Monitoring Middlesex County, New Jersey

by Jim Robbins

County Trunked Radio System
County-wide Law Enforcement
County-wide Fire/ EMS/ OEM
County Other
Carteret Borough
Cranbury Township
Dunellen Borough
East Brunswick Township
Edison Township
Helmetta Borough
Highland Park Borough
Jamesburg Borough
Metuchen Borough
Middlesex Borough
Milltown Borough
Monroe Township
City of New Brunswick
North Brunswick Township
Old Bridge Township
City of Perth Amboy
Piscataway Township
Plainsboro Township
Rutgers University
Sayreville Borough
City of South Amboy
South Brunswick Township
South Plainfield Borough
South River Borough
Spotswood Borough
Woodbridge Township
Middlesex County SMRS

For all the municipalities or groups listed above, there is a table of the frequencies and a brief description of how they are used. The first field is the channel name and/or usage, the second column is the radio frequency, the third column is the type (R=repeater, B=base, M=mobile), and the fourth column is the squelch or modulation type (CSq = carrier squelch). A two-digit number in the last field represents an LTR LCN; any known associated talkgroups will be listed further down in the same table.

It is intended for all public safety (police/fire/EMS/OEM) and government (roads dept/building dept/MUA) channels to be listed here, plus most business repeaters and other channels which may be of particular interest. Many business channels have intentionally been omitted because researching and processing them all would be impractical. If you are searching for one not listed, try the FCC database or check if they are using an undentified talkgroup on one of the SMRs. And as always, please feel free to submit additional channels to the author.

Businesses, now including hospitals (which previously had their own section) should be listed under the municipality they are principally located in. County-wide busineses may be listed under the County Other section or with the municipality in which the main transmitter is located. Major utilities are covered on the state page. An effort has been made to group the businesses under their real municipality, but in some cases they may be listed under their postal code's municipality (for example, many businesses list Princeton as their transmitter's city even though they're in Montgomery or West Windsor or Lawrence).



Middlesex County Trunked Radio System

LCN-01866.1750REDACS
LCN-02866.4250REDACS
LCN-03866.9250REDACS
LCN-04868.1125REDACS
LCN-05868.3875REDACS
LCN-06868.7125REDACS

Middlesex County operates a mixed-mode EDACS-Wideband trunked radio system on the 800 MHz band. Simulcast repeater sites are located in New Brunswick, Monroe, East Brunswick, and Woodbridge. The digital modulation is not APCO P-25 compliant, you will not be able to decode the digital transmissions using any consumer-marketed radio scanners available now. The control channel has been on each of the six channels at some point in time, which really is irrelevant because all six must be programmed any for proper trunking.

Law enforcement and emergency services on the system, such as the prosecutor and sheriff and OEM, are now almost 100% digital. The transition from Aegis to Provoice, and the transition of remaining units from analog to digital, occurred late in 2005 and early in 2006. Other agencies and services, like the roads and transportation departments, remain analog and monitorable with many scanners.

Refer to the System Maps section for an Excel workbook with all the latest talkgroup and system information, including TGIDs in true AFS, Uniden AFS and decimal. Talkgroups are not listed on this page because there are many and they can be better presented in an Excel workbook (look for the tabs in the workbook); if you can not read XLS files then please refer to the ETRUNK files for this system.



Middlesex County-wide Law Enforcement

Conventional Channels
Hotline453.4750R162.2
DOC Adult Jail155.4150R85.4
DOC Juvenile Jail155.9100B/M~81.0
Trunked Talkgroups
L.E. Agency CallDig02-000
L.E. Common?Dig02-001
Prosecutor Fleet CallDig02-020
Prosecutor MainDig02-021
Prosecutor?02-022
Prosecutor?02-023
Prosecutor?02-024
Prosecutor PatchDig02-025
Prosecutor?02-026
Prosecutor?02-027
ProsecutorDig02-030
Prosecutor SWAT?Mix02-031
Prosecutor?02-032
Prosecutor?02-033
Prosecutor?02-034
ProsecutorDig02-035
Prosecutor?02-036
Sheriff Fleet CallDig02-060
Sheriff DispatchDig02-061
SheriffDig02-062
SheriffDig02-063
SheriffDig02-064
SheriffDig02-065
Sheriff Lookups?Dig02-066
SheriffDig02-067
Sheriff Tac-1?Dig02-070
SheriffDig02-071
SheriffDig02-072
SheriffDig02-073
Sheriff CorrectionsDig02-074
Sheriff CourthouseDig02-075
Rangers Fleet Call08-040
Rangers Dispatch08-041
Rangers Tac-108-042
Rangers Tac-208-043
Rangers Tac-308-044
Rangers Unknown08-045
Rangers Admin08-046
Rangers Unknown08-047
MCC Security Alt.08-065

The primary channel for inter-department police communications is the UHF "Police Hotline". Most police dispatch agencies have the input to the repeater and tests are performed each day at 0100 and 1100 hours.

The Sheriff has a repeated channel for the adult facility and a simplex channel for the juvenile facility, both on Route 130 in North Brunswick. The PL on the juvenile channel is non-standard, somewhere between 79.7 and 82.5 but not confirmed as exactly 81.0.

Refer to the NJ State Agencies page for more information on state-wide and nation-wide interoperability channels.



