Metro Fire (Mutual Aid District 13)

Metro Fire is the Mutual Aid Channel for the Greater Boston area. 483.3125 is the Fire Ground frequency, 483.2875 is used for fire dispatch to fire dispatch communications. 483.2625 is the regional HAZMAT frequency. The PL for the regional channels is 131.8.

Currently there are 33 communities and the Logan Airport Fire Department on MetroFire, each community has at least one base and one mobile on the system. Some communities have MetroFire in all of their radios. The control point is located at Boston Fire Alarm. Both VHF and UHF base stations are located at Waban Reservoir on the Boston Newton line. 10 alarm running cards are maintained for communities within the system. Some communities adjoining District 14 have radios capable of operating on the MetroFire frequencies. Radio roll calls are conducted daily at 10:00. At this time all communities are polled as to availability for mutual aid. Mobile radio tests are conducted at 10:00 on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Most Metro Fire towns are in the process of moving to UHF frequencies. This is in conjunction with the Metro Boston Homeland Security Region adding UHF interoperability frequencies for use by that system. As part of this move, Cambridge Fire Department will be simulcasting several of their trunk radio talk groups on UHF frequencies. These are likely to also be cross patched so that fire departments operating on UHF will be able to talk directly with CFD units on the 800Mhz trunk system. Licenses for the new UHF frequencies have already been issued and I’ll include the call signs for the new allocations. These frequencies will be coming on line as equipment is purchased and installed.

There will also be at least two new Metro Fire interoperability frequencies added.

MetroFire Community's Local Fire Frequencies

Town	Frequency	PL	Notes
Arlington Fire	460.6	82.5
Bedford Fire+	154.34	131.8
Belmont Fire	482.775	77.0	New Dispatch
Belmont Fire	453.2375		New License
Belmont Fire	154.13	100.0
Boston Fire	483.1625	118.8
Braintree Fire	483.5125	131.8
Brookline Fire	483.4375	131.8
Burlington Fire	483.3625	131.8
Cambridge Fire	154.355	146.2	Simulcast of Fire Dispatch
Cambridge Fire	471.31250	146.2	Dispatch Simulcast
Cambridge Fire	470.1250		WQHR372
Cambridge Fire	482.0250		WQHR372
Cambridge Fire	482.0500		WQHR372
Cambridge Fire	482.1875		WQHR372
Cambridge Fire	482.2875	141.3	Fire Ground 16 Simulcast
Cambridge Fire	470.1250
Chelsea Fire	154.325R	114.8
Chelsea Fire	470.0250		WQHR366
Chelsea Fire	482.2375		WQHR366
Dedham Fire	153.95	131.8
Dedham Fire	453.6875	88.5
Everett Fire	154.31	186.2
Everett Fire	470.0500		WQHR367
Everett Fire	470.0875		WQHR367
Everett Fire	482.1750		WQHR367
Lexington Fire	154.340	131.8
Lexington Fire	482.0875		WQHR356
Lynn Fire *	154.415	74.4	Dispatch
Lynn Fire	153.830	74.4	Fire Ground
Lynn Fire	153.800	79.7	Dispatch
Lynn Fire	470.1750		WQHR347
Lynn Fire	482.1625		WQHR347
Lynn Fire	482.2125		WQHR347
Malden Fire	154.25	179.9
Malden Fire	154.265	179.9	Channel 3
Malden Fire	482.0125		WQHR361
MassPort Fire-Rescue			See MSP Troop F for talkgroups and frequencies
Medford Fire	153.89	131.8
Medford Fire	482.0125		WQHR361
Melrose Fire	159.405	127.3
Melrose Fire	153.830	127.3	Fireground
Melrose Fire	470.1500		WQHR359
Milton Fire	482.0750	131.8	New Dispatch
Needham Fire	153.950	192.8
Needham Fire	453.0750	D-411
Newton Fire	483.4625	131.8
Quincy Fire	483.5375	131.8
Reading Fire	483.4125	146.2
Reading Fire	46.34	156.7
Revere Fire	154.175	123.0
Revere Fire	470.0625		WQHR371
Revere Fire	482.2000		WQHR371
Saugus Fire	159.645	131.8
Saugus Fire	153.830	131.8	Fire Ground
Saugus Fire	482.2625		WQHR360
Somerville Fire	483.3875	131.8
Stoneham Fire	460.625	131.8
Stoneham Fire	46.06
Wakefield Fire	46.06		Licenses maintained, but not used
Wakefield Fire	483.4375	146.2
Waltham Fire	154.4	123.0
Waltham Fire	159.375		License Applied for
Waltham Fire	453.8375	141.3
Waltham Fire	470.1125		WQHR348
Waltham Fire	482.2250		WQHR348
Watertown Fire	483.7125	131.8
Wellesley Fire	482.575	D-065
Weston Fire	154.16	94.8
Weston Fire	472.200		New License
Weymouth Fire	154.235R	136.5
Weymouth Fire	482.0625		WQHR351
Winchester Fire	483.6875	131.8
Winthrop Fire	483.6375	131.8
Woburn Fire	483.6125	131.8

*Lynn primarily operates on Metro Fire for mutual aid. Lynn also dispatches for Swampscott

and Nahant

+Not part of District 13, but does respond into adjacent communities on line boxes and mutual aid.

Individual Fire Department profiles

Brookline Fire Department 483.4375 PL 131.8

Station #1	140 Washington Street (Route 9)	Deputy Chief, Engine 1, Ladder 1
Station #4	827 Boylston Street Fire	Engine 4, Fallon ALS Ambulance
Station #5	49 Babcock Street	Engine 5, Ladder 5
Station #6	962 Hammond Street	Engine 6 (Also houses Fire Department Training Facilities).
Station #7	665 Washington Street	Engine 7, Fallon ALS Ambulance

Fallon Ambulance Service, dispatched on FD frequency, provides EMS.

Cambridge Fire Department

154.3550	146.2	Fire Channel 1	Dispatch
852.2625	D-125	Fire Channel 14	Secondary Fire Ground
854.4875	D-125	Fire Channel 16	Primary Fire Ground

Frequencies are 856.7875, 857.7875, 858.7875, 859.7875, 860.7875, 868.7875, and 853.2625. Recently licensed are 866.800, 867.300, 867.4375, and 867.6875 which it appears will be used to extend system coverage underground to several MBTA stations in Cambridge.

853.2625 D-125 is currently used in the MBTA tunnels and the Galleria Mall.

The City of Cambridge operates a Type II Motorola trunked system. Alarm dispatches are simulcast on 154.355.

16816	Fire "F1" Dispatch (154.355)
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