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* Essex County Regional Emergency Communications Center (ECRECC) dispatches for several communities in the county
 
* Essex County Regional Emergency Communications Center (ECRECC) dispatches for several communities in the county
 
* [[Massachusetts Fire Tone Outs]]
 
* [[Massachusetts Fire Tone Outs]]
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* Byfield Fire has merged with Newbury Fire Department.
  
  
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{{prettytable}}
 
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|'''Use'''||'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
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|'''Use'''||'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
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|Dist.5 Ch.1 VHF||154.0700||R||131.8||Operations||2024.07.21 MASSBUSMARK
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|Dist.5 Ch.1 VHF||154.0700||R||131.8||Operations||2025.04.20 MASSBUSMARK
 
|-align="center"  
 
|-align="center"  
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|Dist.5 Ch.1 UHF||460.1375||R||131.8||UHF Simulcast||2023.08.06 MASSBUSMARK
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|Dist.5 Ch.1 UHF||460.1375||R||131.8||UHF Simulcast||2025.01.03 W1KNE
  
 
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{{prettytable}}
 
{{prettytable}}
 
|-align="center" style="background:silver"
 
|-align="center" style="background:silver"
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|'''Use'''||'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations
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|'''Use'''||'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation
 
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|Dist.15 Ch.1 VHF||154.0700||R||131.8||Operations||2024.07.21 MASSBUSMARK
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|Dist.15 Ch.1 VHF||154.0700||R||131.8||Operations||2025.04.20 MASSBUSMARK
 
|-align="center"  
 
|-align="center"  
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|Dist.15 Ch.1 UHF||460.1375||R||131.8||UHF Simulcast||2024.07.21 Dave2582
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|Dist.15 Ch.1 UHF||460.1375||R||131.8||UHF Simulcast||2025.08.21 MASSBUSMARK
 
|-align="center"
 
|-align="center"
 
|Essex RED||487.3875||S||229.1||UHF County Fireground||
 
|Essex RED||487.3875||S||229.1||UHF County Fireground||
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!'''District'''
 
!'''District'''
 
!'''Notes'''
 
!'''Notes'''
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!'''Confirmation/ReConfirmations'''
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!'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Lynn||470.1750||R||88.5||13||F-01 Dispatch||2024.01.02 W1KNE
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|Lynn||470.1750||R||88.5||13||F-01 Dispatch||2025.01.03 W1KNE
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Lynn||482.1625||R||79.7||13||F-02 Fireground||2024.02.15 ecps92
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|Lynn||482.1625||R||79.7||13||F-02 Fireground||2025.05.12 pdurf
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Lynn||482.8500||R||D125||13||F-03 Fireground||2023.09.09 W1KNE
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|Lynn||482.8500||R||D125||13||F-03 Swampscott/Nahant Primary Fireground, 2x-Swapmpscott Units 3x and Ocean Rescue Team-Nahant Units||2025.08.31 wb1hbu
 
|}
 
|}
 
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!'''District'''
 
!'''District'''
 
!'''Notes'''
 
!'''Notes'''
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!'''Confirmation/Reconfirmations'''
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!'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Amesbury||155.8725||R||D654||15||F-01 DB: ECRECC||2024.02.13 W1KNE
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|Amesbury||155.8725||R||D654||15||F-01 DB: ECRECC||2025.01.03 MassBusMark
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
 
|Amesbury||158.9550||R||203.5||15||F-02||2013.11.23 N1BHH
 
|Amesbury||158.9550||R||203.5||15||F-02||2013.11.23 N1BHH
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|Amesbury||154.2800||S||136.5||15||Fireground "White"||2013.04.12 Matt
 
