Monitoring Somerset County, New Jersey

by Jim Robbins

County Trunked Radio System
County-wide Police
County-wide Fire/ EMS/ OEM
County Other
Bedminster Township
Bernards Township
Bernardsville Borough
Bound Brook Borough
Branchburg Township
Bridgewater Township
Far Hills Borough
Franklin Township
Green Brook Township
Hillsborough Township
Manville Borough
Millstone Borough
Montgomery Township
North Plainfield Borough
Peapack-Gladstone Borough
Raritan Borough
Rocky Hill Borough
Somerville Borough
South Bound Brook Borough
Warren Township
Watchung Borough
Somerset 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 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).



Somerset County Trunked Radio System

Repeater 1 (CC)502.8375RMOT
Repeater 2 (CC)502.6875RMOT
Repeater 3 (CC)501.9125RMOT
Repeater 4 (CC)502.6125RMOT
Repeater 5502.5625RMOT
Repeater 6502.5375RMOT
Repeater 7502.5125RMOT
Repeater 8500.3375RMOT
Repeater 9?500.8875RMOT
Future Expansion?500.6125R
Future Expansion?471.1625R
Future Expansion?471.1875R
Future Expansion?472.3875R
Future Expansion?472.4125R
Unidentified Trunked Talkgroups
System All-Call?Ana01616
UnidentifiedAna01712
UnidentifiedAna09904
Services Event?Ana10320
Services Event?Ana10352
Services Event?Ana10384
Unid. (Watchung PD F-8?)Ana12016
Unid. (Watchung PD F-4)Ana12048
Police Interop?Ana14928
EMS Interop?Ana14992
Public Safety Event?Ana15024
Public Safety Event?Ana15056
Public Safety Event?Ana15088
Courthouse?Ana32304
UnidentifiedAna32336
UnidentifiedDig65488
Unidentified?65520

Somerset County is currently operating a trunked radio system, with many users already on it and more being added. Frequencies are shown at left; there are three configurations for trunk-tracking scanners: Base1=500.3375, Offset1=380, Step1=25.0; Base2=501.9125, Offset2=430, Step2=25.0; Base3=502.5125, Offset3=450, Step3=25.0. A "System Map" (XLS) is available with a great deal of technical information in the various tabs; TRUNKER files for the system are also available for advanced users (County is 8A27 cell 1, Franklin is 8A27 cell 2). Based on observations when the system was offline late on 9/10/06, it appears that 500.8875 is currently not integrated to it, although Trunker has logged a few transmissions on it over the past couple years.

Franklin Township's trunked system is treated separately on this web page, for simplicity's sake. In reality it is just a second zone or cell on the county's system. For the most part, so far, Franklin's talkgroups stay on Franklin's zone and the county's talkgroups stay on the county's zone. There have already been some exceptions to this already, though, including Public Safety Calling and Sheriff Dispatch coming over Zone 2 when a unit affiliated to those groups on Zone 2.

The system (Zone 1) has the following transmitter sites: Bernards on Pill Hill; Bridgewater on Mount Horeb Road; Bridgewater at Mount Prospect and Old Stagecoach Roads; "Green Brook" on Warrenville Road; Hillsborough at Rte 206 & Camplain Road; "Neshanic" on Zion Road; North Plainfield at Johnston Drive; Pottersville at Route 512 & Hacklebarney; "Rocky Hill" on Old Georgetown Road (AAT Tower in southern Franklin Twp); and Somerville on Grove Street. All these sites are simulcast; it is possible that some of the channels not yet in use will become specific-area IntelliRepeaters (basically another, smaller zone which only carries traffic for units currently affiliated on it).

Some notes on the unidentified/unconfirmed talkgroups: 01616 is suspected to be a talkgroup which will open up any radio, a system-wide announcement channel. 09904 is, based on numbering, some sort of county service. 10320, 10352, and 10384 may be county services event talkgroups; the 4H fairs in 2005 and 2006 have been run using OEM loaner radios mostly on 10352 and a little on 10320. A series of talkgroups are in the numeric vicinity of the Fire Interop talkgroup (14960); they may be for other services' interops and/or events; Piscataway PD used loaner portables on 15088 when their system was briefly taken down for maintenance in August 2006. 32304 once had technicians installing or maintaining security cameras apparently at the courthouse.



Somerset County-wide Police

Conventional Channels
SPEN 1154.6800B/M131.8
SPEN 2155.4750B/M131.8
SPEN 3154.7250B/M131.8
SPEN 4153.7850M131.8
Jail Ops453.3875R131.8
Park Rangers Tac453.2875M210.7
Park Rangers Tac?458.2375M?
Park Rangers Tac?458.2875M?
Trunked Talkgroups
Public Safety CallingAna01648
Police AlarmsAna01680
Park Rangers Fleet CallAna04816
Park Rangers DispatchAna04848
Park Rangers OpsAna04880
Prosecutor Fleet CallAna06416
Prosecutor DispatchAna06448
Prosecutor Ops-1Ana06480
Prosecutor Ops-2Ana06512
Prosecutor Ops-3Ana06544
Prosecutor Digital-1Enc54448
Prosecutor Digital-2Enc54480
Prosecutor Digital-3Enc54512
Prosecutor Digital-4Enc54544
Prosecutor Digital-5Enc54576
Sheriff Fleet CallAna08016
Sheriff DispatchAna08048
Sheriff Ops-1Ana08080
Sheriff Ops-2Ana08112
Police Fleet CallAna11216
Police North DispatchAna11248
Police North Ops-1Ana11280
Police North Ops-2Ana11312
Police South DispatchAna11344
Police South Ops-1Ana11376
Police South Ops-2Ana11408
Police Central DispatchAna11440
Police Central Ops-1Ana11472
Police Central Ops-2Ana11504

The Sheriff's Department, Prosecutor's Office, and Park Rangers have all moved from their conventional channels to the trunked system. The table on the right lists all the relevant and identified talkgroups.

County dispatches a handful of police departments, but few have yet migrated to the trunked system. The only regular user currently is South Bound Brook PD on Police-South. For specific frequency or talkgroup information for each department, see that individual municipality's section on this web page.

It is possible that currently-outdated and new IDs will be put to use if/when police departments move to the trunked system.

In late August or early September 2006 there was talk of "Delta" units switching to the trunked system in the near future, and separate talk of one department receiving training on 11/12 and switching over on 11/13. They may or may not be related. Some north police departments (including Bedminster, Far Hills, and Peapack-Gladstone) have done coverage testing on the PD North talkgroups.



