Scanning Somerset County, New Jersey


County Trunked Radio System
County-wide Law Enforcement
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/schools) 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. If you are searching for additional tactical channels used by a business which has repeaters shown, try the master frequency lists. If you find or know of anything which is not listed here, please e-mail them to the author so that others may benefit.

Businesses should be listed under the municipality they are principally located in. County-wide busineses like utilities may be listed under the County Other section or with the municipality in which the main transmitter is located.

Standard and regional channels have been omitted from this page for brevity and can be found on the General Mercer/ Middlesex/ Somerset County Channels page.



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
UnidentifiedAna01744
UnidentifiedAna11824
Unid. (Watchung PD F-8?)Ana12016
Unid. (Watchung PD F-4)Ana12048
UnidentifiedAna12112
Public Safety Event?Ana15056
Public Safety Event?Ana15088
UnidentifiedAna15120
UnidentifiedAna15152
Courthouse?Ana32304
UnidentifiedAna32336
UnidentifiedAna32400
UnidentifiedDig65488
Unidentified?65520

Somerset County is currently operating a trunked radio system, with many users already on it and more being added occasionally. 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. If your scanner only supports one configuration then use 502.5125/450/25.0 and know that you will receive only about 80% of the communications; if your scanner only allows you to program in two pieces of data then use a base of 500.7625 and an offset of 25 and the same 80% will hold true. 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 appeared that 500.8875 was not then integrated to it, nor were the other channels which may or may not be for future expansion.

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 Franklin 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 & Champlain 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 fill-ins.

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 Law Enforcement / County-wide Police

Conventional Channels
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
Police Interop?Ana14928

The Sheriff's Department, Prosecutor's Office, and Park Rangers all operate on the trunked system. The table on the right lists all the relevant and identified talkgroups.

County dispatches a handful of police departments, many of which are now on the trunked system. 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
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-High154.3100B/M100.0
Fire Low33.9400B/Mvaries
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
ARES145.6500B/M100.0
Skywarn Primary444.5000R131.8
Skywarn Backup445.7250R136.5
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-2America 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-2Camplain VFC#2--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
76R(was Raritan FAS)
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 has gradually taken over dispatching of most in-county fire companies and first aid squads and consolidated their communications in conjunction with the switch-over to the new trunked system. 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 Somerset dispatch side, at least; see Montgomery or Rocky Hill for more info).

County OEM, including the HazMat team, operates entirely on the trunked system.

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 further 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 old 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). 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 ARES is a part of the North NJ ARES Section.

Trunked Talkgroups
Public Safety CallingAna01648
OEMFireEMS
Fleet CallAna03216Fleet CallAna12816Fleet CallAna12816
DispatchAna03248Dispatch Region-1 NorthwestAna12848Dispatch 1 NorthAna14416
Ops-1Ana03280Dispatch Region-2 WestAna12880Dispatch 2 SouthAna14448
Ops-2Ana03312Dispatch Region-3 NortheastAna12912Ops-1Ana14480
Ops-3Ana03344Dispatch Region-4 CentralAna12944Ops-2Ana14512
Radio ShopAna03376Dispatch Region-5 FranklinAna12976Ops-3Ana14544
HazMat 1Ana03408Dispatch Region-6 SouthwestAna13008Ops-4Ana14576
HazMat 2Ana03440Ops-01Ana13040Interop?Ana14992
UnknownAna03472Ops-02Ana13072
Digital-1Enc54608Ops-03Ana13104
Digital-2Enc54640Ops-04Ana13136
Digital-3Dig54672Ops-05Ana13168
InteropAna15024Ops-06Ana13200
Ops-07Ana13232
Ops-08Ana13264
Ops-09Ana13296
Ops-10Ana13328
InteropAna14960