Middlesex County-wide Fire & EMS & OEM

Fire-133.8200B/M(varies)
OEM VHF (Alerting)155.9550R103.5
OEM UHF (Fire Mutual Aid)453.5750R107.2
OEM 800857.2625R162.2
OEM/HazMat Old Tactical155.9850M103.5
Fire Academy Ops453.7125R162.2
Fire Academy Alt?453.8125R?162.2?
DEP B10 Jamesburg Fire Tower "Direct"159.6150B/M179.9
B10 Future Operations?151.5875R179.9
D-Net Fire Buffs (may be inactive)462.5750R91.5
E-Net Fire Buffs461.5750R91.5
American Red Cross47.4200B/MD165
JEMS 1 Alerting155.2200B/M103.5
JEMS 2 Hospitals155.3400B/M103.5
JEMS 3 EMS Coordination155.2800B/M103.5
JEMS 4 Disaster Coordination153.7850M131.8
MedCentral F-4 "JEMS 4"153.7850M103.5
MedCentral F-5 Operations155.3250RD051
MedCentral F-6 Tactical "Citywide"155.3550B/M69.3
EMS "VMARS" (Mutual Aid)151.1600RD051
Med 1463.0000B186.2
Med 1468.0000M186.2
Med 2463.0250B186.2
Med 2468.0250M186.2
Med 3463.0500B186.2
Med 3468.0500M186.2
Med 4463.0750B186.2
Med 4468.0750M186.2
Med 5463.1000B186.2
Med 5468.1000M186.2
Med 6463.1250B186.2
Med 6468.1250M186.2
Med 7463.1500B186.2
Med 7468.1500M186.2
Med 8463.1750B186.2
Med 8468.1750M186.2
Med 9462.9500B186.2
Med 9467.9500M186.2
Med 10462.9750B186.2
Med 10467.9750M186.2
RWJUH-SPUH EMS Unknown151.8650M?
Trunked Talkgroups
County-wideAna04-001
OEM Fleet CallDig10-020
OEM CentralDig10-021
OEM EMSDig10-022
OEM FireDig10-023
OEM UnknownDig10-024
OEM UnknownDig10-025
OEM Field OpsDig10-026
OEM Tac-1Dig10-027
OEM Scene-1Dig10-030
OEM Tac-2?Dig10-031
OEM Scene-2?Dig10-032
OEM UnknownDig10-033
OEM Mun. Coord.Dig10-034
OEM UnknownDig10-035
OEM UnknownDig10-036
OEM UnknownDig10-037
HazMat Fleet CallDig10-040
HazMat DispatchDig10-041
HazMat UnknownDig10-042
HazMat UnknownDig10-043
HazMat UnknownDig10-044
HazMat UnknownDig10-045
HazMat UnknownDig10-046
HazMat OperationsDig10-047
Fire & EMS Stations
Num.NameDist.Municipality
?Carteret FD--Carteret
3ACarteret FD--Carteret
?Carteret FAS--Carteret
48FCranbury FD--Cranbury
Sq48Cranbury FAS--Cranbury
?Defender No.1 of Dunellen--Dunellen
?Dunellen RS--Dunellen
600E.B. RS--E. Brunswick
700Old Bridge VFC1E. Brunswick
800E.B. Independent FC2E. Brunswick
900Brookview VFC3E. Brunswick
?Edison FD--Edison
?Edison FARS #1--Edison
?Edison EMS-Squad 2--Edison
?Clara Barton FAS--Edison
?Helmetta VFD--Helmetta
?Highland Park VFD--Highland Park
?Highland Park Vol. FAS--Highland Park
?Jamesburg FD--Jamesburg
?Jamesburg FARS--Jamesburg
?Metuchen FD--Metuchen
?Metuchen FAS--Metuchen
1?Lincoln Hose Co. #1--Middlesex
2?Beechwood Heights Fire Co. #2--Middlesex
3?H.C. Pierce Fire Co. #3--Middlesex
4?Parker Engine & Hose Co. #4--Middlesex
?Middlesex RS--Middlesex
62?Eureka Engine Co. #1--Milltown
?Eureka Hose Co. #1--Milltown
?Milltown Rescue Squad--Milltown
23Central Monroe VFC3Monroe
51Monroe Township VFC #11Monroe
57Applegarth Engine Co.2Monroe
--Monroe Township EMS--Monroe
--Monroe Township FAS--Monroe
--N.B. FD--New Brunswick
--RWJUH-SPUH EMS--New Brunswick
1N.B. Vol. Engine Co. #1--N. Brunswick
2N.B. Vol. Engine Co. #2--N. Brunswick
3N.B. Vol. Fire/Ladder Co. #3--N. Brunswick
--N.B. FARS--N. Brunswick
--Cheesequake VFC--Old Bridge
--Laurence Harbor FC--Old Bridge
--Madison Park FC--Old Bridge
--South Old Bridge FC--Old Bridge
--Cheesequake Vol. FAS--Old Bridge
--Laurence Harbor FAS--Old Bridge
--Madison Park FAS--Old Bridge
--Old Bridge EMS (Green & White)--Old Bridge
--Old Bridge FARS (Red & White)--Old Bridge
--Perth Amboy FD--Perth Amboy
--New Market FC1Piscataway
--Holmes Marshall FC2Piscataway
--Possumtown FC2Piscataway
--River Road FC2Piscataway
--Arbor Hose Company3Piscataway
--North Stelton FC4Piscataway
--Arbor RS--Piscataway
--River Road RS--Piscataway
--North Stelton RS--Piscataway
49Plainsboro FC--Plainsboro
100Plainsboro RS--Plainsboro
--Plainsboro EMS--Plainsboro
--Rutgers Univ. ES--Rutgers
--Sayreville FC--Sayreville
--Sayreville Emergency Squad--Sayreville
--Morgan FAS--Sayreville
--S.A. FD--S. Amboy
--S.A. FAS--S. Amboy
20Monmouth Junction VFC2S. Brunswick
21Monmouth Junction VFC2S. Brunswick
22Kendall Park VFC1S. Brunswick
23Kendall Park VFC1S. Brunswick
24Kingston VFC3S. Brunswick
--Monmouth Junction FAS--S. Brunswick
--Kendall Park FARS--S. Brunswick
--Kingston FARS--S. Brunswick
--South Brunswick EMS--S. Brunswick
--South Plainfield Fire--S. Plainfield
--South Plainfield FAS--S. Plainfield
--South River Fire--S. River
--South River Fire--S. River
--South River Fire--S. River
--South River Fire--S. River
--Spotswood Fire--Spotswood
--Spotswood FAS--Spotswood
--Spotswood EMS--Spotswood
--Woodbridge FC1Woodbridge
--Port Reading FC2Woodbridge
--Keasbey Protection FC#14Woodbridge
--Avenel FC#15Woodbridge
--Fords Volunteer FC7Woodbridge
--Hopelawn Engine Co.#18Woodbridge
--Iselin VFC#19Woodbridge
--Iselin VFC11Woodbridge
--Colonia Vol. Chem. H&L Co.11Woodbridge
--Avenel/Colonia FAS--Woodbridge
--Colonia FAS--Woodbridge
--Hopelawn FAS--Woodbridge
--Port Reading FAS--Woodbridge
--Woodbridge EMS--Woodbridge
--Saint John's FAS--Woodbridge