Somerset County-wide Fire/ EMS/ OEM

Communication Channels
Conventional
Alerting470.1375B167.9
Conventional476.0125R167.9
Conventional476.0625R?
Tac-1473.0250M131.8
Tac-2473.2000M131.8
Tac-3473.2250M131.8
Tac-4479.1125M131.8
Tac-5479.2375M131.8
Tac-6479.2875M131.8
Fire-High Franklin154.3100B/M100.0
Fire-High Neshanic154.3100B/M110.9
Fire Low33.9400B/Mvaries
Fire North506.9875R100.0
24/34/49507.2375R114.8
Fire Academy153.8300M100.0
JEMS 1155.2350B/M100.0
JEMS 2155.3400B/MCSq
JEMS 3155.2800B/M82.5
JEMS 4153.7850B/M131.8
EMS Tactical155.2950B/M100.0
EMS Other155.3100B/M100.0
Trunked
Public Safety CallingAna01648
OEM Fleet CallAna03216
OEM DispatchAna03248
OEM Ops-1Ana03280
OEM Ops-2Ana03312
OEM Ops-3Ana03344
OEM Radio ShopAna03376
OEM HazMat 1Ana03408
OEM HazMat 2Ana03440
OEMAna03472
OEM Digital-1Enc54608
OEM Digital-2Enc54640
OEM Digital-3Dig54672
Fire Fleet CallAna12816
Fire Dispatch Region-1 NorthwestAna12848
Fire Dispatch Region-2 WestAna12880
Fire Dispatch Region-3 NortheastAna12912
Fire Dispatch Region-4 CentralAna12944
Fire Dispatch Region-5 FranklinAna12976
Fire Dispatch Region-6 SouthwestAna13008
Fire Ops-01Ana13040
Fire Ops-02Ana13072
Fire Ops-03Ana13104
Fire Ops-04Ana13136
Fire Ops-05Ana13168
Fire Ops-06Ana13200
Fire Ops-07Ana13232
Fire Ops-08Ana13264
Fire Ops-09Ana13296
Fire Ops-10Ana13328
EMS Dispatch 1Ana14416
EMS Dispatch 2Ana14448
EMS Ops-1Ana14480
EMS Ops-2Ana14512
EMS Ops-3Ana14544
EMS Ops-4Ana14576
Fire InteropAna14960
Fire & EMS Station Numbers
Num.NameDist.Municipality
15RBound Brook RS--Bound Brook
20F/RBasking Ridge FC#1 & FARS--Bernards
21FBradley Gardens FD2Bridgewater
22F/RBernardsville FC#1 & FARS--Bernardsville
23F-1Bound Brook Hose Co #1--Bound Brook
23F-2American Hose & EC#2--Bound Brook
23F-3Watchung FC#3--Bound Brook
23F-4Relief FC#4--Bound Brook
24FCountry Hills VFC--/
3
Branchburg/
Bridgewater
25FCommunity VFC#13Franklin
26FElizabeth Avenue FC1Franklin
27FEast Franklin FC3Franklin
28FMillstone Valley FD1/
--
Franklin/
Millstone
29FFar Hills-Bedminster FD--/
--
Bedminster/
Far Hills
29RFar Hills-Bedminster FAS--/
--
Bedminster/
Far Hills
30FFinderne EC#14Bridgewater
31FFranklin Park VFC2Franklin
32FReadington VFC--Branchburg
32F(was US-GSA Depot, Hillsborough)
33F/RGreen Brook FD-EMS--Green Brook
34FGreen Knoll VFC3Bridgewater
34RGreen Knoll RS--Bridgewater
35FGriggstown VFC2Franklin
35RFinderne FARS--Bridgewater
36FFlagtown FD1Hillsborough
37FHillsborough VFC#21Hillsborough
38FWoods Road FC1Hillsborough
39FKingston VFC#14Franklin
39RBradley Gardens FARS--Bridgewater
40FLiberty Corner FC--Bernards
41FLittle Rocky Hill VFC2Franklin
42F-1Manville FC#1--Manville
42F-2(unknown)--Manville
42F-3North End VFC#3--Manville
43FMartinsville FC#21Bridgewater
43RMartinsville RS--Bridgewater
44FMiddlebush VFD1Franklin
45FMontgomery Twp VFC#11Montgomery
46FMontgomery Twp VFC#22Montgomery
47F(was NJ-DHS NPDC, Montgomery)
47RMontgomery EMS--Montgomery
48FNeshanic VFC--/
1
Branchburg/
Hillsborough
48RNorth Plainfield RS--North Plainfield
49FNorth Branch VFC--/
3
Branchburg/
Bridgewater
49ROrtho Corporation FAS--Ortho Campus
50F/RNorth Plainfield FD--North Plainfield
51FPeapack-Gladstone FD--Ppck-Gldstn
51RPeapack-Gladstone FARS--Ppck-Gldstn
52FRaritan Relief Hose Co #2--Raritan
52REast Millstone FAS--Franklin
53FRocky Hill H&LC#1--Rocky Hill
53RRocky Hill FARS--Rocky Hill
54F(was Readington Fire, see 32F)
54RSomerville FARS--Somerville
55FSouth Bound Brook FC--S. Bound Brook
56FSomerset VFRC#11Franklin
56RLiberty Corner FAS--Bernards
57FSomerville FD:--Somerville
57F-E1Somerville EC#1--Somerville
57F-E3West End Hose Co. #3--Somerville
57F-E4Lincoln Hose Co. #4--Somerville
57F-T1Central H&LC--Somerville
58F(was US-DVA Depot)
59FUS-DVA Lyons Hospital--VA Hospital
60FWatchung Fire--Watchung
60RWatchung RS--Watchung
61F-1Mount Bethel VFC#1--Warren
61F-2Mount Horeb VFC#2--Warren
61F-3Community VFC#3--Warren
61RWarren Township RS--Warren
62FWashington Valley VFC#4--Warren
63FPottersville VFC--Bedminster
68RSomerset MC EMS-ALS
71RFranklin-Somerset FAS--Franklin
72RKingston FARS--Franklin
74RBranchburg RS--Branchburg
76RRaritan FAS--Raritan
77RSouth Bound Brook FAS--S. Bound Brook
78REthicon Industrial FAS--(Corporation)
79RHillsborough RS--Hillsborough
80RSomerset MC EMS-BLS
98County HazMat Team
99Mutual Aid Coordinators
101RManville FAS--Manville
n/aNJ Forest Fire Service Division A Section 7
n/aSomerset County Emerg. Svcs. Training Academy
??RKendall Park FARS--Franklin

Somerset County is gradually taking over dispatching of most in-county fire companies and first aid squads and consolidating their communications in conjunction with the switch-over to the new trunked system. (It should be noted that this take-over is, as far as is known, opted for voluntarily by the various companies and is not being forced upon them.) A new UHF alerting (paging) channel has been established along with the trunked system and many of the various old alerting and dispatch channels will be abandoned. One example is that county took over Montgomery's fire and EMS dispatching in the first quarter of 2006, and the 82.5 PL on fire-high is no longer used (on the dispatch side, at least; see Montgomery or Rocky Hill for more info). Whereas the new alerting channel used to be carrier squelch, it appears that county started transmitting a PL in late July or early August 2006.

