Stoneham FD - 460.625R - 1 station
Sta 1 - Stoneham Square - E4 E5 L1 rE2=(reserve)
E5 - 1984 Pirsch 1000/500
E4 - 1989 Emerg One 1000GPM/500gal
E2 - 1972 Pirsch 1000/500
L1 - 1995 Emerg One twin rear axle 1250/300 100'RM with auto tire chains
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Stoneham FD Website - New - June 2000
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Dispatch Operations - The police and fire dispatch offices were merged in 1996. The dispatch center is now located in the police station. All boxes are beeped via radio - 2 rounds for transmitted boxes, 4 rounds for street boxes. No paging is used. A Class A telegraphic box system is used. The dispatcher apparently does not have the capability to disengage the Class A system nor the beeper (rendering the radio system unuseable during thunderstorms when multiple box alarms are received). (1998 info)
For all calls, the exact location of the building is given ("3rd on the right past Elm St"). Hydrant locations are given for all building fire calls.
Radio System
Primary Channel - 460.625R - apparently the dispatcher cannot receive and transmit at the same time. 458.175M is apparently the fireground channel - the dispatcher has ?no access to this channel.
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Staffing - A minimum of 8 firefighters are on duty at all times. Four 9 man groups provide this coverage via 24 hour shifts/tours. Previously the minimum was 7 people. At times, only E5 and L1 were manned and responding to box alarms. An ISO evaluation prompted the Town to increase the minimum manning from 7 to 8 recently. (1999)
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High Hazard Locations
Boston Regional Medical Center (closed 2/99) - box alarms - Stoneham + Melrose E+L + Medford E6 + Reading E to Stoneham HQ
Redstone Shopping Center and Movie Theatre, lowrise apartment buildings, Superhighways I95 and I93
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January 2003 info
No regularly scheduled radio tests are conducted
Engine 1 portables: E100- driver E101- rider
Engine 5 portables: E500- driver E501- rider
Ladder 1 portables: L100- driver L101- rider L102- rider (when there are 4 members assigned to the ladder)
Radio ID codes are not always used as some officers prefer to call you by name
Car 1 is the chief - Car 2 is the deputy chief - C5 is the fire prevention captain - L5 is the fire prevention lieutenant - S1 is the fire alarm superintendent - Car 3 is the fire prevention vehicle - Car 4 is the pick up - Car 5 is the fire alarm truck
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2002 - Talk is going around about the prospects of building a new fire station at the location of one of the school buildings (?Central at ?Elm)
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Last Updated - 4/24/99 - 7/3/99 - 18May00 (HQ photo) - 6June00 FD website + rigs - 29Jan2003 (radio IDs)