Unfortunately there is no centralized dispatch for Middlesex County emergency services as you find in other counties. Fire-1 used to be very common for fire company and some first aid squad paging, with either Fire-1 or other low-band channels used for operations. Almost all agencies have since moved up to VHF or UHF or 800, though some still are paged on low-band and there are probably some old radios out there still for mutual aid and chatter.

County uses their old VHF-Hi operations repeater for paging but finally moved most ops over to the trunked system. The OEM UHF repeater is now used for fire mutual aid coordination, and the old 800 MHz DOT channel has been relicensed and reassigned to OEM use; note the PL has changed from DOT days. The HazMat teams now usually use a talkgroup for their on-scene ops.

The DEP channels are utilized by the state Department of Environmental Protection for forest firefighting (abbreviated FF here). The Jamesburg tower is likely to use 8 the most, and has been heard frequently coordinating responses and chatting on the tactical channel. A reader has reported hearing B10 testing a SMR repeater channel back in the summer 2005 with some apparent complications in simulcasting two different repeaters on the channel. B10 is still using their old direct channel so it is unclear when, if ever, they will be putting the repeated channel in service.

Two 'buff network' channels are listed, one somewhat amateurish GMRS channel which may have disappeared somewhat recently, and one private repeater (respectively). Both are located in or around South River, and both are not officially related to the county but may be of interest to monitors.

Refer to individual municipalities for specific fire and EMS channels. All in-county Advanced Life Support (ALS=paramedics) is dispatched by MedCentral with paging on JEMS 1 and operations on F-5. Medics usually get physician control via landline or cellphone, but do occassionally use the med channels in duplex mode. Most medic units can communicate directly with the dispatch center they are responding into on the local channel or talkgroup.

Basic Life Support (BLS=ordinary ambulances) often use JEMS 2 to contact hospital emergency departments with in-bound patient reports. All the JEMS are used as coordination channels. JEMS 4 technically has a PL of 131.8, but MedCentral has opted to establish a channel on that frequency with a different PL. Presumably they also have ability on the real JEMS 4. EMS unit stations: MR-1 RWJUH/SPUH ALS (New Brunswick); MR-2 RWJUH/SPUH ALS (East Brunswick Pine St FH); MR-3 RWJUH/SPUH ALS (South Brunswick Mun Bldng); 651/652 RWJUH/SPUH BLS (New Brunswick EMS); 781 RWJUH/SPUH BLS (North Brunswick coverage); 782 RWJUH/SPUH BLS (Franklin coverage); 783 RWJUH/SPUH BLS (Piscataway coverage); 8## RWJUH/SPUH BLS (transport, EMS as needed); Mercy 6 & 7 JFK ALS (Muhlenburg); Mercy 9 JFK ALS (JFK); Mercy 10 JFK ALS (special assignment); Perth MIC 1 & 2 RBMC ALS (Perth Amboy); .

A new EMS mutual aid channel has been established and will probably be used for EMS mobilizations in the future, run by MedCentral and/or county OEM. While not definite, it appears that the NJSFAC 14th District doesn't routinely coordinate mobilizations except possibly especially large ones that come down through the NJSFAC state coordinator.



Middlesex County Other Services

Conventional Channels
Mosquito Control44.8800B/M103.5
County College Maintenance464.6750R156.7
Utilities Authority153.8000B/M?
Trunked Talkgroups
Highways & Bridges Agency CallAna04-000
Central Vehicle TroubleAna04-002
DPW/Parks CoordinationAna04-003
DPW Area 1Ana04-004
DPW Area 2Ana04-005
DPW Area 3Ana04-006
DPW Area 4Ana04-007
DPW Area 5Ana04-010
Snow Channel 6Ana04-011
Roads FleetAna04-020
Roads DispatchAna04-021
Roads AdministrationAna04-022
Roads Paving-1Ana04-023
Roads Paving-2?Ana04-024
Roads EngineeringAna04-025
Vehicle Maint. FleetAna04-040
V.M. Light EquipmentAna04-041
V.M. Heavy EquipmentAna04-042
V.M. UnknownAna04-043
Engineering FleetAna04-060
Engineering OpsAna04-061
Engineering UnknownAna04-062
Engineering UnknownAna04-065
Public Property FleetAna04-080
Public Property OpsAna04-081

Nearly all county services now operate on the trunked system in analog mode. A list of talkgroups is on the right side; for system information and frequencies, see the trunked radio system section.



Carteret Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Dispatch470.3625R146.2
Police Alt472.7500R146.2
Police Tactical?474.4250M146.2?
Fire Alerting33.8200B/MCSq
Fire Ops477.2500RD072
FAS 1 Dispatch155.2200B/M71.9
FAS 2 Tactical155.2050B/M71.9
OEM472.3750R103.5
Housing Authority463.3000R?
Businesses
Amoco451.2250R?
Holiday Inn151.5200M?
Holiday Inn151.9550M?
Kinder Morgan461.6500RD132
Kinder Morgan463.4750RD464
Kinder Morgan464.3750R179.9
Kinder Morgan461.7000R?
Kinder Morgan463.4250R?
Kinder Morgan464.0250R?
Kinder Morgan464.0750R?
Kinder Morgan464.2250R?
White Rose462.2375R?

The Carteret Police Department is dispatched on a UHF repeater. A new repeater has been heard to have traffic with speech inversion; it is probably an alternate or secure channel for the PD. With the license modification adding the second repeater, a simplex channel was also added.

