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May 1977 - Malden FD does not have a Hurst tool March 18 1976 - Logan FD - Channel 1 is 453.85 - Ch 2 is 453.75 1977 - Melrose Rescue portable has 155.34 July 1977 - Melrose E1 portable has 154.22 1977 Annual Report for Milton - Engine 1 has a new 4 channel radio Newton - 1960 ISO Report - FD has radio transmitter at Manet woods - reserve transmitter at Engine 7 station Newton - June 1977 FD radio test - 9 AM - Eng 1 to Eng 15 - reserve Eng 9 - Ladder 1 to Ladder 5 - Lighting Plant - Civil Defense Rescue - Rescue 1 - portables : C1A C1B Eng1 Eng2 Eng3 Eng4 Eng6 Eng9 Eng10 Ldr1 Ldr2 Ldr3 Res1 Newton FD - June 1978 - radio test has : Rescue truck + Res 1 + Res 2 + Res 3 + port Res 1 + port Res 2 Newton FD - Feb 1979 - radio test includes - Eng 16 - C2A - (no C1B) - Eng 7 portable Feb 1979 - General Dynamics and Weymouth have transmitters on the Quincy FD freq (153.785) Oct 1986 - Quincy FD - Rescue and Ladders have A & B portable radios April 1975 - Reading FD spent $3,400 for a new radio base 1973 Annual Report - Revere FD - have 6 portables with 5 watts each - use 154.175 & 154.205 July 1977 - Revere - Suffolk Downs Horse racing Track is on 154.175 and manned by (off duty) FD lieutenants May 1977 - Saugus Engine 1 has a 2 freq mobile radio - (probably 154.37 and 154.22) August 1978 - Saugus PD Unit 14 is Saugus A1 (Ambulance 1) 1977 approx - Somerville FD - 411 is the mtnce shop - 315 is the service truck December 1975 - Somerville fire dispatchers apparently have a radio scanner that receives Somerville PD, Medford FD, Boston FD Ch1, Arlington FD, Melrose FD, Lynn FD, Revere FD, & Malden FD Nov 15 1975 - Somerville Fire Alarm conversed with and delivered a message for KCH706 Worcester - (IIRC they shared 33.86) June 1977 Somerville FD radio test - Eng 1 Wagon - Eng 1 pump - Eng 2 wagon - Eng 3 pump - eng 4 pump - eng 5 - eng 6 - eng 7 wagon - eng 7 pump Dec 77 & Aug 1978 & Feb 1979 - Somerville FD radio tests - all the same - E1W - E1P - E2W - E2P - 3P - 4P - Eng 5 - Eng 6 - Eng 7 Wagon - Eng 7 Pump - 302 - 302A - 303 - 303A - (they used to have all 2 piece companys) - 302 & 303 were the district chiefs May 1978 - Somerville FD - 100 watt base at Elderly Housing at 114 Highland Ave - there is also a reserve 30 watt base April 1976 - Stoneham FD seeks money to buy a Hurst tool 1977 Annual Report - Wakefield FD has a Hurst Tool April 1979 - Waltham PD has a Cadillac ambulance I remember that Lexington FD used to have a Cadillac ambulance - Reading FD did also - Lexington FD used to transport to Symmes Hospital in Arlington a lot - then Lahey built a hospital in Burlington March 1979 - Watertown FD - pagers for Deputy and Rescue - first tone was half second - second tone was 1 second - (must have been on 46 Mhz) 1983 / 1984 Watertown Annual report - FD dispatch center moved to police station from fire HQ - FD got 12 UHF mobiles and 12 UHF portables - each had 4 channels (primary, 2 fireground, & metro) April 1976 - Wellesley FD used to have a wideband Fire District 14 radio - it was discontinued when the Fire Alarm Office moved 1966 / 1967 - Weston FD installed tone alert system 1974 Town report - Weston FD took over ambulance service Sept 7 1975 - Weymouth FD - 830AM radio test - Eng 1 2 3 4 5 6 - Ldr 1 2 5 - Portables : E100 E300 E400 E500 L100 L200 L500 Squad C200 Nov 1979 - Weymouth FD radio test included pump panel radios for E1 e2 E5 L1 Twr 1976 Annual Report - Winchester - police received UHF radios - the 1971 International Harvester (Carryall) police ambulance will be replaced in 1977 Winchester FD - 1974 Town report - Rescue cost $18,000 - $9,000 came from the federal government (? stimulus funds?) Aug 1978 - Caggiano's Amb served Winthrop June 1977 - Woburn FD radio test - E1 E2 E3 E5 E7 - Car 14 - R6 - r12 - Aux E8 - Aux R1 - maybe portables 4,5,7 L1, L2, 14 March 1987 - Woburn FD - some units are on 483 Mhz, some are on 46.38 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
