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Back Mountain Fire and Ambulance (154.355 MHz):

Fire Departments

  • Station 1 - Dallas Boro
  • Station 21 - Harveys Lake Boro
  • Station 31 - Kunkle (joint dispatch with Wyoming Co.)
  • Station 41 - Jackson Township
  • Station 51 - Trucksville
  • Station 61 - Shavertown
  • Station 71 - Idetown
  • Station 81 - Lehman Township
  • Station 91 - Franklin Township (Wyoming Co. dispatch)
  • Station 101 - Noxen (Wyoming Co. dispatch)
  • Station 110 - Harding
  • Station 120 - Mt. Zion
  • Station 131 - Lake Silkworth
  • Station 140 - Northmoreland (Wyoming County dispatch)
  • Station 150 - Fairmount Township
  • Station 160 - Sweet Valley
  • Station 170 - Kingston Township EMS/Rescue

    Ambulances

  • Unit 10 - Dallas Boro
  • Unit 20 - Harveys Lake
  • Unit 30 - Kunkle (Joint dispatch with Wyoming Co.)
  • Unit 40 - Jackson Township
  • Unit 170 - Kingston Township
  • Unit 80 - Lehman Township
  • Unit 36 - Noxen (Wyoming Co. dispatch)
  • Unit 73 - Harding/Mt. Zion
  • Unit 130 - Lake Silkworth
  • Unit 160 - Sweet Valley
  • Unit 13 - Franklin/Northmoreland (Wyoming County dispatch)

    * Back Mountain Unit numbering system:

    The series of numbers indicates the station the unit belongs to (Engine 55 would run out of Station 51)
    If the series ends in

  • -0: station, EMS unit
  • -1: station, fire cheif
  • -2: assistant fire chief
  • -3: assistant fire chief
  • -4: engine
  • -5: engine
  • -6: engine
  • -7: tanker
  • -8: tanker
  • -9: special unit, rescue
    Captains, Lieutenants, and engineers share the same numbers as the Engines, Tankers, and Special Units
    * The origional version of this list is posted on the Northmoreland Fire Department's Home Page

    Fire Departments that still use County #'s

  • Station 101 - Ashley Boro
  • Station 113 - Hazleton City (self dispatch)
  • Station 115 - Hughestown Boro
  • Station 118 - Jenkins Township
  • Station 120 - Laflin Boro
  • Station 122 - Laurel Run Boro
  • Station 125 - Mtountain Top
  • Station 126 - Newport Township (alphanumeric dispatch)
  • Station 127 - Pittston City
  • Station 128 - Pittston Township
  • Station 130 - Shickshinny Boro
  • Station 132 - Sugar Notch Boro
  • Station 136 - Wright Township (alphanumeric dispatch)
  • Station 141 - Rice Township (alphanumeric dispatch)
  • Station 142 - Plymouth Township/West Nanticoke (Tilbury)
  • Station 143 - Nuangola Boro
  • Station 145 - Hunlock Creek
  • Station 146 - Dorrance Township
  • Station 147 - Slocum Township
  • Station 148 - Warrior Run Boro (alphnumeric dispatch)
  • Station 149 - Wilkes Barre Township
  • Station 150 - Weston Township
  • Station 151 - Yatesville Boro
  • Station 153 - Beaver Meadows (Carbon Co. dispatch)
  • Station 154 - Hobbie
  • Station 155 - Fairmount Township
  • Station 156 - Mocanaqua
  • Station 157 - Pond Hill/Lilly Lake
  • Station 158 - Bear Creek
  • Station 159 - Shades Creek (alphanumeric dispatch)
  • Station 168 - East Berwick (Columbia Co. Station 100)
  • Station 169 - Salem Township (Columbia Co. Station 300)
  • Station 170 - Huntington Township
  • Station 180 - Nescopeck Township (Columbia Co. Station 250)
  • Station 185 - Plains Township (alphanumeric dispatch)
  • Station 186 - Wilkes Barre/Scranton Airport (self dispatched)

