Radio Tests
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Municipal Radio Tests
| City/Town | District | Frequency Page | State | 'Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acton Fire | 6 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 08:00 hrs. (roll call) |
| Agawam Fire | 11 | Hampden | MA | Weeknights @ 18:00 hrs. |
| Amherst Fire | 10 | Hampshire | MA | Daily @ 07:00 (evac tones), 18:20 hrs. (tone test) |
| Andover Fire | 15 | Essex | MA | Daily @ 08:30 hrs. (roll call) |
| Arlington Fire | 13 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 08:00 hrs. (roll call) & 18:45 hrs. (call sign) |
| Arlington Police | BAPERN | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ approx 0:00 hrs 8:00 hrs & 16:00 hrs. (roll call) |
| Ashland Fire | 14 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 08:00 hrs. |
| Avon Fire | 4 | Norfolk | MA | Daily @ 18:00 hrs. (Tones/call sign) |
| Ayer Fire | 8 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ NOON & 18:30 (Tones Only) |
| Belmont Fire | 13 | Middlesex | MA | Monday @ 18:00 hrs. (Weekly tone test) |
| Beverly Fire | 5 | Essex | MA | Daily @ 09:00 hrs (roll call) & 17:30 hrs. (tone & voc-alarm test) |
| Boston Fire | 13 | Suffolk | MA | Daily @ 09:00, 13:00 & 19:00 hrs. (call sign/temperature); 1 tone (beep) on the hour |
| Bourne Fire | 1 | Barnstable | MA | Daily @ 17:45 (tones and announcements) |
| Boxford Fire | 15 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 08:00 & 19:00 hrs. |
| Braintree Emergency Management | Norfolk | MA | Every Monday 20:30 Hrs | |
| Braintree Fire | 13 | Norfolk | MA | Daily @ 08:30 hrs. |
| Brimfield Fire | 11 | Hampden | MA | Daily @ approx 18:15 hrs. (Tones and announcements) |
| Burlington Fire | 13 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 17:15 hrs. (call sign only) |
| Canton Fire | 4 | Norfolk | MA | Daily @ 18:00 hrs. (tone/call sign) |
| Carlisle Fire | 6 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 18:00 hrs. (tone/call sign) |
| Chelmsford Police | BARERN NW | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 03:00 hrs. (Callsign/Roll Call) |
| Chelsea Fire | 13 | Suffolk | MA | Daily @ 09:00 & 19:00 hrs. (roll call) |
| Chicopee Fire | 11 | Hampden | MA | Daily @ 08:00 & 18:00 hrs. |
| Danvers Fire | 5 | Essex | MA | Daily @ 08:00 hrs. (roll call) |
| Dedham Fire | 13 | Norfolk | MA | Daily @ 08:45 hrs. (roll call) |
| Dighton Fire | 3 | Bristol | MA | Daily @ 18:15hrs. (tone/call sign) |
| DOJ Federal Interop | Federal | MA | 1st Wed @ 10am (NH, MA, RI Roll Call) | |
| Dover Fire | 4 | Norfolk | MA | Daily @ 17:45 hrs. (tones/call sign) |
| Dracut Fire | 6 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 08:00hrs. (Tone only) |
| Dudley Fire | 7 | Worcester | MA | Daily @ 17:45 hrs. |
| Dunstable/Pepperell Fire | 6 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 18:45 hrs. |
| Duxbury Fire | 2 | Plymouth | MA | Daily @ 08:00 & 1800 hrs. (tone/call sign) |
| Easton Fire | 4 | Bristol | MA | Daily @ 18:00 hrs. |
| Errol Fire/Rescue NH | Coos | NH | Daily @ 1800 hrs | |
| Essex Fire | 5 | Essex | MA | Daily @ 19:00 hrs. (call sign) |
| Everett Fire | 13 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 08:25 & 18:00 hrs. (roll call) |
| Fall River Fire | 3 | Bristol | MA | Daily @ 08:25 hrs. (roll call) |
| Fairhaven Fire | 3 | Bristol | MA | Daily @ 0800 hrs 1300 hrs with Tone Test |
| Fitchburg Fire | 8 | Worcester | MA | Daily @ 8:00 hrs (Call Sign/Portables),12:00 & 18:00 hrs (Test With Stations) |
| Framingham Fire | 14 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 08:00 and 18:15 hrs. Also tests with Ashland and Sherborn |
