Maryland State Police Trooper Helicopters
By Alan Henney (alan@henney.com)
“It’s in Montgomery
County,” proclaims dispatcher Steven Risso seconds after answering the phone.
To Risso’s left, lifting the headset to his ear, sits Maryland state trooper
Sgt. Tony Galloway. For a moment, the dimly lit room is silent except for the
clicking of Galloway’s computer keyboard as he retrieves the map grid for the
accident scene. Galloway hits the speed dial button to Trooper 8’s hangar and
feeds the landing zone location and coordinates to the waiting air crew.
Meanwhile, Risso has
completed the medevac request form and adjusts his telephone headset, “Hi it’s
SysCom,” he says to the nurse at Suburban Hospital, “Trooper 8 is en route to
Rockville for an auto accident, they’ll see you in about 10 minutes.” Moments later Trooper 8 is airborne and the
helicopter’s location, along with seven other helicopters, is tracked on a
blurry projection TV screen across the room.
More than 8,000
public safety helicopter missions each year begin in a similar manner at this
communications facility operated by the Maryland Institute for EMS Systems
(MIEMSS) on the campus of University of Maryland at Baltimore. When this
center, known as SysCom (systems communication), receives a request, usually
from one of the county’s “central alarms,” it dispatches a helicopter from one
of eight Maryland bases. SysCom also helps coordinate flights for other area
medevac providers (listed elsewhere in this article).
How It All Started
Maryland was the first
state and remains one of the few to operate such an extensive medevac program.
The program’s foundation is based on research conducted by the late R. Adams
Cowley, a trauma surgeon and founder of Maryland’s shock trauma system. In
1968, Cowley evaluated the effects of sustained uncorrected shock in trauma
patients. Cowley discovered that if internal bleeding was stopped and the
underling shock was reversed within the first hour – what he eventually dubbed
the “golden hour” – patient survival rates increased significantly.
In 1961 Cowley opened the
nation's first shock-trauma center at the University of Maryland campus in
Baltimore, but many patients couldn't get there in time.
Cowley looked for faster
ways to bring hospital-like care to the critically injured within that first
hour. He considered military-style mobile operating rooms and tractor trailers
that could meet ambulances halfway. But the most viable solution was modeled
after the army’s success in Korean and Vietnam where battlefield casualties
were flown by helicopters staffed by medics to front-line MASH units.
The Maryland State Police
acquired its first aircraft in 1954. It was a Stinson L-5 airplane based at Rutherford
Field in Woodlawn. In 1960 the agency purchased its first helicopter, a
piston-powered Hiller H-12E helicopter, for airborne surveillance and transport
only.
It wasn’t until the late
1960’s that Cowley approached the state police with an idea. In a television
interview, Cowley said he initially faced reluctance when he proposed that the
state police helicopter take on medical missions. That reluctance turned to
support when the project received federal funds.
The Federal Highway Safety
Act of 1968 paved way for what would become the first civilian medevac program
in the country. On June 2, 1969, the Maryland State Police in conjunction with
the University of Maryland Hospital received a federal grant for a project
entitled “Helicopter Patrol.”
It officially began on
March 18, 1970 with a single Bell Jet Ranger 206A helicopter based at the
Valley MSP barrack for 10 hours during the day. At other hours it was available
on an on-call basis from the 175th National Guard hangar at Glenn L.
Martin State Airport. The helicopter flew all of its patients to what would
eventually become the University of Maryland’s Shock Trauma Center in
Baltimore. The Jet Rangers would become the helicopter used to provide medevac
services in Maryland for the next 25 years.
The first year the
helicopter flew 197 patients. About 88 percent of them survived. The program
was a success. That success allowed it to expand to its current size of eight
bases with 11 helicopters. More than 4,000 patients are flown each year. In its
first 25 years the aviation division flew 61,000 patients, and 152,000 police
missions, for a total of almost 140,000 flight hours.
The program has had three
fatal crashes -- all Bell Jet Rangers -- each of which killed the onboard pilot
and paramedic. The most recent crash, on Jan. 19, 1986, led to new safety
procedures, stricter standards for pilots, an airborne flight-following system
for the helicopters, and the purchase of the American EuroCopter (Aerosptable)
SA365N1 and SA365N2 Dauphin helicopters. The Dauphins cost $5.5 million each
and their high-pitched, high-powered whine distinguishes them from the
traditional helicopter sound.
The Dauphin helicopters
offer increased range and speed over the Jet Rangers. The Dauphin travels at
about 180 mph, compared with the Jet Ranger’s 115 mph. The Dauphin’s range is
500 miles, 300 miles more than the Jet Ranger. The Dauphin can lift more than
the older helicopters, enabling the crew to transport as many as six people
plus extra medical equipment. Two patients can be transported side by side in
the Dauphin, unlike the stacked configuration that was sometimes used in the
Jet Ranger. The first of 11 Dauphins was placed in service on May 18, 1989.
Patients have never been
charged for the air transport. Budget cuts in the late 1980’s eventually led to
the creation of a motor vehicle tag fee in October, 1991. Approximately 70
percent of the aviation division’s $16 million operating budget now comes from
this $8 annual motor vehicle registration tax which also supports area-wide
trauma centers and the EMS communication system.
The MSP aviation division
consists of 159 total personnel, including 44 trooper/flight paramedics, 56
uniform and civilian pilots and 59 additional support staff.
Just what frequencies has the Maryland State Police
programmed into the radios of its Trooper helicopters? During the Jet Ranger days the answer was
simple -- most of the MSP channels, several med channels and, in what little channel
space remained, a few local police and fire frequencies. Although the
helicopter radio system, which was controlled by a Global Wulfsberg Systems
C-1000 Communications Management Controller, was user-programmable, it was
limited to only 30 preprogrammed channels.
Preprogrammed channel plans varied somewhat throughout
the state to accommodate communication with various agencies. On a regular
basis scanner listeners heard a helicopter pilot or medic come up on a
jurisdiction's primary fire or police channel only to have the dispatcher refer
the crew to a "working" frequency which hadn't been preprogrammed.
After the helicopter crew finally entered that frequency into its radio, all
too often they were missing the repeater input, or even worse, a coded squelch
tone.
The Global Wulfsberg Systems C-5000 Communications
Management Controller has eliminated much of the radio confusion in the MSP
helicopters. The $5,100 controller holds 350 preprogrammed memory channels. No
longer does the pilot have to be a scanner enthusiast to find a frequency. Each
channel can include independent transmit/receive frequencies and CTCSS/DCS, a
three-digit channel number plus room for an eight-character channel descriptor.
The C-5000 can be programmed using a hand-held programmer or through the
keypad.
