Revere - a city - 6 square miles - 40,000 population
Revere FD - 911 - 154.175R - 4 stations
Sta 1 - Walden St - E1 L1
Sta 3 - Beechmont - E3
Sta 4 - HQ - E4 L2 Deputy Chief (C4, C5, C6, C7)
Sta 5 - E5
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Dispatch System
One person staffs the fire dispatch center at Fire HQ at all times. Stations are dispatched via radio and landline. No paging is used. Boxes are beeped via radio. A Class B telegraphic bell system is used (boxes are not automatically retransmitted to the stations from the dispatch office).
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Radio System
Channel 1 - Primary Channel - 154.175R - 159.06input - (in 1994 the input channel was added)
Channel 2 - Fireground Channel - seldom used - ?153.83
Channel 3 - ?Mutual Aid Channel - ?154.22
Channel 4 is the backup/reserve/spare radio channel - 8/3/99 - 154.175 simplex
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Response Levels
Street Box - 1E + 1L (box is not transmitted)(4/25/99)
Master Box - 1E + 1L + C Car Fire - 1E
Ambulance Calls - 1E + 1 private Ambulance
North Revere boxes - get 1 Saugus E + 1 Malden E + 2 Revere E + 1 Revere L + Revere C
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Radio Codes -
Code 5 - the police
Code 7 - ?lockout/forced entry
Code 8 - false alarm - all units return to quarters
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High Hazard Locations
Petroleum Facilities on Leo Burbank Highway, Asphalt Plant in N Revere, Wonderland Ballroom, Suffolk Downs Race Track, Blue Line Rapid Transit Stations, HighRise apartment buildings along Revere Beach
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Radio Test - 0830AM
Mobiles - C - Engines 1,3,4,5 - Ladders 1,2 : Portables - Portable Engines 1,3,4,5 - Portable Ladders 1,2 - C
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EMS Operations - As of July 1, 1999, Cataldo Amb Service will provide ambulances and crews to Revere. Previously, AMR kept one ambo in town with 2 EMTs and they were dispatched on 154.175R. AMR also supplied ALS as needed. Previously, Nordstrums/Peter Poor Amb Service protected Revere. (Maybe BayState Amb of Malden did it for a while).
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December 1999 - Line of Duty Death of Firefighter
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Compiled - 4/24/99
Updated - 7/3/99 - 12/26/99 - 07Nov00 (layout changed - master box added)