Somerset County Other

Public Safety & County Government
Conventional Channels
Courthouse Ops453.4875R131.8
Parks Dept. Tac?453.3875M?
RVCC Security463.2750Rd546
RVCC Unknown453.3500R?
RVCC Unknown467.8375M?
Raritan Val. Sewer Auth.453.2500R?
Stony Brook Sewer Auth.453.9000R141.3
County Old154.8000R?
Trunked Talkgroups
Services Fleet CallAna09616
Roads SupervisorsAna09648
Roads DispatchAna09680
Roads North OpsAna09712
Roads South OpsAna09744
UnidentifiedAna09776
TransportationAna09840
UnidentifiedAna09872
UnidentifiedAna09904
RecyclingAna09936
UnidentifiedAna09968
Facilities DispatchAna10032
Facilities Ops-1Ana10064
Facilities Ops-2Ana10096
Vehicle Maintenance?Ana10128
Traffic OpsAna10160
Health Dept OpsAna10288
Services Event/Common?Ana10320
Services Event/Common?Ana10352
Services Event/Common?Ana10384
ESC Montgomery BusesDig59248
ESC Montgomery Buses OldAna12080
Businesses
Railroad So. NJ Disp.161.0700B/MCSq
Railroad F-55160.9350B/MCSq
Freight Rail VA Depot Sidings160.9800MCSq
Raritan Val. Radio Club146.0250R141.3
Unknown - 4H?469.2625M71.9

Raritan Valley Community College has a few conventional channels. The county Health, Roads, Recycling, Transportation, Facilities & Services, and Traffic Safety Services departments all use the trunked system.



Bedminster Township

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Tactical502.5875M100.0
Police Tactical505.5875M100.0
ES Alerting470.1375B167.9
DPW507.1625R100.0
Unknown/Unused?472.6750R?
Schools BTES Tac463.2875M?
Schools BTES Tac464.8875M?
Trunked Talkgroups
Police North DispatchAna11248
Fire Dispatch Region-1Ana12848
EMS Dispatch 1Ana14416
Businesses
AT&T464.3250R?
AT&T Paging464.9750RCSq
AT&T464.9250R?
Fiddler's Elbow CC456.3125M?
Fiddler's Elbow CC456.5875M?
Fiddler's Elbow CC457.0375M?
Fiddler's Elbow CC457.7875M?
Fiddler's Elbow CC464.1125M?
Fiddler's Elbow CC464.1625M?
Fiddler's Elbow CC464.2125M?
Fiddler's Elbow CC464.2625M?
Fiddler's Elbow CC464.3125M?
Fiddler's Elbow CC469.1125M?
Fiddler's Elbow CC469.1625M?
Fiddler's Elbow CC469.2125M?
Fiddler's Elbow CC469.2625M?
Fiddler's Elbow CC469.3125M?
SMQ Unicom123.0000B/MAM
SMQ Ground121.7250B/MAM
SMQ ATIS120.6000BAM
Trump National Golf Club461.5125R?
Trump National Golf Club461.9125R?
Trump National Golf Club462.0375R?
Trump National Golf Club463.5125R?
Trump National Golf Club464.7375R?

Bedminster Township's Police Department (Able units) is dispatched by county and apparently switched to the trunked system on Monday 9/18/06.

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 county's UHF alerting channel and operate on the trunked system.

The Far Hills-Bedminster First Aid Squad, 29-Rescue, is alerted on the county's UHF channel and operates on the trunked system.



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 Works46.5400B/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?
VA Lyons Ops417.6000R
Businesses
Algonquin Gas451.6500R?
Bonnie Brae Center452.5000B/M?
Dolce Basking Ridge464.8250R?
Kwartler/110 Allen Rd451.5875R?
120 Mountainview Rd464.8625R?
NJ National Golf Club451.2875M?
NJ National Golf Club452.1125M?
NJ National Golf Club457.0375M?
NJ National Golf Club457.1125M?
Verizon461.0750R?
Verizon463.8500R?
Verizon463.9000R?
Verizon463.9125R?

Bernards Township's Police Department is self-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.



Bernardsville Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Dispatch39.6400R114.8
Police Alternate39.9400B/M114.8
ES Alerting470.1375B167.9
Fire Tactical? Relay?453.0875M?
Fire Tactical? Relay?458.0875M?
Fire Future?470.3500R?
DPW?46.5400B/M114.8
Businesses
Somerset Hills CC462.2375M?
Somerset Hills CC463.6125M?
Somerset Hills CC464.8000M?
Somerset Hills CC469.8000M?

