The Dewey Fire Department is part of Dewey Fire Company No. 1, which is a volunteer based fire and rescue company serving the community of Hellertown, located in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

The department is equipped with 2 Class C engines, 1 engine, a 100' aerial, and a medium duty Rescue.

The department is under command of 7 officers. The positions of Fire Chief and Assistant Fire Chief were elected at the company meeting that was held on Tuesday, October 27, 1999. They are:
 
 

RANK	NAME	RADIO NO.
Chief	Leroy Schonenberger Jr.	13-51
Asst. Chief	Bill Gilespie	13-52
Captain	Mark Nuss (11/1)	13-53
Lieutenant	Craig Beers	13-54
Lieutenant	Ed Synder	13-55
Lieutenant	Robert Scherer (11/2)	13-56
Lieutenant	Leroy Schonenberger III.	13-57

 

Dewey Fire and EMS are dispatched by the Northampton County 9-1-1 center, which is also know as Northampton County Control. It is located in Nazereth currently. We are dispatched and operate on the following frequencies:
 
 

Northampton County Fire Dispatch	Tx 154.340 Rx 154.340 Repeated on 501.4375 (New UHF-T System)
Northampton County Fire Ground	Tx 154.385 Rx 154.385
Lower Saucon Channel 2	Tx 154.745 Rx 154.745
Northampton County Medical	Tx 155.235 Rx 155.235
Northampton County Regional Medical	Tx 155.340 Rx 155.340
Northampton County  Local Government	Tx 155.985 Rx 155.055

For Mutual Aid calls and for the really big fires, we either assist or are assisted by the fire departments of Lower Saucon Township. To Learn a little more about them,

For information about the types and number of calls that Dewey Fire Co. runs, follow this link. Dewey Stats

If you're a person who listens to the scanner and wonder who the dispatechers are sending out, click on the following
link to find out!  Northampton and Lehigh County Stations

Updated 02.22.2001

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