County OEM, including the HazMat team, operates entirely on the trunked system. The talkgroups are there for fire and EMS, but so far only 45-Fire and 48-Fire use it routinely.

The table on the right lists all the station numbers for Somerset County fire (-Fire or ##F) and EMS (-Rescue or ##R) stations; some now-defunct stations have been included to fill in gaps in the current numbering. Some stations are physically located outside Somerset County but are primary responders in and so have Somerset County numbers. "Municipality" is meant to indicate the Somerset County town the station is a primary responder for -- out-of-county towns and mutual-aid towns are not included. "Dist" indicates which fire district (if any) the company is a part of, because some areas are dispatched by district. NJFFS Section A7 is included for the sake of providing a link; they serve the area but do not in any way fall under the auspices of Somerset County.

A standardized numbering system has been set in place for apparatus on mutual aid assignments, and this system may be implemented as agencies switch to the county-wide trunked system. The following numbers are prefixed by the station number:

C-1, C-2, ...: Officers, in decreasing rank
101-109: Engine
111-119: Truck
121-129: Tower/Aerial
131-139: Tender (Tanker)
141-149: Brush & Mini-pumper
151-159: Utility/Rescue/Lighting
161-169: Command
171-179: Ambulance

The trainers at the fire academy have been heard using Franklin's F-7 for burn building ops. They may always use this channel, or pick a channel at the beginning of each session. They work off portables so you must be close in to receive it; if not Franklin's F-7 then try Hillsborough's tac channels and then other miscellaneous county tac and mutual aid channels. Eventually they may use the county's new UHF system, probably one of the tac channels but potentially one of the talkgroups. Fire companies drilling at the academy tend to use their ordinary channels, either ops or fireground depending on several factors.

Somerset County dispatches Somerset Medical Center's ALS units (681 & 682). The two units are paged and communicate on Somerset JEMS 1. RWJUH/SPUH medic units (MR1 & MR3) are still primary responders for parts of Somerset County and are dispatched by MedCentral (see Middlesex County for more info). EMS 1 & EMS 2 from Hunterdon, and certain LifeCom ALS units from Mercer County occasionally provide mutual aid.



Somerset County Other

Public Safety & County Government
Conventional Channels
Courthouse Ops453.4875R131.8
RVCC Security463.2750RD546
RVCC Unknown453.3500R?
RVCC Unknown467.8375M?
Stony Brook Sewer Auth.453.9000R141.3
Raritan Val. Sewer Auth.453.2500R?
County Old154.8000R?
Trunked Talkgroups
Services Fleet CallAna09616
Roads SupervisorsAna09648
Roads DispatchAna09680
Roads North OpsAna09712
Roads South OpsAna09744
TransportationAna09840
RecyclingAna09936
Facilities DispatchAna10032
Facilities Ops-1Ana10064
Facilities Ops-2Ana10096
Vehicle Maintenance?Ana10128
Traffic OpsAna10160
Health Dept OpsAna10288
ESC Montgomery BusesDig59248
Businesses
Patriot Media463.4500R?
Patriot Media464.4500R?
Patriots Food451.3250M?
Patriots Data452.5500M?
Patriots Misc452.7250M?
Patriots Misc452.4500M?
Railroad So. NJ Disp.161.0700B/MCSq
Railroad F-55160.9350B/MCSq
Raritan Val. Radio Club146.0250R141.3
SMC Patient Escort463.9250R?
SMC Maintenance452.6750RD031
SMC Unknown461.9625RD331
SMC Tac462.3875M?
SMC Tac467.3875M?
SMQ Unicom123.0000B/MAM
SMQ Ops121.7250B/MAM
SMQ ATIS 120.6000BAM
Unknown - 4H?469.2625M71.9

Raritan Valley Community College has a few conventional channels. The county Health Department has recently begun using the trunked system for some or all operations, and the Roads, Recycling, Transportation, Facilities & Services, and Traffic Safety Services departments have been using it for some time now.



Bedminster Township

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Tactical?502.5875M100.0
Police Old Dispatch506.3125R100.0
ES Alerting33.9400BCSq
ES Dispatch506.9875R100.0
DPW507.1625R100.0
Unknown/Unused?472.6750R?
Trunked Talkgroups
Police North DispatchAna11248
Police North Ops-1Ana11280
Police North Ops-2Ana11312
Businesses
AT&T464.3250R?
AT&T Paging464.9750RCSq
AT&T464.9250R?
AT&T464.2250M?
Somerset Hills Towing472.7875R151.4
Turner Construction451.6625R?

The Bedminster Police Department (Able units) is dispatched by county and apparently switched to the trunked system on Monday 9/18.

The Bedminster fire companies, Union Hook & Ladder Company #1 (AKA Far Hills-Bedminster Fire Dept., 29-Fire) and Pottersville Volunteer Fire Company (63-Fire), are paged out on the UHF operations repeater, with alerting and dispatch by county.

The Far Hills-Bedminster First Aid Squad, 29-Rescue, is alerted and dispatched by county on the same UHF repeater as the fire companies.



Bernards Township

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Dispatch155.5800R77.0
Police Tactical155.9100B/M192.8
ES Dispatch154.4150R203.5
ES Tactical154.0100M162.2?
ES Station 20 Alternate?151.0175R?
ES Station 20 Tac?154.2800M?
ES Station 40 Alternate?155.8275R?
Engineering45.6400B/MCSq
Public Works Old46.5400B/M?
Unknown154.2575R?
OEM Broadcast1.6200BAM
Mount Prospect School467.7625M?
Mount Prospect School467.8500M?
Mount Prospect School467.8750M?
Mount Prospect School467.9000M?
Mount Prospect School467.9250M?
Businesses
1200 Mountainview Rd464.8625R?
Algonquin Gas451.6500R?
Bonnie Brae Center452.5000B/M?
Environmental Disposal472.7875R107.2?
Pharmacia464.8250R?
Pharmacia Tac461.6750M?
Pharmacia Tac462.0750M?
Pharmacia Tac463.5750M?
Pharmacia Tac469.4250M?
Pharmacia Tac469.5750M?
Pharmacia Tac469.6750M?
Pharmacia Tac469.8750M?
Pingry School461.2250RD244?