Bernardsville Borough's 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 Ops155.1150Rd115
EMS Dispatch155.3100B/M162.2
DPW155.1150M100.0

Bound Brook Borough's 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 32/48154.3100B/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 Maintenance462.4250Rd116
Agfa462.3750R?
Agfa464.9750R?
AZ Electronic Materials461.4750R?
Chubb Insurance461.3500Rd223
Fox Hollow CC451.3125M?
Fox Hollow CC452.1625M?
Fox Hollow CC452.2875M?
Fox Hollow CC457.2875M?
Imclone451.9875R?
Imclone464.9750Rd315?
Imclone464.4250R?
Life Cell464.1750R?
Merck462.2000R?
Roche464.4750R167.9
Roche451.7750R?

Branchburg Township's 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 high-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 F-1 Dist 1 Ops470.3750Rd156
Fire F-1 Dist 2 Ops500.3750R192.8
Fire F-1 Dist 3 Ops507.2375R114.8
Fire F-2 Stn 34 Fireground460.6125M192.8
Fire F-3 Stn 24 Fireground465.6125M192.8
Fire F-4 Stn 49 Fireground465.5875M192.8
Fire F-5 Stn 21 Fireground453.6625Md156
Fire F-6 Stn 43 Fireground458.6625Md156
Fire F-7 Stn 30 Fireground453.9375Md156
Fire F-8 RIT458.9375Md156
Fire Dist 3 Mobl Extndrs460.5875M?
Fire Dist 4 Dispatch154.3100B/M100.0
Fire Dist 4 Mobl Extndrs154.3625Rd125
Fire Dist 4 Fireground154.2350?M?
Fire Dist 4 Private150.7975M?
EMS BGFARS-FFARS Alert155.3100B100.0
EMS BGFARS-FFARS Ops155.6325R192.8
EMS MRS-GKRS159.1950Rd156
DPW159.1650R192.8
Unknown153.8975M?
Unknown154.1825M?
Bridgewater-Raritan Schools461.7500R233.6
Bridgewater-Raritan Schools159.6150M?
Bridgewater-Raritan Schools159.6900M?
Bridgewater-Raritan Schools159.8100M?
Bridgewater-Raritan Schools159.9750M?
Bridgewater-Raritan Schools160.0800M?
Bridgewater-Raritan MS468.6625M?
Bridgewater-Raritan MS466.7125M?
Bridgewater-Raritan MS467.2125M?
Bridgewater-Raritan MS467.2375M?
Bridgewater-Raritan MS467.2625M?
Eisenhower MS Old?151.6550M?
Eisenhower MS Old?151.8650M?
Hillside MS461.2625M?
Hillside MS461.3875M?
Hillside MS452.2000M?
Hillside MS464.1750M?
Hillside MS464.2750M?
Hillside MS464.4750M?
Hillside MS464.9250M?
Businesses
ADP461.8125R?
Barker Bus42.9600B/M?
Barker Bus46.0000B/M151.4
Bridgewater Commons464.4250Rd364
Bristol-Meyers Squibb451.4500B/M?
Buckeye Pipeline33.2200B/M?
Environmental Disposal472.7875R107.2?
Ethicon462.3000R107.2?
d251?
Ethicon462.4500R?
Ethicon462.2500B/M?
FedEx Data859.9125RCSq
Fisher Scientific463.3000R?
Fisher Scientific463.5000R?
Fisher Scientific464.4000R?
Friends Retirement461.0500M?
Friends Retirement463.9500M?
Friends Retirement464.8000M?
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?
Nitta Casings462.4000R?
Norfolk Southern161.0550B/M?
NJ American Water451.2500R?
Ortho F-1462.5250R179.9
Ortho461.4375R?
Ortho461.5875R?
Ortho461.6625R?
Ortho462.9000B/M?
Ortho Paging462.7750B?
Phillips Concrete49.5600B/M100.0
Pingry School461.2250Rd244?
Raritan Valley CC457.1375M?
Raritan Valley CC457.6625M?
Raritan Valley CC457.7875M?
Raritan Valley CC457.9875M?
RF Data471.6250R?
Sanofi Admin463.4375R?
Sanofi Admin464.7625R?
Sanofi Clinical Security463.5375Rd503
Sanofi HQ Maintenance464.7625Rd503
Sanofi R&D451.5375R?
Sanofi R&D452.8125R?
Sanofi R&D462.4250R192.8?
d116?
d624?
Sanofi R&D462.5000Rd343
Sanofi R&D463.2000R?
Sanofi R&D463.4750R?
Sanofi R&D463.6625R?
Sanofi R&D464.1250Rd445?
Sanofi R&D464.3750Rd445?
d703?
Sanofi R&D Paging463.5250B?
SJP/100 Somerset Corp Park464.3750R?
Somerset Hills Towing472.7875R151.4
Somerset Patriots Food451.3250M?
Somerset Patriots Data452.5500M?
Somerset Patriots Misc452.7250M?
Somerset Patriots Misc452.4500M?
Weldon Concrete43.1800B/M?