The C-5000 does for the civilian helicopter what
large-scale integrated equipment has long done for the military. The C-5000
interfaces with and simultaneously provides a single tuner for up to three
transceiver systems and eliminates the need for separate tuners for each radio.
Each transceiver system can consist of up to three radios, allowing operation
of nine radios by a single C-5000 controller. Two independent microphone inputs
and two independent balanced audio outputs allow simultaneous use of two radios
from a
single
control.
The C-5000 incorporates three digital voice recorders
which allow playback of the last 15 to 20 seconds of a conversation from each
of the three transceiver systems. The C-5000 is capable of simulcast,
cross-band relay, relay/simulcast, repeater and cross-band full duplex
operation across as many as three channels simultaneously. In addition, the
C-5000 can interface with the most common types of commercial or military voice
encryption equipment including Motorola DVP/DES, GE's Voice Guards, Transcript
International KY-58, and others.
The C-5000's screen displays two lines of information
which explain the mode of operation using bluish white electroluminescent
lighting. On the keypad, 12 push-buttons carry numerals and letter codes which
represent the available functions.
Global Wulfsberg Systems manufactures more than 90
percent of the aviation community's FM radios. Global Wulfsberg radios such as
the RT-138F, RT-30, RT-406F Flexcomm, and the TR-9600F Flitecomm are a familiar
sight in many public safety helicopter panels.
Here is the channel plan used throughout Maryland by the
Trooper helicopters. Next to the frequency is the mode; “s” for simplex, “d”
for duplex, or “r” for repeater. In the case of duplex or repeater operation,
UHF inputs are the standard offset (5 MHz higher for 450-470 or 3 MHz higher
for 470-512 MHz). Listed to the right of the CTCSS/DCS tone is the
eight-character channel tag that appears on the C-5000's display.
Each of the state's 23 counties has been numbered in
alphabetic order for EMS reporting purposes (same number used in the channel
tag). The list starts with Maryland State Police (MSP) channels, followed by
county law enforcement, fire, and EMS channels for each of the state’s
counties. Miscellaneous federal, state and municipal police departments are
then listed followed by state police frequencies for West Virginia (WVSP),
Virginia (VSP), Delaware (DSP), and Pennsylvania (PSP). Selected county
frequencies for those adjacent states are then included along with the standard
med channels.
Ch# Freq M [Tone ] Display Use/Agency
001 39.1000 s [None
] A01 MSP1 Statewide
002
39.2600 s [110.9] A02 MSP2 MARNIS/College
Park Q
003 39.0800 s [110.9] A03 MSPW McHenry
004 39.2400 s [110.9] A04 MSPC Cumberland
005 39.3400 s [110.9] A05 MSPO Hagerstown
006 39.4000 s [110.9] A06 MSPB Frederick
007 39.5200 s [110.9] A07 MSPG Westminster
008 39.4200 s [110.9] A08 MSPA Waterloo
009 39.3200 s [110.9] A09 MSPN Rockville
010 39.3000 s [110.9] A10 MSPL Forestville
011 39.0600 s [110.9] A11 MSPH Waldorf
012 39.3800 s [110.9] A12 MSPT Leonardtown
013 39.2800 s [110.9] A13 MSPU Prince
Frederick
014
44.7400 s [110.9] SysCom Med-evac
Coord
015 47.6600 s [100.0] Heli Med Med-evac
Med Consults
016 155.1900 s [110.9] Pil-Med1 Helo
Pilot-to-Medic 1
017 465.0500 s [110.9] Pil-Med2 Helo
Pilot-to-Medic 2
018 155.7300 s [None
] Repeater Vehicular
RP talkaround
019 155.4750 s [None
] NLEEF National
Law Enfo
020 39.2400 s [146.2] B04 MSP5 Tactical
021 39.6000 s [179.9] B05 MSPV Berlin
022 39.7800 s [110.9] B06 MSPE Salisbury
023 39.9600 s [110.9] B07 MSPI Easton
024 39.8000 s [110.9] B08 MSPS Centreville
025 39.1400 s [110.9] B09 MSPJ Annapolis
026 39.0400 s [110.9] B10 MSPP Glen
Burnie
027 39.8400 s [110.9] B11 MSPF North
East
028 39.9200 s [110.9] B12 MSP4 Tactical
029 39.2400 s [127.3] B13 MSPM JFK
Highway
030 39.4400 s [110.9] B14 MSPR Golden
Ring
031 39.3400 s [127.3] B15 MSPD Bel
Air
032 39.6200 s [110.9] B16 MSP3 Pikesville
HQ
033 155.1900 s [173.8] MSP Hi B Barrack
to Barrack
034 151.0400 r [173.8] MSP Hiwy JFK
Memorial Highway
035 154.2800 s [None
] Fire MA1 Fire Mutual Aid
036 154.2950 s [None
] Fire MA2 Fire Mutual Aid
037 33.7800 s [
82.5] 01 Fire1 Allegany Co
038 33.6800 s [
82.5] 01 Fire2 Allegany Co
039 155.2800 s [None
] 01 EMS
Allegany Co
040 460.0500 s [114.8] 02 Metro Baltimore
