Middlesex County Massachusetts Public Safety

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Table of Contents
1 - Countywide Items
2 - Town and City Info
3 - Radio Info

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Countywide Info

Middlesex County is divided into cities and towns. There are no unicorporated areas in Middlesex County. Each city and town operates its own police and fire departments. Public emergency "911" ambulance service is usually provided by the fire departments, or by private companies under contract to the municipality. Most police departments in Middlesex County use full time officers and provide coverage 7 days a week - 24 hours per day. Some of the smaller towns, such as Dunstable, Carlisle, and Boxboro may route their early AM police calls to the State Police.

Mutual aid is heavily used among all agencies, especially for large scale incidents. Fire mutual aid is coordinated by Mutual Aid Control Centers at the Natick FD HQ and the Chelmsford FD HQ. Generally speaking, most fire mutual aid is preplanned based on the box alarm system. Police mutual aid is conducted on a adhoc basis amongst police agencies. By state law, every EMS provider must have a written agreement with at least one backup EMS provider.

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http://stop.at/tac7 has FD radio info for area FDs - no content at this site - 12Sept00 - try http://stop.at/tac7radio (per July00 post at www.mcvfa.org)

http://members.aol.com/tac7radio - 2/99 last update (12Sept00)

Middlesex Notification - slow to load (May 00)

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Acton

FD operates 3 stations - Central + South + West - ?1999 switched from 46.50 to 453.175R - pagers of offduty staff are activated for every building fire call

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Andover - is in Essex County - however the FD was on 33.66 for many years with many FDs in Middlesex County

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Ashland

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Ayer

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Bedford

 
from www.townonline.com - Bedford MA (this was not reported in any of the Boston media) 
Wednesday, July. 26, 2000 
At 7:20 a.m., police received multiple calls reporting a motor vehicle accident on Crosby Drive where a pedestrian was struck. Police and medical staff responded to the accident. The pedestrian involved in the accident was killed. Bedford Police contacted Massachusetts State Police Accident Reconstruction Team and the Middlesex County District Attorney. The Hudson Police Department was also contacted to inform the family of the deceased. 
At 12:22 p.m., police received a call from the VA Hospital requesting medical assistance for a 46 year-old man. Bedford medical staff responded to the call. 
At 6:18 p.m., Lexington Fire Department requested Bedford Rescue to respond to Adams Street for a medical emergency. Medical staff responded and transported the party to Massachusetts General Hospital Emergency Room. 
At 6:28 p.m., police received a call reporting a motor vehicle accident on Shawsheen Road. Police responded to the two-car accident.

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Billerica

PD - Town Ambulance operates from the Police Station and on the Police radio channel

FD - 5 stations - fully paid FD - FS1 Central - FS2 North - FS3 Pinehurst - FS4 East - FS5 West - Sta 5 is the newest and sometimes is closed

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Boxborough

They had sent a TTY Item out on 10.02.2000 
Here it is -  
As of 0700 Hrs this date (20001002) the town of Boxborough will be handling ALL Police and Fire Communications through our own communications facility located at the Police HQ 520 Mass Ave in Boxborough. 
Police Radio Traffic is still on 155.8500 Mhz (Shared with Littleton PD) our Call-Sign is KMK588 
Fire Radio Traffic is still on 46.500 Mhz (Boxborough Fire Alarm) 

PD - fulltime

FD - mostly vols - ?2 FF/EMT in station 24X7 - FD operates BLS ambo - A66 E62 E64 etc - FD Channel 2 is 46.58 (the Highway Dept freq) - FD might also use 46.40 and 46.30 and 45.88 and 46.36 (mutual aid) - daily radio test at ?0830

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Burlington

FD - see www.geocities.com/45hithel - has Oct 2000 photo profile

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Carlisle

PD - operates on 154.83 - have fulltime police officers - around ?1997, was using State Police to cover calls after midnite

FD has good website with photos of rigs - (1999) - all vol FD (Sept 2000)

Combined PD/FD Dispatch Center was opened in the new Police Station in ?1995 - ?previously, the chief's wife was the dispatcher

