Worcester Regional
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Worcester Police Fire and EMS Station Locations
Worcester EDACS-WIDE System Frequencies in LCN Order
851.4625 851.9125 852.0375 852.3625 854.2125 855.4875 855.7125 855.7375 855.9625 855.9875
Common Worcester Fire Department Talkgroups 04-045 F1 Fire Admin (Single Company Responses) 04-041 F2 Fire Ops A (North End Multi Company Responses-Used if Car 3 assigned to the call) 04-042 F3 Fire Ops B (South End Multi Company Responses-Used if Car 4 assigned to the call) 04-043 F4 Fire Ops C (Multi Company Responses-Used if Ops A and Ops B both in use) 04-044 F5 Fire Dispatch (used to dispatch all calls, Single tone-One Company or Message, Two tones-Multi Companies, Three tones-Reported Building Fires) 04-086 F15 Mutual Aid Patch (can be patch both ways to 33.62 or 33.70 county frequencies) Also used by PD as talkaround.
Single company responses include: Medical Assists, Private Residential Alarms, Local Alarms, Brush Fires, Motor Vehicle accidents, Vehicle Fires, Spills, etc.
Multi Company Responses include: a.) One Engine, One Ladder, the Rescue, and a district chief for: Smell of Natural Gas, Hazmat Situation, Elevator Problems, Accidents with Entrapment, etc b.) Two Engines, One Ladder, and the District Chief for: Private Commercial Alarms, Boiler Problems, Electrical Problems, Stove Fires, other appliance fires (driers, etc), some Master Boxes. c.) Two Engines, One Ladder, rescue and the District chief response on most master boxes.
Reported building fires get a response of Four Engines, Two Ladders, the Rescue, a district Chief, and an additional Ladder for RIT. Subsequent Alarms: 2nd Alarm: 2 Engines, 1 Ladder, Special Ops District Chief, Safety Officer, Deputy Chief 3rd Alarm: 2 Engines, 1 Ladder 4th Alarm: 2 Engines, District Chief, Department Chief 5th Alarm: 2 Engines
Common mutual aid is an Engine and Tower from Auburn, Engine from Millbury, Engine from Shrewsbury, and an Engine from Paxton. This mutual aid does not normally occur until at least a fourth alarm. City companies are moved up before mutual aid is called in.
