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Mobile Command Posts in Massachusetts
? - AMTRAK or Guilford Rail
? - AMR Amb - maybe not
ATF - at least 1 big rescue truck based in Boston - can be used as a command
post
Arlington PD - small van - ?BAPERN or NEMLEC? - possibly lettered as 'Incident
Response Unit" - seen parked at the Arlington Police Station in 2004
Arlington EMA - Lighting Plant - box on pickup chassis - can be used as
command post
Barnstable County Sheriff - S39 - 2001 Ford F650 / Wolf Coach - kept at
Centreville Fire HQ - per www.capecodfd.com on 14 April 2005
Barnstable, Town of - Police - no further info - 5 July 2005 per sme2 list
Beverly PD = blue box with big windows on blue truck chassis -
pictured in 2008 Beverly PD Annual Report
Boston PD - 1 big one - blue and white
Boston PD - box on van chassis - blue and white - has (?50 foot?) telescopic
tower
Boston EMS - Squad 70 is a SUV - Tac Response Unit is a box on a pickup
chassis (?former ambulance?) - neither of these might have special comm gear -
possibly their Radio Repair men carry portable repeaters in their vehicles
(RS1 and RS2)
Boston EMS - 16 April 2005 - "Special Ops" is a huge commandpost type truck
with red lights and siren - the size of a large bookmobile
Boston FD - 1 big + 1 small - the big "Comm Unit" is a 1997 Chevy / LOV which
is based at Station 39 in South Boston - it is a large bread truck sized
vehicle - the TCU is a 2004 Ford Excursion SUV - the "Spare Comand Post" is a
box on a van chassis that is kept at ?HQ - the Special Ops Unit is a bread
truck (might not have special comm gear)
Bristol County Sheriff - based at County Jail in Dartmouth
Cambridge - PD - white - minibus on van chassis - Feb 2006 firenews.org
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Civil Air Patrol - kept at a members home on the South Shore - has been OOS
since Spring of 2004
The Civil Air Patrol Comm Unit is based at the small airport in Mansfield.
April 2006 - reportedly the CAP Mobile Command Post is back in service
- on a Mack chassis
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? - Clean Harbors - oil spill clreanup guys from Braintree
? - Dept of Homeland Security / DHS - 1 based in Maynard? - with big
satellite dish ?
Dukes County - Marthas Vineyard Island - countywide interagency unit -
per posting to sme2 on 5 July 2005 - see www.firenews.org for photo
March 2007
Environmental Protection Agency - seen by RN - 4/05
? - Essex County Sheriff - ?based at jail in Middleton? - maybe not
? - FAA - ?1 at Logan Airport, or Burlington Field Office
Fall River - PD does NOT have a mobile command post at this time - per Pete on
sme 2 - June 2005
? - Fallon Amb? - see Metro Law Enforcement Council
FEMA - has a huge bus - see the photo in Scanning Digest July 2007 -
possibly is based at Maynard MA
Federal Police - DOHS - former GSA PD - large mobile command post -
photo on firenews.org Sept 2008 - they protect the JFK Bld & ?
? - FBI - 1 based in Boston?
Framingham FD - the Mobile Command Post is a 1990 National RV Corp /
Chevrolet motor coach with 8 radios supported by a ACU1000 (cross
patch box) - in good condition at Loring Drive Fire Station - per the
2007 Annual Report
GSA PD - see Federal Police
? - Hanscom AFB?
Harvard University PD - white - mini bus on van chassis - per
www.firenews.org Feb 2006
Holyoke FD - Sprinter unit - April 2005
Lowell PD - 1 per RN - 4/05
Lowell FD - got Sprinter unit in April 2005 - (Lowell FD also has a converted
bus for EMS Command per RK 4/05)
Marthas Vineyard - see Dukes County
? - Mass Natl Guard - ? - possibly use Hummers with additional radios?
Mass Natl Guard - Sept 1 2008 - info from the Net - 1st Civilian
Support Team (WMD) - have a MCP
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Mass 911 - 1 mobile PSAP based at the Verizon garage in Framingham
The Statewide Emergency Telecommunications Board (SETB) has a "mobile PSAP"
unit. It is based at a Verizon garage in Framingham and can be sent out to any
of the 278 Public Safety Answering Points to receive the 9-1-1 calls in the
event of a failure of the PSAP's main equipment. It is built by Lynch
Diversified Vehicles (LDV). 07 April 2005
16 April 2005 - a big truck - size of a large bookmobile - ? 2 axle
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Mass State Environmental Police - Sept 1 2008 - photo on the net - MCP
is a big green box on a van chassis
Mass State Forestry - ?none per Galla list?
