This from Dennis McGuire, Jr.

Starting in October, Lake County, Indiana fire departments and police departments will all be dispatched by one center. Motorola Solutions, Inc. and AT&T have been working on this for a year. Not all of the fire departments went online at once, but at the end of October all departments will be under the new center. I believe the center is located in Crown Point, Indiana. The numbering system is as follows:

00     = Stations

01-09= Officers

10-19= Engines

20-29= Trucks

30-39= Rescues

40-49= Tankers

50-59= Specialty Units

60-69= Ambulances

70-79= Brush trucks

80-99= Individual department members

The following is a partial list of the departments and their assigned number(s):

1200-Cedar Lake

1500-Crown Point

1800 to 2100-Dyer

2200-Munster

2500-East Chicago

3100 to 3300-Griffith

4100 to 4800-Hammond

5100 to 5200-Highland

5300 to 5600-Hobart

5800-Lake Dale

5900-Lake Hills

6100-Lake Ridge

6300 to 6400-Lake Station

6600 to 6800-Lowell

6900-New Chicago

7000 to 7400-Merriville

7500 to 7700-St. John

7800 to 800-Schererville

8200-Schnieder

8300-Shelby

8400-Whiting

8500 to 9900-Gary

Dennis

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