BFD CALL SIGNSASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS A 1 Mayor's car A 2-4 Mayor's office A 5 State Fire Marshal A 16 Local 718 President A 17-19 Boston Ambulance Squad A 20 -21 AFA Alarm company A 22-25 American Service company A 27-28 Automatic Alarm company A 29 Norel Service company A 30 Salvation Army canteen truck A 31-32 Red Cross disaster unit A 33-34 Norel Service company A 41 Patriot Alarm A 42 School Police A 45 UMASS Medical/Al Sherman A 50- 60 School Dept. A 70 Congress Alarm A 71-72 Pyrotronics Alarm co.
PLANNING AND LOGISTICS G 1 District Chief Hartnett G 2 Chief Solletti G 3 EMS Liaison Capt. Keating G 4 Lt. Tom Carey G 5 EMS Office FF Ryan G 6 Assistant CD Officer FF Famolare G 25 EMS field services/Rehab Unit
SAFETY DIVISION H 1 Safety Chief H 2 Special Unit H 3 Haz-Mat Unit H 4 Tunnel Rescue Unit(at Eng.9) H 5 Tunnel Rescue Unit(at Eng.7) H 6 Collapse Rescue Unit H 8 Metro Haz-Mat Lt. Carey H 9 Metro Haz-Mat Lt. Parker
MAINTENANCE DIVISION M 1 Superintendent Flynn M 2 Asst. Superintendent Nee M 5-7 Motor Squad M 16 Small Wrecker M 17 Large Wrecker
HEADQUARTERS C 1 Commisioner Pierce C 100 Aide to Commisioner C 2 Chief of Operations McCurtain C 3 Deputy O'Halloran C 4 Deputy Kenney/Deer Island C 5 Deputy Dunbar/CANA project C 6 Division One Deputy Chief C 7 Division Two Deputy Chief C 9 Assistant to Comm. Dorsey C 10 Exec. asst. to Comm. Horgan C 11 Department Hospital Rep. C 12 Catholic Chaplain Keating C 15 Department Messenger C 16 Catholic Chaplain Mahoney C 17 Asst. Cath. Chaplain Hegarty C 18 Protestant Chaplain C 19 Jewish Chaplain Korff C 20 Personnel Selection/Capt. Giannetti C 21 Constituent liaison/FF Baston C 22 Public Relations/FF MacDonald C 23 Public Relations/FF Walsh C 24 Public Relations C 25 Betsy Skaggs C 26 Department Chemist/Murphy C 27 Plans Examiner Hanlon C 28 Dept. Lawyer/Allison Haley C 29 Central Artery/FF Smith C 30 Fire Headquarters watchman C 31 Stress Team C 32 Deputy Chief Christian C 33 Chief Molito C 35-35a Ticket Sellers C 36 Newton Fire C 49 MIS/Steve Morash District Atty./James Larkin
SCUBA TEAM J 1 FF McGillicudy J 2 FF O'Neil J 3 FF Holmes J 4 FF Walsh J 5 FF Marrero J 6 FF Murphy J 7 FF Cudahey J 8 FF Prokop J 9 FF Foley
TRAINING DIVISION W 1 Deputy Chief Moore W 2 District Chief Coppney W 3 Captain Sullivan W 4 Captain Duffy W 5 Captain Kelley W 6-7 Fire Acadamy W 8 Lt. LaPorte W 9 Lt. O'Brien W 12 Air supply unit
FIRE PREVENTION DIVISION K 1 Fire Marshal Fleming K 2 Assistant Fire Marshall Burke K 3 Chief Mullen K 3a Capt. O'Toole K 4 Arson Squad K 4s Arson Squad Trooper McMahon K 5 Lt. Splaine K 6 Cause and Origin van K 7 Department Photographer K 8 Arson Squad K 9 Arson Squad dog K 10 Hospital Inspector Lt. McDonaugh K 11 Special Hazards Insp. Cp.Mahoney K 12 Codes and Standards Cp.Scavitto K 13 Supervisor Nightclub Inspectors K 17 Arson Squad community liaison Jones K 18 Special hazards insp. J.Mahoney K 20 Fire prevention special detail K 21 Auto investigations K 22 Hotel inspector E. Joyce K 24 Special hazards insp. W.Donovan K 25 Permit/License insp. Lt.Anderson K 26 Inspector F. Walsh Districts 3 K 28 Inspector P. Marsh Haz-Mat K 29 Inspector Hicks Smoke Det. K 30 Inspector Jackson Dist.3,4,5 K 31 Inspector McSweeney K 32 Prosecuting Inspector Crisafulli K 33 Districts 3 & 4 inspector McGrady K 34 MWRA/Deer Island inspector Sears K 35 District 8 inspector Sheehan K 36 Public Education K. Miller K 37 Districts 10 & 12 inspector Gorden K 38 District 11 inspector Repta K 39 Supervisor of inspectors Lt. Hansen K 40 District 1 & C-town insp.Murphy K 41 Inspector DiMaggio Citywide K 42 Inspector Hunt Dist. 6 K 43 Inspector Lowe Dist. 8 K 44 Inspector Marlowe Dist. 9 K 45 Daycare inspections K 46 BPD Detective Torigian K 47 Fire education unit K 48 Lt. Harrington K 50 Nightclub Inspector Greenwood K 51 Nightclub Inspector cInerney K 52 Nightclub Inspector Flaherty K 53 Nightclub Inspector Mathis K 54 Nightclub Inspector Harrison K 55 Nightclub Inspector Raso
