mike,
i now work for emt/tri-state ambulance service (tri-state is owned by EMT Inc., they just never changed teh name on the west virginia side). Took me a bit to figure out the station info and apparatus but here it is.
these are emt/tri-state ems stations:
1- emt- massillion station ambo units 1x's
2- emt- malvern station ambo units 2x's
3- emt- carrollton station ambo units 3x's
4- emt- cadiz station ambo units 4x's
5- emt- bellaire station ambo units 5x's
6- emt- bethesda station ambo units 6x's
7- emt- alliance station ambo units 7's
8- emt- sebring station ambo units 8x's
9- emt- salem station ambo units 9x's
11- emt- canton station ambo units 11x's
20- tri-state/emt wheeling station ambo units 20x's
21- tri-state/emt moundsville station ambo units 21x's
The number of units that respond out of each station varies. some stations have 1 or 2 crews, while some stations have 4 or 5 crews on at one time
the numbers on the ambulance arent nessesarily that units id. i'll explain. wheeling is station 20, but house ambo 1,3,16,17, and 19. ambo 1 is identified by crew 201, ambo 201, or squad 201 whichever is preferred. ambo 3 is identified by crew 202, ambo 202, or squad 202 whichever is preferred. ambo 16, 17, and 19 are spare trucks. ambo 3 is being used by bellaire station?? cause one of theri trucks is out of service, so i've been riding on ambo 16 being identified as crew 202. crew 201 is the 24 hr shift and crew 202 is the 9a-5p day car or daytime ambo. ambo 17 is out of service it is completely stripped as far as i can see. i believe moundsville has ambo 21,22, and 23; but they are identified as crew 211, crew 212, and crew 213. wheeling station only runs two crews and i believe moundsville only runs two crews too.
now as far as the radio frequencies. i cant speak for the ohio stations. i do know that the moundsville station uses marshall co ems frequency. all the ambo's have an on-board computer system on which we are dispatched off of. we are notified by calls/transports via nextel and are texted through are phones. when we go enroute, on scene, returning, etc, etc, it is all done by the onboard computer in the truck. its a pretty sweet and slick setup. the wheeling station does have radios, but they are nver used. we've always used the on-board computer or the nextel. when we call the hospital to give report on an emergency call, we call report in on a cell phone or the nextel phone. i still havent verified teh frequencies yet though, sorry. i know by working there i have answered 70% of my own questions, the other 30% is finding out those damn frequencies. Even though im the one who started the inquiry, you have any questions about emt or tri-state?