The Carteret Fire Department is paged on low-band and operates on a UHF repeater.

The Carteret First Aid Squad is paged and communicates on 155.220, but with a different tone than MedCentral and Perth Amboy. The CFD has been providing daytime EMS coverage for the borough.

Carteret OEM uses a UHF repeater for their ordinary operations, and presumably has access to all the borough's other channels as well.



Cranbury Township

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Dispatch453.7000R156.7
Fire Dispatch471.3125R131.8
EMS Dispatch156.1350Rd152
EMS Dispatch Old155.2650B/M156.7
DPW453.4500R162.2
BOE Ops451.7875RD431?
BOE Tac Old?154.6000M?
BOE Tac461.7875M?
BOE Tac463.8375M?
BOE Tac463.8875M?
Businesses
Aetna464.8750R?
Aetna Tac466.9750M?
BMS451.6000R?
Carter-Wallace462.3250R?
Carter-Wallace462.4250M?
Purdue Pharma461.9125RD431
Purdue Pharma464.8125R?
Rhodia451.3750R?
Stasinos Sunoco463.5750R?
Williams Sonoma461.3500R?
Williams Sonoma464.2250R?

Most of Cranbury's services, including the police department, are dispatched by Hightstown, so you'll see a lot of similarities. Both police departments use the same UHF repeater.

Cranbury Fire, Station 48, is the only user of their UHF repeater, which is used for paging, dispatch, and operations / talk-around. Initial paging is usually done by Hightstown and follow-on dispatch is usually performed by Mercer County on this channel. Other channels licensed to CFD are for mutual aid.

Cranbury First Aid, Squad 48, moved its dispatch channel to a new high-band repeater around July or August of 2007. It appears that this is used for all communications, including paging and dispatch, and that the old channel is no longer in regular use by this squad. Additional information on the Cranbury squad, along with information on the OEM, is also available on the township's web site.



Dunellen Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
Police & EMS Dispatch153.9800R156.7
Police-M/A to North Plainfield155.1300R103.5
Fire Dispatch158.8200R186.2
DPW151.0100R103.5

The Dunellen Police Department is dispatched on a VHF-High repeater. A second police channel is for mutual aid to North Plainfield Borough (Somerset County; the repeater is NP's).

Dunellen Fire Department.

Dunellen Rescue Squad.



East Brunswick Township

Public Safety & Local Government
Trunked System500.3125RMOT
Trunked System500.4375RMOT
Trunked System (CC)500.5875RMOT
Trunked System (CC)500.8375RMOT
Trunked System (CC)502.4875RMOT
Trunked System (CC)502.6625RMOT
Police Data453.9250RCSq
Fire Alerting33.8200B156.7
Fire ReAlert33.7200B156.7
Fire/EMS Backup453.3750R156.7
Fire Multicast33.7200BCSq
Fireground453.1375M156.7
Fireground?458.1375M156.7
Fire Tactical453.9625M156.7
Fire District 1 New/Unk158.8650R?
Fire District 1 New/Unk151.4450B/M?
EMS Alerting/Ops150.9500RD703
EMS Tactical158.3550MD703
EMS Ground150.9500MD703
EMS Local-1151.8200MD703
EMS Local-2151.8800MD703
EMS Local-3151.9400MD703
BOE Ops461.8500RD465
BOE Tactical452.6875M?
Businesses
Brunswick Square Mall Security452.3000RD432
Brunswick Square Mall Ops451.9000RD074
Brunswick Square Mall Tac467.7500M?
Instant Air Freight452.4750R?
JC Penney461.5875M?
JC Penney461.7125M?
JC Penney461.8375M?
JC Penney466.9625M?
JC Penney467.2250M?
Macy's464.1000R203.5?
Macy's464.1750R203.5?
Macy's464.2750R203.5?
Twomey33.1600B/M?
Transmed Ops155.2950B/M97.4

East Brunswick Township operates a Motorola Type II UHF trunked radio system consisting of six repeater pairs in the 500 MHz area. This system has been in use since about 1998, and seems to be used by all township services plus all South River Borough services (since late 2000), Milltown Borough fire (since 2003), and Spotswood Fire and EMS (since 2005). A comprehensive listing of talkgroups is below; the base frequency is 500.300, the offset is 380, and the step is 12.5; TRUNKER files for this system are also available for advanced users (sysid is 5E30).

East Brunswick Police Department is entirely on the trunked system.

The old Emergency Services (ES) repeater is being maintained as a backup to the trunked system. For a period of time it was used by MedRescue 2, and (at that time) it appeared that EB dispatch always monitored this channel. More recently MR2 has been operating on the trunked system.

The East Brunswick Fire Department is comprised of the following districts and companies: District One (7** units, Old Bridge Volunteer Fire Company); District Two (8** units, East Brunswick Independent Fire Company); and District Three (9** units, Brookview Volunteer Fire Company). All are paged to calls in their individual primary territories on 33.82/156.7 with a taped rebroadcast immediately following on 33.72/156.7. Units generally communicate on the Fire Dispatch talkgroup, with one talkgroup per district also intended for operations and one "private" talkgroup per district. Conventional radios may be used for fireground operations on 453.1375 (simplex). The 33.72/CSq channel rebroadcasts all the above fire talkgroups and conventional channels. Not rebroadcast on 33.72/CSq are the 3 districts' "private" channel and the conventional UHF "tactical" channel. District 1 assumed the old Woodbridge Housing Authority license but has not yet revised transmitter locations (just like Milltown did with the old Old Bridge police channel). Future use of these channels is unknown.

The East Brunswick Rescue Squad is paged and operates internally on a VHF-Hi repeater. Rigs still communicate with dispatch mostly on the trunked system, but the VHF channels are to be used for scene operations and most communication between rigs on different calls. TransMed (paid daytime BLS) operates on the EMS Dispatch talkgroup, and is hailed there rather than paged.

East Brunswick's municipal services operate exclusively on the trunked system. The school system operates mostly on conventional, but has used one talkgroup for roll-call.