Bridgewater Township's 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
Alerted and operates on UHF.
Fire District Two
21-Fire Bradley Gardens Fire Department
Alerted and operates on UHF.
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 VHF, 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 Green Knoll are alerted and operate on their own repeater; Finderne and Bradley Gardens are alerted on 155.31 and operate on a separate repeater.



Far Hills Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Tactical?502.5875M100.0
Police Tactical?505.5875M100.0
ES Alerting470.1375B167.9
DPW507.1625R100.0
Trunked Talkgroups
Police North DispatchAna11248
Fire Dispatch Region-1Ana12848
EMS Dispatch 1Ana14416

Far Hills Borough's Police Department (George units) is dispatched by county. Dispatch apparently switched over from the conventional repeater to the trunked system on Monday 9/18/06.



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 3 Tactical476.5625M141.3
ES Alerting470.1375B167.9
Fire Alerting154.3100B/M100.0
Fire Dist 1 Ops Multicast154.1600Rd047
Fire Dist 3 Ops Multicast166.2500R192.8
EMS Alerting155.2350B/M100.0
EMS SB Squads Alert45.3600B186.2
Fire/EMS F-4 Conv.477.1875R141.3
Schools Buses155.2650B/Md152
Schools HS Ops464.9375R?
Schools HS Tac463.4500M?
Schools HS Tac464.4125M?
Schools464.9750M?
OEM Broadcast0.6800B/MAM
Businesses
400 Atrium Dr.463.5750Rd073
AT&T464.6250R?
AT&T461.2000R??
AT&T461.9250R??
Bessenyei & Son Old?152.9600B/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?
Holiday Inn464.7750B/Md703
Huntingdon464.6250B/M?
Huntingdon461.5375R?
L'Oreal452.7500R?
Marriott461.6375M?
Marriott466.6375M?
McCarrick Care Center461.8875R?
McCarrick Care Center464.7125R?
NJ American Water TRS451.8500R?
NJ American Water TRS461.0250R?
NJ American Water TRS462.0750R?
NJ American Water TRS462.5000R?
NJ American Water TRS463.4000R?
Ortho462.5250R179.9
Phillips Concrete49.5600B/M100.0
Pillar of Fire461.5500R?
Quailbrook Golf Course456.4125M?
Quailbrook Golf Course457.2875M?
Quailbrook Golf Course457.7875M?
Quailbrook Golf Course457.9875M?
Rutgers Prep461.6250R?
Rutgers Prep Tac461.3000M?
Rutgers Prep Tac461.3250M?
Rutgers Prep Tac461.5000M?
Rutgers Prep Tac462.1375M?
Rutgers Prep Tac464.8500M?
Sentinel Publishing450.3500B/M?
Sentinel Publishing450.8500B/M?
Sentinel Publishing450.9500B/M?
Sentinel Publishing455.3500B/M?
Sentinel Publishing455.8500B/M?
Sentinel Publishing455.9500B/M?
Spooky Brook Golf Course457.5250M?
Spooky Brook Golf Course457.5500M?
Spooky Brook Golf Course457.5750M?
Spooky Brook Golf Course457.6000M?
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).

