Tri County Fire is the only department in Madison County not dispatched by the Sheriff's Office on 159.330. Tri County is dispatched by Mt Sterling Police on 33.86. MCSO can drop TCJFD's tone on 159.330 however, there are no pagers set up to alert on VHF. Until 12/31/05, Sterling Joint EMS was dispatched by Mt Sterling Police on 155.175 then came to the Sheriff's Office on 01/01/06. If the SO receives an EMS & Fire call first, then we drop both fire & EMS tones and call MSPD to dispatch TCJFD. This gives the firefighters listening to Fire Control a headsup. Pickaway County Sheriff's Office can also dispatch TCJFD on 33.86 however, the tone doesn't always set off all the pagers in Mt Sterling so MSPD then has to re-dispatch the run.