YORK COUNTY MAINE PUBLIC SAFETY - 1999
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York County is a heavily forested area of rolling hills ranging from sea level at the shore of the Atlantic Ocean to the ?2500 foot peak of XXX Hill in Cornish.
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York County Sheriffs Office - operates the County Dispatch Center, the County Jail, and provides primary police service to Lebanon, Alfred, Lyman, ?Arundell, Acton, Shapleigh, Waterboro, Newfield, Limington, and Limerick. (The State Police respond to incidents on State Highways)
�York Co Comm Center�- lists emerg phone numbers
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York County Emergency Management Agency - operate County Wilderness Rescue Team and ?County Water Rescue Team + K9 Search + Technical Rescue
�York Co Emerg Response Rescue Team�
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County Police Radio System - Primary - 153.785/154.995R - 2ndary - 155.97M - 155.16 - 155.475 - 155.85M - 159.78 - 39.68 - 159.81/160.41R
Countywide Law Enforcement Radio Channel - 154.77/155.58R - repeater on Mt Ossippee
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Ambulance to Hospital Channel - 155.325
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County Fire and EMS Dispatch - 460.55R (mostly Northern depts)
Statewide Fire Mutual Aid Radio Channel - 154.31
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State Forestry
Pleasant Mtn repeater - 159.39R
Ossippee Mtn repeater - 159.30R
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County Emergency Mgmt
?Alfred - Brackett Hill - 39.?98R - ?7/99pend
?159.78
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Local Radio Channels - many PDs are getting repeaters, and a migration is ongoing for the rural FDs from 33.70 and 33.86 to UHF freqs - 6/99
Notes - R = repeater / DPW = Department of Public Works
Acton - 460.075R
Alfred - FD - 453.15R - 453.775R (new - 9/99) - 33.82 - 33.76
Arundell - FD - 33.70 - 33.56 - 453.075R - 453.425R - DPW - 159.015R - 151.01M - Schools - 155.235
Berwick - PD - 153.98 - FD - 154.385 - 154.19 - ?DPW - 158.775M - Sewer - 453.575
Biddeford - PD - 159.945 - 156.21 - FD - 154.25 - 151.145 - Water - 153.65 - Transit - 158.94 - DPW - 158.805 - Hospital - 155.265 - Schools - 155.205 - 155.16 - ?DPW - 155.025
Buxton - PD - 153.845 - FD - 154.235 - 453.80R
Cornish - FD - 154.19 - 453.65 link - ??? - 155.745
Dayton - see Goodwin Mills FD
Eliot - PD - 155.115 - FD - 154.19 - DPW - 159.195 - ? - 39.98 - Misc - 158.82
Hollis - FD - 460.60R - 33.92 - West Buxton FD - 154.385
Lebanon - FD - 33.94 - 33.98 - (???gone) - ????? - 154.025
Limerick - FD - 453.125R
Lyman - FD/Goodwin Mills - 154.25 - 153.77
Kennebunk - PD - 155.73 - FD - 33.70 - 33.76 - 453.025R - 453.45R - Sewer - 453.90R - Schools - 155.16 - ???gone - 153.86 - Bibber Amb - 155.295 - DPW - 155.985
Kennebunkport - PD - 155.19 - FD - 33.70 - 33.78 - DPW - 156.18 - Amb - 153.80 - EMS - 155.265
Kittery - PD - 155.115 - FD - 154.19 - 154.43 - Kerr Amb - 155.22 - 155.295 - DPW - 45.60 - 151.0175R - Schools - 157.68
Lebanon - ???
Limerick - 453.125R - 155.205
Limington - FD - 453.85R - Amb - 160.20R
Newfield - ???
North Berwick - PD - 159.09 - 154.995R - FD - 154.19 - DPW - 45.24 - Sanitary - 453.275R
Ogunquit - PD - ????154.04 - 160.005 - FD - 33.70 - 33.60 - 154.445 - ?DPW/?PD - 155.04
Old Orchard Beach - PD - 155.01 - FD - 154.25 - DPW - 155.925
Portsmouth Navy Yard - FD - 138.72 - ?400 trunked now (on 138.72 per 2/2K webpage)
Saco - PD - 160.05R - FD - 154.25 - 151.28 - Water - 153.65 - Water Treatment Plant - 453.30R - Schools - 155.16 - DPW - 151.10 - Rgnl Transpo - 155.82
Sanford - PD - 155.31R - 33.98 - FD - 460.525R - 453.175R - 33.88 - Housing - 453.925R - Sewer - 158.835 - Highways - 453.10R - Water - 153.47
Shapleigh - FD - 453.075R
South Berwick - PD - 155.835 - FD - 154.19 - EMS - 155.295 - DPW - 153.755 - Academy - 155.205
Waterboro - ????
Wells - PD - 155.10R - FD - 33.70 - 33.64 - 453.95R - Arrow Amb - 155.22 - DPW - 159.06 - Reservation - 151.265 - Sanitary District - 158.76
York - PD - 155.64R - FD - 33.54 - 33.70 - 154.265R - York Beach FD - 33.74 - Sewers - 159.855R - DPW - 46.56 - Water - 153.605 - Recreation - 155.28 - Vol Amb Service - 155.235
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Towns - there are no unincorporated areas in York County - most ambulance service is provided by fire departments - ALS is done by Sanford FD, York VAC, Biddeford FD, Saco FD, ?Wells FD, ?Kennebunkport, Frisbee Meml Hosp (in Rochester NH)
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Abbreviations for Fire Rigs - FCC = forward cab closed / SCC = standard cab closed / TM = top mount pump controls / CM = center mount aerial / RM = rear mount aerial ladder / 4 dr = 4 door cab / 2 dr = 2 door cab / E One = Emergency One / FL = Freightliner / WT = water tender = tanker truck / IH = International Harvester / 2K = 2,000 / FS = fire station
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Most fire and ambulance calls in the north end of the County receive responses from multiple departments during weekday daylight hours.