|Amesbury||154.2800||S||136.5||15||Fireground "White"||2013.04.12 Matt
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Andover||483.5875||R||146.2||15||||2024.11.09 aleckrohto
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|Andover||483.5875||R||146.2||15||||2025.01.03 MassBusMark
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Beverly||482.4375||R||131.8||5||||2023.01.01 W1KNE
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|Beverly||482.4375||R||131.8||5||||2025.01.03 W1KNE
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Boxford||482.5000||R||D411||15||||2024.10.24 aleckrohto
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|Boxford||482.5000||R||D411||15||||2025.05.13 MASSBUSMARK
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Boxford||153.8450||S||123.0||15||Simulcast of dispatcher only||2023.02.06 pdurf
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|Boxford||153.8450||S||123.0||15||Simulcast of dispatcher only||2025.01.04 W1KNE
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Boxford||45.0800||S||123.0||15||||2014.10.08 N1BHH
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|Boxford||45.0800||S||123.0||15||||2025.01.20 LTE4NFD
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Byfield||153.8150||R||94.8||15||Shared with Newbury||2023.12.25 pdurf
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|Danvers||483.3375||R||131.8||5||||2025.01.03 MassBusMark
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Danvers||483.3375||R||131.8||5||||2024.01.13 ecps92
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|Essex||155.8200||R||114.8||5||DB:ECRECC||2025.07.12 pdurf
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Essex||155.8200||R||114.8||5||DB:ECRECC||2024.11.09 MASSBUSMARK
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|Georgetown||154.3250||R||114.8||15||Primary||2025.07.12 pdurf
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Georgetown||154.3250||R||114.8||15||Primary||2024.11.09 aleckrohto
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|Gloucester||470.4000||R||N125||5||Primary/Tac 1||2025.06.04 W1KNE
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Gloucester||470.4000||R||N125||5||Primary/Tac 1||2022.09.28 AJ1L
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|Gloucester||458.9875||S||D125||Tac 3||
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|- align="center"
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|Gloucester||453.9875||S||D125||Tac 4||
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
 
|Gloucester||154.1600||R||D125||5||||2021.01.20 W1KNE
 
|Gloucester||154.1600||R||D125||5||||2021.01.20 W1KNE
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Groveland||154.8675||R||N521||15||Dispatch/Operations||2024.10.26 MASSBUSMARK
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|Groveland||154.8675||R||N521||15||Ch-1 Dispatch/Operations||2025.06.28 MASSBUSMARK
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Groveland||154.8675||R||82.5||15||Dispatch Paging Tones||2020.11.07 artb257
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|Groveland||154.8675||R||82.5||15||Ch-2 Dispatch Paging Tones||2020.11.07 artb257
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Hamilton||155.9400||R||127.3||5||||2023.01.01 W1KNE
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|Hamilton||155.9400||R||127.3||5||||2025.04.04 MASSBUSMARK
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
 
|Hamilton||156.0000||S||127.3||5||Fireground||
 
|Hamilton||156.0000||S||127.3||5||Fireground||
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Haverhill||154.3625||R||N641||15||Primary Dispatch P25||2024.02.13 W1KNE
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|Haverhill||154.3625||R||N641||15||Primary Dispatch P25||2025.01.03 MassBusMark
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
 
|Haverhill||154.3625||R||D071||15||Primary Dispatch Analog||2019.08.01 N1ZYY
 
|Haverhill||154.3625||R||D071||15||Primary Dispatch Analog||2019.08.01 N1ZYY
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|Haverhill||154.0100||S||167.9||15||F-16 Fireground||2013.04.12 Matt
 
|Haverhill||154.0100||S||167.9||15||F-16 Fireground||2013.04.12 Matt
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Ipswich||159.3900||R||91.5||5||||2024.11.09 aleckrohto
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|Ipswich||159.3900||R||91.5||5||||2025.07.12 pdurf
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Lawrence||154.4450||R||100.0||15||Ch.01 Dispatch||2024.01.02 W1KNE/MASSBUSMARK
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|Lawrence||154.4450||R||100.0||15||Ch.01 Dispatch||2025.02.09 MASSBUSMARK
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Lawrence||158.7675||R||206.5||15||Ch.02 Mobile Repeater||2022.07.06 Dave2582
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|Lawrence||158.7675||R||206.5||15||Ch.02 Mobile Repeater||2025.06.15 Matt0691 (SNE Submitter)
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|- align="center"
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|Lawrence||156.0750||R||77.0||15||Station Alerting||2025.06.15 Matt0691 (SNE Submitter)
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
 
|Lawrence||154.0250||S||206.5|| ||Ch.04 Fireground||
 
|Lawrence||154.0250||S||206.5|| ||Ch.04 Fireground||
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Lynnfield||482.7000||R||131.8||5||Primary Operations||2024.01.02 W1KNE
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|Lynnfield||482.7000||R||131.8||5||Primary Operations||2025.04.04 pdurf
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
 
