The Laurel Volunteer Fire Department uses the Prince George's County Fire Department's radio system, which is a seven-channel Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) system. Mobile radios are mostly Motorolas while most portable radios are General Electric.
The Laurel Volunteer Fire Department Radio Frequencies
Channel Number Frequency (MHz) Use
PGFD 1 495.0125 Main Fire Dispatch
PGFD 2 494.8375 EMS Dispatch North
PGFD 3 494.7875 Fireground South (repeater)
PGFD 4 495.0625 Fireground North (repeater)
PGFD 5 494.7875 Fireground South (simplex)
PGFD 6 495.0625 Fireground North (simplex)
PGFD 7 494.6625 EMS Dispatch South (simulcast with Ch 2)
(N/A) 46.12 PGFD Pagers and Station Alerting
HCDFRS 1 154.25 Howard County Fire Dispatch
HCDFRS 2 154.22 Howard County Fire 2
HCDFRS 3 154.175 Howard County Fire 3
Montgomery County 1 153.95 Montgomery Fireground
Montgomery County 2 154.16 Montgomery Fire Dispatch
(N/A) 155.34 Montgomery County EMS
* AACo 1 154.01 Anne Arundel Fire Dispatch (Patched to ALPHA talkgroup)
* AAco 2 154.34 Anne Arundel Fireground
Mutual Aid 1 154.28 Mutual Aid (Patched to AA Co's HOTEL talkgroup)
Mutual Aid 2 154.295 Mutual Aid
* These are Anne Arundel County's old VHF frequencies. Anne Arundel County now uses a trunked 800 MHz system county-wide, and their VHF frequencies are supposed to be patched in to the appropriate channel for units without their 800 MHz system radios (like us). In reality, we find it very difficult to communicate with Anne Arundel County Communications or units.