Boston area radio channel usage

Boston area radio channel usage

Boston Police - patrol units stay on their home channel (district

channel) - unless they do chit chat on Ch 7 - unless they run a

license plate on the Info channel - unless they are directed to use Ch

1 for a major incident or a parade or riot etc - they might have the

BAPERN channels but I dont think they know how to use them at all

Boston Ambulance - units stay on the home channel (462.975 R) - unless

they do a quick short range message on the simplex channel (458.0875

?) - unless they have a long message (462.95 R) - unless they are at a

major incident or special event (460.55R) - unless they want to talk

to a hospital or doctor (463.075R CMED) - unknown if they have any

mutual aid channels - they did have BFD Ch 4 a couple of years ago

Boston Fire - units stay on the home channel (Ch 1 483.1625R) - unless

they go to a FG channel (Ch2 or Ch3 or Ch4) - unless they go to Ch 4

for a tunnel incident - unless they go to a nearby FD freq for a

mutual aid call - unless they go to Ch 3 for a hazmat call - unless

they go to a simplex channel when the repeaters dont reach inside a

bld - unless they go to MetroFire Red (483.3125R as a spare FG

channel) - unless they go to a BFD District Channel (??? - disasters)

- unless they go to 460.275R (Boston Interops Channel - maybe Chiefs

only?) - unless they go to a Tac channel for drilling (maybe)

Quincy PD - stay on home channel (453.225R) - unless they go to Ch 2

for license or warrant info - unless they go to BAPERN 3 when leaving

the city

Quincy FD - stay on home channel (483.5375 R) - unless they leave the

city - they have a new FG channel but I never hear them using it

Cambridge PD - stay on Ch 1 - unless they go to Ch 5 for chit/chat -

unless they go to a specialty channel or a mutual aid channel -

unknown if they have direct comms with Harvard University PD or MIT PD

Cambridge FD - stay on Ch 1 - unless they go to Ch 5 for a EMS call -

unless they go to Ch 14 or Ch 16 for onscene comms - unless they go to

a simplex channel (CH15 or Ch 13) for comms in dead spots where the

TRS doesnt work - unless they leave the city on mutual aid (other FDs

channels or MetroFire channels or statewide Fire TG) - - unless they

switch to a hospital talkgroup to talk to Cambridge Hospital or Mount

Auburn Hospital - unless they switch to a special talkgroup (Admin,

Arson, ? HazMat, etc ??)

Somerville PD - stay on home channel - unless they go to 453.55R for

special ops - unless they leave the city

Somerville FD - stay on Ch 1 for all ops - unless they go to Ch 2 for

a box alarm - unless they leave the city - unless they have some

secret channels

Brookline PD - stay on Ch 1 - unless they go to Ch 2 for whatever -

unless they use BAPERN

Brookline FD - stay on Ch 1 - unless they go to simplex - unless they

leave the city

Newton PD - stay on Ch 1 - unless they use Ch2 for special ops or

maybe chit/chat - unless they leave the city

Newton FD - stay on Ch 1 - unless they go to Ch 2 for FG - unless they

go to simplex ? - unless they leave the city

Waltham PD - stay on Ch 1 unless they leave the city - they might have

a new Ch 2 also

Waltham FD - stay on Ch 1 (470.125R) - unles they switch to direct

(maybe) - unless they go to Ch 2 (??) - unless they leave the city

Chelsea PD - stay on Ch 1 - maybe have a Ch 2 (471.2375 R?)

Chelsea FD - stay on Ch 1 - unless they switch to N FG for a fire -

unless they go to a mutual aid channel - they have a tac channel

(repeater) that they never seem to use

Everett PD - stay on Ch 1 - have a Ch 2?

Everett FD - stay on Ch 1 - go to N FG for fires

Malden PD - stay on Ch 1 - unless ?

Malden FD - stay on Ch 1 - unless they go to N FG for a fire - unless

they leave the city

Medford PD - stay on Ch 1 - ???

Medford FD - stay on Ch 1 - unless they go to N FG for a fire - unless

they leave the city - maybe they have simplex on Ch 1 also

Arlington PD - stay on Ch 1 - unless they leave the city - unless they

go to direct on Ch 1 for short range messages (not used much anymore)

Arlington FD - stay on Ch 1 - unless they go to direct in a dead spot

- unless they go on a mutual aid call - unless they go to the

Arlington Police channel - unless they go to Metro Fire North as a

backup channel

Lynn PD - stay on Ch 1 - unless they go to the 2ndary channel for ??

Lynn FD - stay on Ch 1 - unless they go to Ch 2 for every box alarm -

unless they go on a mutual aid call

Logan Airport - State Police - stay on 1 channel ?

Logan Airport - MassPort FD - maybe use 2 channels

Mass State Police - stay on their home channel - unless they go to a

chat channel - unless they go to a direct channel to chat - unless

they go to a regional shared channel for special events or breaking

events

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