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Concord

PD - fulltime - 482.3375 - 482.55 - 483.1375 ?Ch3 - 482.4375 local school buses - 461.15 local hospital security - 464.70 Patriot Amb Company - 461.70 Patriot Amb Company

FD - 2 stations - fully paid FD with radio paging system for calling back off-duty staff on working fires or multiple incidents

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Dracut

PD - fulltime

FD - Summer 2000 - fulltime FD - operating E1, E2, E3, L1 - got new fire station (I have to dig up item at sme2@onelist.com) - ?1980 - had only 2 firefighters on duty - were backed up by offduty career firefighters and some volunteers - 154.40 with ?460Mhz link

bosal@egroups.com Subject: [bosal] Former Dracut Fire Chief Gerard A. Carle dead at 77 Lowell Sun Mon. Nov 27, 2000 Chief Carle died Nov 25. Began his career on Dracut FD in 1950 as on-call firefighter. 1961 he was one of 4 firefighters appointed to Dracut's first permanent Fire Department. Promoted to Chief 1967, retired Dec. 1985.

30 Oct 2001 info from sme2 - 488 Pleasant Street is the new Station 1 under construction, Station 2 (also a new station) is located at Jones Av & Broadway Rd (Rt.113) in East Dracut. The main transmitter is at Old Marsh Hill Tank. The K st location is a receiver for the back side of the passaconaway hill down to Long Pond and is sent back to fire alarm via a uhf link.

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From: - To: - Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 1:28 PM - Subject: Re: [sme2] New In Middlesex County - Further checking shows that 155.055 is the Dracut DPW freq. OTOH, the FCC license shows 154.40 and 155.055 licensed for the same number of base stations and mobile radios. Base stations will be at 156 Pleasant St (FD HQ) + the Old Marsh Hill Rd Water Tank + the K Street Water Tank + 488 Pleasant St (?Sta 2). 453.9375 was pending Nov 1998.

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Dunstable

PD has had a website for a long time - PD is dispatched by Groton PD on Groton PD freq (155.58R)

FD has historically been dispatched by Pepperell FD on 33.66 or perhaps 33.52 now - ?all volunteer/on-call FD

EMS - EMTs dispatched by Groton on Groton EMS freq 154.055R - Summer 2000 - transport supplied by ?Patriot Amb or ?Trinity Amb from Lowell or Tyngsboro - paramedics come from Lowell or perhaps Pepperell

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Fort Devens - now Devens Industrial Area

also has federal prison - use 400?T

Devens FD - has website with photos at www.fire-ems.net

?1998 - deactivated as a active military installation - taken over by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Framingham

I think that the FD has a website with photos of their stations - maybe not

Update - 2 Sept00 - the Town Website does not have a FD file at this time (perhaps I saw the photos of the Framingham fire stations somewhere else - ?on www.fire-ems.net - on South Middlesex Fire Buffs site - ?a private website? - the town website does have PD info

EMS - as of Sept 2000, Framingham Police respond to all public EMS calls. Previously PD units only responded on the Midnight shift to provide security for FD and EMS units at EMS calls. Framingham A1 and Framingham A2 are paramedic ambulances owned and staffed by AMR. FA1 and FA2 are dispatched the Framingham FD dispatcher and operate on 483.7625R and 159.57R (AMR Waban Tower). FD units provide first response service (as do the PD). Fram A1 and Fram A2 can often be heard contacting Boston CMED on 463.075R for patches to the Framingham Union Hospital.

Radio system info - Police - 471.7625R - Fire - 483.7625R - all police radios have the fire channel - FD mobile units have the police channel - Town maintenance radios (on 453.2625R) have the police channel in their radios also.

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From the Town of Framingham MA website - Sponsor:�Personnel Board - June 28, 2000� Voted:� That the town amend Schedule A � Classification Plan of the Town by deleting the position of Civilian Dispatcher, Police Department, M7 and adding the new title and new salary grade of Public Safety Civilian Dispatcher, PSCD as presented to the Special Town Meeting on June 28, 2000. Further, that all changes become effective retroactive to July 1, 1999

June 28, 2000� Voted:� That the town amend the fiscal year 2000 Schedule B � Pay Plan of the Town by adding the PSCD schedule as presented to the Special Town Meeting on June 28, 2000. �Further, that this schedule become effective retroactive to July 1, 1999.