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/east)
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 done on both fire-high and the new county-wide UHF channel and all subsequent communications with dispatch are on the digital (clear) talkgroups. Districts 1 and 3 each connected their old repeaters to multicast their ops talkgroup, so you don't need a digital scanner to hear stuff on those channels. It isn't known whether this channel is also an uplink to the talkgroup (can you transmit into the trunked system from the VHF channel, or only hear the talkgroup on it?).

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. The 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 is a table of the identified talkgroups. Old and unidentified talkgroups are now omitted for clarity.


Trunked Talkgroups
CommonPoliceFireEMSOEMServicesPublic Works
Twp Main FleetAna19216Fleet CallEnc48016Fleet CallDig49616Fleet CallDig51216Fleet CallDig56016
911 AccessAna17968DispatchEnc48048DispatchDig49648DispatchDig51248MainDig56048Constr. Code 1Dig57232Roads Dept.Dig54928
Twp MainAna19248Alt/OpsEnc48080Ops-1Dig49680Tac-1Dig51376Tac-1Dig56080Constr. Code 5Dig57264Water Dept.Dig55024
Event 1Dig56880Alt/OpsEnc48112District 1Dig49776Tac-2Dig51408Tac-2Ana17712Health Dept.Dig58800DPWDig55120
Event 2Ana19312Alt/OpsEnc48144Districts 2 & 4Dig49808Animal ControlDig58832
Alt/OpsEnc48176District 3Dig49840
Alt/OpsEnc48208Ops-2Dig49872
Alt/OpsEnc48240Inspectors 2Dig49904
Alt/OpsEnc48272Inspectors MainDig50000
Alt/OpsEnc48304InteropAna16080
Alt/OpsEnc48336
Alt/OpsEnc48368
Alt/OpsEnc48400
Alt/OpsEnc48464


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
State Channels within Green Brook
DHS GB Regional Ctr155.0850M?

Green Brook Township's Police Department is self-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.

See Warren Township for Watchung Hills Regional High School channels.

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Hillsborough Township

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Dispatch155.5650R107.2
Police F-2155.5650M107.2
Police Tac/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
Schools Old?151.8650B/M186.2
OEM Broadcast1.6100BAM
Businesses
47N Ops121.7250B/MAM
47N Unicom122.7000B/MAM
CNN450.6750B/M?
Duke Farms451.8750R?
Duke Farms461.3750R?
Duke Farms464.3750R?
Duke Farms464.8250R?
Laidlaw School Buses155.1600B/Md152
MCI Comms451.2250R?
NJ American Water451.0500R?
Norfolk Southern Crossings161.4750B/M?
Phillips Concrete49.5600B/M100.0
Point Bay Fuel477.5625R100.0
Royce Brook Golf Club451.4125M?
Royce Brook Golf Club451.5125M?
Royce Brook Golf Club452.0875M?
Royce Brook Golf Club452.1125M?
Royce Brook Golf Club453.4125M?
Royce Brook Golf Club457.0875M?
Royce Brook Golf Club457.1125M?
Sunoco Pipeline48.7200R?
Sunoco Pipeline48.8600R?
Transco Pipeline48.7400B/M?

Hillsborough Township's Police Department is self-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.

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.



Manville Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Dispatch155.4975R88.5
Police Tac (Base)159.3300B88.5
Police Tac (Mobile)159.3300MCSq
Fire Dispatch154.3100B/M100.0
Fire Tactical154.2800B/M88.5
EMS Dispatch155.3100B/M88.5
EMS Tactical155.2950B/M100.0
DPW153.7550B/M88.5
OEM Broadcast1.7000BAM
Businesses
Norfolk Southern161.1300R?

Manville Borough's Police Department is self-dispatched on a VHF-high repeater.

Manville fire is dispatched by county.

The Manville First Aid Squad is paged and operates on the old police dispatch channel.

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



Millstone Borough

Millstone Borough receives police services from the State Police, Troop B, which operates on an 800 MHz Motorola trunked system. Refer to the General Channels page for more information.

