we finally figured out the fire dispatch scheme in windsor county vermont basically - each FD has its own radio channel - just a couple of FDs share channels
2 PSAPs serve Windsor County - Westminster State Police PSAP and Hartford PD PSAP each of these PSAPs dispatch multi FDs - and each PSAP also hands off calls to 2 other dispatch centers Westminster PSAP hands off calls to Ludlow VT and Springfield VT Hartford PSAP hands off calls to Hanover NH and Woodstock VT breaking this down further Westminster PSAP dispatches for Bethel FD + Barnard FD + Stockbridge FD + Pittsfield FD + Rochester FD Westminster hands off calls to Ludlow PD who dispatches Ludlow FD Westminster also hands off calls to Springfield PD who dispatches for Springfield FD Hartford PSAP dispatches for Chester FD + Proctorville FD + Cavendish FD + Weathersfield FD + Reading FD + West Windsor FD + Windsor FD + Hartford FD + Sharon FD + Royalton FD Hartford hands off calls to Hanover NH who dispatches Norwich VT FD Hartford also hands off calls to Woodstock who dispatches for Woodstock FD + Bridgewater FD + Pomfret FD + South Woodstock VFC yup - its complicated the ambulance / EMS dispatch scheme probably follows pretty much the same setup - ambulance / EMS is provided by FDs and third service EMS agencies - some ambulances (maybe mostly the third service ones) have their own radio channels - there are also (third service) first response EMS squads (typically called FAST Squads - some or all have their own non-transporting vehicles) - some FAST squads might be actually subunits of local FDs - there are also FD rescue trucks - (and some FDs might respond as EMS first responders without being officially recognized as a first responder squad - not sure about that) yup - complicated harltand rescue squad recently went 50/50 with hartland FD to purchase new jaws to replace 25 year old equipment - this shows that there is typically close cooperation between the ambulances and FAST squads and FDs - at least 1 of the 3rd service ambulances is stored in a fire station bay and the amb crew lives in a little house down the street there are some fulltime crews - both FD and ambulance - but most of the staffing is 'on call' many of the first responder teams are als - either paramedic or advanced emt - for example - norwich fd does not have an ambulance nor a rescue truck but they are operating an als first responder team - possible their chief is assigned a fd suv that he uses as an advanced emt to run ems calls not - broad brook fd gets 7 calls per year - they are kinda a sub station of barnard fd iirc - more complications ! note - the state ems office licenses (?or registers?) both ambulances services and non transporting first response units come to think of it - possibly all of the ambulances are staffed by fulltime crews - both fire and third service the fast squads typically do not have any fulltime staff - they cover the smaller towns - they arrive before the ambulances yikes - we wrote a book -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/massfire/CAFXWwKb%3D%3D1751w9Aamn8UStT2r59vA2W1aph9360pnWg6FHVZw%40mail.gmail.com.
