QUINCY MASSACHUSETTS FIRE DEPARTMENT PROFILE - 1999
Quincy - pop 85,000 - 16 square miles - a city
Quincy FD - 483.5375R - 911 - 5 stations
483.5375R - repeater at Quincy City Hospital 451.55R - fire alarm repairmen channel (new ?1998)
Sta 1 - Center - E1 L1 R1
E1
L1
R1 - new 1999 Emergency One heavy rescue due in
1999
Sta 2 - North - E2 L5
E2
L5 - 1998 EmergOne 1250GPM/300Gal/75'RM
Sta 3 - E3
Sta 4 - Wollaston - E4 L2
Sta 5 - West - E5 + small brush truck
Sta 6 - Houghs Neck - E6
Sta 7 - Squantum - E7
Sta 8 - Germantown - E8
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Response Levels
Street Box - 2E + 1L + Car2
Building Fire - 2E + 2L + R1 + Car2
Motor Vehicle Accident - 1E + 1L + R1 + Car2 + 1 Private Ambulance
Ambulance Call - 1E or + 1 Private Ambulance or R1 + 1 Private Ambulance
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Radio Codes -
Signal 3 - take charge - dismiss unneeded rigs - given from the Deputy to the officer at scene
Signal 5 - cancel your response
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Daily Radio Test - 0830AM - dispatcher does not do a roll call
Mobiles - Eng1 Ldr1 Res1 Eng2 Ldr5 Quint3 Eng4 Ldr2 Eng5 Eng6 Eng7 Eng8
Portables - Portable Car2 Res1A Res1B Eng1 Ldr1 Eng2 Ldr5A Ldr5B Eng3 Eng4 Ldr2A Ldr2B Eng5A Eng5B Eng6 Eng7 Eng8
Private Ambulance Portables - Xray1 Xray2 Xray3
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Radio Channels
Channel 1 - 483.5375R - Primary
Channel 2 - 483.5375 - Simplex of Primary
Channel 3 - ???
Channel 4 - ?483.3125R - Metrofire Red/FG
451.55R - Fire Alarm Repairmen
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High Hazard Locations - Quincy Hospital, highrise office buildings and elderly housing, Red Line above ground rapid transit line, I95 super highway, Quincy Shipyard, rock quarries
23 May 1995 - 5 Alarm Fire in West Quincy "Home Depot" Hardware Store
Special Responses -
I95 Incidents - E5, R1, L1, C2, + 1 private ambo
to all motor vehicle accidents (MVAs)
Long Island boxes - Quincy E7 is 2nd due behind
Boston E54 - 1 Boston E moves up to Quincy E7
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News - May 23, 1999 - disaster drill held on railroad tracks - Boston R2 at scene - Boston MedFlight chopper landed on the bridge - 3rd alarm units were E7 + E8 - Boston CMED did roll call of hospital capabilities on 155.28 at 0900 - Kids 4 red / 12 yellow / 30 green - Carney 2r/2y/10g - Faulkner 5g - St Eliz 4/12/30 - NEMC 2/2/2 - QCH 6/10/unlimited - Milton 2/4/6 - MGH ?? - BCH ??
June 23, 1999 - 5 alarm highrise fire on Quincy Shore Drive - 1 apartment on fire on the ?3rd floor of a ?8 story apartment building - 1 Quincy Fire Captain taken to Quincy City Hospital in serious condition due to ?heat and smoke inhalation - 1251 first alarm - 1307 2nd alarm - 1315 3rd alarm - 1320 4th alarm - 1329 5th alarm - Boston E21 and a Braintree E were at the fire - Hingham E3 covered at ?HQ - a Dedham E ?went to fire and a Dedham ?L went to ?HQ
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Last Update - 4/24/99 - 6/29/99 - 7/31/99 - 19May00 (1995 5th) - 16Sept00 (editorial)
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Quincy Municipal Code- Look under Title 8 for Fire Alarm System Rules and Body Piercing Rules
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