PMARS
041 154.0100 s [114.8] 02 Fire1 Anne
Arundel Co Disp
042 154.3400 s [114.8] 02 Fire2 Anne
Arundel Co Patch
043 39.5600 s [None
] 03 PD
Baltimore Co Patch
044 46.4600 s [None
] 03 Fire1 Baltimore Co Disp
045 46.2800 s [None
] 03 Fire2 Baltimore Co Patch
046 39.2800 s [110.9] 04Sherif Calvert
Co/MSPU
047 33.8200 s [None
] 04 Fire1 Calvert Co
048 33.6000 s [None
] 04 Fire2 Calvert Co
049 39.5800 s [None
] 05Sherif Caroline Co
050 33.7000 s [118.8] 05 Fire1 Caroline
Co
051 33.4400 s [118.8] 05 Fire2 Caroline
Co
052 39.8800 s [None
] 06Sherif Carroll Co
053 33.9400 s [None
] 06 Fire1 Carroll Co
054 33.9200 s [None
] 06 Fire2 Carroll Co
055 39.9400 s [
94.8] 07Shrif1 Cecil Co
056 39.9000 s [
94.8] 07Shrif2 Cecil Co
057 46.1800 s [
94.8] 07 Fire1 Cecil Co
058 46.2600 s [
94.8] 07 Fire2 Cecil Co
059 46.4000 s [
94.8] 07 Fire3 Cecil Co
060 46.3000 s [
94.8] 07Singly Singerly FD; Elkton
061 155.5350 r [156.7] 08Shrif1 Charles
Co
062 155.6100 r [156.7] 08Shrif2 Charles
Co
063 155.6400 r [156.7] 08Shrif3 Charles
Co
064 158.7750 s [162.2] 08 Fire1 Charles
Co
065 155.0850 s [162.2] 08 Fire2 Charles
Co
066 39.5800 s [None
] 09Sherif Dorchester Co
067 46.0600 s [None
] 09 Fire1 Dorchester Co Patch
068 39.0200 s [110.9] 10Sherif Frederick
Co
069 46.3400 s [None
] 10 Fire2 Frederick Co
070 46.4200 s [None
] 10 Fire1 Frederick Co
071 46.2400 s [None
] 10 Fire3 Frederick Co
072 154.8900 s [None
] 10 ATR Frederick
Co Advanced Tac Res
073 39.1800 s [
82.5] 11Sherif Garrett Co
074 33.8800 s [None
] 11 Fire1 Garrett Co
075 33.9600 s [None
] 11 Fire2 Garrett Co
076 155.2800 s [186.2] 11 EMS
Garrett Co
077 460.3750 r [192.8] 12Shrif1 Harford
Co
078 460.0750 r [192.8] 12Shrif2 Harford
Co
079 460.3000 r [192.8] 12PSMARS Harford
Co PMARS
080 460.6000 r [136.5] 12 Fire1 Harford
Co
081 460.5750 r [136.5] 12 Fire2 Harford
Co
082 460.6250 r [136.5] 12 Fire3 Harford
Co
083 159.0900 r [103.5] 13 PD 1
Howard Co
084 155.5950 r [103.5] 13 PD 2
Howard Co
085 155.3700 s [103.5] 13 PD 3
Howard Co
086 155.1150 r [103.5] 13 PD 5
Howard Co Coord Ch
087 154.2500 r [103.5] 13 Fire1 Howard
Co
088 154.2200 s [103.5] 13 Fire2 Howard
Co
089 154.1750 s [103.5] 13 Fire3 Howard
Co
090 159.2100 r [103.5] 14Sherif Kent
Co
091 33.9800 s [None
] 14 Fire1 Kent Co
092 33.8400 s [None
] 14 Fire2 Kent Co
093 494.7125 r [156.7] 15Rockvl Montgomery
Co
094 494.8625 r [156.7] 15Bethes Montgomery
Co
095 494.9125 r [156.7] 15SilSpg Montgomery
Co
096 495.3125 r [156.7] 15Wheatn Montgomery
Co
097 495.3375 r [156.7] 15Germnt Montgomery
Co
098 495.3625 r [156.7] 15 PD 6
Montgomery Co
099 495.3875 r [156.7] 15 PD 7
Montgomery Co
100 495.4125 r [156.7] 15 PD 8
Montgomery Co
101 153.9500 r [156.7] 15 F 7/1 Montgomery
Co
102 154.1600 r [156.7] 15 Fire2 Montgomery
Co
103 155.5200 s [156.7] 15 Fire3 Montgomery
Co
104 155.3400 s [156.7] 15 EMS 1 Montgomery
Co
105 153.9500 r [156.7] 15 River Montgomery
Co
106 494.6875 r [127.3] 16 PD 1
Pr George’s Co
107 494.5375 r [127.3] 16 PD 2
Pr George’s Co
108 495.1375 r [127.3] 16 PD 3
Pr George’s Co
109 495.0875 r [127.3] 16 PD 4
Pr George’s Co
110 494.5625 r [127.3] 16 PD 5
Pr George’s Co
111 494.8875 r [127.3] 16 PD 6 Pr
George’s Co
112 494.9375 r [127.3] 16 PD 7 Pr
George’s Co
113 494.7375 r [127.3] 16 PD 8 Pr
George’s Co
114 494.3125 r [210.7] 16 PD 9 Pr
George’s Co
115 495.2125 r [192.8] 16 PD 10 Pr
George’s Co
116 495.0125 r [127.3] 16 Fire1 Pr
George’s Co
117 494.8375 r [127.3] 16 Fire2 Pr
George’s Co
118 494.7875 r [127.3] 16 Fire3 Pr
George’s Co
119 495.0625 r [127.3] 16 Fire4 Pr
George’s Co
120 39.5000 s [None
] 17Sherif Queen Anne’s Co
121 46.1400 s [None
] 17 Fire1 Queen Anne’s Co
122 46.0800 s [None
] 17 Fire2 Queen Anne’s Co
123 39.4600 s [None
] 18Shrif1 St Mary’s Co
124 39.7000 s [None
] 18Shrif2 St Mary’s Co
125 33.9400 s [None
] 18 Fire2 St Mary’s Co
126 33.7200 s [None
] 18 Fire1 St Mary’s Co
127 46.1800 s [None
] 19 Fire1 Somerset Co
128 46.2400 s [None
] 19 Fire2 Somerset Co
129 39.4800 s [None
] 20Sherif Talbot Co
130 33.9000 s [118.8] 20 Fire1 Talbot
Co
131 33.6400 s [118.8] 20 Fire2 Talbot
Co
132 33.6800 s [118.8] 20 Fire3 Talbot
Co
133 33.6600 s [118.8] 20 Fire4 Talbot
Co
134 39.1800 s [136.5] 21Shrif1 Washington
Co
135 39.6000 s [136.5] 21Shrif2 Washington
Co
136 33.8600 s [
77.0] 21 Fire1 Washington Co
137 33.8400 s [
77.0] 21 Fire2 Washington Co
138 33.8000 s [
77.0] 21 Fire3 Washington Co