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Acton -
PD - by SO - + ?Town Constable
FD - 460.55R - dispatched by County
�FD Website�
Tanker - Chev 2 dr SCC with pump
6/10/99 The Sanford News - FD members assisted in the smooth running of the Annual Town Meeting at the new Public Safety Building
6/10/99 The Sanford News - Annual Town Meeting - 87 voters passed a $4.4M budget in 3 hours on June 5 - a request for a new street name of "Peace in the Pines" was turned down on the recommendation of the FD and Rescue since it could be confused with Pinewood Street or "pine trees" - the name Drummey Road was approved - budgets : municipal offices $300K; schools $3.2M; FD $53K; other public safety $24K; snow removal $150K; roads maintenance $282K; library $5K; welfare $14K; waste removal $144K; county tax $100K; debt service $100K.
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Alfred -
PD - by SO
FD - 460.55R - 453.775 new - 9/99 - dispatched by County - 1 station - ?1 ambo + ?2E + ?1Tanker
E1 - ?1998 FL TM SCC
E3 - ?1970 IH SCC 2 dr
WT1 - ?1970 IH SCC 2 dr ?2K gals
Squad 5 - 1975 GMC/Wolf Cascade
E1 was 65/90 IH/Moody/ArundellAuto 750GPM/850gal and E3 was 72/90 IH/Moody/Arundel Auto Forestry 450GPM/500gal
2500 pop - 1 fulltime + 45 vols
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Arundel -
PD - by ?SO + ?MSP
FD - �FD Website�
E - 68 Ford SCC 2 dr (I still have the newspaper clipping from when this rig was brand new)
Arundell, Town of - 10/99FCC - DPW - 159.015R - 151.01M
Arundel FD Inc - 985-2572 - 8/99FCC - FS Old Biddeford Rd - 33.56 33.70 - FS 468 Limerick Rd (= mail address) - 33.56 33.70 453.075R - 453.425R - ERP90/20W
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Berwick
PD -
FD -
Quint - 1997 Spartan 4 dr FCC / Smeal RM 75'
Forest 1 - military surplus Humvee obtained in 1997 for $5200
WT1 - Mack SCC tractor trailer 8500 gallon
E2 - ?1990 Ford FCC
E3 - ?1995 FCC TM
Utility 1 - box on van chassis
Ambo - by AMR (American Medical Response - private ambulance service)
6/10/99 The Sanford News - girl 17 rolls car while swatting at bee - Berwick PD, Berwick FD, and AMR responded - minor chest pains only injury
Pratt + Whitney FD - plant produces jet engines - have small industrial type fire engines
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Biddeford - ?FD website - FD ALS ambo
PD - ?155.055 - �PD Website�-???????
FD - ?3 stations (2 are not usually staffed) - ?ALS ambo - �FD Website� - 154.25 - dispatch by ?PD - 151.?? Tac
E6 - ?1997 E One FCC
Central Station - Alfred St - built in 1990
Hills Beach Station - Hills Beach Rd
Biddeford Pool Station - Lester Orcutt Blvd
E4 + E6 - 89 Emerg One Hush 1250/500
L3 - 1980 Max 100' RM
E2 - Hills Bch - 1974 Mack CF 1250/500
E3 - Bidd Pool - 1980 Max 1000/500
20,000 pop - 39 fulltime + 25 vols
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Blaisdell Corner FD - now part of Lebanon FD
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Buxton - FD ambo
PD - 153.845
FD - Bar Mills FS - Groveville FS - Chicopee FS - 154.235 - dispatch by ?Buxton PD
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Cornish -
PD - ?by Maine State Police (MSP)
FD - 154.19 - ?self dispatch - �FD Website�
Ambo - by Sacopee Rescue from ?Keezar Falls
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Dayton -
PD - by ?SO + ?MSP
FD - by Goodwin Mills FD (see)
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East Lebanon FD - now part of Lebanon FD
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Eliot -
?PD -
FD dispatched by Kittery PD on 154.19
E1 - minipumper
E3 - 1995 FCC 2 dr ?TM
pop 5,000 - 40 vols - station on State Rd
WT1 - 1980 GMC/Grumman 500/2500
Forest 1 - 1977 Chev/Pierce 250/300 FWD
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Goodwin Mills FD - cover Dayton and Lyman
154.25 - dispatched by ?Saco or ?Biddeford - 153.77 Channel 2 Tactical - �Goodwin Mills FD Website�
E3 - ?1980 Ford FCC
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Hollis
PD - by SO
FD - 460.60R - dispatched by ?Buxton PD -
Center FS - South FS - 460.60 - 6/21/99 at 0200 - Squad 61 + (Chief) 300 + Portable 73 + ? to MVA at fire station with 1 serious injury
West Buxton FD - 154.385 - 929-3100 F+R
Rescue Squad is ?1999 ?Freightliner heavy 2 dr SC (6/99)
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Compiled by Peter Szerlag on June 17, 1999 - 11/4/99 added Old Orchard Beach FD website - 12 Feb 2K added Chicopee Fd website and Portsmouth Navy Yard FD website - 27 Feb 2K misc updates