Rhode Island Statewide Communications Network

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Rhode Island Statewide Digital System

  • 9600 Baud Motorola APCO25 digital trunking statewide system.
  • Scan Massachusetts Forum Threads Statewide topic Providence topic
  • Some information courtesy of Pete and others
  • North Providence PD is reported to be the test City for the North Zone.



System Information

Trunk ID information

  • SY197, BEE00, T010#, where "#" responds to the site.

T0101 - North Zone
T0102 - South Zone
T0103 - Providence City Zone


Towns on the system

Full Time (No longer simulcasting)

  • Narragansett Police & Fire (Full Time)
  • Jamestown Police (Full Time)
  • Westerly Police (Full Time)
  • Little Compton Police & Fire
  • North Providence Police (Encrypted - Full Time)

Part Time/Simulcasts/Miscellaneous Info

  • Portsmouth PD (TG listed, still using 154.845 PL 118.8)
  • Cranston FD (TG listed, still using 154.010 PL 192.8)
  • North Kingstown PD (TG Listed, still using 155.58 PL 118.8)
  • South Kingstown PD (TG Listed, still using 155.55 PL 118.8)
  • South Kingstown EMS
  • Union Fire District


System Frequencies

South Zone (T0102)

Frequency Usage
866.2375 Voice
866.4625 Voice
867.0875 Voice
867.1500 Voice (CH. 6)
867.2375 Voice
867.4500 Voice (CH. 5)
867.9250 Alt. Control Ch/Voice (CH. 4)
868.1750 Alt. Control Ch/Voice (CH. 3)
868.4125 Alt. Control Ch/Voice (CH. 2)
868.8750 Primary Control Ch/Voice (CH. 1)

North Zone (T0101)

Frequency Usage
866.4875 Voice
866.8500 ?
867.4000 ?
868.5125 Primary Control Ch/Voice
866.1500 Voice
867.6750 ?

Providence City Zone (T0103)

Frequency Usage
866.0875 ?
866.6125 Voice
867.4250 ?
867.6375 ?
868.0375 ?
868.1500 ?
868.2750 ?
868.7125 Primary Control Ch


System Talkgroups

Talkgroup ID
1 Radio Techs
2 "WIDE AREA 1"
3 "WIDE AREA 2"
4 "WIDE AREA 3"
100 Quonset
120 Rhode Island DEM
127 unknown-encrypted
1001 Narragansett PD "DISPATCH"
1003 Narragansett PD (Town Beaches/PD "DETAILS")
1005 Narragansett PD Harbor Master "MARINE"
1006 Narragansett FD Dispatch
1007 Narragansett PD "DETECTIVES 1" (Encrypted)
1008 Narragansett PD Detectives 2 (Encrypted)
1010 Narragansett Town Admin
1011 Narragansett Town Wide (All Agencies)
1012 Narragansett Fireground OPS
1013 Narragansett Fire Alarm
1014 Narragansett Fire EMS OPS
1015 South Kingstown EMS
1016 Narragansett FD Admin
1025 labeled "BAY-MARINE-SECURE" (Encrypted)
1026 Union Fire District (S. Kingstown) Special Events
1050 Westerly PD Ch 1 (Dispatch)
1051 Westerly PD Ch 2 encrypted
1052 Westerly PD Ch 3 (rare use/encrypted)
1053 Westerly PD Ch 4 (rare use/encrypted)
1064 UNKNOWN PD radar detail
1100 Jamestown PD 1 (Dispatch)
1101 Jamestown PD 2 (encrypted)
1225 South Kingstown PD (chat, still on 155.550)
1227 Union Fire District (S. Kingstown) Fireground 1
1232 South Kingstown Fire
1234 "COMMUNITY"
1235 South Kingstown PD TAC-1
1236 South Kingstown PD TAC-2 (Encrypted)
1237 Union Fire District (S. Kingstown) Fireground 2
1240 South Kingstown Fire Detail
1241 Union Fire District (S. Kingstown) Fire Training
1253 Portsmouth PD
1264 Little Compton PD
1266 Little Compton Fire
1285 North Kingstown PD (chat/testing only, still on 155.58)
1286 North Kingstown PD Detectives (encrypted)
1410 Unknown (encrypted)
1500 Cranston Fire "CFD"
1501 Cranston Fire "CFD-1"
1502 Cranston Fire "CFD-2"
1503 Cranston Fire "CFD-ADMIN"
1536 Unknown (encrypted)
1537 Unknown (encrypted)
1538 Unknown (encrypted)
1539 Unknown (encrypted)
10205 Testing/Radio Techs (Providence system)

Transmitter Locations

South Zone (Sys id: 0197h-0102)

City Address
Charlestown 4901 Old Post Rd. (Rt. 1 North @ New Charlestown Police Station)
Cranston West Rd. (Elenanor Slater Hospital, Regan Building in Pastore Complex)
Exeter Rt. 3. (2KM South of Rte 165)
Little Compton End of Amy Hart Path. (Pending Confirmation)
Narragansett 1100 block of Boston Neck Rd. (Rt. 1A near Bridgetown Rd)
Portsmouth 838 E. Main Road. (Tower behind State Police Barracks) (Pending Confirmation)
Providence Smith St. (Two Capitol Hill, on RI DOT offices across from State House)
Tiverton End of Pocasset Ave. (Pending Confirmation)
Wakefield 509 Commodore Perry Hwy. (Rt. 1 South @ Tower Behind Old South Kingstown Police Station)
Warren 500 block of Main St. (Pending Confirmation)
Warwick 200 block of Commonwealth Ave. (behind CCRI Knight Campus to the East)
Westerly 22 Mountain Ave.

North Zone (Sys id: 0197h-0101)

City Address
Burrillville Buck Hill Rd. (PLANNED - NOT YET OPERATIONAL)
North Providence Smithfield Rd. (Dog Pound) (Pending Confirmation)
Providence Smith St.(Two Capitol Hill, on RI DOT offices across from State House)
Scituate RT 101 Hartford Pike .4 Mi E of RT 102 (PLANNED - NOT YET OPERATIONAL)
Woonsocket Logee St. Tower Complex (PLANNED - NOT YET OPERATIONAL)