139 453.7500 r [103.5] 22Sherif Wicomico
Co
140 33.9800 s [None
] 22 Fire1 Wicomico Co
141 33.8000 s [None
] 22 Fire2 Wicomico Co
142 39.1800 s [None
] 23Sherif Worcester Co
143 46.3800 s [None
] 23 Fire1 Worcester Co
144 46.4400 s [None
] 23 Fire2 Worcester Co
145 46.3600 s [None
] OC Fire1 Ocean City
146 154.0250 s [146.2] OC Link Ocean
City Patch
147 154.3100 r [156.7] BC Fire1 Baltimore
City
148 154.3250 s [156.7] BC HEAT
Baltimore City
149 453.1000 r [127.3] TF HT KB Toll
Fac; Harbor Tunnel/Key Bridge
150 453.5750 r [127.3] TFBayBrg Toll
Fac; Lane Bridge
151 453.9750 r [127.3] TFNiceBr Toll
Fac; Nice Bridge
152 453.5750 r [167.9] TF FMTun Toll
Fac; Ft McHenry Tunnel
153 453.5750 r [173.8] TF Hatem Toll
Fac; Hatem Bridge
154 151.3250 s [114.8] DNRFores DNR;
Forestry
155 39.2200 s [110.9] DNRMarin DNR;
Marine Police
156 166.5125 s [103.5] P40 Ops
Camp David
157 453.2000 r [114.8] PDBCtyW2 Baltimore
PD Citywide
158 453.8000 r [162.2] PDAberde Aberdeen
PD
159 453.5500 r [136.5] PDBelair Bel
Air PD
160 453.3000 r [141.3] PDCambrg Cambridge
PD
161 460.1750 r [127.3] PDCumber Cumberland
PD
162 154.9500 r [156.7] PDEaston Easton
PD
163 155.7900 r [123.0] PDElkton Elkton
PD
164 494.3125 r [
423 ] PD FDK 1 Frederick City PD 1,2
165 494.3625 r [
423 ] PD FDK 3 Frederick City PD 3,4
166 494.4125 r [
423 ] PD FDK 5 Frederick City PD 5,6
167 460.2250 r [
261 ] PDHDG Hi Havre de Grace PD
168 495.2375 r [156.7] PDRockvl Rockville
PD
169 460.3750 r [141.3] PD Sby 2 Salisbury
PD
170 460.0750 r [141.3] PD Sby 1 Salisbury
PD
171 166.9250 r [127.3] USPP 2
US Park PD
172 166.7250 r [127.3] USPP 1
US Park PD
173 167.0750 r [127.3] USPP 3
US Park PD
174 151.2800 r [118.8] MNCPP 1
Md Pk PD; Mont Co
175 151.3400 s [118.8] MNCPP 2
Md Pk PD; Mont Co
176 461.7750 r [141.3] JHop Sec Hopkins
Hosp Security
177 464.1750 r [
025 ] Bayv Sec Bayview Hosp Security
178 42.2600 d [151.4] WVSP MB1 mob
to base; p/w 42.1
179 42.1000 d [151.4] WVSP BM1 base
to mob; p/w 42.26
180 42.2600 d [167.9] WVSP MB2 mob
to base; p/w 42.1
181 42.1000 d [167.9] WVSP BM2 base
to mob; p/w 42.26
182 159.0000 r [127.3] VSPFairf Ffx-Arl
Cos
183 159.1350 r [167.9] VSP PW
Loud-Pr Wm Cos
184 154.6650 s [167.9] VSP Tac
Tactical
185 154.6650 r [123.0] DSP 1 NC New
Castle Co
186 154.9350 r [123.0] DSP2Kent Kent
Co
187 154.7550 r [123.0] DSP3 Sus Sussex
Co
188 154.8600 s [None
] DSP SWEN Statewide Emer Net
189 45.0200 s [None
] DSP AvCm Aviation Comm HQ
190 155.5800 d [186.2] PSP A AD Ch
A; Adams, Lancaster, Somerset; p/w 154.95
191 155.6700 d [186.2] PSP B FR Ch
B; Franklin, Avondale; p/w 155.91
192 155.5050 d [186.2] PSP C YK Ch
C; York, Fulton, Bedford; p/w 155.85
193 154.6650 d [186.2] PSP D CM Ch
D; Cumberland, Carlisle; p/w 158.91
194 154.7550 s [186.2] PSP M/M
Statewide Mobile to Mobile
195 39.5400 S [None
] VA SIRS Statewide
Interdept Radio Sys
196 155.3550 s [146.2] Lifelion LifeLion
Medevac, Hershey Pa
197 155.2050 s [146.2] York TC York
Hospital Direct
198 413.3750 r [127.3] ADW PD Andrews AFB Police
199 154.2050 s [
77.0] DC Fire4 Wash DC Fire
200 154.1900 s [
77.0] DC Fire5 Wash DC Fire
201 154.4300 r [173.8] AlexFire Alexandria
Va Fire
202 154.1300 r [127.3] ARL Fire Arlington
Co Va Fire
203 151.9550 s [127.3] GERMS Georgetown
Univ EMS
204 462.9750 d [203.5] MedSTAR
MedSTAR Medevac, DC
205 33.9000 s [None
] BERK F-1 Berkeley Co WV Fire
206 155.3400 s [None
] BERK EMS Berkeley Co WV EMS
207 453.5250 r [141.3] BERK Shf Berkeley
Co WV Sheriff
208 46.1400 s [None
] Grant F1 Grant Co WV Fire
209 33.8800 s [None
] Grant F2 Grant Co WV Fire
210 37.2800 s [None
] GrantShf Grant Co WV Sheriff
211 46.1400 s [123.0] Hamp F-1 Hampshire
Co WV Fire
212 155.4000 s [None
] Hamp EMS Hampshire Co WV EMS
213 37.2800 s [None
] Hamp Shf Hampshire Co WV Sheriff
214 46.1400 s [None
] Hrdy F-1 Hardy Co WV Fire
215 155.2800 s [None
] Hrdy EMS Hardy Co WV EMS
216 37.2800 s [None
] Hrdy SHF Hardy Co WV Sheriff
217 153.8600 r [162.2] Jeff F-1 Jefferson
Co WV Fire
218 153.8150 s [162.2] Jeff PD4 Jefferson
Co WV Police
219 155.3850 s [123.0] Jeff EMS Jefferson
Co WV EMS
220 153.8900 s [162.2] Jeff Riv Jefferson
Co WV River
221 155.8350 r [100.0] Min F-10 Mineral
Co WV Fire
222 153.7850 s [100.0] Min F-8
Mineral Co WV Fire
223 155.8050 r [100.0] Min Shrf Mineral
Co WV Sheriff
224 46.1000 s [None
] Pres F-1 Preston Co WV Fire
225 155.2350 s [None
] Pres EMS Preston Co WV EMS
226 39.9800 s [None