East Brunswick's Trunked Radio System
PoliceFire/EMS/OEMServicesPublic WorksOther
01616EB Fleet06416EB Fleet01584EB Radio Techs08016EB DPW Fleet00016EB Emergency
01648EB Dispatch06448EB Fire Ops01968EB Schools Ops08048EB DPW 1 Roads00048EB Twp-wide 1
01680EB Tac-106480EB Fire Dist 1 Ops03216EB Parks Fleet08080EB DPW 200080EB Event 1
01712EB Tac-206512EB Fire Dist 2 Ops03248EB Parks Dept08112EB DPW 300114EB Event 2
01744EB Event06544EB Fire Dist 3 Ops03280EB Parks Dept08144EB DPW 400272Unknown
01776EB Special Event06576EB EMS Ops03312EB Parks Dept08176EB DPW 5 Sanitation13168SR Boro-wide
01808EB Unknown06608EB Fire Dist 1 Private03344EB Parks Dept08208EB DPW 6
01840EB Traffic06640EB Fire Dist 2 Private03376EB Parks Dept08240EB DPW 7
01872EB Unknown06672EB Fire Dist 3 Private03408EB Parks Dept09616EB Water/Sewer Fleet
01904EB Investigations06704EB Fire Mutual Aid03440EB Parks Dept?09648EB Water/Sewer 1
01936EB Detectives06736EB Fire Regional03472EB Parks Dept09680EB Water/Sewer 2
12816SR Fleet06768EB OEM04816EB Municipal Fleet09712EB Water/Sewer?
12848SR 1 Dispatch06800EB EMS Tac04848EB Facilities09744EB Water/Sewer?
12880SR 2 Tac-206832Milltown Ops04880EB Unknown12816SR Fleet
12912SR 3 Tac-312816SR Fleet04912EB Unknown13104SR Electric
  12944SR Fire Dispatch04944EB Tech Services13136SR DPW
  12976SR Fire Tac04976EB Unknown
  13008SR EMS Dispatch05008EB Transportation
  13040SR EMS Tac05040EB Unknown
  17616Spotswood Fleet05072EB Revenue Office
  17648Spotswood Ops05328EB Engineering
    05360EB Engineering Surveyors
    05616EB Municipal Fleet
    05648EB Inspectors 1
    05680EB Inspectors 2


Edison Township

Public Safety & Local Government
Trunked System470.8750RMOT
Trunked System (CC)471.1250RMOT
Trunked System (CC)471.4000RMOT
Trunked System (CC)472.2250RMOT
Trunked System (CC)472.4500RMOT
Trunked System472.7000RMOT
Trunked System478.7125RMOT
Fire Alerting & Multicast460.5250R136.5
Fire Tactical465.6125M136.5
EMS Alerting & Multicast453.5250R114.8
EMS Alt/Tac "JEMS 5"155.1600B/M229.1
BOE Main461.6000RD503
BOE Secondary452.3750RD503
BOE Schools467.0125MDCS
BOE Schools468.2125MDCS
Broadcast1.6200BAM
Businesses
Aeronautical128.9000BCSq/AM
Akzo Nobel Chemicals464.3500R?
Akzo Nobel Chemicals464.9125M?
Akzo Nobel Chemicals469.9125MD664
Akzo Nobel Chemicals463.5500M?
Akzo Nobel Chemicals463.9750M?
Alfieri452.2125RD243
Amerchol464.5250R?
Amerchol464.9750R?
BASF464.0000R?
Convention Center Ch-1464.5000MD114
Convention Center Ch-2464.5500MD115
Convention Center Ch-3469.5000MD116
Convention Center Ch-4469.5500MD122
Cushman & Wakefield463.9500RD223
Cushman & Wakefield452.7500R?
Dapper Bus47.6600B/MD343
Durham Woods Maintenance453.0000RD026
Englehard462.2500R?
Englehard462.3250RD532
Englehard Tac467.2000M?
Englehard Tac467.2250M?
Englehard Tac467.4000M?
Englehard Tac467.5000M?
FedEx Smartpost451.7250R?
FedEx Smartpost452.4375R?
Frigidaire462.2000R?
GVA Williams Ops463.2000RD464
GVA Williams Tac452.0250M?
GVA Williams Tac462.0750M?
Huaxia School Tac464.5000M?
Huaxia School Tac464.5500M?
Huaxia School Tac467.7625M?
Huaxia School Tac467.8125M?
Huaxia School Tac467.8500M?
Huaxia School Tac467.8750M?
Huaxia School Tac467.9000M?
Huaxia School Tac467.9250M?
Macy's464.2750R203.5
Margate Apts.461.7625M?
Merck Iselin451.6750R186.2
Mobil Oil Ops462.4250RD116
Mobil Oil Paging462.2250B/M?
Mobil Oil Paging?462.2750R?
Mobil Oil462.4000R?
NY Times461.9125R88.5
NY Times464.7250R?
NY Times Telemetry?464.8250B?
NY Times Telemetry?464.9250B?
NY Times464.7750M?
NY Times469.3250M?
NY Times469.9250M?
Pharma Formulations461.5250R?
Raritan River Boat Club Marine 09156.4500B/MCSq
Raritan River Boat Club Marine 16156.8000B/MCSq
Raritan River Boat Club Marine 66156.3250B/MCSq
Raritan River Boat Club Marine 69156.4750B/MCSq
Sheraton452.6750B?
Sheraton457.6750B?
Sheraton461.9750B?
Sheraton463.7750M?
Sheraton466.9750M?
Sheraton468.7750M?
Siemens461.2000R?
Taxi & Limo461.0500RLCN05?
Target467.7625M?
Target469.0625M?
Transcom471.7125R?
Transcom472.8625R?
UPS Plant Ops452.8875B/MD631
UPS452.7125R?
UPS462.4625R?
UPS462.1875B/M?
UPS462.5125B/M?
US EPA Security168.3500M192.8
USPS Kilmer F-1 Processing407.9375R136.5
USPS Kilmer F-2 Maint.409.1375R136.5
USPS Kilmer F-? "Cross Rptr."409.7375R136.5
USPS Inspectors (Old?)415.0500R107.2
USPS Inspectors (New?)407.7250RDig/Enc
Zebra Pen463.4250R?
JFK Medical Center
Security464.4750R179.9
Oak Tree462.8625M?
Oak Tree467.8625M?
Oak Tree452.1125M?
Oak Tree Paging (dig)462.9000BCSq
Unknown461.2375M?
Unknown466.2375M?
Menlo Park Mall
Mall Security153.4025RD432
Mall Security Old464.4375R?192.8
Mall Maintenance153.2525RD445
Mall Unknown Old468.5875M?
Cheesecake Factory464.5500M67.0
Cheesecake Factory467.8750M67.0
Rainforest Cafe464.9750MD073