| Georgetown Fire | 15 | Essex | MA | Daily @ 09:00 hrs & 21:00 hrs (Tone Only) |
| Gloucester Fire | 5 | Essex | MA | Daily @ 1800 hrs. (call sign/next low & high tides) |
| Halifax Fire | 2 | Plymouth | MA | Daily @ 18:00 hrs. |
| Hamilton/Wenham Fire | 5 | Essex | MA | Daily @ 08:00 and 20:00 (tones only) |
| Hanover Fire | 2 | Plymouth | MA | Daily @ 18:30 hrs. (tone/call sign) |
| Holbrook Fire | 4 | Norfolk | MA | Daily @ 18:15 hrs. |
| Holland Fire | 11 | Hampden | MA | Daily @ approx 18:15 hrs. Tones and announcements. |
| Holliston Fire | 14 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 12:00 hrs & 19:00 hrs. (tone/call sign) |
| Holyoke Fire | 11 | Hampden | MA | Weeknights @ 17:00 hrs. |
| Hopkinton Fire | 14 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 12:00 hrs. & 18:45 hrs. |
| Ipswich Fire | 5 | Essex | MA | Daily @ 08:00 hrs. (roll call) |
| Kingston Fire | 2 | Plymouth | MA | Daily @ 18:15 hrs. (tones/call sign) |
| Lawrence Fire | 15 | Essex | MA | Daily @ 08:15 and 18:15 hrs. (roll call) |
| Lexington Fire | 13 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 18:00 hrs. (call sign only) |
| Lifeflight of Maine (Lifeflight 4) | Medical Helicopters (ME) | ME | Daily @ 08:30 and 20:30 | |
| Lincoln Fire | 14 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 09:00 hrs. (call sign) Saturday @ 09:00 hrs. (roll call) |
| Lincoln County Maine Fire | Lincoln | ME | Sunday 20:00/20:30 | |
| Lowell Fire | 6 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ app. 09:00 hrs (Tone and radio) |
| Lowell Police | BAPERN NW | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 09:15 & 17:15 (Tone/Roll Call) |
| Malden Fire | 13 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 08:30 (tone and apparatus), 18:00, and 21:00 (tone) |
| Manchester-by-the-Sea Fire | 5 | Essex | MA | Daily @ 18:20 hrs. (tone/call sign) |
| Mansfield Fire | 3 | Bristol | MA | Daily @ 08:00 hrs. (tone test) |
| Marblehead Fire | 5 | Essex | MA | Daily @ 0845 hrs. (roll call) |
| Marshfield Fire | 2 | Plymouth | MA | Tuesday @ 10:45 hrs. (roll call) |
| Massport Fire | 13 | Massport | MA | Daily @ 08:00 hrs. (roll call) |
| Medfield Fire | 4 | Norfolk | MA | Daily @ 19:00 hrs. (tone/call sign) |
| Medford Fire | 13 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 08:00 hrs. |
| Medway Fire | 4 | Norfolk | MA | Daily @ 18:10 hrs. (tone/call sign) |
| Melrose Fire | 13 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 08:00 hrs. (roll call) |
| Middleton Fire | 5 | Essex | MA | Daily @ 08:00 hrs. (tone/call sign) |
| Milford Fire | 14 | Worcester | MA | Daily @ 12:00 hrs. (call sign only) |
| Millis Fire | 4 | Norfolk | MA | Daily @ 17:30 hrs. (tone test) |
| Millville Fire | 7 | Worcester | MA | Mon-Fri Call sign @ 08:00 hrs. Sunday 10:00 hrs tones and special announcements. |
| Milton Fire | 13 | Norfolk | MA | Daily @ 08:00 hrs. (roll call) |
| Nashua NH Fire | Hillsborough | NH | Daily @ 08:00 (Tones) | |
| Natick Fire | 14 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 18:00 hrs. (roll call) |
| Needham Fire | 13 | Norfolk | MA | Daily @ 1800 hrs. (call sign) Saturday @ 09:30 hrs. (roll call) |
| Newton Fire | 13 | Middlesex | MA | Monday @ 0830 hrs. (weekly roll call); 1 tone (beep) on the hour |
| New Hampshire HSEM | NH Department of Safety | NH | First Thursday of the month at 1000 hrs for Seabrook EPZ Agencies | |
| New Bedford Fire | 3 | Bristol | MA | Daily @ 0800 hrs 1800 hrs with Tone Test |
| Norfolk Fire | 4 | Norfolk | MA | Daily @ 18:30 hrs. (tone test) |