The Bernards Police Department is dispatched on a high-band repeater.

Bernards Township fire companies, including the Basking Ridge Fire Company #1 and the Liberty Corner Fire Company, are dispatched on a high-band repeater. Two high-band repeaters have been licensed, one by each fire company. It appears that the township assisted both with the licensure, and control points for both are at the police station (LCFC's license shows the repeater at their station). It is unclear what the intent of these channels is, whether to be main dispatch or a secondary coordination/ops channel, and whether they are presently in use.

EMS is provided to Bernards Township by the Basking Ridge Fire Company #1 First Aid Squad and the Liberty Corner First Aid Squad. The squads are dispatched on the same high-band repeater as the fire companies.

Bernards municipal communications were on a low-band channel. It is possible the unidentified high-band repeater is for them, so that they're on the same band as police and emergency services.

Bernards Township and Long Hill Township in Morris County have established a combined communications center for the two municipalities.

The three UHF Water Department frequencies listed here previously are for telemetry; since they're digital and of extremely limited interest to scannists, they have been removed from this page. They, along with more detailed information on the channels which are shown, remain available on the master frequency lists.



Bernardsville Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Dispatch39.6400R114.8
Police Alternate39.9400B/M114.8
ES Dispatch33.9400B/M114.8
ES Alerting470.1375B167.9
Fireground33.8400B/M114.8?
Fire Tactical? Relay?453.0875M?
Fire Tactical? Relay?458.0875M?
Fire Future470.3500R?
DPW507.1625R100.0
Businesses
Ludlow Refrigeration35.1800B/M?

The Bernardsville Police Department (Charlie units) is self-dispatched on low-band.

The Bernardsville Fire Company #1 & First Aid Squad, Station 22-Fire/Rescue, is dispatched by county on low-band, with pages being multicast on the new paging channel. The fire company has recently licensed repeaters on the same frequency as Long Hill Fire Department (PL=146.2), and notes on the license indicate they plan to work together to avoid interference.

Bernardsville Borough DPW operates on the same UHF repeater as neighboring towns.



Bound Brook Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Dispatch151.2800RD732
Police Tactical155.3100B/M162.2
Police Old F-2154.9050B/M162.2
Police F-3155.1150M100.0
Fire Alerting154.3100B/M100.0
Fire Alerting Old154.3100B/MD754
Fire Ops158.7600R192.8
Fire Fireground155.1150M100.0
EMS Dispatch155.3100B/M162.2
DPW155.1150M100.0
Businesses
Stavola Contracting47.5200B/M?
Stavola Contracting47.6800B/M?
Union Carbide153.3800B/M?
Union Carbide462.3500RD606?
Union Carbide 461.1250R?
Union Carbide Tac462.1875M?
Union Carbide Tac467.1875M?

The Bound Brook Police Department is self-dispatched on the channel indicated, with the dispatcher identifying as '685' (as in KEB685). Based on some talk on the county's trunked system, it sounds like the BBPD may soon switch to it; this is by no means confirmed yet.

The Bound Brook Fire Department is comprised of four companies: Bound Brook Hose Company #1, American Hose & Engine Company #2, Watchung Fire Company #3, and Relief Fire Company #4. All, together, as Station 23-Fire, are dispatched by county to any and all calls. Paging is usually done off the Franklin tower (PL=100.0); the old dispatch channel/DPL is from when the borough handled it. All response and operations communications are conducted on the Ops channel or other tactical/fireground channels.

The Bound Brook Rescue Squad, 15-Rescue, is dispatched by 685 on the old police channel.

Bound Brook's municipal services use a high-band channel, which also serves as police tac and fireground.



Branchburg Township

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Dispatch155.7900R127.3
Police F-3156.1050B/M131.8
Fire Alerting 24/4933.9400BCSq
Fire Alerting 3233.7400B192.8
Fire Alerting 48154.3100B/M110.9
Fire Ops507.2375R114.8
Fire Ops Stn 48Cty TRSRn/a
EMS Dispatch155.2800B/M82.5
EMS Coordination155.0325RD125
DPW156.1050B/M131.8
Board of Education151.6550B/M?
OEM Broadcast1.6300BAM
Trunked Talkgroups
Fire Dispatch Region-2 WestAna12880
Businesses
Agfa Maint462.4250RD116
Agfa462.3750RD606
Agfa467.2375M?
Agfa467.4125M?
Chubb Ins.461.3500RD223
Roche464.4750R167.9
Roche462.3750R?
Roche464.4250M?

The Branchburg Police Department is dispatched on a high-band repeater by county.

Branchburg is served by four fire companies:
General:
All are dispatched by county. All are also primary responders into other municipalities; the alerting channels do not vary but the following ops channels may be for Branchburg only. For ops in other towns, see notes under that town's section.
24-Fire Country Hills Volunteer Fire Company
Alerted on fire-low and operates on UHF repeater. Also is a primary responder into Bridgewater.
32-Fire Readington Volunteer Fire Company
Alerted on low-band, communicates with county on the trunked system. Also is a primary responder into Hunterdon County (Station 32 there too).
48-Fire Neshanic Volunteer Fire Company
Alerted on fire-high and operates on the trunked system, primarily on Dispatch Region 2 (see Fire/ EMS/ OEM for other talkgroups which may be used). Also is a primary responder into Hillsborough (in which case they operate on Hillsborough's channel).
49-Fire North Branch Volunteer Fire Company
Alerted on fire-low and operates on the UHF repeater. Also is a primary responder into Bridgewater.

The Branchburg Rescue Squad (74 Rescue) provides EMS services. Paging and dispatch is done by county on JEMS-3; internal coordination is done on their repeater.



