Wynne Fire Department
Public calls for service ring at the county PSAP located at the Sheriff’s Office in Wynne. The lone dispatcher at this PSAP is simultaneously handling multiple agencies [¹] on multiple systems. The Wynne Fire Department also has its own telephone number for public requests for service.
Radio traffic is plain English and typical of what you would hear on a fire department radio system.
As with most fire departments, callsigns are usually determined by the actual piece of equipment (such as “Engine 1” or “Rescue 2”).
The Wynne Fire Department is dispatching on their own single-channel, analog, VHF duplex repeater system, operating under FCC callsign WNZL954. The antenna is 112 feet above the ground on a water tower in Wynne.
1. The agencies this single dispatcher is fielding calls for include the Cross County Sheriff’s Office, Wynne Police, Wynne Fire, Cherry Valley Police, Cherry Valley Fire, Vanndale Fire, and Hickory Ridge Fire.