Stonington can be very confusing. Stonington Police (Station T) answers the 9-1-1 calls and dispatchs for Stonington Borough, Quiambuag, Wequetequock Fire Departments and Stonington Ambulance. Pawcatuck Fire Department is dispatched by Westerly Dispatch (Westerly Ambulance Corp, Westerly, Rhode Island) on 33.52. Old Mystic, Mystic Fire Departments and Mystic River Ambulance are dispatched by Groton Fire Alarm. Soooooo for a town with 17,000 residents you have 3 different dispatch centers handling the departments on many different frequencies.
In 1981 when GFA went on the air Old Mystic, Mystic, and Mystic River opted to be dispatched by GFA versus Station T because 1/2 of each district were in Groton, 1/2 in Stonington. Several years ago Pawcatuck Fire Department was having issues with Stonington Police and contracted for service with Westerly Ambulance to provide dispatching services. So that left SBFD, QFD, WFD, and Stonington Ambulance with Station T. There have been talks, officially and unofficially, for the remaining Stonington departments to join GFA but that really went nowhere.
As for North Stonington, the fire department and ambulance opted to stay on their own frequencies even though both have the capabilities to operate on each others systems. When we dispatch them, we end up simul-casting on both radios.