SAINT TAMMANY PARISH LOUISIANA PUBLIC SAFETY
This county is very interesting because it is probably the first rural county in the USA that had repeaters for all of its various fire departments. This occurred between ?1992 and ?1999. Repeater output channels are indicated with a "R" below. The radio frequency listed prior to the "R" frequency is the input frequemcy.
Merging Comm Centers - 10 August 2000
Sept 2000 - Seek New 911 Building
August 2002 - Faster Link from 911 Center to FDs
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County Sheriff -
154.71R - 154.845R - 155.37R - 156.21R - 159.03M - 159.09M
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Covington
Police -
156.09 / 154.68R
Fire -
154.19 - 153.89 / 154.355R - 154.07 / 151.04R
per 2K ND - FC Rich Badon 525 N Jefferson Ave 898-4727 pop15K 75ff
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Slidell
Police -
155.655 - 158.73R - 159.21R - 154.845 - 155.625 / 154.875R - 155.97M
Fire - protected by FPD 1 (see below) - per 2K ND no FD
860.8375R - ?FD
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Madisonville -
1/93FCC - WPBK869 - PL - 155.775
Fire -
150.775 / 155.775R
per 2K ND - FC Mike Stein 805 Main St 845-3330 pop5400 12ff
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Mandeville - PD - 154.80R - 154.74R - 155.55M - 155.91M
Fire - ?protected by FPD4 (see below) - per 2K ND no FD
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Pearl River - PD - 159.15 / 155.43R
Fire - ?protected by FPD7 (see below) - per 2K ND FC Tom Huff Sr POB1210 863-3134 7Kpop 14ff
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Fire Protection Districts
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FPD 1 - Slidell - 504/646-4852 - 554 Old Spanish Trail - 1/96FCC - 154.175
per 2K ND - FPD1 POB1149 Slidell FC Al Lee 67Kpop 105ff
6/99 per website - 123 miles squared - 65,000 population - 504/649-3665 - 6 stations (3 of the stations are located within the Slidell City limits) - FPD1 protects the City of Slidell and the surrounding area - 107 FT + 35 vol in 1996 -
Sta 1 / HQ - ?has 911 CC - 3rd at Bouscaren in downtown Slidell
Sta 2 - 1570 W Hill Ave (East Slidell)
Sta 3 - Marche at Normandy Drive (N Slidell)
Sta 4 - 300 Steel Rd (NE)
Sta 5 - Liberty and Stanley (W) - built in 1980 with the Bayou Liberty Volunteer Association
Sta 6 - 320 Marina Drive (SE/Old Harbor)
have website
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FPD 2 - near Madisonville - 154.13 / 154.415R - FB2C + FB2K
per 2K ND - no such FD
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FPD 3 -
near Lacombe - 150.79 / 154.235 - 154.19
3/97FCC - 150.79
per 2K ND - no such FD - but there is a Lacombe FD - FC Joe Allen POB117 882-5977 pop6500 30ff
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FPD 4 -
near Mandeville - 151.16 / 154.25R (FB2C) - 154.19
11/92FCC - 504/893-4698 - POB 871 - Mandeville -?4 locs
FPD 4 Mandeville EMS - 150.775 / 155.325R
per 2K ND - FPD4 - FCEarl Gorrondona 709 Gerard St Mandeville 626-8671 pop35K 80ff
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FPD 5
near Folsom - 151.475 / 159.465R
4/95FCC 504-796-5266
per 2K ND - FPD5 - FC Dave Pittman POB1569 Folsom 796-5266 pop8K 20ff
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FPD 6 - aka Lee Road VFD
near Covington - 151.205 / 154.145R - Montegut and Pointe Au Chien Stations
5/99 per website on www.fire-ems.net -
Sta 1 - 79029 Hwy 437 - E4 E1
Sta 2 - Dawsey rd - E7 E6 WT1 Br5
Officer 613
2/95FCC - 79209 Hwy 437 / Lee Road - Covington - 504/893-3311
per 2K ND - no FPD6 - but there is Lee Rd VFD FC Harold Dutsch Jr 79029 Hwy 437 Cov 893-3311 pop3100
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FPD 7 -
near Tallisheek - 153.95 / 154.31R - 151.22M
FCC - 504/863-5111 Rte 1 Box 281 Pearl River 70452
per 2K ND - FC Bruce Weathers 73469 Hwy 41 Pearl River 863-5111 10Kpop 20ff
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FPD8 -
near Abita Springs - 154.01 / 154.445R
per 2K ND - Abita Springs - Waldheim F/R FC Gary Mendow POB937 Abita Sps 892-2065 6500pop 26ff
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FPD9 -
near Bush - 151.205 / 154.205R
10/97FCC - Chief Randy Kimble - 504/893-4978 - POB 213 - Bush LA - 70431
per 2K ND - Bush FPD9 - FC Randy Kimball POB213 886-2377 pop2500 35ff
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FPD10 -
near Sun - 150.805 / 155.955R
3/19/99 pend - Fire Chief Clint Shaw - 504/886-3543 - POB930 near Sun - 2866 Hwy 16 near Sun - 150.805/155.955R
per 2K ND - FPD10 - FC Steve Billingsly POB930 886-3543 pop1000
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FPD11 -
near Pearl River - 153.77 / 154.325R
Chief Mike Ripoll - 504/863-3134
per 2K ND - no FPD11 but Pearl River FD # is 863-3134
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FPD12 -
near Covington - 159.24 / 154.40R - FB2C
6/93FCC - POB 2597 Covington - 70434 - 504/892-5161 - 74450 Hwy 25 Cov - Parish Cthse - 510 Boston St
per 2K ND - FC Randy Piwetz 115 Northpark Blvd Cov 892-5161 pop38K 28ff
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FPD13 -
near Goodbe - 158.985 / 154.385R - 154.19FB
FCC - Chief Howard Day - 504/898-0076 - near Covington - near Goodbee
per 2K ND - FC Brian Mathies 13053 Hwy 190 Cov 898-0076 pop2K 20ff
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Kinspoint VFC1 near Slidell - 154.175 - 154.19 - 154.22 - 154.28 - ?Kingsport VFC
per 2K ND - no such FD
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North Shore VFD - 267 Debbie Dr near Slidell - ?part of FPD1 - noth in 99/2ProCD
per 2K ND - no such FD listed
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7th District VFD - 73469 Hwy 41 near Pearl River = ?= Tallisheek - noth in 99/2ProCD
per 2K ND - no such FD
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Lee Road VFD - 79029 Hwy 437 near Covington - this is FPD 6 - see FPD6 above
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needed - accurate list of all FDs (14July00 I am using 2000 Natl Directory of FDs to spruce up this file) - is 154.19 the countywide dispatch channel for FDs?
I have more info on the Brother Word Processor - phone numbers + ?FCC info - ?1997
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by Peter Szerlag - May 23, 1999 - 6/4/99 - 7/3/99 - 23 Jan 2000 - 16July00 - 25Oct00 - merging comm centers + new 911 bld - 26Aug2002 - faster link from 911 to FDs