] Pres Shf Preston Co WV Sheriff
227 45.8800 s [None
] Tuck F-1 Tucker Co WV Fire
228 155.2350 s [None
] Tuck EMS Tucker Co WV EMS
229 39.9000 s [None
] Tuck Shf Tucker Co WV Sheriff
230 46.1000 s [None
] Clrk F-1 Clarke Co Va Fire
231 39.2000 s [None
] Clrk Shf Clarke Co Va Sheriff
232 460.5750 r [
94.8] Ffx Fire Fairfax Co Va Fire
233 46.3800 s [146.2] Loudn FD Loudoun
Co Va Fire
234 39.7800 s [118.8] Loud Shf Loudoun
Co Va Sheriff
235 33.7000 s [None
] Som Fire Somerset Co Pa Fire
236 155.1750 s [
77.0] Som EMS Somerset Co Pa EMS
237 45.1000 s [None
] Som Shrf Somerset Co Pa Sheriff
238 33.7400 s [None
] Bed Fire Bedford Co Pa Fire
239 155.2200 s [
82.5] Bed EMS Bedford Co Pa EMS
240 45.1400 s [None
] Bed Shrf Bedford Co Pa Sheriff
241 46.1600 s [186.2] Fkln F-1 Franklin
Co Pa Fire
242 462.9750 d [156.7] Fkln M10 Franklin
Co Pa EMS
243 45.5200 s [186.2] Fkln PD1 Franklin
Co Pa Police
244 46.1800 s [186.2] Adms F-1 Adams
Co Pa Fire
245 46.2600 s [186.2] Adms F-3 Adams
Co Pa Fire
246 462.9500 d [186.2] Adms M9
Adams Co Pa EMS
247 45.5000 s [186.2] Adms PD1 Adams
Co Pa Police
248 33.8800 s [186.2] York F-2 York
Co Pa Fire
249 33.5600 s [186.2] York F-3 York
Co Pa Fire
250 462.9750 d [186.2] York M10 York
Co Pa EMS
251 155.4150 s [None
] York PD3 York Co Pa Police
252 155.6250 r [192.8] York PD4 York
Co Pa Police
253 33.7800 s [None
] Fire Del Delaware Statewide Disp
254 156.1650 r [103.5] NCCPD1/2 New
Castle Co De Police
255 155.1150 r [103.5] NCCPD3/4 New
Castle Co De Police
256 154.7550 r [123.0] Sux PD's Sussex
Co De Mun Police
257 to 300 future use
301 463.0000 d [127.3] Med 1-A
302 463.0250 d [127.3] Med 2-A
303 463.0500 d [127.3] Med 3-A
304 463.0750 d [127.3] Med 4-A
305 463.1000 d [127.3] Med 5-A
306 463.1250 d [127.3] Med 6-A
307 463.1500 d [127.3] Med 7-A
308 463.1750 d [127.3] Med 8-A
309 462.9500 d [127.3] Call 1A
310 462.9750 d [127.3] Call 2A
311 463.0000 d [146.2] Med 1-B
312 463.0250 d [146.2] Med 2-B
313 463.0500 d [146.2] Med 3-B
314 463.0750 d [146.2] Med 4-B
315 463.1000 d [146.2] Med 5-B
316 463.1250 d [146.2] Med 6-B
317 463.1500 d [146.2] Med 7-B
318 463.1750 d [146.2] Med 8-B
319 462.9500 d [146.2] Call 1B
320 462.9750 d [146.2] Call 2B
321 463.0000 d [167.9] Med 1-C
322 463.0250 d [167.9] Med 2-C
323 463.0500 d [167.9] Med 3-C
324 463.0750 d [167.9] Med 4-C
325 463.1000 d [167.9] Med 5-C
326 463.1250 d [167.9] Med 6-C
327 463.1500 d [167.9] Med 7-C
328 463.1750 d [167.9] Med 8-C
329 462.9500 d [167.9] Call 1C
330 462.9750 d [167.9] Call 2C
331 463.0000 d [192.8] Med 1-D
332 463.0250 d [192.8] Med 2-D
333 463.0500 d [192.8] Med 3-D
334 463.0750 d [192.8] Med 4-D
335 463.1000 d [192.8] Med 5-D
336 463.1250 d [192.8] Med 6-D
337 463.1500 d [192.8] Med 7-D
338 463.1750 d [192.8] Med 8-D
339 462.9500 d [192.8] Call 1D
340 462.9750 d [192.8] Call 2D
341
to 350 future use
Maryland
Med Channel and Tone Code Assignments
Allegany A 7 I
Anne Arundel C 4, 8 III
Baltimore C 4, 8 III
Baltimore City C 2, 3 III
Calvert A 3 V
Caroline A 1 IV
Carroll C 4, 8 III
Cecil B 5 IV
Charles C 8 V
Dorchester C 5 IV
Garrett B 3 I
Harford C 4, 8 III
Howard C 4, 8 III
Kent C 6 IV
Montgomery A 2, 5 V
Queen Anne's C,
A 6, 1 IV
Saint Mary's B 4 V
Somerset A 4 IV
Talbot A 1 IV
Washington C 1 II
Wicomico B 2 IV
Region V (areawide) D 1, 2, 5 V
Call
1=Region III only
Call
2=Regions I, II, IV, V
Tone
A=127.3
Tone
B=146.2
Tone
C=167.9
Tone
D=192.8
By contrast to the MSP Trooper helicopters,
the two MedSTAR helicopters use the Flexcomm RT series transceivers, with the
three individual channel plans listed below. (* denotes channels selected at
power-up.)
RT1
Channel Freq M [Tone ] Display Use/Agency
A01/01
47.4200 s [None ] ARC
Comm American Red Cross
A02/02
33.8200 s [None ] Calvert Calvert Co Md Fire
A03/03
46.1000 s [None ] Clark
Cty Clark Co Va Fire
A04/04
39.5000 s [None ] Colonial Colonial Beach Va Fire
A05/05
46.5000 s [146.2] Fauquier1 Fauquier Co Va Fire 1
A06/06
46.4800 s [146.2] Fauquier2 Fauquier Co Va Fire 2
A07/07
45.8800 s [None ] Fire
Muta Western Va Fire Mutual Aid
A08/08
46.4200 s [None ] Frederk1 Frederick Co Md Fire 1
A09/09
46.3400 s [None ] Frederk2 Frederick Co Md Fire 2
A10/10
46.3800 s [146.2] Loudoun1 Loudoun Co Va Fire 1
A11/11
46.2200 s [146.2] Loudoun2 Loudoun Co Va Fire 2
A12/12
46.3200 s [146.2] Loudoun3 Loudoun Co Va Fire 3
A13/13
46.2200 s [146.2] LoudTac2 Loudoun Co Va Fire 2 (again!)
