Countywide Information
- In Berkshire County, EMS is mainly handled by the local fire departments
- BLS = Basic Life Support (Basic EMTs)
- INT = Intermediate Level Support
- ALS = Advanced Life Support (Paramedics)
- Countywide Dispatch is done by the County Sheriff's Dispatch Center which is located in Pittsfield (not to be confused with the private EMS provider County EMS)
- ALS Intercepts are done by other communities and backed up by County Ambulance Co. (in the Pittsfield area)
- Lifestar communicates to Berkshire County on the fireground frequency
- Unless otherwise noted, EMS is dispatched on Fire Department radio channels.
Countywide EMS frequencies
- Berkshire County C-MED radio communications are all on VHF (on these 2 channels). They do not use any of the UHF C-MED channels
| Channel |
Frequency |
Type |
Tone |
Notes |
Confirmation/ReConfirmations
|
| CMED Ch.01 |
155.3400 |
S |
107.2 |
Primary (EMS to Area Hospitals) |
2024.01.31 sawyer100 (SNE Submitter)
|
| CMED Ch.02 |
155.3850 |
S |
107.2 |
Secondary ((BMC) Incoming trip reports and med control) |
2024.01.31 sawyer100 (SNE Submitter)
|
Southern Berkshire Volunteer Ambulance Squad
- Provides primary EMS to several towns in the extreme southern part of the county, based in Great Barrington next to Fairview Hospital on Lewis Ave.
| Frequency |
Type |
Tone |
Notes |
Confirmation/ReConfirmations
|
| 154.31001 |
S2 |
107.2 |
Dispatched by Berkshire Sheriff's Control |
2024.01.03 W1KNE
|
| 155.2800 |
S |
D031 |
Secondary Ops |
|
1See Berkshire County Fire for other frequencies used.
2Berkshire Fire is normally simplex, however various other repeaters exist in the county.
Action EMS
| Frequency |
Type |
Tone |
Notes |
Confirmation/ReConfirmations
|
| 152.3900 |
S |
77.0 |
Pittsfield area operations |
See Private Ambulances page for confirmation.
|
County Ambulance
- County Ambulance (a private EMS provider not affiliated with the county) provides ALS intercepts to much of the county
| Frequency |
Type |
Tone |
Notes |
Confirmation/ReConfirmations
|
| 155.2800 |
S/R |
88.5 |
Operations |
2024.01.31 sawyer100 (SNE Submitter)
|
EMS Provider Information
| Community
|
EMS Provider
|
Frequency
|
Type
|
Tone
|
Notes
|
Confirmation/ReConfirmations
|
| Adams |
BLS & ALS: Adams EMS |
|
|
|
DB: Berkshire County |
2023.12.12 sawyer100
|
| Adams |
BLS & ALS: Adams EMS |
155.2200 |
R |
107.2 |
Secondary |
2017.07.30 MrSvenSven
|
| Alford |
BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS |
|
|
|
Dispatched on Berkshire County Fire channels |
See SBVAS Above for Confirmation.
|
| Becket |
BLS & INT: Becket EMS |
|
|
|
DB: Berkshire County |
2017.08.26 MrSvenSven
|
| Cheshire |
BLS & ALS: Adams EMS |
|
|
|
DB: Berkshire County |
2017.09.19 MrSvenSven
|
| Clarksburg |
BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS |
155.8425 |
|
151.4 |
DB: North Adams |
|
| Dalton |
BLS & INT: Dalton Fire |
|
|
|
DB: Dalton |
|
| Egremont |
BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS |
|
|
|
Dispatched on Berkshire County Fire channels |
See SBVAS Above for Confirmation.
|
| Florida |
BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS |
155.8425 |
|
151.4 |
DB: North Adams |
|
| Great Barrington |
BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS |
|
|
|
Dispatched on Berkshire County Fire channels |
See SBVAS Above for Confirmation.
|
| Hancock |
BLS & ALS: Northern Berkshire EMS |
155.8425 |
R |
151.4 |
DB: Berkshire Sheriff's , Dispatch on County FD |
2024.01.31 sawyer100 (SNE Submitter)
|
| Hinsdale |
BLS: Hinsdale EMS |
|
|
|
DB: Dalton on both County and Hinsdale FD Channels |
2017.07.29 MrSvenSven
|
| Lanesborough |
BLS: Lanesborough Fire |
|
|
|
DB: Berkshire County |
2024.01.12 sawyer100
|
| Lee |
BLS & INT: Lee EMS |
|
|
|
DB: Berkshire County |
2017.10.10 MrSvenSven
|
| Lee |
BLS & INT: Lee EMS |
155.2950 |
|
107.2 |
|
|
| Lenox |
BLS & INT: Lenox EMS |
|
|
|
DB: Berkshire County |
2017.09.25 MrSvenSven
|
| Monterey |
BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS |
|
|
|
Dispatched on Berkshire County Fire channels |
See SBVAS Above for Confirmation.
|
| Mount Washington |
BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS |
|
|
|
Dispatched on Berkshire County Fire channels |
See SBVAS Above for Confirmation.
|
| Mount Washington |
BLS & INT: Copake Falls(NY) Rescue |
155.2950 |
S |
173.8 |
Columbia County, NY |
Please see Nearby New York for confirmation.
|
| New Ashford |
BLS & ALS: Northern Berkshire EMS |
154.8425 |
R |
151.4 |
|
2023.01.25 sawyer100
|
| New Marlborough |
BLS: New Marlborough EMS |
|
|
|
DB: Berkshire County |
2017.08.26 MrSvenSven
|
| North Adams |
BLS & ALS: Northern Berkshire EMS |
155.8425 |
R |
151.4 |
DB: North Adams |
2024.03.11 W1KNE
|
| North Adams |
BLS & ALS: Northern Berkshire EMS |
155.1750 |
S |
151.4 |
Tactical |
2023.01.25 sawyer100
|
| Otis |
BLS: Otis EMS |
|
|
|
DB: Berkshire County |
2017.08.26 MrSvenSven
|
| Peru |
BLS: Hinsdale Fire |
|
|
|
DB: County or Dalton on County and Hinsdale FD channels |
2017.07.29 MrSvenSven
|
| Pittsfield |
BLS & ALS: County Ambulance (Privately o/o) |
155.2800 |
S/R |
88.5 |
DB: Pittsfield PD |
2023.01.25 sawyer100
|
| Richmond |
BLS: Richmond Fire |
|
|
|
DB: Berkshire County |
2017.09.25 MrSvenSven
|
| Sandisfield |
BLS: Sandisfield EMS |
|
|
|
DB: Berkshire County |
2017.10.13 MrSvenSven
|
| Savoy |
BLS & ALS: Adams EMS |
|
|
|
DB: Berkshire County |
|
| Sheffield |
BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS |
|
|
|
Dispatched on Berkshire County Fire channels |
See SBVAS Above for Confirmation.
|
| Stockbridge |
Stockbridge EMS |
|
|
|
DB:County |
2017.08.11 MrSvenSven
|
| Tyringham |
BLS & INT: Lee EMS |
|
|
|
DB: Lee Dispatch |
|
| Washington |
BLS: Hinsdale EMS |
|
|
|
DB: Dalton |
|
| West Stockbridge |
BLS: Richmond Fire |
|
|
|
DB: Berkshire County |
|
| Williamstown |
BLS & ALS: Northern Berkshire EMS |
154.8425 |
R |
151.4 |
DB: Williamstown PD |
2023.01.25 sawyer100
|
| Windsor |
BLS: Windsor Fire |
|
|
|
DB: Dalton on Windsor FD channel |
|
