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'''There are two (2) Fire Districts covering Essex County'''
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*[[Essex_County_Fire_Departments#Fire_District_5|Fire District 5]] (Southern Half)
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== '''Countywide Information''' ==
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*[[Essex_County_Fire_Departments#Fire_District_15|Fire District 15]] (Northern Half)
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*'''Fire Districts 5, 13 and 15 cover Essex County'''
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* Fire District 5 is the southern half of Essex County (Beverly Control)
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* Fire District 13 is the Metropolitan Boston Area ([[MetroFire|Metro Fire]])
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* Fire District 15 is the northern half of Essex County (Andover Control)
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* Essex County Regional Emergency Communications Center (ECRECC) dispatches for several communities in the county
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* [[Massachusetts Fire Tone Outs]]
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* Byfield Fire has merged with Newbury Fire Department.
  
  
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=== '''Fire District 5 - Beverly Control''' ===
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*Daily Tests for Availability at 6:15 PM
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{{prettytable}}
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|'''Use'''||'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
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|-align="center"
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|Dist.5 Ch.1 VHF||154.0700||R||131.8||Operations||2025.04.20 MASSBUSMARK
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|-align="center"
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|Dist.5 Ch.1 UHF||460.1375||R||131.8||UHF Simulcast||2025.01.03 W1KNE
  
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Here are the departments along with their primary operational frequencies and fire district:
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=== '''Fire District 15 - Lawrence Control''' ===
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*Daily Tests for Availability at 9:30 AM
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{{prettytable}}
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|'''Use'''||'''Frequency'''||'''Type'''||'''Tone'''||'''Notes'''||'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation
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|-align="center"
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|Dist.15 Ch.1 VHF||154.0700||R||131.8||Operations||2025.04.20 MASSBUSMARK
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|-align="center"
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|Dist.15 Ch.1 UHF||460.1375||R||131.8||UHF Simulcast||2025.08.21 MASSBUSMARK
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|-align="center"
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|Essex RED||487.3875||S||229.1||UHF County Fireground||
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|-align="center"
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| ||153.8300||S||77.0||VHF County Fireground||
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|}
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=== '''Lynn Regional''' ===
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*'''Fire Dispatch/Operation for the following towns/cities'''
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**'''Nahant'''
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**'''Lynn'''
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**'''Swampscott'''
  
 
{{prettytable}}
 
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||'''Department'''||'''Frequency'''||'''Tone'''||'''District'''||'''Tone-Out'''
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!'''Department'''
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!'''Frequency'''
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!'''Type'''
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!'''Tone'''
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!'''District'''
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!'''Notes'''
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!'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
 
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|Amesbury||Old: 158.9550R<br>New: 155.8725R||PL 203.5<br>DPL 654||15||
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|Lynn||470.1750||R||88.5||13||F-01 Dispatch||2025.01.03 W1KNE
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|- align="center" style="background:#ff5555;"
 
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|Andover||483.5875R||PL 146.2||15||
 
 
|- align="center"
 
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|Beverly||482.4375R||PL 131.8||5 (Control)||
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|Lynn||482.1625||R||79.7||13||F-02 Fireground||2025.05.12 pdurf
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|- align="center" style="background:#ff5555;"
 
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|Boxford||482.5000R||DPL 411||15||
 
 
|- align="center"
 
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|Byfield||154.1450||DPL 365||15||
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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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|- align="center" style="background:#ff5555;"
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|}
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|Danvers||483.3375R||PL 131.8||5||
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|Essex||155.8200||PL 114.8||5||
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== '''Department Frequency Information''' ==
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|Georgetown||154.0100||PL 114.8||15||A: 601.1Hz<br>B: 810.2Hz
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{{prettytable}}
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|-align="center" style="background:silver"
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|Gloucester||154.1600||PL 91.5||5||
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!'''Department'''
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|- align="center" style="background:#ff5555;"
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!'''Frequency'''
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|Groveland||154.8675R||PL 82.5||15||A: 2073.0Hz<br>North Station B: 1820.0Hz<br>South Station B: 2260.0Hz
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!'''Type'''
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|- align="center"
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!'''Tone'''
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|Hamilton||155.9400R<br>FG: 156.0000||PL 127.3<br>PL 127.3||5||
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!'''District'''
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!'''Notes'''
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|Haverhill||Ops: 154.3625R<br>FG: 154.0100||DPL 071<br>PL 167.9||15 (Control)||
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!'''Confirmation/Reconfirmation'''
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|- align="center"
 
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|Ipswich||159.3900R||PL 91.5||5||
 