|Lynnfield||46.0600||S||77.0||5||Simulcasts 482.7000||2020.07.24 schwab
 
|Lynnfield||46.0600||S||77.0||5||Simulcasts 482.7000||2020.07.24 schwab
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|Lynnfield||482.9500||S||71.9||5||Fireground||
 
|Lynnfield||482.9500||S||71.9||5||Fireground||
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Manchester By The Sea||483.7000||R||156.7||5||DB: ECRECC||2024.02.11 ecps92
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|Manchester By The Sea||483.7000||R||156.7||5||DB: ECRECC||2025.04.04 pdurf
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
 
|Manchester By The Sea||159.3375||R||156.7||5||Likely no longer used||2019.01.20 ecps92
 
|Manchester By The Sea||159.3375||R||156.7||5||Likely no longer used||2019.01.20 ecps92
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Marblehead||471.4750||R||127.3||5|| ||2024.02.10 ecps92
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|Marblehead||471.4750||R||127.3||5|| ||2025.01.03 MassBusMark/W1KNE
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Merrimac||151.6625||R||127.3||15||||2024.01.02 W1KNE
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|Merrimac||151.6625||R||127.3||15||||2025.03.29 MASSBUSMARK
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Methuen||154.0100||R||192.8||15||Dispatch||2023.04.18 MASSBUSMARK
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|Methuen||154.0100||R||192.8||15||Dispatch||2025.03.24 TheDoza79
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|- align="center"
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|Methuen||484.9250||R||162.2||15||Simulcast w/154.0100||2025.01.03 MassBusMark/W1KNE
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
 
|Methuen||154.0100||S||136.5||15||Fireground||
 
|Methuen||154.0100||S||136.5||15||Fireground||
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Methuen||484.9250||R||162.2||15||Simulcast||2024.09.05 MASSBUSMARK
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|Middleton||460.5750||R||131.8||5||DB:ECRECC||2025.01.03 W1KNE
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|- align="center"
 
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|Middleton||460.5750||R||131.8||5||DB:ECRECC||2024.06.14 W1KNE
 
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
 
|Middleton||465.5750||S||146.2||5||Ch.03||
 
|Middleton||465.5750||S||146.2||5||Ch.03||
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Newbury||153.8150||R||94.8||15||||2024.01.02 W1KNE
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|Newbury||153.8150||R||94.8||15||||2025.05.08 ecps92
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|- align="center"
 
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|Newburyport||158.9550||R||203.5||15||||2024.07.21 MASSBUSMARK
 
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|North Andover||453.1875||R||D226||15||Dispatch||2024.01.07 ecps92
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|Newburyport||158.9550||R||203.5||15||||2025.01.04 W1KNE
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|North Andover||852.6000||R||D226||15||Old Primary - Future Use?||
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|North Andover||453.1875||R||D226||15||Dispatch||2025.01.03 MassBusMark/W1KNE
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Peabody||484.6625||R||203.5||5||||2023.01.01 W1KNE
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|Peabody||484.6625||R||203.5||5||||2025.01.03 MassBusMark
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Rockport||155.1450||R||D411||5||||2024.07.07 ecps92
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|Rockport||155.1450||R||D411||5||||2025.08.21 MASSBUSMARK
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
 
|Rockport||460.5875||R||179.9||5||Simulcast/Patch from VHF||2022.04.09 MASSBUSMARK
 