    EMS Units that still use county #'s

  • Unit 4 - Ashley
  • Unit 9 - Dorrance Township
  • Unit 13 - Franklin Township (Wyoming Co. dispatch)
  • Unit 16 - Hanover Township
  • Unit 18 - Hazleton City (H. C. A.) self dispatched
  • Unit 19 - Hazleton City (H. C. A.) self dispatched
  • Unit 20 - Hobbie
  • Unit 23 - Jenkins Township
  • Unit 33 - Mountain Top
  • Unit 34 - Nanticoke City
  • Unit 35 - Newport Township (alphanumeric dispatch)
  • Unit 36 - Noxen (Wyoming Co. dispatch)
  • Unit 37 - Pittston City
  • Unit 38 - Pittston Township
  • Unit 39 - Plymouth Boro
  • Unit 40 - Pond Hill/Lilly Lake
  • Unit 41 - Fairmount Township
  • Unit 42 - Shickshinny Boro
  • Unit 43 - Shickshinny Boro
  • Unit 44 - Slocum Township
  • Unit 47 - Weatherly (Carbon County dispatch)
  • Unit 51 - West Wyoming
  • Unit 56 - Falls (Wyoming Co. dispatch)
  • Unit 57 - Plains (Medic 2 on BLS calls)
  • Unit 58 - Spellman (self dispatched)
  • Unit 60 - McAdoo (Carbon Co. dispatch)
  • Unit 61 - Hunlock Creek
  • Unit 63 - Thornhurst (Lackawanna Co. dispatched as ambulance 54-9)
  • Unit 64 - Rice Township
  • Unit 65 - Valley
  • Unit 66 - Nescopeck (Columbia Co. dispatch)
  • Unit 67 - Lake Harmony (Carbon Co. dispatch)
  • Unit 72 - Bear Creek (alphanumeric dispatch)
  • Unit 73 - Harding/Mount Zion
  • Unit 75 - Keystone (self dispatched)
  • Unit 79 - TransMed (self dispatched)
  • Unit 80 - Hazleton (A. P. T. S.) self dispatched
  • Unit 84 - Donahue (self dispatched)

    Fire East (155.865 MHz):

    Fire Departments

  • Station 71 - Avoca Boro (Lackawanna Co. Station 71)
  • Station 85 - Dupont Boro (Lackawanna Co. Station 85)
  • Station 93 - Old Forge Boro (Lackawanna Co. dispatch)
  • Station 94 - Moosic Boro (Lackawanna Co. dispatch)
  • Station 96 - Duryea Boro (Lackawanna Co. Station 96)
  • Station 98 - Greenwood (Moosic Boro, Lackawanna Co. dispatch)
  • Station 110 - Harding
  • Station 115 - Hughestown Boro
  • Station 118 - Jenkins Township
  • Station 120 - Laflin Boro
  • Station 127 - Pittston City
  • Station 128 - Pittston Township
  • Station 138 - Mount Zion
  • Station 150 - West Pittston
  • Station 151 - Yatesville

    Ambulances

  • Unit 23 - Jenkins Township
  • Unit 37 - Pittston City
  • Unit 38 - Pittston Township
  • Ambulance 71-9 - Avoca Boro (Lackawanna Co. Ambulance 71-9)
  • Unit 73 - Harding/Mount Zion
  • Ambulance 93-9 - Old Forge Boro (Lackawanna Co. dispatch)
  • Ambulance 93-8 - Old Forge Boro (Lackawanna Co. dispatch)
  • Ambulance 94-9 - Moosic Boro (Lackawanna Co. dispatch)
  • Ambulance 96-9 - Duryea Boro (Lackawanna Co. Ambulance 96-9)
  • Ambulance 154 - West Pittston Boro

    Fire West (155.325 MHZ):

    Fire Departments

  • Station 130 - Shickshinny Boro
  • Station 145 - Hunlock Creek
  • Station 155 - Fairmount Township
  • Station 156 - Mocanaqua Fire
  • Station 168 - East Berwick (Columbia Co. Station 100)
  • Station 169 - Salem Township Fire (Columbia Co. Station 300)
  • Station 170 - Huntington Township
  • Station 180 - Nescopeck Township (Columbia Co. Station 250)

    Ambulances

  • A 170 - Huntington Township Ambulance
  • Unit 41 - Fairmount Township
  • Unit 42 - Shickshinny Boro
  • Unit 43 - Shickshinny Boro
  • Unit 61 - Hunlock Creek
  • Unit 66 - Nescopeck (Columbia Co. dispatch)

    Mountain Top Fire and Ambulance (154.415 MHz):