Bridgewater Township

Public Safety & Local Government
Police F-1 Dispatch154.1150R192.8
Police F-2 Coordination155.3100B/MCSq
Police F-3 Tactical156.5700M192.8
Police F-4 Tactical156.0150M192.8
Police F-6 (DPW)159.1650R192.8
Fire D1 Alerting & Ops33.9400B/MCSq
Fire D1 Fireground33.4600B/M?
Fire D1 Future Ops470.3750RD156
Fire D2 Dispatch33.9400B/MCSq
Fire D2 Fireground33.4600B/M?
Fire D2 Future Dispatch500.3750R?
Fire D3 Alert33.9400B/MCSq
Fire D3-1 Dispatch507.2375R114.8
Fire D3-2 Fireground 2460.6125M192.8
Fire D3-3 Fireground 3465.6125M192.8
Fire D3-4 Fireground 4465.5875M?
Fire D3-5 Vehicle Rptrs460.5875MR?
Fire D3-6+ Mutual Aid(varies)M--
Fire D4-1 Dispatch154.3100B/MCsq
Fire D4-2 Vehicle Rptrs154.3625RD125
Fire D4-3 Fireground154.2350?M?
Fire D4-4 Private150.7975M?
Fire D4-5+ Mutual Aid(varies)M--
EMS BG/F Alerting155.3100BCSq
EMS BG/F Dispatch154.1150R192.8
EMS M/GK Dispatch155.3550R192.8
DPW159.1650R192.8
Unknown153.8975M?
Unknown154.1825M?
Unknown453.6625M?
Unknown453.9375M?
Unknown458.6625M?
Unknown458.9375M?
Unknown155.6325R?
Bridgewater-Raritan BOE461.7500R233.6
Bridgewater-Raritan BOE159.6150M?
Bridgewater-Raritan BOE159.6900M?
Bridgewater-Raritan BOE159.8100M?
Bridgewater-Raritan BOE159.9750M?
Bridgewater-Raritan BOE160.0800M?
Bridgewater-Raritan MS468.6625M?
Bridgewater-Raritan MS466.7125M?
Eisenhower IS Old?151.6550M?
Eisenhower IS Old?151.8650M?
Hillside School461.2625M?
Hillside School461.3875M?
Hillside School452.2000M?
Hillside School464.1750M?
Hillside School464.2750M?
Hillside School464.4750M?
Hillside School464.9250M?
Businesses
Aeronautical131.9500BAM
Aventis462.4250R192.8?
D116?
D624?
Aventis462.5000RD343
Aventis463.2000RD364?
Aventis463.4750R?
Aventis463.6625R?
Aventis464.1250RD445?
Aventis464.3750RD445?
D703?
Aventis451.5375R?
Aventis452.8125R?
Aventis464.7625R?
Aventis463.5375R?
Aventis Paging463.5250B?
Aventis Tac469.1625M?
Aventis Tac469.5875M?
Aventis Tac463.3375M?
Aventis Tac464.1875M?
Aventis Tac468.3375M?
Aventis Tac469.5875M?
Barker Bus42.9600B/M?
Barker Bus46.0000B/M151.4
Bridegwater Commons464.4250RD364
Ethicon462.3000R107.2?
D251?
Ethicon462.4500R?
Ethicon462.2500B/M?
FedEx Data859.9125RCSq
FF Phillips49.5600B/M100.0
Macys464.1000R203.5?
Macys Paging154.6250B?
Marriott Engineering463.2500RD411
Marriott Housekeeping452.8000B/MD411
Marriott Unk.461.8500RD411
National Starch Maint.153.2900R173.8
National Starch153.6500R?
Ortho F-1462.5250R179.9
Ortho461.4375R?
Ortho461.5875R?
Ortho461.6625R?
Ortho Paging462.7750B?
Ortho Tac462.2375M?
Ortho Tac467.2375M?
Ortho Tac467.2750M?
RF Data471.6250R?
UPS451.5000M?
UPS451.7875M?
UPS451.8250M?
UPS452.2125M?
UPS456.7875M?
UPS456.9375M?

The Bridgewater Police Department is dispatched on a high-band repeater. F-2 through F-4 have not been confirmed (in fact, 3 and 4 do not appear to be licensed), but are reportedly for tactical communications; F-6 is an alternate channel for the PD, the DPW channel.

Bridgewater's fire companies are arranged as follows:

Fire District One
43-Fire Martinsville Fire Company #2
Still alerted and operates on low-band. A UHF repeater is in place, DPL was confirmed, page was sent (unknown whether test or real); it is unknown when they will switch over.
Fire District Two
21-Fire Bradley Gardens Fire Department
Alerted and operates on low-band, a UHF repeater license in the district's name is pending.
Fire District Three
24-Fire Country Hills Volunteer Fire Company
34-Fire Green Knoll Volunteer Fire Company (34-Fire)
49-Fire North Branch Volunteer Fire Company
Alerted on low-band, operates on UHF repeater and simplex channels. Note that 24 and 49 also respond as primary into Branchburg, and use the same channels there.
Fire District Four
30-Fire Finderne Engine Company #1
Alerted and operates on high-band.

BLS agencies serving Bridgewater are: Green Knoll Rescue Squad (34-Rescue); Finderne First Aid & Rescue Squad (35-Rescue); Bradley Gardens First Aid & Rescue Squad (39-Rescue); and Martinsville Rescue Squad (43-Rescue). Martinsville and Bradley Gardens are alerted and operate on their own repeater (formerly licensed to MRS, now expired); Finderne and Bradley Gardens are alerted on 155.31 and operate on the police repeater.

A new VHF-High repeater on 155.6325 was recently licensed. It should be used for emergency services dispatch, presumably police and/or EMS.



Far Hills Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Tactical?502.5875M100.0
Police Old Dispatch506.3125R100.0
ES Alerting33.9400BCSq
ES Dispatch506.9875R100.0
DPW507.1625R100.0
Trunked Talkgroups
Police North DispatchAna11248
Police North Ops-1Ana11280
Police North Ops-2Ana11312

The Far Hills Police Department (George units) is dispatched by county. Dispatch apparently switched over from the conventional repeater to the trunked system on Monday 9/18.