SPECIAL SERVICES S 1 Deputy White S 2 Acting Superintendent Clougherty S 3 Assistant Superintendent Virgilio S 4 Acting Chief Operator O'Rourke S 5 Radio supervisor J. Welby S 6 General foreman Mansour S 7 Supervisor of electricians O'Toole S 8 Supervisor of linemen C. Clougherty S 9 Supervisor of cablesplicers Cahill S10 Foreman's Office S11 Fire Alarm Construction Crew S12 FAC Emergency Crew S13 Fire Alarm Construction Crew S14 Fire Alarm Construction Crew S15 Fire Alarm Construction Crew S16 Jim Finn S17 John Finn S20 Machine Shop W/F Powers S21 Machine Shop K. Boyle S22 Machine Shop P. Vogal S23 Internal Systems T. Downs S24 Internal Systems K. Boyle S25 Internal Systems P. Dewan S26 Radio Shop J. Gosse S27 Senior Operator F. Fell S28 Radio Shop Joe Leeman S30 Radio Shop Jack Welby S31 Working Foreman Fleming S32 Working Foreman S33 Working Foreman Mandeville S35 Working Foreman Magoon S36 Working Foreman Lawler S37 Working Foreman Cunniff S39 Working Foreman McCarey S41 Inside Wireman Turner S42 Inside Wireman Hardy S43 Inside Wireman Graham S44 Inside Wireman Drinan S45 Inside Wireman Finnegan S99 S101 Principal Operator Bowers S102 Principal Operator Freiwald S104 Principal Operator Henderson S105 Senior Operator Corbett S106 Senior Operator Doucette S108 Operator Stafford S109 Senior Operator Kelleher S110 Senior Operator Condry S111 Operator Harrison S112 Operator Sullivan S113 Senior Operator Clifford S114 Operator Brooks S115 Operator D'Agostino S116 Operator Dowling S119 Operator Fitzgibbon
POLICE Police 1 BPD Haz-Mat Officer Davies Police 2 BPD Command Post Police 3 BPD radio shop van Police 4 BPD radio shop
TACTICAL CALLSIGNS Evac 1 Chief Officer responsible for evacuation at a high- rise incident Net 1 Chief Officer responsible for tracking units at 2 alarm fire
Company Names Company Names Company Names In the beginning days of the Boston Fire Department nearly every fire company had unique name. Most have long since been forgotten, but here are the surviving names. Engine 2 S.R. Spinney Engine 3 Eagle Engine 4 Barnicoat Engine 5 Elisha Smith Engine 7 Amory/Tiger Engine 8 North Liberty Engine 9 Maverick Engine 10 Cataract Engine 14 Dearborn Engine 16 S.H. Hebard Engine 17 Protector Engine 18 Torrent Engine 20 Independence Engine 21 J.H. Upham Ladder 1 Warren Ladder 2 Washington Ladder 4 Washington Ladder 6 General Grant Ladder 7 Everett (when Ladder 4 was called Washington, Roxbury was not part of Boston)
Fire Box Locations 1200's Downtown, North End 1300's Beacon Hill, West End 1400's Downtown, Theatre Area 1500's Back Bay, South Cove 1600's South End 1700's N. Dorchester, Roxbury 1800's Savin Hill, N. Dorchester 1900's Harbor Point 2100's Roxbury 2200's Roxbury 2300's Roxbury, Fenway 2400's Jamaica Plain 2500's Jamaica Plain 2600's Roslindale 2700's West Roxbury 2800's West Roxbury 2900's West Roxbury 3100's Dorchester 3200 's Dorchester, Neponset 3300's Dorchester 3400's Dorchester 3500's Dorchester 3600's Mattapan 3700's Hyde Park 3800's Hyde Park, Readville 4100's Charlestown 4200's Charlestown 4300's I93 (Charlestown) 5100's Brighton, Comm.Ave. 5200's Brighton 5300's Brighton, Cleveland Circle 5400's Brighton 5500's I-90 Extension 6100's East Boston, Maverick Sq. 6200's East Boston Orient Heights 6300's Deer Island 6400's Logan Airport 7100's South Boston 7200's South Boston 7300's South Boston 7400's South Boston 7500's South Boston 7600's Long/Moon Islands 7700's Harbor Islands 7800's I-93 (Expressway) 8000's Mutual Aid 9100's LNG Facility
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