A14/14
46.2800 s [146.2] LoudTac4 Loudoun Co Va Fire 4
A15/15
46.4000 s [146.2] Loud6
EMS Loudoun Co Va Fire 6
A16/16
38.7000 s [None ] Quant
Rge Quantico Marine Corps Va Range
A17/17
46.1400 s [None ] QueenAnn1 Queen Anne’s Co Md Fire 1
A18/18
46.0800 s [None ] QueenAnn2 Queen Anne’s Co Md Fire 2
A19/19
33.9400 s [None ] SaintMary Saint Mary’s Co Md Fire
A20/20
44.7400 s [110.9] SysCom SysCom *
A21/21
39.5400 s [None ] Va
Law Va Statewide Interdept Radio Sys
A22/22 33.9800 s
[None ] Wicomico Wicomico Co Md
Fire
RT2
Channel Freq M [Tone ] Display Use/Agency
A01/01
155.2800 s [186.2] Allegany Allegany
Co Md EMS
A02/02
154.0100 s [114.8] AnneArund Anne
Arundel Co Md Fire 1
A03/03
154.2650 s [127.3] ArlNoVa Arlington
Co/No Va Fire Mutual Aid
A04/04
154.3850 r [None ] Caroline Caroline
Co Va Fire
A05/05
158.7750 s [162.2] Charles1 Charles
Co Md Fire 1
A06/06
155.0850 s [162.2] Charles2 Charles
Co Md Fire 2
A07/07
155.3400 s [None ] City Hosp Martinsburg WV City Hospital
A08/08
154.1750 s [None ] Conemaugh Conemaugh
MedStar Medevac, Johnstown Pa
A09/09
154.1900 r [ 77.0] DC Fire 1 DC
Fire 1
A10/10
154.2350 s [ 77.0] DC Fire 2 DC
Fire 2
A11/11
154.2800 s [ 77.0] DC Fire 3 DC
Fire 3
A12/12
154.2050 s [ 77.0] DC Fire 4 DC
Fire 4
A13/13
154.4150 r [156.7] Fredbrg 1 Fredericksburg
Va Fire 1
A14/14
158.8350 r [203.5] Fredbrg 2 Fredericksburg
Va Fire 2
A15/15
151.9550 s [127.3] GERMS Georgetown
Univ DC EMS
A16/16
155.3400 s [156.7] Healthnet HealthNet
WV Medevac
A17/17
155.7600 r [ 412 ] KingGeoCo2 King
George Co Va Fire 2
A18/18
155.7600 r [ 412 ] KingGeoCo1 King
George Co Va Fire 1
A19/19
155.7600 s [ 412 ] KingGeoFG King
George Co Va Fire Tac
A20/20
155.3850 s [118.8] Lifeguard Life-Guard
Medevac, Roanoke Va
A21/21
155.3550 s [146.2] Lifelion Life
Lion Medevac, Hershey Pa
A22/22
156.8000 s [None ] Marine 16 Marine
Ch. 16
A23/23
157.1000 s [None ] Marine 22 Marine
Ch. 22
A24/24
156.3000 s [None ] Marine 6 Marine
Ch. 6
A25/25
154.2800 s [None ] Metro Metro
DC Fire Mutual Aid
A26/26
153.9500 s [156.7] Mont CH1 Montgomery
Co Md Fire 1
A27/27
154.1600 s [156.7] Mont CH2 Montgomery
Co Md Fire 2
A28/28
155.3400 s [156.7] Mont EMS1 Montgomery
Co Md Fire 5
A29/29
155.1450 s [None ] MorganCo Morgan
Co WV Fire
A30/30
155.3400 s [None ] MorganFG Morgan
Co WV Fireground
A31/31
155.4750 s [None ] Nat-Law Nat
Law Enfo Emer Freq
A32/32
164.8250 s [None ] National National/Dulles
Airports Fire
B01/33
155.2950 s [ 85.4] Northstar Northstar
Medevac, Newark NJ
B02/34
154.2650 s [127.3] Nova No
Va Fire Mutual Aid
B03/35
155.2350 s [123.0] Orange Co Orange
Co Va Rescue
B04/36
155.3850 s [100.0] PennStar1 PennSTAR
Medevac, Philly Pa Ch. 1
B05/37
155.3550 s [100.0] PennStar2 PennSTAR
Medevac, Philly Pa Ch. 2
B06/38
155.4000 s [100.0] PennStar3 PennSTAR
Medevac, Philly Pa Ch. 3
B07/39
154.3700 s [114.8] PrinceWm1 Prince
William Co Va Fire 1
B08/40
154.3250 s [114.8] PrinceWm2 Prince
William Co Va Fire 2
B09/41
154.4450 s [114.8] PrinceWm3 Prince
William Co Va Fire 3
B10/42
150.0750 s [None ] Quantico1 Quantico
Marine Corps Va Fire 1
B11/43
149.3500 s [None ] Quantico2 Quantico
Marine Corps Va Fire 2
B12/44
155.1600 s [None ] SARMutAid Search
& Rescue Mutual Aid
B13/45
155.4000 s [None ] Southstar Southstar
Medevac, Gibbsboro NJ
B14/46
156.1950 r [136.5] Spotsylva Spotsylvania
Co Va Fire
B15/47
154.1750 s [192.8] Stafford Stafford
Co Va Fire
B16/48
155.2650 s [103.5] Stat STAT
Medevac, West Mifflin Pa
B17/49
154.2950 s [None ] VAFireMut Fire
Mutual Aid
B18/50
154.6650 s [None ] VAPolTac VSP
Tactical
B19/51
155.2050 s [None ] Statewide Va
Statewide/Port Ch. 2 *
RT3
Channel Freq M [Tone ] Display Use/Agency
A01/01
462.9750 s [ 94.8] AirCare AirCare
Medevac, Falls Church Va
A02/02
462.9500 s [203.5] Children Childrens
Nat’l Med Ctr DC
A03/03
460.5750 r [ 94.8] Fairfax1 Fairfax
Co Va Fire 1
A04/04
460.6000 r [ 94.8] Fairfax2 Fairfax
Co Va Fire 2
A05/05
460.6250 r [ 94.8] Fairfax3 Fairfax
Co Va Fire 3
A06/06
453.9000 r [100.0] Guthrie Guthrie
One Medevac, Sayre Pa
A07/07
462.9750 d [203.5] MedSTAR MedSTAR
Medevac, DC *
A08/08
462.9500 d [100.0] Nitegale Nightingale
Medevac, Norfolk Va
A09/09
462.9750 d [156.7] UVA Blake UVA/Blakey
Ridge
A10/10
462.9500 d [127.3] UVA Cart UVA/Carter's
Mt
A11/11
462.9500 d [156.7] UVA Ellio UVA/Elliot's
Knob
A12/12
462.9500 d [151.4] UVA Winc UVA/Winchester
1
A13/13
462.9750 d [151.4] UVA Winc2 UVA/Winchester
2
A14/14
462.9500 d [192.8] VA EOC C1 Virginia
EOC Ch. 1
A15/15
462.9750 d [192.8] VA EOC C2 Virginia
EOC Ch. 2
A16/16
464.4750 r [ 82.5] Wash Adv Washington
Adventist Hosp, Takoma Pk Md
Selected
Medevac Services in Maryland and Nearby Areas
Some of the better
known medevac services in Maryland and adjacent states appear below. All
services listed provide medevacs from scene of injury as well as inter-facility
transfers. Much of the aircraft description comes from the http://www.landings.com webpage -- an
excellent reference for such purposes. Notice how the aircraft manufacturer and
model varies depending upon when the aircraft was registered. Check the Seaox
Air-Medical homepage, http://www.seaox.com/listing.html,
for a list of medevac services by state. The common helipad frequency, 123.05,
is standard among most services listed.