Franklin Township

Public Safety & Local Government
(Conventional Channels)
Trunked Repeater471.8250RMOT
Trunked Repeater471.9750RMOT
Trunked Repeater (CC)472.3250RMOT
Trunked Repeater (CC)472.3500RMOT
Trunked Repeater (CC)472.9000RMOT
Trunked Repeater (CC)477.4000RMOT
Police Old 1 Dispatch476.9625R141.3
Police Old 2476.9625B/M141.3
Police Old 3 Tactical476.5625M141.3
Police Old 4 Alternate477.1875R141.3
Police Old 5477.1875B/M141.3
Fire-1 Alerting154.3100B/M100.0
Old Fire-2 Stn 31 Ops154.2350B/M100.0
Old Fire-3 Stn 35/39/41 Ops154.1450B/M100.0
Old Fire-4 District 1 Tac154.0700M100.0
Old Fire-5 South Tac154.0100M100.0
Old Fire-6 District 3 Ops166.2500R192.8
Old Fire-7 Fire Police153.8300M100.0
Old Fire-8 District 1 Ops154.1600RD047
EMS Dispatch155.2350B/M100.0
EMS SB Squads Alert45.3600B186.2
EMS Finderne Alert155.3100B/M100.0
EMS North Coord155.9550RD047
DPW 1155.7600B/M100.0
DPW 2155.8650B/M100.0
BOE464.9750M?
OEM Broadcast0.6800B/MAM
Businesses
Bessenyei & Son152.9600B/MD026
Cardinal Health463.5250R?
Cardinal Health464.2500R?
Doubletree462.9375M?
Doubletree469.4375M?
Exhibit Center451.4375M?
Exhibit Center452.3125M?
Exhibit Center452.7875M?
Exhibit Center452.8375M?
Exhibit Center462.4875M?
FF Phillips49.5600B/M100.0
Franklin Taxi152.4500B?
Franklin Taxi157.7100M?
Grubb & Ellis463.5750RD073
Holiday Inn464.7750B/MD703
Huntingdon464.6250B/M?
Huntingdon461.5375R?
Loreal452.7500R?
Loreal461.2750M?
Marriott461.6375M?
Marriott466.6375M?
Ortho462.5250R179.9
Ortho Paging462.8000BCSq
Ortho467.8375M179.9?
Ortho467.9375M179.9?
Spring Hills467.7875M?
Trap Rock Ops451.9500R192.8

Franklin Township operates a mixed-mode trunked radio system. Frequencies are shown at left; there are two configurations for trunk-tracking scanners: Base1=471.0000, Offset1=380, Step1=12.5; Base2=476.2500, Offset2=540, Step2=12.5. A "System Map" (XLS) is available with a great deal of technical information in the various tabs; TRUNKER files for the system are also available for advanced users (County is 8A27 cell 1, Franklin is 8A27 cell 2). In May of 2006 the township submitted an application to the FCC to add a site at Trap Rock; it was rejected for procedural reasons but the door was left open to allow Franklin to reapply with proper paperwork. They have now resubmitted (late July) and the modifications include not only addition of a simulcast site at Rockingham (Trap Rock), but also deletion of the Wiley Ave site. The Trap Rock site should fill predicted coverage gaps in the Kingston, Little Rocky Hill, and Rocky Hill areas.

The Franklin Police Department moved all their operations to the trunked system on 7/01/04, and all police talkgroups noted to date have been encrypted. The old, conventional infrastructure and ability on it has been maintained and used as a backup to the trunked system. The old police identifiers (possibly still in use) were: police cars= 800 series; chief= 2000; captain= 3000; lieutenant= 4000; sergeant= 5000; detective= 6000; beat officer= 7000; special officer= 8000; dispatcher= 9600.

Franklin PD has occasionally used old PD-1 for operations when maintenance is required on the trunked system. The department also used the analog "911 Access" talkgroup for routine dispatch around 10/20-22/06 for an unknown reason; the encrypted dispatch talkgroup and others were used at the same time for something else.

The Franklin fire companies are divided up as follows:
Fire District One (north)
26-Fire Elizabeth Avenue Fire Company
28-Fire Millstone Valley Fire Department
44-Fire Middlebush Volunteer Fire Department
56-Fire Somerset Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company #1
Fire District Two (south/central)
31-Fire Franklin Park Volunteer Fire Company
35-Fire Griggstown Volunteer Fire Company
41-Fire Little Rocky Hill Volunteer Fire Company
Fire District Three (north/west)
25-Fire Community Volunteer Fire Company #1
27-Fire East Franklin Fire Company
Fire District Four (south - Kingston)
39-Fire Kingston Volunteer Fire Company #1

The Franklin fire companies moved from VHF to the trunked system on 3/04/08. Paging is still done on fire-high but all subsequent communications with dispatch should be on the digital (clear) talkgroups. County will continue to page for alarms but Franklin will begin paging for calls received via 911.

Franklin fire companies use a simple identifier scheme. A prefix (the station/ squad number) is given, then a suffix. The suffixes are as follows: A=Chief, B=Assistant Chief, C+=other officers in descending rank. Significant apparatus generally have a single digit number, apparently assigned based on the next available number at the time of purchase. Simpler apparatus are stated as such: Car 41 or Utility 41 or Rescue 41 (41 being the station number).

Franklin (as "Franklin PD") continues to dispatch all squads itself. EMFAS (52) and FSFAS (71) are paged on the VHF channel, Kendall Park and Kingston Squads are alerted on South Brunswick's (Middlesex County) ES paging channel, and county pages Rocky Hill (53) on Fire-High. All five squads, RWJUH-SPUH ALS, RWJUH-SPUH BLS, and SMC ALS all communicate with Franklin on the trunked system. Since Rural-Metro left NJ in 2006, around-the-clock EMS coverage has been supplemented by Ambulance 782 (primary) and others as needed from RWJUH-SPUH EMS (or Rutgers EMS). Its dispatch is by MedCentral though it also contacts Franklin on Franklin's EMS channel.

Animal control and the construction code department joined the system in 2005 and went digital in August 2006. Health Department joined in August 2006. Public Works began using it in the first quarter of 2006, though it still operates partially on high-band. The Department of Fire Prevention had access to it in the second quarter of 2006, but didn't start using it in earnest until they went digital in August (Township Main Analog is still their F-2). Below are the system's talkgroups, I'll format them into a cleaner table once the changes slow down, but until then this format is easier to update. An "a" following the talkgroup identification denotes analog usage; a "d" denotes digital; an "e" denoted encrypted digital.


Public Safety & Local Government (Trunked Channels)
CommonPoliceFireEMSOEMMunicipal ServicesPublic WorksUnidentified
17968a 911 Access
19216a Twp. Main Fleet
19248a Twp. Main Analog
56880d Event 1
56848d Twp. Main Digital?
19280a Event 1A?
19312a Event 2A?
48016e Fleet
48048e Dispatch
48080e Alt/Ops
48112e Alt/Ops
48144e Alt/Ops
48176e Alt/Ops
48208e Alt/Ops
48240e Alt/Ops
48272e Alt/Ops
48304e Alt/Ops
48336e Alt/Ops
48368e Alt/Ops
48400e Alt/Ops
48464e Alt/Ops
49616d Fleet
49648d Main
49680d Ops-1
49776d District 1
49808d Districts 2/4
49840d District 3
49872d Ops-2
49904d Inspectors 2
50000d Inspectors Main
16080a Interop
29104a Inspector Old
51216d Fleet
51248d Main
51376d Tac-1
51408d Tac-2
56016d Fleet
56048d Main
56080d Tac-1D
17712a Tac-2A
17616a Fleet Old?
17648a Main Analog?
17680a Tac-1A?
17744a Tac-3A?
17808a Unid
57232d Constr. Code F-1
57264d Constr. Code F-5
20816a Constr. Code Old Fleet
20848a Constr. Code Old F-1
20880a Constr. Code Old F-4
58800d Health Dept.
58832d Animal Control
22480a Animal Control Old
54928d Roads Dept.
55024d Water Dept.
55120d DPW
16016a Unid Fleet
16048a Unid
16176a Unid
20912a Unid
20944a Unid
20976a Unid
22416a Unid Fleet
22448a Unid
22512a Unid
24016a Unid Fleet
24048a Unid
24240a Unid
27216a Unid Fleet
27248a Unid
27344a Unid
55152d Unid
55184d Unid
57360d Unid
57424d Unid
58864d Unid