|Rockport||460.5875||R||179.9||5||Simulcast/Patch from VHF||2022.04.09 MASSBUSMARK
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Rowley||154.2950||R||94.8||15||DB:ECRECC||2024.11.09 aleckrohto
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|Rowley||154.2950||R||94.8||15||DB:ECRECC||2025.08.21 MASSBUSMARK
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Salem||483.4625||R||146.2||5||F-01 Dispatch||2024.01.02 W1KNE
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|Salem||483.4625||R||146.2||5||F-01 Dispatch||2025.01.03 W1KNE
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Salem||483.6375||R||146.2||5||F-02 Fireground||2023.09.09 W1KNE
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|Salem||483.6375||R||146.2||5||F-02 Fireground / Fire Alarm Maintenance||2025.05.21 pdurf
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Salisbury||153.3125||R||203.5||15|| Dispatch||2024.07.21 MASSBUSMARK
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|Salisbury||153.3125||R||203.5||15|| Dispatch||2025.04.04 pdurf
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Saugus||482.2625||R||94.8||13||Dispatch||2024.02.12 ecps92
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|Saugus||482.2625||R||94.8||13||Dispatch||2025.01.03 W1KNE
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Topsfield||453.4625||R||107.2||5||DB:ECRECC||2024.10.24 aleckrohto
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|Topsfield||453.4625||R||107.2||5||DB:ECRECC||2025.04.04 pdurf
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|Wenham||154.7625||R||127.3||5||DB:ECRECC||2023.01.01 W1KNE
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|Wenham||154.7625||R||127.3||5||DB:ECRECC||2025.07.12 pdurf
 
|- align="center"
 
|- align="center"
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|West Newbury||151.7975||R||192.8||15|| ||2024.07.10 W1KNE
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|West Newbury||151.7975||R||192.8||15|| ||2025.07.17 pdurf (SNE Submitter)
 
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|}
 
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{{Quicklist Footer2|Essex}}
 
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Latest revision as of 09:46, 1 September 2025

Countywide Information

  • Fire Districts 5, 13 and 15 cover Essex County
  • Fire District 5 is the southern half of Essex County (Beverly Control)
  • Fire District 13 is the Metropolitan Boston Area (Metro Fire)
  • Fire District 15 is the northern half of Essex County (Andover Control)
  • Essex County Regional Emergency Communications Center (ECRECC) dispatches for several communities in the county
  • Massachusetts Fire Tone Outs
  • Byfield Fire has merged with Newbury Fire Department.


Fire District 5 - Beverly Control

  • Daily Tests for Availability at 6:15 PM
Use Frequency Type Tone Notes Confirmation/Reconfirmation
Dist.5 Ch.1 VHF 154.0700 R 131.8 Operations 2025.04.20 MASSBUSMARK
Dist.5 Ch.1 UHF 460.1375 R 131.8 UHF Simulcast 2025.01.03 W1KNE

Fire District 15 - Lawrence Control

  • Daily Tests for Availability at 9:30 AM
Use Frequency Type Tone Notes Confirmation/Reconfirmation
Dist.15 Ch.1 VHF 154.0700 R 131.8 Operations 2025.04.20 MASSBUSMARK
Dist.15 Ch.1 UHF 460.1375 R 131.8 UHF Simulcast 2025.08.21 MASSBUSMARK
Essex RED 487.3875 S 229.1 UHF County Fireground
153.8300 S 77.0 VHF County Fireground

Lynn Regional

  • Fire Dispatch/Operation for the following towns/cities
    • Nahant
    • Lynn
    • Swampscott
Department Frequency Type Tone District Notes Confirmation/Reconfirmation
Lynn 470.1750 R 88.5 13 F-01 Dispatch 2025.01.03 W1KNE
Lynn 482.1625 R 79.7 13 F-02 Fireground 2025.05.12 pdurf
Lynn 482.8500 R D125 13 F-03 Swampscott/Nahant Primary Fireground, 2x-Swapmpscott Units 3x and Ocean Rescue Team-Nahant Units 2025.08.31 wb1hbu