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453.2125 is used by "Town Owned Buildings". The department charged with maintaining Town Hall, the Police Station and more. They use a DPL of 172. They also use them for special events in town. As far as police and fire - All police crusiers and portables have the fire frequency in them. Fire portables have the PD frequency but unknow about the trucks. All "Town Owned Building" portables have the PD frequency in them. Framingham PD have also been heard on the following frequencies: ����464.5250 DPL=172 Housing Authority (Cruiser 1597) 471.5125 DPL=172 State College (Cruiser 947)

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Groton

PD - Car 1,2,?3 usually on duty - fulltime officers 24X7

FD - have webpage at www.fire-ems.net and at www.grotononline.com/fire

EMS - no fulltime staff - all members have portable radios that operate on 154.055R - all calls are paged on this channel (and simulcast on the police channel) - ALS comes from Ayer Fire (Sept00) - was using ?Pepperell or ?Townsend or ?Patriot Ambu;ance for ALS previously

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Holliston - ?FD has website - just a front page with phone numbers and chiefs names (Sept00) - fulltime PD - some paid firefighters - ?3 or ?4 stations - see srchives of sme2 which should have the station locations

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Hopkinton - fulltime police officers - ?2 fire stations with fulltime staff

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Hudson

FD - fully paid FD with 2 stations - use 46.42

EMS - transpo by AMR - Hudson AMR BLS unit often goes into Marlboro on Marlboro incidents (Sept 2000)

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Lincoln

PD - 2 cars usually on the road - on EMS calls, 1 police officer drives the FD ambo to the hospital - moved from 155.01R to 483.00R in ?January 2000

FD - has website - Summer 2000 - FD is dispatched by PD on 154.145 - Police Chief serves as Fire Chief - E2 + R1 usually respond to all calls - R1 is a BLS ambo - paramedics come from Emerson Hospital in Concord - FD Channel 2 is 155.82 (radio test heard ?01Sept00) - on most calls, pager tone sent out for 2 off duty people to report to the station - box alarms may get all offduty people - 2001 switched input of repeater from 151 Mhz to 159 Mhz

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Littleton

PD - 155.85 - fulltime officers 24X7

FD - 153.815 - dispatched by PD - ?2 fulltime firefighter/EMTs in the station 24X7 - rest of staff is oncall

EMS - onduty firefighter/EMTs at station take pumper to call - on call rescue squad members take ambulance to scene - paramedics respond from Emerson Hospital in Concord (in a SUV)

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Lowell

PD - have boat that they share (and jointly staff) with the Chelmsford PD on the Merrimack River

FD - official website ?+ union website + www.geocities.com/morney55 (1999 profile)

EMS - Patriot Ambulance provides BLS transport units (155.16 + 900MHZ TRS) - ALS provided by Medic 1 and Medic 100 from ?St Johns Hospital - FD started to respond as First responders to EMS calls in ?1999

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Marlboro

FD website at www.fire-ems.net with photos - ?Jan 2000 - as of Summer 2000 - automatic alarms get 1E + 1L + R1 - "full responses" get ?2E (or 3E) + 1L + R1 - EMS calls get paramedics from Marlboro Hospital + R1 + nearest Engine

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Maynard

PD + FD are fulltime - FD operates ambulance

PD on 155.01R - FD on 46.50 + 46.40 - DPW on 153.965R

FD Website (May00)

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Natick

Dave L's website with Natick FD info

Fire Boxes in Natick with running assignments - info from Dave L's website

Natick Fire Web - ?dead as of 12Sept00

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North Reading - 12 square miles - 13,000 pop

FD - 453.95R - tone 4Z - ISO4 - 1 station - 20 paid + 13 vol - per 8/99 info at www.fire-ems.net

FD webpage at www.fire-ems.net

PD does not dispatch FD even though both dispatchers sit ?5 feet from each other (on different sides of a wall) at the combined police/fire station (Sept 2000)

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Pepperell

Pepperell has had a combined police/fire/EMS 911 dispatch center since ?1975 or earlier