Green Brook Township

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Dispatch154.9800R141.3
FD-EMS Dispatch151.0850R203.5
FD-EMS Tactical151.0700M203.5
DPW155.7450B/M141.3
Businesses
AAA (auto club)452.5375B/M?
FedEx Data855.7625RCSq

The Green Brook Police Department is dispatched on a VHF-high repeater.

Green Brook Fire-EMS operates on a VHF-high repeater. Tests are performed daily at 1900.

The Green Brook Rescue Squad shares the repeater with the GBFD. Daytime EMS coverage has switched to Somerset Medical Center EMS from the North Plainfield Fire Department; listen for County to dispatch units on JEMS 1 and the trunked system's EMS talkgroups.



Hillsborough Township

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Dispatch155.5650R107.2
Police F-2155.5650M107.2
Police Mutual Aid155.3100B/M100.0
Fire 1 Alerting154.3100B110.9
Fire 2 Ops154.4150R110.9
Fire 3 Fireground154.3250B/M110.9
Fire 4 Talk?154.5150?MD464?
Fire Fireground154.1300M110.9
Fire Fireground155.1750M110.9
EMS Alerting155.2350B/M100.0
EMS Dispatch155.5650R107.2
EMS Coordination155.3850R110.9
DPW/MUA154.0400B/M141.3
Bloomingdale Schl Old?151.8650B/M186.2
OEM Broadcast1.6100BAM
Businesses
CNN450.6750B/M?
Duke Farms451.8750R?
Duke Farms461.3750R?
Duke Farms464.3750R?
Duke Farms464.8250R?
FF Phillips49.5600B/M100.0
Laidlaw School Buses155.1600B/MD152
MCI Comms451.2250R?
Point Bay Fuel477.5625R100.0
Freight Rail Main LineB/MCSq
Freight Rail VA Depot Sidings160.9800MCSq
Sunoco Pipeline48.7200R?
Sunoco Pipeline48.8600R?

The Hillsborough Police Department is dispatched on a repeater by '841'.

Hillsborough's fire stations are dispatched on Fire-High by County and, including Station 48 when responding into Hillsborough, operate on a repeater. Of interest may be an FCC Notice of Violation against the Hillsborough Township Board of Fire Commissioners, concerning interference with Bridgewater-Raritan BOE's bus channel by one of the fire channel relays. The relay channels are not listed here because it is far more effective to monitor the fire channel itself.

EMS is provided by the Hillsborough Rescue Squad (volunteer) and the Hillsborough EMS Corporation (paid). Units are paged on JEMS 1 and dispatched on the police repeater. A VHF-high repeater is used for operations and internal coordination. Somerset ALS units also communicate with 841 on the police channel.

The high school bandwagon association used to have a license for 154.57 and 154.6; no record of it exists so it must have expired or otherwise been cancelled quite a while ago. It is possible they are still operating, license-free, on these MURS channels. Also try other MURS and business channels.



Manville Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Dispatch155.4975R88.5
Police Tac (Base)159.3300B88.5
Police Tac (Mobile)159.3300MCSq
Police Old Dispatch155.3100B/M88.5
Fire Dispatch154.3100B/M100.0
Fire Old Dispatch154.3100B/M88.5
Fire Tactical154.2800B/M88.5
EMS Dispatch155.3100B/M88.5
EMS Tactical155.2950B/M100.0
DPW153.7550B/M88.5
OEM Broadcast1.7000BAM
Businesses
47N Ops121.7250B/MAM
47N Unicom122.7000B/MAM

The Manville Police Department is on a VHF-high repeater.

Manville fire is dispatched by county, usually off the Franklin tower (PL=100.0). The old dispatch channel is from when the borough handled it.

The Manville First Aid Squad is paged and operates on the old police dispatch channel. The squad licenses 155.2950, for county EMS tac.

The DPW has a channel which may also be used for talk-around channel by all services.



Millstone Borough

Millstone receives police services from the State Police, Troop B. NJSP operates on an 800 MHz analog Motorola trunked system.

Millstone is serviced by the Millstone Valley Fire Company. Look under the Franklin Township section on this page for more info on their communications.

Millstone is serviced by the East Millstone First Aid Squad; look under the Franklin Township section on this page for more info on their communications.



Montgomery Township

Public Safety & Local Government
Conventional Channels
Police Dispatch155.4300R82.5
Police Tac158.7900M82.5
Fire 45 Alerting470.1375B167.9
Fire 45 Dispatch/OpsCty TRSRn/a
Fire 46 Dispatch154.3100B/M100.0
Fire 46 Tac?158.7900M82.5
Fire 46 Alerting (by Mercer)154.3100B/M82.5
EMS & DPW154.1000B/M82.5
BOE School Buses155.1600B/MD662
Vehicle Repeaters (Old)460.0375MR?
Trunked Talkgroups
Fire Dispatch Region 6 Southwest
(see Fire-EMS-OEM for others)
Ana13008
SCESC Montgomery School BusesDig59248
SCESC Mont. School Buses OldAna12080
Businesses
3M451.1750R?
Bedens Brook452.7250R?
Bloomberg462.0250R?
Bloomberg462.0500R?
BMS452.3750R?
BMS462.2000R?
BMS462.5000R?
Carrier Clinic464.8750RD205
Carrier Clinic461.4500M?
Carrier Clinic Paging35.6400BCSq
Conover Bus33.0800B/MD032
J&J Security461.2250RD244
J&J Maintenance461.1500RD244
J&J Unknown462.4500RD244?
J&J Unknown452.0750RD244?
J&J Unknown452.2000RD244?
J&J462.3500MD244?
Stonebridge464.2250R?
Stonebridge Paging (dig)462.9250BCSq
Stonebridge464.3250M?
Stonebridge464.8000M?
Stonebridge464.8750M?
Stonebridge464.9250M?
Stonebridge469.8000M?