Internal Frequencies:
155.3850 s [ 67.0] F1: Primary
155.2350 s [ 67.0] F2: Alternate
155.3250 s [ 67.0]
Call sign:
Sky FlightCare
Area served:
Eastern Pa, NJ, Del
Tail numbers/helos flown:
N649MS -
Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm-GM BO-105C
Internal Frequencies:
155.3850 s [118.8] Carilion Transportation
Service
462.9500 d [179.9] Call 1
462.9750 d [179.9] Call 2
Call sign:
Life-Guard 10
Area served:
60 miles of Roanoke for responses to scene of
injury; or 150 miles for inter-facility transfers.
Tail numbers/helos flown:
N412LG 1990 Bell 412
Center for Emergency Medicine of Western
Pennsylvania
Internal
Frequencies:
155.2650 s [103.5] Primary
Call
sign:
STAT MedEvac 1 -
Washington County
STAT MedEvac 2 -
Westmoreland County
STAT MedEvac 3 -
Butler County
STAT MedEvac 4 -
Allegheny County
STAT MedEvac 5 -
Fayette County
STAT MedEvac 6 -
Clarion County
STAT MedEvac 7 -
Mercer County
University
MedEvac 8 – Cleveland, Oh
STAT MedEvac 9 -
Dedicated backup helicopter, Allegheny County
STAT MedEvac 10 -
Allegheny County
STAT MedEvac 11 -
Allegheny County
STAT MedEvac 12 -
Tampa, Fl
Corporate
Jets, Inc. operates University MedEvac 8 which is contracted to STAT MedEvac
for staffing, management and medical direction.
Area served:
Western
Pennsylvania
Tail numbers/helos flown:
N922CJ – STAT
MedEvac Backup - 1984 Messerschmitt BK 117
N5797X - STAT
MedEvac 1 - Aerospatiale AS 355F1 (Twinstar)
N39257 – STAT
MedEvac 2 - 1984 Messerschmitt BK 117
N135ME - STAT
MedEvac 3 - 1996 Eurocopter Deutschland GMBH EC135P1
N5405G – STAT
MedEvac 4 - 1988 Messerschmitt BK 117 B-1
N955ME – STAT MedEvac
5 - 1991 Messerschmitt BK 117 B-1
N915ME – STAT
MedEvac 6 - Aerospatiale AS 365 N2 Dauphin
N945ME – STAT
MedEvac 7 - 1991 Messerschmitt BK 117 B-1
N626MB -
University MedEvac 8 – MBB BK 117 A-3
N117LG - STAT
MedEvac 9 - Messerschmitt BK 117 (dedicated backup)
N90806 – STAT
MedEvac 10 - 1975 Beech 200 (King Air Turboprop)
N/A - STAT
MedEvac 11 - Learjet 55
N/A - STAT
MedEvac 12 - Learjet 35A
Internal Frequencies:
45.0200 s [None ] Aviation
Communications HQ
01712
t [None ] Statewide Av Comm
(digital trunked)
Call sign:
Trooper 2 – Sussex County Airport,
Georgetown
Trooper 3 - Part-time
serving Kent County, not often (DSP HQ)
Trooper
4 – Summit Airport, Middletown
Trooper 5 - Personnel
transports and maintenance flights
Trooper
6 - Special Operations
Area
served:
Delaware with occasional mutual aid
to Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Tail numbers/helos flown:
N165SP - 1989 Bell 206L-3 (Long
Ranger III)
N1SP - Trooper 1 - 1978 Beech A200
(King Air)
N2322K - 1979 Piper PA-38-112
N407SP - 1996 Bell 407
N8163R - 1985 Bell 206L-3 (Long
Ranger III)
N97SP - 1998 Bell 407 (crashed 8/18/99)
N75SP
- 1994 Bell 206-L4 (Long Ranger IV)
N51SP - Trooper 11 - 1980 Cessna 182Q
(Skylane)
N6SP
- Trooper 12 - Aero Commander 560-E (Twin Commander)
Airplanes are assigned a Trooper number for
the particular airplane. Helicopters
rotate every 100 hours for maintenance and are numbered by location, not
particular aircraft.
Internal Frequencies:
854.1375 r [107.2] Countywide Police Channel
Call sign:
Fairfax 1, 2 – Based at Ox Road,
Fairfax, Va
Area served:
Fairfax County with limited mutual
aid.
Tail numbers/helos flown:
N208FC - 1993 Bell 206-L4 (Long
Ranger IV)
N407FC - 1996 Bell 407
Guthrie One Regional
Critical Care Helicopter, Sayre, Pa
Internal Frequencies:
155.3400 s [None
] EMS Consults
453.9000 r [100.0] Primary
Call sign:
Guthrie One -
based at Robert Packer Hospital
Area served:
40+ counties in
the Twin Tier region of Pennsylvania and New York.
Tail numbers/helos flown:
N911GH – 1980
Sikorsky S-76A
Internal
Frequencies:
155.3400 s [110.9/156.7]
155.4000 s [110.9/156.7]
Huntington
and Charleston sometimes use one of the 10 med channels if VHF are busy.
Call sign:
HealthNet
I - West Virginia University Hospitals, Morgantown, WV
HealthNet II - Charleston
[WV] Area Medical Center
HealthNet III - Cabell
Huntington Hospital, Huntington, WV
HealthNet IV - Yeager Airport in Charleston,
WV
Area served:
West Virginia and approximately 60
miles into adjacent states.
Tail numbers/helos flown:
N71703 - HealthNet I - 1990 Messerschmitt BK
117 B-1
N/A
- HealthNet II - Messerschmitt BK 117 B-1
N5771C - HealthNet III - 1980 S.N.I.A.S.
AS-350B Ecureuil
N28MS - HealthNet IV - 1974 Beech E-90 (King
Air)
INOVA Medical AirCare, Falls Church, Va
Internal
Frequencies:
462.9750 s [ 94.8] Call 2
Call sign:
AirCare 1 – Based at Fairfax Hospital
Area served:
Fairfax County
and nearby areas.