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
Fire 45 Alerting470.1375B167.9
Fire 46 Alerting154.3100B100.0
Fire 46 Alerting (by Mercer)154.3100B/M82.5
EMS Alerting470.1375B167.9
Schools Buses155.1600B/Md662
Trunked Talkgroups
Police South DispatchAna11344
Police South Ops-1Ana11376
Police South Ops-2Ana11408
MPD OpsAna11728
Fire Dispatch Region-6Ana13008
Fire Ops-6Ana13200
EMS Dispatch 2Ana14448
EMS Ops 3Ana14544
DPWAna11760
SCESC Montgomery School BusesDig59248
Businesses
3M451.1750R?
Bedens Brook452.7250R?
Bloomberg462.0250R?
Bloomberg462.0500R?
Carrier Clinic464.8750Rd205
Carrier Clinic461.4500M?
Carrier Clinic Paging35.6400BCSq
Computer Associates464.4250R?
Conover Bus33.0800B/Md032
Convatec452.3750R?
Convatec462.2000R?
Convatec462.5000R?
Convatec463.8625R?
J&J Security461.2250Rd244
J&J Maintenance461.1500Rd244
J&J Unknown452.0750Rd244?
J&J Unknown452.2000Rd244?
J&J Unknown462.4500Rd244?
J&J Unknown461.6250B/Md244?
Princeton Airport Unicom122.7250MAM
Princeton Airport Ground121.7250B/MAM
Stonebridge464.2250R?
Stonebridge464.3250M?
Stonebridge464.8000M?
Stonebridge464.8750M?
Stonebridge464.9250M?
Stonebridge469.8000M?

Montgomery Township's Police Department ("Mike" units) is dispatched by the county on the PD South talkgroups. It had been self-dispatched on its own talkgroups, that dispatch talkgroup is still available for internal communications.

Somerset County is the primary dispatch agency for the two Montgomery fire districts/ companies. District 1 / Station 45 is paged on the county's UHF channel, Station 46 is paged on Fire-High. All communications with dispatch is conducted on the Fire Region 6 talkgroup; scene operations are generally on Region 6 or Fire Ops-6 but may be moved to one of the county's six tactical channels if coverage or other factors dictate. Other talkgroups may be used for mutual aid, large incidents, or other unusual situations. Mercer County pages Station 46 directly using the old PL, 82.5 Hz, for mutual aid assignments into Princeton and Hopewell. Two-way communications for those calls are generally conducted on Mercer County channels.

Montgomery EMS is now dispatched by the county -- paging is on the county's UHF channel, 2-way dispatch is on the EMS Dispatch 2 talkgroup, and response and scene coordination are generally on the EMS Ops-3 talkgroup.

The DPW has moved to the police department's old ops talkgroup. Montgomery school buses use a VHF-High simplex channel and Somerset Educational Services Commission buses us a digital talkgroup.



North Plainfield Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
Fire Dispatch460.6250R107.2
Fire Alerting470.1375B167.9
EMS Dispatch155.1300R103.5
DPW Old?154.0250B/M103.5
Schools152.3525R?
Schools154.5150B/M?
Schools464.7375M?
Schools464.9125M?
OEM Broadcast1.6300BAM
Trunked Talkgroups
Police DispatchAna15184
Police AlternateDig54704
Police AlternateDig54736
Businesses
Regency Village463.6875R?

North Plainfield Borough's 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 Tactical?505.5875M100.0
ES Alerting470.1375B167.9
DPW507.1625R100.0
DPW?153.8600B/M?
OEM Broadcast1.6100BAM
Trunked Talkgroups
Police North DispatchAna11248
Businesses
Hamilton Farms452.9750R?
Pfizer451.8500R?
Pfizer461.1750R?
Pfizer461.2250R?
Pfizer463.3500R?

Peapack-Gladstone Borough's Police Department (Ocean units) is dispatched by county and apparently switched from the conventional repeater to the trunked system on Monday 9/18/06.

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 Tac155.3100B/M100.0
Fire Paging154.3100B/M100.0
EMS Dispatch155.3100B/M100.0
DPW155.9250B/M114.8
State Channels within Raritan
NJ Transit Rail Yard160.4400B/M?
Trunked Talkgroups
Fire Dispatch Region-4Ana12944
Businesses
J&J Mgmt Info Ctr462.2750Rd115?
Ortho F-1 Security462.5250R179.9
Ortho462.2250R179.9
Ortho Maint.462.3250R179.9
Ortho Fire Ops462.3750R162.2
Ortho462.4250R?
Ortho462.4750Rd162
Ortho Tac451.4000B/M?
Ortho Tac451.3000B/M?
Ortho Tac462.8750B/M?
Ortho Tac464.6500B/M?
Ortho Paging154.5400BCSq

Raritan Borough's Police Department is self-dispatched on a VHF-high repeater.