The Montgomery Police Department is self-dispatched on a high-band repeater.

The Montgomery fire companies are now dispatched primarily by Somerset County. 46 (and 53) are still on high-band but are expected to move to UHF trunked in the near future. 45 has already switched to the trunked system for routine operations and to the county's new UHF alerting channel for paging. 46 and 53 are sometimes dispatched by Mercer County for mutual aid; Mercer transmits 82.5 on 154.310. Station 46 may still use the old ops channel for fireground use, but all communication with dispatch is on fire-high.

Montgomery EMS is paged and dispatched on VHF-high.

The DPW shares the EMS channel. Montgomery school buses also use a VHF-High simplex channel. It is unknown if maintenance is here as well, and doubted that school securty is.



North Plainfield Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Old155.1300R103.5
Fire Alerting33.9400B141.3
Fire Dispatch460.6250R107.2
Fire Alerting470.1375B167.9
Fire Vehicle Repeaters153.9500MR?
Fire Old33.4600B/M?
Police Old155.1300R103.5
BOE154.5150B/M?
BOE464.7375M?
BOE464.9125M?
OEM Broadcast1.6300BAM
Trunked Talkgroups
Police DispatchAna15184
Police AlternateDig54704
Police AlternateDig54736
Businesses
Regency Village463.6875R?

The North Plainfield Police Department is self-dispatched, now on the county's trunked radio system. The talkgroups which NPPD routinely uses (one analog and two digital) are on the left; see the Somerset County Trunked Radio System section for specifics needed to program the system, and see the Somerset County-wide Police section for additional talkgroups which they may use for mutual aid, coordination, etc.

The North Plainfield Fire Department (50-Fire) is dispatched by county on a repeater shared with Watchung. Alerting is on both the dispatch repeater and the county's new channel.

The North Plainfield Rescue Squad is still paged and dispatched by county on the former repeater. Daytime EMS is run by the fire department (Rescue-1 & Rescue-2), and responds into Green Brook.



Peapack-Gladstone Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Tactical?502.5875M100.0
Police Old Dispatch506.3125R100.0
Police Old Veh Rptrs460.3375MR?
Police Old Veh Rptrs465.3375MR?
ES Alerting33.9400BCSq
ES Dispatch506.9875R100.0
DPW507.1625R100.0
OEM Broadcast1.6100BAM
Trunked Talkgroups
Police North DispatchAna11248
Police North Ops-1Ana11280
Police North Ops-2Ana11312
Businesses
Hamilton Farms452.9750R?
Hamilton Farms451.8375M?
Pharmacia451.8500R?
Pharmacia461.1750R?
Pharmacia461.2250R?
Pharmacia463.3500R?

The Peapack-Gladstone Police Department (Ocean units) is dispatched by county and apparently switched from the conventional repeater to the trunked system on Monday 9/18.

Peapack-Gladstone's emergency services are dispatched by county on the conventional repeater.

The DPW operates on a conventional repeater.



Raritan Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Dispatch154.8450R114.8
Police Mutual Aid155.3100B/M100.0
Fire F-01 Dispatch154.3100B/M100.0
Fire F-16 Tactical155.8125M107.2
EMS Dispatch155.3100B/M100.0
DPW155.9250B/M114.8
Businesses
J&J MgmtInfoCtr462.2750RD115?
Ortho FAS?155.2050M?
Ortho F-1462.5250R179.9
Ortho462.2250R179.9
Ortho462.3250R179.9
Ortho462.3750R?
Ortho462.4250R110.9?
D624?
D116?
Ortho462.4750RD162
Ortho Tac451.3000M?
Ortho Tac451.3250B?
Ortho Tac451.4000B/M?
Ortho Tac452.4250M?
Ortho Tac462.2750M?
Ortho Tac462.4625M?
Ortho Tac462.8750B/M?
Ortho Paging154.5400BCSq

Raritan police are dispatched on a VHF-high repeater, and probably have ability on Sheriff-high for mutual aid.

The Raritan Fire Department is dispatched on Fire-high. Their old F-3, "borrowed" from Franklin, is no longer used for fireground / tactical communications; it has been removed from their radios. Their current tactical channel is F-16.

The Raritan Rescue Squad is alerted on Sheriff-high, and uses the county EMS tactical channel for talk-around.



Rocky Hill Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
ES Dispatch154.3100B/M100.0
ES Dispatch Old/Mercer154.3100B/M82.5
Fire Tactical154.2050B/M82.5
Fireground154.1450M82.5

The NJSP Hamilton Station (Troop C) provides law enforcement for Rocky Hill. Rocky Hill also contracts with South Bound Brook for certain police services at certain times; seemingly mostly traffic enforcement during rush hour, though SBB units have been in RH at other times too.

The Rocky Hill Fire Department and First Aid Squad are both now dispatched primarily by county on 154.31/100.0. The squad may switch 2-way communications over to JEMS 1 depending upon the circumstances. Some fire radios still transmit the old PL of 82.5, which the county does monitor on the Neshanic tower but, in response, transmits 110.9. So if you want to be sure to catch everything, program 154.31 in at carrier squelch or three times with 82.5, 100.0, and 110.9. Also, Mercer County will directly dispatch Station 53 for mutual aid into Princeton; this is still done with a PL of 82.5, and Mercer will monitor this channel at least until apparatus or a chief signs on to one of the Mercer County channels.



Somerville Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Dispatch155.1900RD114
Fire Dispatch154.3100B/MCSq
Fire Fireground154.3700B/MD114
Fire Fireground154.2050MD114
Fire Fireground154.2500MD114
EMS Dispatch155.3100B/MD114
DPW155.9250B/MD047
BOE Old?461.4500R?
BOE Old?461.6750M?
BOE Old?463.7750M?
Businesses
Clariant461.4750RD116?
Imclone451.9875R?
Imclone464.9750RD315?
Imclone463.4250M?
Imclone464.3250M?
Imclone464.4250M?
Imclone464.5250M?
Imclone464.7750M?
Imclone469.4250M?
Imclone469.5250M?
Merck462.2000R?
Nitta Casings452.4000R?

The Somerville Police Department is dispatched on a repeater.

Somerville fire is dispatched on fire-high.

Somerville Rescue Squad is paged and operates on 155.31.



South Bound Brook Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Old Dispatch502.5625R114.8
Police Old Dispatch155.3100B/M100.0
Fire Alerting