Edison Township utilizes a Motorola Type 2 UHF mixed-mode trunked radio system; system voice is analog and P-25 digital clear and P-25 digital encrypted. Refer to RadioReference.com for the latest talkgroup and system information. Two configurations are required to trunk this system: Base1=470.0000, Offset1=380, Spacing1=12.5; Base2=477.0000, Offset2=600, Step2=12.5.

With the possible exception of a few conventional backup/tactical channels, rarely used if at all, the Edison Police Department operates entirely on the trunked system. Generally speaking, the police talkgroups are digital encrypted and can not be properly decoded by any scanner.

Edison Fire Department is paged on their old UHF dispatch channel, which also carries a multicast of select fire talkgroups. Most subsequent activity is on the trunked system, though they maintained ability on a UHF simplex channel for fireground and tactical operations. Generally speaking, the fire talkgroups are digital and require an APCO digital-compliant scanner to be decoded.

Edison EMS, including Edison First Aid Squad #1, Edison First Aid Squad #2, and Clara Barton First Aid Squad, are all paged on the old police dispatch channel, which also carries a multicast of select EMS talkgroups. Most subsequent activity is on the trunked system, though they may still have ability on some of the old conventional channels. The old EMS Dispatch frequency has been rolled into the trunked system. EFAS#2 has a page on their web site which describes their frequency usage, though it's a bit outdated. Generally speaking, the EMS talkgroups are digital and require an APCO digital-compliant scanner to be decoded.

It is believed that all Edison Township services, such as public works and municipal departments, operate exclusively on the trunked system.

Edison schools have two district-wide repeaters. Each school uses one or both of the low-power, simplex channels. DCS codes vary by school.



Helmetta Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Dispatch155.6100B/M167.9
Fire Alerting33.8200B167.9
Fire Operations470.7500R156.7
Fire Realert & Ops Multicast33.6200B?
Jamesburg FAS Alerting155.5800RD331
EMS Dispatch155.6100B/M167.9

Helmetta Borough contracts with Spotswood Borough for dispatch services. An old East Brunswick Sentinal article outlines the arrangement.

The Helmetta Police Department is dispatched on the same old VHF-High channel; it is unknown whether they intend to migrate up to the relatively new Spotswood PD UHF channel.

The Helmetta Fire Department has recently moved their operations from low-band to UHF. Paging remains on low-band, but with a different PL. The old alternate channel should now (or soon) have retransmission of pages plus multicast of the UHF operations channel.

EMS for Helmetta is provided by Jamesburg First Aid Squad. JFAS is paged on JPD's channel, and then communicates with Spotswood/Helmetta on 155.6100.



Highland Park Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Dispatch460.4250R114.8
Fire Alerting33.8200BCSq
Fire Dispatch453.8500R114.8
Fire Unknown154.3850B/M?
EMS Dispatch453.8500R114.8
DPW453.8500R114.8
High School90.3000BWFM
Businesses
AA Checker Cab152.3900B131.8
AA Checker Cab157.6500M131.8

The Highland Park Police Department is dispatched on a UHF repeater.

The Highland Park Fire Department is paged on low-band and operates on a UHF repeater.

The Highland Park First Aid Squad is paged and operates on a UHF repeater.

DPW also uses the same repeater as fire and EMS.



Jamesburg Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
Police/ES Dispatch155.5800RD331
Fire Ops154.2500B/MD331
Fire Tac154.3700B/MD331

The Jamesburg Police Department is dispatched on a VHF-High repeater. The old simplex channel (155.610/131.8) may have been kept for talk-around.

The Jamesburg Fire Department is paged on the police repeater, and operates on two simplex high-band channels.

The Jamesburg First Aid and Rescue Squad is dispatched on the police repeater. If they are responding into their primary territory in Helmetta Borough, they will switch over to talk directly with Helmetta (Spotswood).



Metuchen Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Dispatch472.0500RD156
Fire Dispatch453.5750RD664
Fire Ground453.0375MD664
Fire Mutual Aid154.2950B/M?
Fire Mutual Aid154.3400B/M?
EMS Dispatch478.8250RD712
Municipal Services155.0100R156.7
DPW155.0550B/M173.8
Town-wide Common458.0375MD664
OEM Broadcast1.5800BAM
High School New452.1625M?
High School New452.6375M?
High School New452.8625M?
High School New457.4875M?
High School Old462.2750M?
High School Old463.2250M?
Businesses
Arnolt Brothers49.5400B/M?
Metuchen Taxi & Limo463.6750RD043

The Metuchen Police Department moved their primary dispatch to a UHF repeater in the middle of November, 2005.

The Metuchen Fire Department operates on a UHF repeater, with a low-power channel for fireground and tactical usage. It seems that they have designated the other tactical channel they licensed as a town-wide common channel.

The Metuchen First Aid Squad is now alerted and operates on a UHF repeater. The old low-band paging channel has been abandoned and the old high-band repeater (formerly PD & EMS dispatch) is now used by select municipal services.

It is presumed that Metuchen OEM uses the police, fire, and EMS channels for their communications, rather than the older high-band channels which would not be interoperable with the current public safety channels.

Metuchen DPW continues to operate on their high-band channel, and uses the high-band repeater to call the police dispatcher. The transportation department operates on the former (VHF) police repeater.

The Metuchen High School licenses a couple UHF channels for low-power mobile use.