The Raritan Fire Department paging is on Fire-high and two-way communications are on the county's trunked system. In cases of large incidents, scan other fire/EMS talkgroups and tac channels listed for the county or listen for an indication of where scene operations are being moved to.

Raritan is served by Somerset Medical Center BLS during weekdays/daytime, and the Somerville Rescue Squad on nights and weekends.

Refer to Bridgewater Township for the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District channels.



Rocky Hill Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
ES Dispatch154.3100B/M100.0
ES Dispatch (by Mercer)154.3100B/M82.5
Trunked Talkgroups
Fire Dispatch Region-6Ana13008
EMS Dispatch 2Ana14448

Rocky Hill Borough uses the NJSP for law enforcement; the NJSP uses an 800MHz Motorola trunked system, see the General Channels page for more information. 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. This unit will identify as Rocky and use the county's South Police talkgroups.

The Rocky Hill Fire Department is dispatched for most calls by Somerset County on 154.310/100.0. Mercer County does dispatch Rocky Hill directly for mutual aid into Princeton using the old PL of 82.5. Some fire radios may still transmit the old PL too, which Somerset does monitor.

The Rocky Hill First Aid Squad is dispatched by county on VHF and communicates with dispatch on the trunked system.



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
Schools Old?461.4500R?
Schools Old?461.6750M?
Schools Old?463.7750M?
Businesses
Clariant461.4750Rd116?
Somerset Medical Center
SMC JEMS-2155.3400B103.5
SMC Patient Escort463.9250R?
SMC Maintenance452.6750Rd031
SMC Unknown461.9625Rd331
SMC Unknown463.2625R?
SMC Tac462.3875M?
SMC Tac467.3875M?
SMC Paging157.4500B?

Somerville Borough's Police Department is self-dispatched on a VHF 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
Fire Alerting154.3100B/M100.0
Fire Ops156.2025R?
EMS Dispatch155.2350B/M100.0
Trunked Talkgroups
Police South DispatchAna11344

South Bound Brook Borough's Police Department (Sierra units) is dispatched by county on the trunked system.

South Bound Brook fire company is dispatched on county Fire-High.

South Bound Brook Rescue Squad, 77-Rescue, is dispatched on JEMS 1 by county. Daytime coverage is provided by SMC's unit 801.



Warren Township

Public Safety & Local Government
Police Dispatch500.4125R186.2
Fire Alerting33.9400B167.9
Fire Dispatch470.6250R167.9
EMS Alerting47.5800B167.9
EMS Dispatch471.0750R167.9
ES Tactical470.9250M167.9
ES Tactical473.9250M167.9
DPW46.5200B/M?
Schools462.1375R?
Schools160.1100B/M?
Schools160.1550B/M210.7
Schools151.7150M?
Schools154.6000M?
Schools468.5500M?
OEM Broadcast0.6800BAM
WHRHS46.0000B/M151.4
WHRHS Old?47.5400B/M?
WHRHS Old?155.2950B/M
WHRHS Old?155.2350B/M
WHRHS152.3150R?
WHRHS152.3600R?
Businesses
Algonquin Gas451.6500R?
Anadigics461.7250R?
Anadigics452.6250B/M?
Anadigics452.8500B/M?
Antenna Site Management151.5950B?
Antenna Site Management451.9000R?
Chubb Insurance461.3000R?
Citigroup452.7250R?
Cordis Pharmaceutical462.5250R?
C&W/283 King George Rd463.4625R?
C&W/283 King George Rd463.9375R?
C&W/283 King George Rd464.7875R?
Dealman Bus47.6200B/M?
NJ Public Broadcasting Auth.455.0375B/M?
NJ Public Broadcasting Auth.455.6500B/M?
NJ Public Broadcasting Auth.455.7500B/M?
Somerset Hills Hotel461.1750M?