Tail numbers/helos flown:
N412FH - 1991 Bell 412
N778AM - 1981 Bell 412 (backup)
Internal Frequencies:
44.7400 s [110.9] MSP
Trooper Helicopters (SysCom)
47.6600 s [100.0] MSP
Medical Consultations
122.8500 s [None ] MSP Trooper Helos (Multicom)
155.1900 s [110.9] Pilot-to-Medic 1
465.0500 s [110.9] Pilot-to-Medic 2
Call sign:
Trooper 1 - Martin State Airport, Middle
River
Trooper 2 - Andrews Air Force Base
Trooper 3 - Frederick Municipal Airport
Trooper 4 - Salisbury-Wicomico County
Regional Airport
Trooper 5 - Greater Cumberland Regional
Airport
Trooper 6 - MSP Centreville Barrack
Trooper 7 - Saint Mary’s County Airport,
Leonardtown
Trooper 8 - Norwood, Sandy Spring
Area served:
Maryland and 30 miles into
adjoining states
Tail numbers/helos flown:
N38MD - Aerospatiale SA365N-1 Dauphin
N57MD - 1988 Aerospatiale SA365N-1
Dauphin
N61MD - 1993 Eurocopter AS 365 N2
Dauphin
N65MD - 1993 Eurocopter AS 365 N2
Dauphin
N79MD - 1990 Aerospatiale SA365N-1
Dauphin
N82MD - 1998 Eurocopter AS365N3
Dauphin
N92MD - Aerospatiale SA365N-1 Dauphin
N93MD - 1989 Aerospatiale SA365N-1
Dauphin
N94MD - 1989 Aerospatiale SA365N-1
Dauphin
N95MD - 1989 Aerospatiale SA365N-1
Dauphin
N96MD - 1989 Aerospatiale SA365N-1
Dauphin
N97MD - 1989 Aerospatiale SA365N-1
Dauphin
N3695W - 1980 Beech C90
N6099W - 1981 Cessna P210N
Internal
Frequencies:
26800 t [None
] NJSP trunked system
155.4000 s [None ] Southstar (used for LZ coord)
Call sign:
Southstar – Based at West Jersey
Hospital
Area served:
North of Princeton to Cape May Point, between
the Delaware River and Atlantic Ocean.
Tail numbers/helos flown:
N9NJ - 1988 Sikorsky S-76B
Internal Frequencies:
155.3550 s [146.2]
Call sign:
Life Lion - Geisinger Medical Center,
Danville, Pa
Life Lion – Hershey [Pa] Medical
Center (two helos)
Life Lion - Pleasant Valley Airport,
Bellefonte, Pa
(LifeFlight
1 and 2 operate on 155.16 [ 151.4] to the northwest of the Philly area
Area served:
South central Pa.
Tail numbers/helos flown:
N117UP - 1994 Eurocopter Deutschland
GMBH MBB-BK 117 C-1
N121LF - 1990 Messerschmitt BK 117
B-1
N213AE - 1990 Messerschmitt BK 117
B-1
N291LL - 1991 Aerospatiale AS 365 N2
Dauphin
N365ME -
Aerospatiale SA365N
N896LL - Aerospatiale SA365N-1 Dauphin
Internal
Frequencies:
166.7250 r [127.3] Ch. 1 Secondary
166.9250 r [127.3] Ch. 2 Primary
167.0750 r [127.3] Ch. 3 Alternate
166.8500 s [127.3] Ch. 4 Tactical
Call sign:
Eagle 1 and 2 – Based at Anacostia
Park
Area served:
50 mile radius of the hangar. Works
jointly with Maryland on EMS missions.
Tail numbers/helos flown:
N22PP – Eagle 1 - 199x Bell 412EP
N412PP – Eagle 2 - 1990 Bell 412SP
N33PP - Eagle 3 - 1983 Bell 206L-3
(Long Ranger III)
Internal Frequencies:
155.2200 s [136.5] Primary
462.9750 d [136.5] Secondary for MedEvac 1
Call sign:
MedEvac 1 - Lehigh Valley Hospital aircraft
based at Mulenberg Hospital, Bethlehem
MedEvac
2 - Backup aircraft used for special events
MedEvac
3 - Hahnemann University Hospital aircraft based at Suburban General Hospital,
Norristown
Area
served:
60 to 90 mile radius of Bethlehem/Norristown.
Tail numbers/helos flown:
N116MB - MedEvac 1 - MBB BK 117 A-3
N532KH – Backup - MBB BK 117 A-3
N7062J – Was MedEvac 1, now backup -
1988 Messerschmitt BK 117 B-1
N886AH - MedEvac 3 - 1981 Sikorsky
S-76A
Internal
Frequencies:
155.3850 s [100.0] Ch. 1
155.3550 s [100.0] Ch. 2
155.4000 s [100.0] Ch. 3
Call sign:
PENNSTAR [Flight] 1 - Wings Field,
Blue Bell, Pa
PENNSTAR [Flight] 2 - Hospital of the
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Area served:
Pa, De, Md, NJ, NY
Tail numbers/helos flown:
N117UP - 1994 Eurocopter Deutschland
GMBH MBB-BK 117 C-1
N213AE - 1990 Messerschmitt BK 117
B-1
Internal Frequencies:
155.3400 s [203.5] EMS-1
462.9500 s [127.3] Call 1
Call sign:
Pegasus
Area served:
100 NM of Charlottesville.
Tail numbers/helos flown:
N4UV - 1994 Bell 230
N222HX – 1985 Bell 222U
(backup)
Internal
Frequencies:
155.8200 r [
91.5] Va EOC
462.9500 r [192.8] Va EOC Call 1
462.9750 r [192.8] Va EOC Call 2
Call sign:
Med-Flight I - Chesterfield Airport,
Central Virginia (HQ)
Med-Flight II - 60-mile radius of Abingdon,
where it is based
Med-Flight III – Manassas, Northern
Virginia (observation only)
Area served:
Virginia
Tail numbers/helos flown:
N1VA – 1987 Cessna S550
N29VA
– 1966 Cessna 182J
N30VA – 1981 Bell 206B
N31VA – 1976 Bell 206B
N32VA – 1974 Cessna 182P
N33VA - Cessna 182Q (Skylane)
N34VA - Bell 206B
N35VA – 1981 Cessna 182R
N36VA – 1985 Bell 206L-3 (Long Ranger
III)
N38VA – 1993 Eurocopter/Canada BO
105LS A-3
N39VA – 1993 Eurocopter/Canada BO
105LS A-3
Internal
Frequencies:
462.9750 d [203.5] Call 2; Primary
462.9500 s [203.5] Call 1; DC Childrens Hospital Coord
462.9750 d [167.9] Call 2; DC Childrens Hospital Coord
Call sign:
MedSTAR 1 and 2 – Based at Washington
Hospital Center
Area served:
150-mile radius of Washington
Hospital Center.
Tail numbers/helos flown:
N39181 – MedSTAR 1 - 1983
Messerschmitt BK 117
N39188 – MedSTAR 2 - 1984
Messerschmitt BK 117
Special
thanks to those who contributed to this listing: Allen Cole, Ben Sager, Chuck
Byam, Mary Ann Himes, Clinton Burley, Dave
Milsted, Dave Purcell, David Clark, Duane K. Spencer, E. Nevin Steffy, George
R. Thomas, Greg Guise, Jack McCartan, Jim
Burke, John Wilson, Joseph Cardani, Pete
A. Piringer, Peter Vieth, Spencer
Stevenson, Steven Risso, Thomas E.
Brandt, Wolfgang Boernert.
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