Mass State Fire Services - 1 big one at fire academy in Sudbury (Incident
Support Unit - 2000 Freightliner / Saulsbury - 3 axle) - $240K in updates by
Wolf Coach in ?2003? - plus 6 new smaller ones ('Sprinters') around the state
(3/05) (see article at end of this list) - plus TOMs and Ops Response Units
(that had mobile repeaters on 800 Mhz IIRC)
Massachusetts State Police - March 2005 - MSP - 1 tractor trailer
(2004 Freightliner) based in Framingham at the MSP Garage Area - Sept
1 2008 - MSP has 2 large (blue) bus type vehicles used for Blood
Alcohol Testing that can be used as MCP - MSP might have a white
mobile home type MCP also - they might have a MCP in each Troop also
? - Mass Turnpike ? - maybe not
? - Mass Dept of Highways ? - maybe not
Massport FD - 1 (?yellow?) bus based at Logan Airport
Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council - see Metro Law Enforce Council
Mass Office of Emergency Medical Services - 2C2 is a SUV that tows a 2 wheeled
horse trailer
? - Mass Water Resources Agency - at Quabbin or Wachusetts or Deer Island
or Quincy???
? - MBTA PD - 1 based on ? Frontage Road in South Boston ? - big bookmobile
type white 2 axle
MBTA - 1 Command Post Bus and 1 Public Safety Support (rehab) bus -
per 2007 MBTA BlueBook
MEMA - 1 big bus based in Framingham near the bunker
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Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council - MetroStars - 1 large MCP based at
Dedham Jail - 2nd unit (an Expedition SUV) is on order - the big unit is a box
on a 2 axle Freightliner chassis
Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council - MetroStars TEMS - there MCP is
hosted by Fallon Ambulance at the Fallon HQ in Quincy - Sept 1 2008 -
per info on the Net
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Middlesex County Sheriff - 1 big bus with a widows walk on the top based at
Action Amb HQ in Wilmington
Nahant PD - per the 2005 Annual Town Report, Nahant PD obtained a
mobile command vehicle
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National Grid - They are the parent company of Mass Electric, Nantucket
electric and Niagara Mohawk along with a few others. The Bus is fitted out
with a small onsite repeater and capability on all company channels on Low,
High, UHF and 800. It also has Astro radios for the Niagara Mohawk digital VHF
system.
It is heavily used and has been to Florida and many other states in support of
our crews that helped with all of the hurricane damage. It will be deployed to
large area outages, or, as in the case of Florida, significant storms. It also
has a killer sound system and multiple large screen TV's and a full
entertainment system to keep the crews happy. It is also well stocked with
soft drinks and snacks for those late night munchies :-)
7 April 2005
Mass. Electric has a large Command post on a Provost bus chassis.
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North East Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (NEMLEC) - large command post
built by LDV - possibly kept in Woburn
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New Bedford EMA - kept at FD repair shop
New Bedford FD - ? got state Sprinter unit in March 2005 - (NO! per the article
below)
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Norfolk County Fire Mutual Aid - a white SUV that responds on all 2nd
alarms - 3/09
Norfolk County Sheriff - probably not - correction - per photo at EMT
Bravo New England on 1 Nov 2008 - Norfolk County Sheriff has a large
bookmobile type white (2007 ?LVI) mobile command post
? - Otis Air Force Base?
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Pittsfield PD - 2 axle bookmobile type vehicle - (Pittsfield FD got one of
the state Sprinter units 3/05)
Pittsfield FD - Sprinter unit - April 2005
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Plymouth County Sheriff? - ?based at Plymouth County Jail in Plymouth - 16
April 2005 - big box on a Kodiac chassis - white - 2 axle
Quincy - has a MCP - per Aug 2008 info on the Net
? - Red Cross ?
Southern Middlesex County - Fire District 14 Incident Support Trailer (2 axle)
+ 2004 Ford Excursion / AllCom SUV
Springfield PD
Sprinter units - see article at end of list
? - Suffolk County Sheriff ? - based at South Bay Jail ? - maybe not
Taunton FD - Sprinter unit in April 2005
Utility companies - ?NSTAR - Keyspan - others? - (see Natl Grid above)
Waltham FD - got Sprinter unit in April 2005 - earlier they had a ?1980 big
Ford cab forward with a good sized box on the back - this was known as the
MetroFire Command Post
Westover AFB - nothing listed for FD per John Gallas website
? - Westfield Air Natl Guard Base - ? - nothing listed on Galla website
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? - Worcester PD - ?