PD - 453.55R - Cars 91, 92, 93, etc - Ambulance units operate on this freq and police units serve as first responders - FD only goes to EMS calls if extrication is required

FD - ?has website - see www.fire-ems.net? - FD is dispatched by PD via 33.52 (used to be on 33.66)(switched in ?1995) - mostly oncall staff

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Reading

FD - see www.geocities.com/45hithel - FD is dispatched by PD as of ?January 1999

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Sherborn

PD is fulltime - FD is oncall

www.sherbornfire.com

www.sherbornpolice.org - new 9/99

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Somerville

FD - see www.geocities.com/morney55 and www.geocities.com/45hithel

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Sudbury

FD + PD are fulltime - Fd operates ambulance - ALS by Emerson Hospital paramedics

FD - May 2000 - 2 tones tests daily - 0805 and ?1805 on 33.74 ?+ 33.98 - 3 stations (Central + South + North) - may be going to UHF in 2001 or 2002

Dispatch - seperate PD + FD dispatch centers

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Tewksbury

FD - has 3 stations - fulltime FD - May 2000 - a full response on a ?weekday box alarm at a day care center on North Rd got E3 E1 E2 A?3 Car3

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Tyngsboro

FD - has 3 stations

DPW - heard on 155.88 on 11Sept00 - "Tyngsboro to Truck 1"

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Wayland

?FD has website at www.fire-ems.net - FD is dispatched by PD

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Westford

PD - fulltime

FD - 4 stations - have good website with ?photos - Station 1 is staffed by FT staff - other stations (staffed by "paid on call" staff) have 1 big pumper and 1 little pumper each - 2001 per www.firenews.org have paid men at Station 4 now

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Weston

FD - see www.geocities.com/45hithel

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Wilmington

FD - 1999 profile at www.geocities.com/morney55

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Massachusetts - Middlesex County - Fire Departments

Most fire departments in Middlesex County are in District 6 or in District 14. The District 6 area is northern Middlesex County. The District 14 area is southern Middlesex County.

Overall, the Fire Departments in Middlesex County, Massachusetts are in either (Civil Defense) Fire District 5, 6, 8, 13, or 14.

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District 5 = Essex County cities and towns (plus North Reading + Wakefield from Middlesex County - which have base radios for D6 + D5)

District 6 = Middlesex County cities and towns (+ ?Andover in Essex County which has D5 + ?D6 radios)

District 8 = northern Worcester County cities and towns (plus Ashby and Townsend from Middlesex County)

District 13 = all departments from Suffolk County + parts of Middlesex County + Lynn and Saugus from Essex County + 7 departments from Norfolk County (Brookline / Wellesley / Dedham / Milton / Quincy / Braintree / Weymouth) (weymth borders plymth co)

District 14 = Middlesex County towns and cities

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Mutual Aid Radio Systems -

Civil Defense Fire District 5 - 154.07 - Control points at Haverhill and Beverly (N + S)

CD Fire District 6 - 33.66 - Chelmsford Control

CD Fire District 8 - 33.70 - 33.86 - Fitchburg Control - Leominster Control for backup

CD Fire District 13 - 154.22 - 483.3125R - 483.2875R - 153.83 (Boston is the control point - Somerville is the backup control point)

CD District 14 - 33.98 - 46.36 - Natick Control with Concord Control for backup

(Note - Possibly - The Civil Defense/Fire Districts do not always exactly match the State Forest Fire Districts)

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28Nov00 - moved list of fire radio freqs to seperate file at www.geocities.com/45peter/MAmiddleCoFradioFreqs.html

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compiled by Peter Szerlag - 6/9/99 - fixed up 9/11/99 - 23Apr00 - 03Aug00 - Sherborn site + new freqs + more sites - 2Sept00 - Framingham - 12Sept00 - Bedford info - 10Oct00 - more Fram info (from sme2) + general intro info added - 14Oct00 - more misc info - 27Oct00 - Boxboro Dispatch - 25Nov00 - Somerville FD - 28Nov00 - Dracut FC death - 30Dec2001 - added some Dracut info and a few other minor items

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