Fire departments may use other methods of communication to those presented here. Please refer to the "Fire Departments in Nova Scotia" article in the wiki for more information.
Emergency Health Services (EHS), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), some fire departments and all provincial government services operate on the provincial trunked mobile radio system.
Note that Colchester county operates a unified paging system for the entire county, except the town of Truro. This includes a standard paging frequency and a set of simplex operations frequencies used county-wide.
Frequency
License
Type
Tone
Alpha Tag
Description
Mode
Tag
152.52500
VFW528
RM
051 DPL
ColchDisptch
Fire dispatch and paging, Londonderry repeater
FM
Fire Dispatch
152.52500
VFW525
RM
065 DPL
ColchDisptch
Fire dispatch and paging, Nuttby Mountain repeater
FM
Fire Dispatch
152.52500
VFW530
RM
071 DPL
ColchDisptch
Fire dispatch and paging, Bass River/Birch Hill repeater
FM
Fire Dispatch
152.52500
VFW527
RM
072 DPL
ColchDisptch
Fire dispatch and paging, South Branch/Stewart Hill repeater
FM
Fire Dispatch
152.52500
VFW526
RM
073 DPL
ColchDisptch
Fire dispatch and paging, Harmony repeater
FM
Fire Dispatch
152.52500
VFW529
RM
074 DPL
ColchDisptch
Fire dispatch and paging, Hilden repeater
FM
Fire Dispatch
152.52500
VFW531
RM
174 DPL
ColchDisptch
Fire dispatch and paging, Shubenacadie repeater
FM
Fire Dispatch
152.27500
M
ColchFireOp1
County fire ops 1 (simplex)
FM
Fire-Tac
152.57500
M
ColchFireOp2
County fire ops 2 (simplex)
FM
Fire-Tac
152.66500
M
ColchFireOp3
County fire ops 3 (simplex)
FM
Fire-Tac
150.38000
M
ColchFireOp4
County fire ops 4 (simplex)
FM
Fire-Tac
154.77000
M
ColchFireOp5
County fire ops 5 (simplex)
FM
Fire-Tac
152.70500
M
ColchFireOp6
County fire ops 6 (simplex)
FM
Fire-Tac
154.40000
M
ColchFireOp7
County fire ops 7 (simplex)
FM
Fire-Tac
140.68500
F
Colch Link 1
Point-to-point link (Valley Dispatch to Barr Settlement)