Radio Frequencies We Use

Frequency Description
33.80
 TN Dispatching
33.44
 Main Fireground
33.78
 Secondary Fireground
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Tolland County Mutual Aid
Radio Signals

Code Description Code Description
23
 EMERGENCY
65
 Telephone Alarm
24
 Disaster
66
 Sound Box Alarm
25
 Weather Alert
67
 Sound Second Alarm
49
 Air Raid Alert
68
 Sound General Alarm
50
 ALARM OF FIRE
69
 Special Call for Apparatus
51
 Report to Your Station
70
 Special Information
52
 Off the Air
71
 Returning to Station
53
 On the Air
72
 Working Fire
54
 Fire Under Control
73
 Apparatus Available
55
 Send Police
74
 Notify Fire Chief
56
 Send Water Department
75
 Notify Fire Marshal
57
 Send Mechanic
79
 Give Your Location
58
 Send Power Company
80
 All Clear on Signal 23 or 50
59
 Call Headquarters by Phone
83
 Proceed With Caution
60
 Change Frequency (specify)
85
 Test (specify freq)
61
 Apparatus Accident
86
 Prepare Food (my favorite)
62
 Call Mutual Aid
87
 Report to Station (commercial radio)
63
 Apparatus at the Scene
88
 Report to Station (check BB)
64
 Make Inspection
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Tolland County Mutual Aid
Ambulance & Rescue Codes

Code Description Code Description
1
 D.O.A.
13
 Critical Condition
2
 Bleeding
14
 Head Injury
3
 Fracture
15
 Routine Transfer
4
 Cardiac Distress
16A
 Alcoholic Problem
5
 Cardiac Arrest
16B
 Mental Disorder
6
 Respiratory Distress
17
 Shooting
7
 Poison
18
 Stabbing
8
 Overdose
19
 Rape
9
 Unknown Problem
20
 Terminally Ill
10
 Vehicle Accident
21
 Attempted Suicide
11
 Hospital Notified
22
 Infectious Diseases
12
 Maternity
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Cool Radio Links
Check out these sites for live Fire and Police department broadcasts. Remember that Fire Departments aren't broadcasting all the time. Unlike the police, they don't patrol.

Boston FD
Firenet Chicago
Providence (Rhode Island) Citywide Fire Network Inc. - you can also find other live dispatches
Public Safety Broadcasts on the Internet
ScanWare's Real Audio Scanner Sites
The Bravest Live Fire Radio - features FDNY

And if you are looking for scanner frequencies:

Long Island Area Scanning Resources

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