Warren Township's Police Department is self-dispatched on a UHF repeater.

Warren Township fire companies are paged on low-band and/or UHF, and operate primarily on a UHF repeater. The two frequencies may be linked together. Ability on the old low-band channels has probably been maintained for backup and mutual aid purposes.

Similar to the fire companies, the rescue squad uses low-band and a UHF repeater.



Watchung Borough

Public Safety & Local Government
Conventional Channels
Police Ch-1 Dispatch472.1250R107.2
Police Ch-3###.####MDig
Police Ch-14460.6250?R107.2
Fire Dispatch460.6250R107.2
Fire Tactical460.6375M107.2
Fire Tactical465.6375M107.2
Fire Police154.4150M?
EMS Dispatch155.7150R103.5
Roads37.9600B/M114.8
OEM Broadcast1.6100BAM
Schools47.4600B/Md031
DPW? Fire Prev?453.1875M?
DPW? Fire Prev?458.1875M?
Trunked Talkgroups
Police Ch-2Dig64016
Police Ch-4Ana12048
Police Ch-# (8?)Ana12016
Businesses
Blue Ridge Prop.463.4250R?
McCauley Healthcare461.5625M?
McCauley Healthcare467.7500M?
NJ American Water451.0875R?
T&G Comms451.7500R?
Vogel Bus49.2600B/Md412
Weldon Concrete43.1800B/M?

Watchung Borough's Police Department is self-dispatched on a UHF repeater. In the department's new UHF channel plan, F-3 is believed to be a low-power digital tactical channel, either encrypted or clear, and may be 453.1875 or 458.1875. F-2 and F-4 are confirmed to be talkgroups on the county's system; 12016 is also used and may be F-8. F-14 is believed to be the fire department's repeater.

The Watchung Fire Department is dispatched on a UHF repeater along with North Plainfield.

The Watchung Rescue Squad is paged and dispatched on the VHF repeater. Voice messages usually come over UHF too, but tones do not.

See Warren Township for Watchung Hills Regional High School channels.

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Somerset-Area SMRs

Atlantic Telecom
Martinsville471.9125R?
Mic Talk
Belle Mead501.9375R?
Belle Mead502.2625R?
Belle Mead502.2875R?
Belle Mead502.8875R04?
Belle Mead507.8625R05
Belle Mead502.2375RLTR
Belle Mead502.8625RLTR
Belle Mead502.9375RLTR
Belle Mead506.3375RLTR
Belle Mead507.9875RLTR
Belle Mead508.3375RLTR
Talkgroups
Unidentified0-04-043
Unidentified0-04-055
Unidentified0-04-151
Bus Service0-04-175
Sanitation Company0-05-001
Unidentified0-05-011
School Buses0-05-012
Unidentified0-05-022
Ambulance Service0-05-154
Emcore (SMR?)
Somerset452.2750R12
Somerset452.1750R?
Somerset452.4000R?
Somerset452.5000R?
Talkgroups
Taxi?1-12-249
Fascination Communications LLC
South Branch471.9625R?
Horizon Communications
(was Atlantic Telecom)
Franklin471.5625R?
M&W Communciations
Bridgewater463.3250R?
Green Brook464.2000R?
Mobile Radio
Belle Mead451.4250R?
Belle Mead451.5250R?
Belle Mead452.2750R?
Belle Mead452.4000R?
Martinsville472.2125R?
Martinsville472.2375R?
Martinsville472.2625R?
Martinsville452.2375R?
Martinsville452.2625R?
Radio Spectrum
Bridgewater471.8375R?
Vanbro
Martinsville935.7375RLTR

This is a list of Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) systems known of in Somerset County. These are basically radio channels for rent, an alternative to Nextel (and there long before Nextel existed). Unless noted otherwise all use LTR trunking; TGIDs are not yet available.

It is possible that a business you are searching for is using an SMR based outside the limits of Somerset County, and it is possible that some of the SMR sites listed here are part of a larger network for wider coverage. There are too many sites outside Mercer to cover on this page; to learn more about a network, search the FCC database for other licenses under the same provider. There is information similar to this for Mercer and Middlesex Counties on their respective pages.



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