    Fire Departments

  • Station 125 - Fairview Township
  • Station 136 - Wright Township (alphanumeric dispatch)
  • Station 141 - Rice Township (alphanumeric dispatch)
  • Station 143 - Nuangola Boro
  • Station 146 - Dorrance Township
  • Station 147 - Slocum Township
  • Station 154 - Hobbie
  • Station 157 - Pond Hill/Lilly Lake

    Ambulances

  • Unit 9 - Dorrance
  • Unit 20 - Hobbie
  • Unit 33 - Mountain Top (Fairview Township)
  • Unit 40 - Pond Hill/Lilly Lake
  • Unit 44 - Slocum Township
  • Unit 64 - Mountain Top (Rice Township)

    Suburban Fire and Ambulance (154.325 MHz):

  • Station 1 - Sugarloaf Township *
  • Station 2 - Conyngham Boro *
  • Station 3 - Butler Township *
  • Station 4 - Foster Township Fire Department
  • Station 5 - Freeland Boro Fire and Ambulance *
  • Station 6 - White Haven Boro Fire and Ambulance
  • Station 10 - Hazle Township Fire Department
  • Station 16 - Black Creek Township (Not dispatched by Luzerne County)
  • Station 17 - Nuremburg/Weston (Schuykill Co. dispatch)
  • Station 19 - Harwood Fire Department
  • Station 20 - Valley Ambulance
  • Station 23 - West Hazleton EMS
  • Station 24 - West Hazleton Fire Department
  • Station 27 - Dennison Township (not dispatched by Luzerne County)
  • Station 28 - Hazleton Ambulance (self dispatched)
  • Station 31 - Hazleton (A. P. T. S.) self dispatched

    * Sugarloaf Township, Conyngham Boro, Butler Township, and Freeland Boro Fire Department are all alphanumeric dispatched)

    Hanover Township Fire and Ambulance (155.775 MHz):

    Fire Stations

  • Station 1 - Hanover Green
  • Station 2 - Newtown
  • Station 3 - Preston
  • Station 4 - Lee Park
  • Station 5 - Breslau
  • Station 6 - Askam

    Ambulances

  • Unit 16 - Hanover Township BLS Unit
  • Medic 9 - Hanover Township ALS Unit

    Hazleton City Fire * and Ambulance (Fire: 154.370 MHz, Ambulance: 155.400 MHz):

    Fire Stations

  • Station 1 - Pioneer
  • Station 2 - Diamond
  • Station 3 - East End
  • Station 4 - Heights
  • Station 5 - 14th Ward

    Ambulances

  • Unit 18 - Hazleton City BLS Unit
  • Unit 19 - Hazleton City BLS Unit

    Nanticoke City Fire and Ambulance (158.940 MHz):

    Fire Stations

  • Fire Department Headquarters
  • Station 4 - Hanover
  • Station 5 - Washington
  • Station 6 - Honey Pot

    Ambulance

  • Unit 34 - Nanticoke City BLS Unit

    Wilkes Barre Fire and Medics (155.940 MHz):

    Fire Stations

  • Fire Department Headquarters
  • North Station
  • Northeast Station
  • East Station
  • South Station

    Medics

  • Medic 3
  • Medic 5

    County ALS Units:

  • Medic 2A & B - Plains Township
  • Medic 3 - Wilkes Barre City
  • Medic 4 - Hazleton General
  • Medic 5 - Wilkes Barre City
  • Medic 6 - Rural Metro (not dispatched by Luzerne County)
  • Medic 8 - Spellman Ambulance
  • Medic 9 - Hanover Township
  • Medic 10 - TransMed
  • Medic 11 - Hazleton (A. P. T. S.)
  • Medic 12 - Northeast Paramedics (West Side and Back Mountain area)
  • Medic 13A & B - Kingston Boro ALS
  • Medic 15 - Northeast Paramedics (Back Mountain Area)
  • Medic 16 - Rural Metro (Suburban Area)
  • Medic 17 - Rural Metro (West Side Area)
  • Medic 18 - Spellman Ambulance
  • Medic 19 - Spellman Ambulance
  • Medic 20 - Hazleton Area ALS
  • Micu 61 - Bloomsburg ALS (dispatched by Columbia County). Serves the Fire West Area.
  • Micu 91 - Berwick ALS (dispatched by Columbia County). Serves the Fire West Area.
  • Medic 303 - Geisinger Wyoming Valley (Fire-East Area)
  • Medic 701 - Serves the Fire West Area (dispatched by Columbia County).

