MARITIMES SCANNING SITE

 

PICTOU COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTS

 

This page was created in March 2010 but the information is not necessarily current.  Please send all corrections to me at marscan1 AT canada.com

 

Last updated July 2010

  

This information is courtesy of Chris, Stephen, Kevin and Kenny. Accompanying map is courtesy of Stephen.

 

As of March 2010 the Pictou area was not in an integrated system such as that in Colchester and East Hants.   Pictou departments follow the usual pattern of being independent agencies who readily cooperate with each other using the standard 153.83 mutual aid frequency or in some cases departments will have installed neighbouring frequencies into their radios.   They are all likely to be able to access the provincial VHF fire grid through one or more repeaters.  The repeater site serving most of Pictou County is McLellan’s Mountain (located near the middle of the map below, transmitting on 152.21. MHz.  As seen on the chart some departments apparently use MacLellan’s Mtn for everyday operations and/or paging.  See the separate page on the NS Fire Grid. 

Most departments in Nova Scotia also have limited capability to access the provincial 800 MHz trunk (TMR).  At present this is used on occasion for administrative liaison, and for joint operations with or through EHS and DNR.   No department in Pictou County is presently using 800 MHz for day to day operations.

 

Please note that in some cases it was not positively known for frequency pairs which frequency is the repeater output and which is the input.   Some guesswork has been done.  Also, where multiple frequency rows are shown, there may be some confusion with other agencies in that area; however it may be that there are more than one fire channel present.

 

 

 

 

NAME

FREQ.

CTCSS

01

ABERCROMBIE

154.415 (159.39 input)

82.5

02

ALMA

151.160 (153.635 input)

154.65 sx
154.07 (158.895 input)

82.5

03

BARNEY’S RIVER

151.310 (152.315 input)

154.385 (153.425 input)

103.5

04

BLUE MOUNTAIN

155.010 (150.995 input)

 

05

CARIBOU

154.115 sx

 

05

EAST RIVER VALLEY

158.865 (159.465 input)

 

06

EUREKA (also uses Grid)

157.935 (152.36 input)

85.4

07

LINACY

152.105 (157.68 input)

 97.4

08

LITTLE HARBOUR

159.075 sx

 

09

MERIGOMISH

153.425 (154.385 input)
154.28 sx

100.0

10

NEW GLASGOW

154.070 ??
154.83 (159.225 input)

 100.0

11

PICTOU

152.255 (157.83 input)154.680 sx ?

 ??
82.5

12

PICTOU LANDING

159.075

 

13

PICTOU LANDING FIRST NATION

154.490?
151.385 sx

 

14

PLYMOUTH

155.760 (159.195 input)

 

15

RIVER JOHN

153.995??
152.00 (157.575 input)

 

16

SCOTSBURN

151.34 (153.875 input)

82.5

17

STELLARTON

154.340 (150.08 input)

162.2

18

THORBURN

153.425 (154.385 input)

 

20

TRENTON

154.310 (158.16 input)
158.40 (154.62 input)

94.8
97.4

21

WEST RIVER

153.785 (158.805 input)

 

22

WESTVILLE

148.615 (also reported as 151.565)???
155.28 (158.295 input)

 77.0