Middlesex Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Dispatch156.0525RD703
Police Mutual Aid155.3100B/M100.0
Police Data453.9875BCSq
Police Data458.9875MCSq
Fire Dispatch154.4450RD703
Fire Tactical154.2200B/M173.8?
Fire Mutual Aid33.8200B/Mvaries
EMS Dispatch156.0525RD703
OEM155.1000R173.8
DPW159.1050B/MD271
Broadcast1.6400BAM
BOE463.4875R?

The Middlesex Borough Police Department is dispatched on a high-band repeater. Technically the frequency is licensed on the new band-split, but older scanners should be able to receive it okay on 156.050.

The Middlesex Fire Department is dispatched and operates on a high-band channel. Normal activity on low-band has ceased, but ability there may remain for mutual aid.

The Middlesex Rescue Squad is dispatched on the police channel.

Middlesex Borough OEM operates on a high-band repeater, sharing the frequency (but not PL) with Essex County and South Amboy, among others.



Milltown Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
Police F-1 Dispatch460.3750R156.7
Police F-2460.3750B/M156.7
Police F-3 Tactical460.4875M156.7
Fire Alerting156.0000B/M151.4
Fire OperationsEB TRSRMOT
Fire Fireground460.5625M156.7?
Fire Fireground465.5625M156.7?
EMS Dispatch156.0000B/M151.4
Businesses
Township Taxi152.4650B?
Township Taxi157.7250M?

The Milltown Police Department began using Old Bridge's former police repeater (same callsign, different location & PL) for their own dispatch in 2001. Along with it they licensed a couple more UHF frequencies for coordination with New Brunswick. There is reportedly an unlicensed tactical channel.

The Milltown Fire Department is paged on high-band and operates on East Brunswick's trunked system. A couple conventional fireground channels may be used for major incidents.

The Milltown Rescue Squad is paged and dispatched on the same high-band channel as the fire department. They have ability on EB's TRS, but apparently for coordinating with the FD. Pager tests are done at 2200 each day.



Monroe Township

Public Safety & Local Government
Conventional
Trunked System507.1125RMOT
Trunked System (CC)507.6625RMOT
Trunked System (CC)507.9125RMOT
Trunked System (CC)508.3875RMOT
Trunked System (CC)508.7875RMOT
Tactical508.7375M?
Tactical511.7375M?
Fire Alerting154.4300BD565
Fire Tactical Ops-1504.5750MD723
Fire Tactical Ops-2504.7750MD723
Fire Tactical Ops-3505.7750MD723
EMS Dispatch Old155.2200B/M151.4
Trunked Talkgroups
Police Fleet Call16
Police 1 Dispatch48
Police 2 Tactical80
Police 3 Traffic112
Police Traffic Ops8016
Police Traffic Ops8048
Township-wide368
911 Emergency400
Emerg. Svc. Coord.624
Fire Dispatch496
Fire 1528
Fire 2560
Fire 3592
Fire 4656
EMS 1 Dispatch752
EMS 2 Tactical784
EMS 3 ALS Response816
DPW 11040
DPW 21072?
DPW 3 "Private"1104
MUA 11200
MUA 21232
MUA 31264
Recreation 11360
Recreation 21392
Transportation1488
Senior Center1520
Library1712
School Maintenance1808
School Buses1840
School High School1872
Animal Control3184
Businesses
Clearbrook463.2250RD165
Clearbrook Tac463.8875M?
Clearbrook Tac463.9875M?
Clearbrook Old?151.6850B/M?
Concordia464.5750R?
Regency452.1875M?
Regency457.1875M?

Monroe Township utilizes an analog UHF Motorola Type II trunked radio system for all services. A comprehensive listing of talkgroups is below; the base frequency is 507.0125, the offset is 380, and the step is 25.0; TRUNKER files for this system are also available for advanced users (sysid is 7017).

Monroe Township Police Department operates entirely on the trunked system.

The Monroe Fire Department is comprised of three companies: Station 51 (Monroe Township Volunteer Fire Company #1) is District 1; Station 57 (Applegarth Engine Company) is District 2; Station 23 (Central Monroe Volunteer Fire Company) is District 3. All three respond to their individual primary territories. Fire alerting is done on high-band and most operations are on the trunked system. There are three conventional tactical channels available, as well as numerous channels for mutual aid to Mercer, Middlesex, and Monmouth Counties. Station 57 has a great page about their radio communications.

Monroe Township EMS does not seem to be paged via radio. New dispatches go out over the EMS Dispatch talkgroup, and possibly via phone to the squadhouse.

The Municipal Utilities Authority operates on the trunked system. The school system has three known talkgroups for: school buses, disrict-wide maintenance, and high school operations.



City of New Brunswick

Public Safety & Local Government
Police F-1 Dispatch460.3000R114.8
Police F-2 Alternate460.2250R114.8
Police F-3460.2250B/M114.8
Police F-4460.3000B/M114.8
Police Unknown460.1375R114.8
Fire Dispatch154.3250R162.2
Fire Fireground154.2500M162.2
EMS Alerting155.2200B/M103.5
EMS Operations155.3250RD051
EMS Tactical155.3550B/M69.3
DPW453.7250R118.8
Housing Authority453.2625R?
Housing Authority Old453.5500R118.8
BOE Ops464.5750RD251
BOE HS Ops464.3375M71.9
Parking Authority463.8750RD712
Businesses
Acapulco Taxi152.9075B?
Acapulco Taxi160.0725M?
Akcros Chemicals452.0500RD664
All Brunswick Taxi153.0050BD261
All Brunswick Taxi160.0500MD261
Atlantic Express462.1500RD703
Frances Parker Nursing Home463.4250R?
Hyatt Ops461.3000RD244
Hyatt Unknown462.2000R114.8
Joe's Service Center35.1000B/M179.9
J&J Security464.8750RD174
J&J461.6750R?
J&J461.9500R?
J&J463.3750R?
J&J Paging?462.8000R?
(Unknown) Taxi152.3300B107.2
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
JEMS 2155.3400B/M103.5
Emergency452.6500RD051
Security463.8375RD051
Housekeeping464.0250R162.2
Food Service463.5250RD712
Engineering Main452.7000RD226
Alarms Maintenance & Testing461.2250RD051
Paging (digital)152.0075BCSq
Tactical464.9000M?
Tactical469.0000M?
Tactical?463.5750MD051
Tactical?463.7625MD051
Saint Peter's University Hospital
JEMS 2155.3400B/M151.4
Security462.3750RD606
Operations463.2000RD364
Physical Plant461.7000RD516
Patient Escort452.9750RD606
Paging462.7500BCSq
Paging929.0375BCSq
UMDNJ: see Piscataway Twp.