    West Side Mutual Aid (154.295 MHz):

    Kingston Boro (self dispatched):
    Stations 1 & 2

  • Ambulance 4 & 5 (Medic 13A & B)

    Edwardsville Boro:
    Station 10

  • Ambulance 14, 15 & Rescue 15
  • Edwardsville Ambulance & Rescue tone (not on the pager)

    Forty Fort Boro:
    Station 20

  • Ambulance 24

    Luzerne Boro:
    Station 30

  • Ambulance 34

    Larksville Boro:
    Station 40

  • Ambulance 44

    Courtdale Boro:
    Station 50

    Pringle Boro:
    Station 60

    Swoyrsville Boro:
    Stations 71, 72, & 73 combine to go under the name Station 70

  • Ambulance 74

    West Wyoming Boro:
    Stations 81 and 82 combine to go under the name Station 80

  • Ambulance 84 & 85

    Plymouth Boro:
    Stations 91, 92, & 93 combine to go under the name Station 90

  • Ambulance 94 & 95

    Plymouth Township:
    Station 120

    Exeter Boro:
    Stations 130 & 132 combine to go under the name Station 130

  • Ambulance 134

    Wyoming Boro:
    Station 141 & 142 combine to go under the name Station 140

  • Ambulance 144 & 145

    West Pittston Boro:
    Stations 151 & 152 combine to go under the name Station 150

  • Ambulance 154

    Luzerne County Hospitals (155.160 MHz):

  • Geisinger Wyoming Valley
  • Hazleton General Hospital
  • Hazleton St Joe's Hospital
  • Veteran's Memorial Hospital (medical command at another hospital will phone a report to the V.A.)
  • Wilkes Barre Mercy
  • Wyoming Valley Health Care Systems (Nesbitt Memorial and Wilkes Barre General)

    Other County Units:

  • Plains Township Rescue Company 211

    Out of County tones:

  • Lackawanna County, Greenfield Township Fire Department, Station 24
  • Lackawanna County, Ambulance 26-9 - Olyphant
  • Lackawanna County, City of Scranton Fire Department, Station 50
  • Lackawanna County, Fire Department, Station 54 - Thornhurst
  • Wyoming County, Ambulance 12-9 - Lake Winola
  • Wyoming County, Kunkle Fire Department 31 (joint dispatch with Luzerne County)
  • Wyoming County, Noxen Fire Department, Station 101
  • Wyoming County, Noxen Fire Department, Station 101 2nd tone

    No longer in service:

  • Swoyersville Station 71 QRS (E 71 no longer does QRS calls)
  • Plymouth Township, Ambulance 124 (no longer in service)
  • Medic 1 and 302 - Wyoming Valley Healthcare (Medic 1 served Back Mountain & Medic 302 West Side Area)
  • Sweet Valley Fire and Ambulance Tone on the old Back Mountain Repeater
  • Forty Fort Fire Department, Station 20's old fire tone before they were dispatched by Luzerne County 911
  • Edwardsville, Station 10's fire tone from Kingston Central (very rarely used, only when Station 10 was down, before Station 10 was dispatched by Luzerne County 911)
  • Forty Fort, Station 20's fire tone from Kingston Central (very rarely used, only when Station 20 was down, before Station 20 was dispatched by Luzerne County 911)
  • Luzerne, Station 30's fire tone from when Station 30 was dispatched by Kingston Central
  • Luzerne, Ambulance 34's EMS tone from when Ambulance 34 was dispatched by Kingston Central
  • Courtdale, Station 50's fire tone from when Station 50 was dispatched by Kingston Central
  • Courtdale, Station 50's house siren tone from when Station 50 was dispatched by Kingston Central
  • Swoyersville, Station 70's fire tone from when Station 70 was dispatched by Kingston Central
  • Swoyersville, Ambulance 74's EMS tone from when Ambulance 74 was dispatched by Kingston Central

    Clips from some calls in Luzerne County:

  • Ladder 113 being dispatched to assist Plymouth Station 90 on a structure fire.
  • 2 calls in Wilkes Barre (a brush fire and a possible structure fire) produced this clip. The structure fire turned out to be smoke from the shrubbery that was burning in the same area.
  • Structure fire in an appartment building on Park Ave, Wilkes Barre City

    *** Hazleton City Fire tones are from the Hazleton City Fire Department's Web Page.
    *** Thanks to Kingston Central for the old Kingston tones!!!

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