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|- align="center" style="background:#ff5555;"
 
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|Lawrence||154.4450R||PL 100.0||15||
 
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|- align="center"
 
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|Lynn||Ops: 154.4150R<br>FG: 153.8000||PL 74.4<br>PL 79.7||5||
 
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|- align="center" style="background:#ff5555;"
 
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|Lynnfield||482.7000<br>Low Band: 46.0600R||PL 131.8<br>PL 77.0||5||
 
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|- align="center"
 
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|Manchester||159.3375R||PL 156.7||5||
 
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|- align="center" style="background:#ff5555;"
 
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|Marblehead||154.3700R||PL 107.2||5||
 
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|- align="center"
 
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|Merrimac||158.9550R||PL 203.5||15||
 
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|- align="center" style="background:#ff5555;"
 
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|Methuen||F1: 154.0100R<br>Fireground: 154.0100||PL 192.8<br>PL 136.5||15||
 
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|- align="center"
 
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|Middleton||460.5750||PL 131.8||5||
 
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|- align="center" style="background:#ff5555;"
 
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|Nahant||Disp. 154.4150R (Lynn FD) <br> FG: 154.3700||PL 74.4<br>PL 107.2||5||
 
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|- align="center"
 
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|Newbury||153.8150R<br>Simulcast?154.1450||PL 94.8<br>DPL 465||15||
 
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|- align="center" style="background:#ff5555;"
 
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|Newburyport||158.9550R||PL 203.5||15||
 
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|- align="center"
 
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|North Andover||867.6000R||PL 131.8||15||
 
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|- align="center" style="background:#ff5555;"
 
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|Peabody||484.6625R||PL 203.5||5||
 
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|- align="center"
 
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|Rockport||155.1450R||PL 127.3||5||
 
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|- align="center" style="background:#ff5555;"
 
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|Rowley||154.2950R||PL 94.8||15||
 
 
|- align="center"
 
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|Salem||483.4625R||PL 146.2||5||
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|Amesbury||155.8725||R||D654||15||F-01 DB: ECRECC||2025.01.03 MassBusMark
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|- align="center" style="background:#ff5555;"
 
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|Salisbury||158.9550R||PL 203.5||15||
 
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|- align="center"
 
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|Saugus||159.6450R||PL 131.8||5||
 
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|- align="center" style="background:#ff5555;"
 
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|Swampscott||Disp: 154.4150R (Lynn FD) <br> FG: 154.3700 ||PL 74.4<br>PL 107.2||5||
 
