Boston Massachusetts area public safety staffing - 2014

Every on duty person has a portable 2 way radio (except maybe on private
ambulances)

Ambulances have crews of 2 people

Police cars are staffed by one person - except that maybe 30% of Boston PD
units have 2 people - maybe 30% of Cambridge PD units have 2 people - maybe
some detectives travel in pairs

Fire department vehicles are staffed by 3 people - except that Boston has 4
people per unit - Malden FD might have 4 people per unit - Brookline FD
might have 4 people per unit

Exceptions - Cambridge R1 also serves as an ambulance at times - it has a 3
or 4 person crew - crash trucks at Logan Airport might have 1 or 2 person
crews - Boston Fire Rescues, Towers, and Boats might have 5 person crews -
Winthrop and Woburns FDs operate some units with 2 people - Boston FD might
have a couple of special units with just 1 person (TacCom, Special Unit,
Air Supply Unit, Rehab Unit) - Boston EMS might operate a Tango unit with
just 1 person (small rescue truck) - MassPort Police might have just 1
person on their rescue truck - Highway Rescue Trucks downtown might just
have 1 person (ERS) - ALS transfer trucks might have 3 person crews
(private ambulance companys or MedFlight or Childrens Hospital) - Lincoln
FD and Weston FD might staff some extra units with pager equipped offduty
employees

Suburban PDs use offduty detectives to handle investigations outside of 9
to 5 on weekdays - SWAT and special units typically use oncall staff -
suburban FDs use oncall chief officers outside of weekdays for major
incidents

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