The New Brunswick Police Department has four known channels, on and off two repeaters. A newly licensed channel appears to be for police use, but has not been confirmed yet.

The New Brunswick Fire Department is dispatched on a repeated VHF-high channel and has a simplex fireground channel.

New Brunswick's EMS is provided by RWJUH-SPUH EMS, and is dispatched by MedCentral. The main frequencies are listed here; for more information and frequencies see County-wide Fire & EMS for specifics.

The Housing Authority's old channel expired and a new channel has been licensed, but activity has not yet been observed on it.

The Parking Authority's channel is technically licensed to RWJUH, but is used for the authority's security and operations staff.



North Brunswick Township

Public Safety & Local Government
F-1 Police Dispatch502.3875RDig.
F-2 Police Alternate506.6000RDig.
F-3 EMS Dispatch471.1000R114.8
F-4 DPW460.1750R114.8
Fire F-1 Dispatch460.1125RD503
Fire F-2 Direct460.1125MD503
Fire F-3 Tactical453.0625M192.8
EMS Alerting155.2200B103.5
DPW39.9800B/M162.2
BOE Administration152.8700R100.0
BOE Buses152.8700R74.4
BOE High School154.5400R162.2
BOE Linwood MS159.6450M162.2
BOE Unk. School159.6150M162.2?
BOE Unk. School159.6300M162.2?
BOE Unk. School160.0350M162.2?
New506.4000R?
Businesses
Aeronautical130.8750BCSq/AM
BMS ES Paging151.8650B/MCSq
BMS461.4125R?
BMS Operations464.8375RD516
Logan's Towing30.8000B/M114.8
Rich's Towing150.8150B/M?
Rich's Towing150.8450B/M?
Township Taxi452.2500B/M?
Transport Comm160.0200B/M?
Vespias Tire Center157.5000B/M131.8
Victory Taxi152.2700B131.8
Victory Taxi157.5300M131.8

The North Brunswick Police Department's switch to new digital channels appeared to take place on 12/18/06. To date all observed traffic has been APCO P-25 clear (not encrypted).

The North Brunswick Fire Department is comprised of NB Volunteer Engine Company #1 (Georges Rd), NB Volunteer Engine Company #2 (Route 130), and NB Volunteer Fire/Ladder Company #3 (Cozzens Lane). They are all paged out together, for any call, and operate on a UHF repeater. They also use a UHF simplex fireground channel.

The North Brunswick First Aid and Rescue Squad is alerted by "North Brunswick Central" on JEMS 1. Two-way dispatch, formerly on the old police channel, is now on the new F-3. RWJUH-SPUH EMS unit 781, providing daytime coverage, seems to be in the midst of switching over, as if some of the buses' radios have been reprogrammed and some haven't.

DPW has started using their new UHF channel (the old PD channel) in January of '07, however some units are still on low-band as well. DPW was apparently using 471.100/67.0 with mobiles (no repeater) in the fourth quarter of 2006, but it has not been heard since PD vacated 460.175 and EMS has switched to their new channel.

The Board of Education operates a repeater for its district-wide services; buses use a PL of 74.4 and district-wide administration uses 100.0. Channels are confirmed for the high school (repeater) and Linwood Middle School (simplex); three other simplex channels are licensed and are assumed to be used by other schools with the same PL.

There is still one channel in the township's license, 506.4000, which has not been observed to have any traffic.



Old Bridge Township

Public Safety & Local Government
Trunked System866.6625RMOT
Trunked System (CC)866.8625RMOT
Trunked System (CC)867.1375RMOT
Trunked System867.2750RMOT
Trunked System (CC)867.9375RMOT
Trunked System868.1625RMOT
Relay?823.9875M?
Relay?868.9875M?
Tactical867.0625M?
Tactical867.1625M?
Tactical867.5875M?
Tactical868.2000M?
Tactical868.9875M?
Fire/EMS Alerting46.4200BCSq
Fire Multicast45.9200B156.7
EMS Multicast (future)45.7600B156.7?
Cheesequake Fireground46.2400M?
Cheesequake Tac46.3400M?
Cheesequake Tac46.3800M?
Cheesequake Old Ops46.3600B/M?
SOBFD HazMat153.8300MCSq
SOBFD Fireground 1453.8375M156.7
SOBFD Fireground 2458.8375M156.7
Fire Mutual Aid33.8200B/Mvaries
DPW Old45.7600B/M?
MUA158.1450B/M?
MUA44.6800B/M?
MUA45.6400B/M?
MUA Telemetry173.3900BCSq
BOE Buses155.2200B/M79.7
BOE High School472.4750R192.8
Businesses
Airport Unicom122.8000MCSq/AM
Airport Ops121.7250B/MCSq/AM
Hi Lo Bus155.2200B/M79.7?
Raceway Park Security F-1464.5625M107.2
Raceway Park Security F-2467.8000M179.9
Raceway Park 1/4-Mile F-1463.2125M179.9
Raceway Park 1/4-Mile F-2463.4375M179.9
Raceway Park 1/8-Mile Ops463.5375M179.9
Raceway Park Motocross Ops461.7125M179.9
Raceway Park Go-Kart Ops461.5125M179.9
Morgan Powerboat Marine 09156.4500B/MCSq
Morgan Powerboat Marine 16156.8000B/MCSq
Morgan Powerboat Marine 68156.4250B/MCSq