Worcester FD - nothing listed on John Gallas site - got Sprinter unit April
2005
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Yarmouth PD - 30 footer - Fabir - stored at PD HQ - per sme2 on 5 July 2005
US Coast Guard - ?1 based in Boston
US Postal Inspectors - Mobile Command Center - Boston Division - big
white box on a Chevy Kodiak chassis - photo at www.firenews.org - Aug
2008
US Federal Police - see Federal Police above - see GSA Police
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Article Published: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 2:15:04 AM EST
Edward A. Flynn, Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety, second from right,
and state fire officials at a news conference in Wilmington, Mass., today to
announce six new mobile communications vehicles intended provide better
coordination during the response to large emergencies. The six $267,000
trucks, bought with Homeland Security money, will be stationed at fire
departments in Pittsfield, Holyoke, Worcester, Taunton, Lowell and Waltham.
(AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
State to unveil command vehicles
By The Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) -- With the purchase of six new mobile command vehicles, to be
unveiled officially in Wilmington today, Massachusetts public safety officials
hope to provide better coordination and response to emergencies, from major
fires to terrorist attacks.
The vehicles, worth $267,000 each and bought with a $1.6 million grant from
the Department of Homeland Security, will be distributed throughout the state
so they can reach emergencies as fast as possible no matter where they occur.
The RV-sized vehicles will be stationed at fire departments in Pittsfield,
Holyoke, Worcester, Taunton, Lowell and Waltham.
"The 9/11 Commission identified interoperability -- the ability for commanders
to communicate with each other at the scene of a major emergency -- as one of
the top issues for public safety managers," said Edward A. Flynn, the state's
public safety secretary. "These six field communications units will be used to
address interoperability issues among all public safety personnel at major
incidents."
State police, Boston police and the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
already have similar units.
"These field communication units help to create a statewide safety net that
not only serves the public but also protects the public servants," said state
Fire Marshall Stephen D. Coan.
Two people from each area where the vehicles are located will be trained to
operate the trucks, while 10 technicians from the state Department of Fire
Services will also be trained to use the trucks and be on the scene of an
emergency within an hour. Their training will be paid for with federal grants.
The mobile command centers feature the ability to create talk groups by
uniting radios of different frequencies onto the same frequency; a downlink
system and video screen to display video images from aircraft; an on-board
weather station and global positioning system; a dozen mobile radios; a 30-
foot lighting tower; and meeting space so commanders from different agencies
can meet to coordinate response.
Also today, the Department of Fire Services will unveil its new incident rehab
vehicle, which will provide on-scene medical help for firefighters. The
vehicle will help reduce physical and emotional stress on firefighters and
catch minor injuries before they become major, or even lead to death.
For example, heart attacks are the number one killer of firefighters, Coan
said. Making sure a firefighter's blood pressure returns to normal can prevent
more serious complications.
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5 July 2005 - posted to sme2 - Here are 3 more to add to the list
Yarmouth P.D. 30' Faber stored at P.D. Hqts.
Barnstable P.D. (Not the Sheriff's Dept) make and storage location unknown.
Martha's Vineyard Island (Island wide Police, Fire and Sheriff
Depts.) make and storage location unknown.
Barnstable and Marth's Vineyard are 2 of 5 M.C.P. going to Wolf Coach
in Auburn Mass. for major upgrades for better State Police interagency
capability.
The other 3 going to Wolf are Barnstable County Sheriff, Bristol
County Sheriff and the New Bedford Emergency Management Agency. All
will be upgraded between
now and the end of Sept.
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file created - March 2005
last updated - 07 April 2005 - 14 April 2005 (added Barns Co Sheriff and misc
minor changes) - 16 April 2005 - added to Boston EMS and Plymouth Co Sheriff -
06 May 2005 added Boston PD box on van plus MBTA PD MCP - 06 June 2005
- added paragraph breaks - added Fall River info - 05 July 2005 -
added MV, Barnstable, and Yarmouth - 6 Feb 2006 - added Cambridge PD
and Harvard Univ PD - minor updates March 2007 - July 2007 added FEMA
bus - Aug 2008 added US Postal Inspectors - Sept 2008 - added CST WMD
& MetroStara TEMS & Quincy & MSP & Mass Enviro Police - 14 Oct 2008 -
Federal Police & Framingham FD - 4 Nov 2008 - Norfolk County Sheriff -
15 Feb 2009 Beverly PD - 17 March 2009 - T CP Bus & Norfolk County
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