Winthrop FD - 2 stations - 483.6375R
Sta 1 - Pauline St - E1 L1
Sta 2 - Beach - E2

June 2000 - see www.geocities.com/morney55 for profile of Winthrop FD with color photos of vehicles

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Response Levels
Building Fire - 2E + 1L + 1 police unit
2nd Alarm - ?Boston E56 + Boston L21 + ?Revere E
Ambulance Calls - 1E + 1 private ambulance ?+ 1 police unit

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Dispatch Operations

One fire dispatcher is on always on duty at the FD HQ. Units are dispatched by station telephones and telegraphic bell system.

October 2000 - possibly fire and PD dispatch have been combined - ?1 dispatcher onduty

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Radio Test - 0800
Mobiles - Engines 1,2,3 - Ladder 2 - Rescue 1
Portables - Engs 100,200 - Ldr 200 - District 1
Pager Test - 9PM - 1 long tone (?15 seconds)

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23 Dec 2002 - 0800 - Winthrop - Engine 1,2,3 - Ladder 2 - Rescue 1 - portable radios - Engine 100, 10h1, 200, 2oh1, Ladder 200, 20h1 - District 1 (station watch desk radio) - (Engine 1 is apparently at District 1) - 483.6375R

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High Hazard Areas - Deer Island Sewarage Plant and Outfall Tunnel (which are actually within the city of Boston and receive joint full responses from both FDs).

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January 2003 info from a Winthrop firefighter

Hello, I figured you might like this information on Winthrop Fire Department

Mutual Aid ID-8213

Headquarters- 40 Pauline St. - E-2, Fire investigation car, Fire inspectors car

Beach Station- 416 Shirley St. (District 1) - E-1, E-3 (Reserve Engine), Ladder 2, Rescue 1 (Reserve Piece, used when ladder 2 is down), Rescue Boat

Morning Radio test- 0800 - No longer a pager test

Responses:
Building Fires- All companies, 2 Police Units
2nd alarm- Massport Engine 1 (To fire) Boston E-56,L21 To headquarters, Revere Engine 3 to district 1
Medical Aides- 1 Engine, 1 Cataldo Ambulance, 1 Winthrop Police unit

Dispatch: Fire Dispatch operations are run out of fire headquarters - fire and police dispatch seperately.

Radios - All apparatus have mobile radios - Portables go as follows - E1 : Engine 100, Engine 101 - E-2 : Engine 200, Engine201 - E-3 : Engine 300, Engine 301 (This is only when truck is in use) - L-2 : Ladder 200, Ladder 201 - Rescue : Rescue 100, Rescue 101  (This is also only when truck is in use) - The Boat is not equipped with a radio

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Last Update - 4/22/99 - 6June00 - 13Oct00 - 24Dec02 (radio test)