West Caldwell "790" unit numbering

[W2IRT]

Hi all,
Any western Essex County scannists have the unit numbering scheme for the units dispatched on 159.15 (Caldwell borough, West Caldwell, etc)? I'm pretty sure the 400-series are Caldwell PD, West Essex FAS are in 770-779 series, 500-5?? are Caldwell fire, 701-70? for West Caldwell FD and 710-750-ish for WCPD, but I don't know of anything more granular than that. Also, I'm curious about the history for them calling the dispatch "790." I'm guessing that was once the last-three digits of their callsign on a previous system.

I'm also looking for the similar scheme for North Caldwell and Essex Fells.

If anybody's interested, I've managed to pull down the fire toneouts used on the 158.94 Municipal Band for the area (or at least the nearest values that work on the BCD996/396 scanners--I don't have the actual official reed values).

Thanks in advance.

 

[Markscan]

Your numbering scheme seems on target. I believe the West Caldwell PD assigns every officer a # in the 700 range as his or her own . That's why they don't dispatch by car number. If I remember correctly, they started using 790 just before they started the joint dispatch with Caldwell. I'm not sure how Caldwell does it, but I wouldn't be surprised if they do it the same way.

I believe North Caldwell goes by badge number as opposed to car number, and Essex Fells I'm not sure about. I'll speak to some of my West Essex friends and find out.
Hope this helps
Mark


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[W2IRT]

Thanks Mark. I'm pretty sure the WCPD cars are numbered as are Fairfield's I've seen 710 and 741 painted on two vehicles (it's been a while but I think 741 is the SUV). I'm more curious about the FD numbering scheme.

 

[Kodiak713]

Your pretty spot on. For west Essex Police,

West Caldwell Dispatch=790

Caldwell=400s
West Caldwell=700s

North Caldwell communications (headquarters for NC units, Dispatch for Essex Fells units)

North Caldwell=200s (identify on air by badge #)
Essex Fells =100's (identify on air by badge #)

West Essex Fire

West Caldwell=700's (708-712 for rigs)
Caldwell=500s (521-526 for rigs)
North Caldwell=300s (only officers identify via 300s)
Essex fells=100s (only officers identify via 100s)

West Essex FAS
771-776 (Rescue truck is 773, they utilize 790)

That's a copy and past from my west Essex file. Hope that helps.

 

[W2IRT]

Awesome, and thanks. I have two to add to that list that are absolute confirmations. 524 is Caldwell's engine and 525 is Caldwell's truck. Saw both on the apron tonight as I was passing by. Unit numbers are marked. I have heard some 50x numbers responding, which I'm guessing are officers in their private vehicles, maybe?

 

[Kodiak713]

521 is the cascade truck,524 is an engine, 525 is a quint (I think only 75 ft stick) and 526 is their tower (true truck) I believe the rest are command staff vehicles and support vehicles.

 

[Markscan]

I can confirm the following also:
Essex Fells fire station-120
Caldwell fire station-520
West Caldwell fire station-719
N Caldwell fire station- 300


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[W2IRT]

Caldwell Fire Marshall's pickup truck is painted 528.