Milwaukee Fire Department


The Milwaukee Fire Department's Communications Division is located in the Milwaukee Police 3rd District & Communications Operations Division building on Lisbon and North Avenues. MFD is installing MDC's in it's units along with the SMT's (Status Messaging Terminals) it has had. Since the installation of these new MDC's, voice traffic on the below frequencies have been decreasing. The voice operations you here is the dispatcher letting units on the road that another unit is responding lights and sirens to a call so watch out. It sound like this on the radio: Car 300 Engine 18 responding as a squad, Capital and Palmer. The car 300 part gets mobile units attention. The dispatcher can be heard on Channel 1 & 2 at the same time while the unit responds on the channels they are assigned. Responding units are assigned to a frequency and a Fireground Channel to communicate with one another while on the scene of an incident. Responses that require 1 or 2 Units are on 154.385 and the assigned fireground, while responses of more than 2 units will be on 159.150 and the assigned fireground.

Within a year MFD is expected to starting migrating over to the City of Milwaukee's OpenSky radio system. From what I have heard, radio installations have begun on fire department vehicles.


Radio Frequency Lineup
F01 - 154.3850 Dispatch 1 / General Operations (123.0)
F02 - 159.1500 Dispatch 2 / Larger Operations (123.0)
F03 - 153.8300 Fireground / Unit-Unit (173.8)
F04 - 154.3550 Fireground / Training (123.0)
F05 - 153.8900 Fireground / Unit-Unit (173.8)
F06 - 154.4000 Mutual Aid (97.4)
F07 - 154.2950 MABAS Fireground "Blue" (85.4)
F08 - 154.2650 MABAS Operations (210.7)
F09 - 151.2800 MARC (Mutual Aid Radio Channel) (136.5)
F10 - 156.8000 Marine Channel 16
F11 - 157.0750 Marine Channel 81
F12 - 154.1300 Data (USED FOR SMT'S)
F13 - 154.3850 Dispatch 1 (123.0)
F14 - 154.3400 North Shore Fire Department - Dispatch (Now on 800MHz)
F15 - 154.4450 North Shore Fire Department - Fireground
F16 - 159.1200 Wauwatosa Fire Department - Dispatch (Now on 800MHz)
F17 - 159.1200 Wauwatosa Fire Department - Car to Car
F18 - 154.0700 Zone C - Fireground
F19 - 153.8600 West Allis Fire Department - Dispatch (Now On 800MHz)
F20 - 154.0700 Zone C - Fireground
F21 - 154.2200 Zones D & E - Dispatch (Was Used By Franklin / SM / OC / SF / Cudahy / Greendale / HC)
F22 - 153.8300 Zone D Fireground (Was Used by HC / Franklin / Greendale)
F23 - 154.4150 Zone E Fireground (Was Used By Saint Francis / Cudahy / SM / OC) (167.9)
F24 - 154.0700 Airport Fire Department (123.0)


Milwaukee Fire Department Station House / Apparatus Listing

Firehouse Address
(Battalion #)
Engines Ladders MED Units Other Equipment
784 N Broadway (1) E1 Truck 1    
755 N James Lovell St (1) E2 Truck 2   Car 3 (Deputy Chief) / Car 14 (Fire Investigation Unit) / Car 18 (Incident Safety Officer)
100 W Virginia St (1) E3     Dive 1 / Dive 2
9511 W Appleton Ave (5) E4 Truck 3    
1313 W Reservoir Ave (1) E5   MED 7 Battalion Chief 1
1693 N Franklin Pl (1) E6      
3174 S Chase Ave (4) E7   MED 15 Battalion Chief 4
5585 N 69th St (5) E8      
4141 W Mill Rd (5) E9   MED 4 Car 100 (Communications Van / CCU)
5600 W Oklahoma Ave (3) E10 Truck 17 MED 18  
2526 S Kinnickinnic Ave (4) E11 Truck 6    
1400 S 9th St (4) E12 Truck 11   HURT 1 / HURT 2 / Rescue 1
2901 N 30th St (2) E13      
6074 S 13th St (4) E14 Truck 8    
10320 W Fond Du Lac Ave (5) E16   MED 16 Battalion Chief 5
4653 S 13th St (4) E17   MED 17  
3628 N Holton Ave (2) E18      
2050 N Palmer St (2) E21   MED 6  
8814 W Lisbon Ave (2) E22      
2130 W Oklahoma Ave (4) E23 Truck 14   Survive Alive House 2
4927 W Fiebrantz Ave (2) E24 Truck 13   Battalion Chief 2
300 S 84th St (3) E25     HAZ-MAT 1 / Car 25
1140 S 26th St (3) E26   MED 3  
2647 N Bartlett Ave (1) E27 Truck 5    
424 N 30th St (3) E28   MED 14  
3529 S 84th St (3) E29      
2903 N Teutonia Ave (2) E30 Truck 12    
2400 S 8th St (4) E31      
1551 N 30th St (1) E32 Truck 9    
4515 W Burnham St (3) E33     Battalion Chief 3, Hi-Volume Unit
6205 W Burliegh St (2) E34   MED 13  
100 N 64th St (3) E35 Truck 16    
4060 N 27th St (2) E36   MED 5 Survive Alive House 1
5335 N Teutonia Ave (5) E37 Truck 15    
8463 N Granville Rd (5) E38   MED 19 Decon Trailer
8025 W Bradley Rd (5) E39 Truck 7    
Unknown Quarters       Fireboat “Phoenix” / Compressed Air 1 / Compressed Air 2 / Hi-X Foam Unit / Dry Chemical Unit / Decon Trailer / Chemical Supply



Milwaukee Fire Department Station Vehicle (Car) Listings

Car Number Purpose / Usage Station Housed At
Car 01 Fire Chief  
Car 02    
Car 03 Deputy Chief  
Car 04    
Car 05    
Car 06    
Car 07    
Car 08    
Car 09 Battalion Chief - Special Operations  
Car 10    
Car 11    
Car 12    
Car 13    
Car 14 Fire Investigation Unit Engine 2 (755 N James Lovell St)
Car 15    
Car 16    
Car 17    
Car 18 Incident Safety Officer Engine 2 (755 N James Lovell St)
Car 19    
Car 20    
Car 21    
Car 22    
Car 23    
Car 24 Vehicle Operations / Water Supply  
Car 25 Hazardous Materials  
Car 100 Communications Van E9 (4141 W Mill Rd)


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