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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) |
2013.03.01 NI1V
|
| CMED Ch.02 |
155.3850 |
S |
107.2 |
Secondary ((BMC) Incoming trip reports and med control) |
|
Southern Berkshire Volunteer Ambulance Squad
- Provides primary EMS to several towns in the extreme southern part of the county
| Frequency |
Type |
Tone |
Notes |
Confirmation/ReConfirmations
|
|
|
|
Dispatched on Great Barrington Police channel |
|
| 155.2800 |
S |
107.2 |
Secondary Ops |
|
Action EMS
| Frequency |
Type |
Tone |
Notes |
Confirmation/ReConfirmations
|
| 152.3900 |
S |
107.2 |
Pittsfield area operations |
2017.05.24 MrSvenSven
|
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 |
88.5 |
Operations |
2017.05.24 MrSvenSven
|
EMS Provider Information
| Community |
EMS Provider |
Frequency |
Type |
Tone |
Notes |
Confirmation/ReConfirmations
|
| Adams |
BLS & ALS: Adams EMS |
|
|
|
DB: Berkshire County |
2017.09.25 MrSvenSven
|
| Adams |
BLS & ALS: Adams EMS |
155.2200 |
R |
107.2 |
Secondary |
2017.07.30 MrSvenSven
|
| Alford |
BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS |
|
|
|
Dispatched on Great Barrington Police channel |
|
| 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 Great Barrington Police channel |
2017.11.09 MrSvenSven
|
| Florida |
BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS |
155.8425 |
|
151.4 |
DB: North Adams |
|
| Great Barrington |
BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS |
|
|
|
Dispatched on Great Barrington Police channel |
|
| Hancock |
BLS & ALS: Village Ambulance |
151.5800 |
R |
D023 |
|
|
| Hancock |
BLS & ALS: Village Ambulance |
155.2200 |
|
127.3 |
Village EMS Ops |
|
| Hinsdale |
BLS: Hinsdale EMS |
|
|
|
DB: Dalton on both County and Hinsdale FD Channels |
2017.07.29 MrSvenSven
|
| Lanesborough |
BLS: Lanesborough Fire |
|
|
|
DB: Berkshire County |
2017.08.27 MrSvenSven
|
| 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 Great Barrington Police channel |
|
| Mouth Washington |
BLS & INT: Southern Berkshire EMS |
|
|
|
Dispatched on Great Barrington Police channel |
|
| Mouth Washington |
BLS & INT: Copake Falls(NY) Rescue |
46.5000 |
|
110.9 |
Columbia County, NY |
|
| New Ashford |
BLS & ALS: Village Ambulance |
151.5800 |
R |
D023 |
|
|
| New Ashford |
BLS & ALS: Village Ambulance |
155.2200 |
|
127.3 |
Village EMS Ops |
|
| New Marlborough |
BLS: New Marlborough EMS |
|
|
|
DB: Berkshire County |
2017.08.26 MrSvenSven
|
| North Adams |
BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS |
155.8425 |
R |
151.4 |
DB: North Adams |
2017.08.11 MrSvenSven
|
| North Adams |
BLS & ALS: North Adams EMS |
155.1750 |
|
151.4 |
Tactical |
2014.11.11 ScottWebmaster
|
| 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) |
|
|
|
DB: Pittsfield FD |
|
| 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 Great Barrington Police channel |
2017.11.09 MrSvenSven
|
| 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: Village Ambulance |
151.5800 |
R |
D023 |
DB: Williamstown |
2017.11.25 MrSvenSven
|
| Williamstown |
BLS & ALS: Village Ambulance |
155.2200 |
|
127.3 |
Village EMS Ops |
|
| Windsor |
BLS: Windsor Fire |
|
|
|
DB: Dalton on Windsor FD channel |
|