 
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|Topsfield||453.4625R||PL 107.2||5||
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|Amesbury||158.9550||R||203.5||15||F-02||2013.11.23 N1BHH
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|- align="center"
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|Wenham||155.940R||PL 127.3||5||
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|Amesbury||154.2800||S||136.5||15||Fireground "White"||2013.04.12 Matt
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|- align="center"
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|West Newbury||154.0100||PL 114.8||15||
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|Andover||483.5875||R||146.2||15||||2025.01.03 MassBusMark
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|- align="center"
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|Beverly||482.4375||R||131.8||5||||2025.01.03 W1KNE
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|- align="center"
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|Boxford||482.5000||R||D411||15||||2025.05.13 MASSBUSMARK
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|- align="center"
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|Boxford||153.8450||S||123.0||15||Simulcast of dispatcher only||2025.01.04 W1KNE
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|- align="center"
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|Boxford||45.0800||S||123.0||15||||2025.01.20 LTE4NFD
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|- align="center"
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|Danvers||483.3375||R||131.8||5||||2025.01.03 MassBusMark
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|- align="center"
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|Essex||155.8200||R||114.8||5||DB:ECRECC||2025.07.12 pdurf
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|- align="center"
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|Georgetown||154.3250||R||114.8||15||Primary||2025.07.12 pdurf
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|- align="center"
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|Gloucester||470.4000||R||N125||5||Primary/Tac 1||2025.06.04 W1KNE
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|- align="center"
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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||
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|- align="center"
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|Gloucester||154.1600||R||D125||5||||2021.01.20 W1KNE
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|- align="center"
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|Groveland||154.8675||R||N521||15||Ch-1 Dispatch/Operations||2025.06.28 MASSBUSMARK
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|- align="center"
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|Groveland||154.8675||R||82.5||15||Ch-2 Dispatch Paging Tones||2020.11.07 artb257
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|- align="center"
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|Hamilton||155.9400||R||127.3||5||||2025.04.04 MASSBUSMARK
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|- align="center"
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|Hamilton||156.0000||S||127.3||5||Fireground||
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|- align="center"
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|Haverhill||154.3625||R||N641||15||Primary Dispatch P25||2025.01.03 MassBusMark
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|- align="center"
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|Haverhill||154.3625||R||D071||15||Primary Dispatch Analog||2019.08.01 N1ZYY
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|- align="center"
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|Haverhill||151.2950||R||N641||15||F-02 Fireground||2025.11.08 MASSBUSMARK
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|- align="center"
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|Haverhill||154.0100||S||167.9||15||F-16 Fireground||2013.04.12 Matt
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|- align="center"
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|Ipswich||159.3900||R||91.5||5||||2025.07.12 pdurf
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|- align="center"
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|Lawrence||154.4450||R||100.0||15||Ch.01 Dispatch||2025.02.09 MASSBUSMARK
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|- align="center"
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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)
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|- align="center"
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|Lawrence||154.0250||S||206.5|| ||Ch.04 Fireground||
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|- align="center"
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|Lynnfield||482.7000||R||131.8||5||Primary Operations||2025.04.04 pdurf
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|- align="center"
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|Lynnfield||46.0600||S||77.0||5||Simulcasts 482.7000||2020.07.24 schwab
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|- align="center"
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|Lynnfield||482.9500||S||71.9||5||Fireground||
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|- align="center"
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|Manchester By The Sea||483.7000||R||156.7||5||DB: ECRECC||2025.04.04 pdurf
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|- align="center"
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|Manchester By The Sea||159.3375||R||156.7||5||Likely no longer used||2019.01.20 ecps92
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|- align="center"
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|Marblehead||471.4750||R||127.3||5|| ||2025.01.03 MassBusMark/W1KNE
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|- align="center"
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|Merrimac||151.6625||R||127.3||15||||2025.03.29 MASSBUSMARK
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|- align="center"
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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
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|- align="center"
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|Methuen||154.0100||S||136.5||15||Fireground||
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|- align="center"
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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||465.5750||S||146.2||5||Ch.03||
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|- align="center"
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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||||2025.01.04 W1KNE
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|- align="center"
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|North Andover||453.1875||R||D226||15||Dispatch||2025.01.03 MassBusMark/W1KNE
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|- align="center"
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|Peabody||484.6625||R||203.5||5||||2025.01.03 MassBusMark
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|- align="center"
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|Rockport||155.1450||R||D411||5||||2025.08.21 MASSBUSMARK
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|- align="center"
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|Rockport||460.5875||R||179.9||5||Simulcast/Patch from VHF||2022.04.09 MASSBUSMARK
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|- align="center"
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|Rowley||154.2950||R||94.8||15||DB:ECRECC||2025.08.21 MASSBUSMARK
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|- align="center"
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|Salem||483.4625||R||146.2||5||F-01 Dispatch||2025.01.03 W1KNE
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|- align="center"
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|Salem||483.6375||R||146.2||5||F-02 Fireground / Fire Alarm Maintenance||2025.05.21 pdurf
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|- align="center"
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|Salisbury||153.3125||R||203.5||15|| Dispatch||2025.04.04 pdurf
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|- align="center"
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|Saugus||482.2625||R||94.8||13||Dispatch||2025.01.03 W1KNE
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|- align="center"
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|Topsfield||453.4625||R||107.2||5||DB:ECRECC||2025.04.04 pdurf
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|- align="center"
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|Wenham||154.7625||R||127.3||5||DB:ECRECC||2025.07.12 pdurf
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|- align="center"
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|West Newbury||151.7975||R||192.8||15|| ||2025.07.17 pdurf (SNE Submitter)
 
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== '''Fire District 5''' ==
 
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* Fire District 5 is controlled by Beverly FD on 154.0700 PL 131.8 and is in the process of adding a patched UHF repeater on 460.1375 PL 131.8
 
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* Daily Radio Test @ 6:15 PM
 
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* Lynn Fire dispatches for Nahant and Swampscott. Fireground for Nahant and Swampscott is the same with the repeater input at DO NOT LIST INPUTS AT THIS WEBSITE PER THE FAQ. CONTACT THE WEBMASTER IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
 
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== '''Fire District 15''' ==
 
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* Fire District 15 is controlled by Haverhill FD on 154.0700 CSQ
 
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* Daily Radio Test @ 8:45 AM
 
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* NOTE: 460.1375 (PL 131.8) has been licensed for <u>future</U> use
 
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Revision as of 09:17, 9 November 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 2025.11.08 MASSBUSMARK
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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