Department Frequency Information

Department Frequency Type Tone District Notes Confirmation/Reconfirmation
Amesbury 155.8725 R D654 15 F-01 DB: ECRECC 2025.01.03 MassBusMark
Amesbury 158.9550 R 203.5 15 F-02 2013.11.23 N1BHH
Amesbury 154.2800 S 136.5 15 Fireground "White" 2013.04.12 Matt
Andover 483.5875 R 146.2 15 2025.01.03 MassBusMark
Beverly 482.4375 R 131.8 5 2025.01.03 W1KNE
Boxford 482.5000 R D411 15 2025.05.13 MASSBUSMARK
Boxford 153.8450 S 123.0 15 Simulcast of dispatcher only 2025.01.04 W1KNE
Boxford 45.0800 S 123.0 15 2025.01.20 LTE4NFD
Danvers 483.3375 R 131.8 5 2025.01.03 MassBusMark
Essex 155.8200 R 114.8 5 DB:ECRECC 2025.07.12 pdurf
Georgetown 154.3250 R 114.8 15 Primary 2025.07.12 pdurf
Gloucester 470.4000 R N125 5 Primary/Tac 1 2025.06.04 W1KNE
Gloucester 458.9875 S D125 Tac 3
Gloucester 453.9875 S D125 Tac 4
Gloucester 154.1600 R D125 5 2021.01.20 W1KNE
Groveland 154.8675 R N521 15 Ch-1 Dispatch/Operations 2025.06.28 MASSBUSMARK
Groveland 154.8675 R 82.5 15 Ch-2 Dispatch Paging Tones 2020.11.07 artb257
Hamilton 155.9400 R 127.3 5 2025.04.04 MASSBUSMARK
Hamilton 156.0000 S 127.3 5 Fireground
Haverhill 154.3625 R N641 15 Primary Dispatch P25 2025.01.03 MassBusMark
Haverhill 154.3625 R D071 15 Primary Dispatch Analog 2019.08.01 N1ZYY
Haverhill 151.2950 R N641 15 F-02 Fireground 2024.10.27 aleckrohto
Haverhill 154.0100 S 167.9 15 F-16 Fireground 2013.04.12 Matt
Ipswich 159.3900 R 91.5 5 2025.07.12 pdurf
Lawrence 154.4450 R 100.0 15 Ch.01 Dispatch 2025.02.09 MASSBUSMARK
Lawrence 158.7675 R 206.5 15 Ch.02 Mobile Repeater 2025.06.15 Matt0691 (SNE Submitter)
Lawrence 156.0750 R 77.0 15 Station Alerting 2025.06.15 Matt0691 (SNE Submitter)
Lawrence 154.0250 S 206.5 Ch.04 Fireground
Lynnfield 482.7000 R 131.8 5 Primary Operations 2025.04.04 pdurf
Lynnfield 46.0600 S 77.0 5 Simulcasts 482.7000 2020.07.24 schwab
Lynnfield 482.9500 S 71.9 5 Fireground
Manchester By The Sea 483.7000 R 156.7 5 DB: ECRECC 2025.04.04 pdurf
Manchester By The Sea 159.3375 R 156.7 5 Likely no longer used 2019.01.20 ecps92
Marblehead 471.4750 R 127.3 5 2025.01.03 MassBusMark/W1KNE
Merrimac 151.6625 R 127.3 15 2025.03.29 MASSBUSMARK
Methuen 154.0100 R 192.8 15 Dispatch 2025.03.24 TheDoza79
Methuen 484.9250 R 162.2 15 Simulcast w/154.0100 2025.01.03 MassBusMark/W1KNE
Methuen 154.0100 S 136.5 15 Fireground
Middleton 460.5750 R 131.8 5 DB:ECRECC 2025.01.03 W1KNE
Middleton 465.5750 S 146.2 5 Ch.03
Newbury 153.8150 R 94.8 15 2025.05.08 ecps92
Newburyport 158.9550 R 203.5 15 2025.01.04 W1KNE
North Andover 453.1875 R D226 15 Dispatch 2025.01.03 MassBusMark/W1KNE
Peabody 484.6625 R 203.5 5 2025.01.03 MassBusMark
Rockport 155.1450 R D411 5 2025.08.21 MASSBUSMARK
Rockport 460.5875 R 179.9 5 Simulcast/Patch from VHF 2022.04.09 MASSBUSMARK
Rowley 154.2950 R 94.8 15 DB:ECRECC 2025.08.21 MASSBUSMARK
Salem 483.4625 R 146.2 5 F-01 Dispatch 2025.01.03 W1KNE
Salem 483.6375 R 146.2 5 F-02 Fireground / Fire Alarm Maintenance 2025.05.21 pdurf
Salisbury 153.3125 R 203.5 15 Dispatch 2025.04.04 pdurf
Saugus 482.2625 R 94.8 13 Dispatch 2025.01.03 W1KNE
Topsfield 453.4625 R 107.2 5 DB:ECRECC 2025.04.04 pdurf
Wenham 154.7625 R 127.3 5 DB:ECRECC 2025.07.12 pdurf
West Newbury 151.7975 R 192.8 15 2025.07.17 pdurf (SNE Submitter)



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