| Northbridge Fire | 7 | Worcester | MA | Daily call sign @ 08:00 and 12:00. Daily tone & Special announcement @ 17:45. |
| Norton Fire | 3 | Bristol | MA | Daily @ 19:00 hrs. (tone test) |
| Norwood Fire | 4 | Norfolk | MA | Daily @ 08:15 hrs. (roll call) |
| Oxford Fire | 7 | Worcester | MA | Daily @ 1800 hrs. (Tone test and messages) |
| Peabody Fire | 5 | Essex | MA | Daily @ 08:00 & 18:00 hrs (mobile/portable) |
| Pease ANGB Fire | NH Military | MA | Daily tone test @ 07:00 | |
| Plympton Fire | 2 | Plymouth | MA | Daily @ 18:05 hrs. (tone test) Now dispatched by the Duxbury Regional Emergency Communications Center |
| Portsmouth (NH) Fire | Rockingham | MA | Daily tone test @ 17:30 hrs (Simulcast 154.3400 N88A) | |
| Quincy Fire | 13 | Norfolk | MA | Daily @ 08:30 hrs (roll call) |
| Quincy Fire | 13 | Norfolk | MA | Daily @ 18:30 hrs (roll call) |
| Randolph Fire | 4 | Norfolk | MA | Saturday @ 10:15 (roll call) |
| Revere Fire | 13 | Suffolk | MA | Daily @ 0830 hrs. (roll call]] |
| Rowley Fire | 15 | Essex | MA | Daily @ 1830 hrs. (tone test) |
| Salem Fire | 5 | Essex | MA | Daily varies 0800-0815 hrs. (roll call) & 1800 hrs. (tone/call sign) |
| Saugus Fire | 13 | Essex | MA | Daily @ 0900 hrs. (roll call) |
| Scituate Fire | 2 | Plymouth | MA | Friday @ 0830 hrs. (weekly roll call & tone test) & (453.4000 PL-203.5 simulcast) |
| Sherborn Fire | 14 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 1840 hrs. (tones only) |
| Shirley Fire | 8 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 18:15 hrs. (Tones Only) Roll Call Sat. 09:00 |
| Somerville Fire | 13 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 08:00 hrs. (roll call) 3 tapper beeps on Ch. 1 at 12:00 hrs daily |
| Southbridge Fire | 7 | Worcester | MA | Weekly tone meeting Monday 17:30. Call sign daily @ 8:00 and 18:00 |
| Spencer Fire | 7 | Worcester | MA | Daily @ 18:00 (Full-Alarm Tone and Announcement). Weekly (Sunday) @ 12:00 (All Tones and Announcements). |
| Spencer Rescue | - | Worcester | MA | Daily @ 18:00 (Tones and Announcement). |
| Springfield Fire | 11 | Hampden | MA | Daily @ 08:00 & 18:00 hrs. |
| Stoughton Fire | 4 | Norfolk | MA | Daily @ 19:00 hrs. (tones/call sign) |
| Sudbury Fire | 14 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 18:05 hrs. (tones/call sign) |
| Sutton Fire | 7 | Worcester | MA | Daily @ 18:00. Tone and special announcements. |
| Topsfield Fire | 5 | Essex | MA | Daily @ 18:00 tones only. |
| Tyngsborough Fire | 6 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 19:00 hrs. |
| Uxbridge Fire | 7 | Worcester | MA | Call sign Daily @ 08:00 and 12:00. Tone, call sign, and special announcements daily @ 17:30. |
| Wales Fire | 11 | Hampden | MA | Daily @ approx 18:15 hrs. (Tones and announcements) |
| Waltham Fire | 13 | Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 08:00 hrs. (roll call) |
| Waltham Police | BAPERN | Middlesex | Daily @ 00:30 & 08:30 hrs. (roll call) | |
| Watertown Fire | 13 | Middlesex | Daily @ 08:15 hrs. (roll call) | |
| Wayland Fire | 14 | Middlesex | Daily @ 09:00 & 18:30 hrs. (tones & station test) | |
| Webster Fire | 7 | Worcester | Daily @ 17:45 hrs. | |
| Wellesley Fire | 13 | Norfolk | Daily @ 18:00 hrs. (roll call) | |
| Westborough Fire | 14 | Worcester | Daily @ 18:00 hrs. (call sign only) | |
| Westford Fire | 6 | Middlesex | Daily @ 08:00 (tones) Wednesday @ 18:00 evacuation tones. | |
| Westminster Fire | 8 | Middlesex | Daily @ 18:00 hrs. (tone/call sign) | |
| Weston Fire | 13 | Middlesex | Daily @ 17:00 hrs. (tone/call sign) | |
| Westwood Fire | 4 | Norfolk | Daily @ 17:30 hrs. (tone/call sign) | |
| Weymouth Fire | 13 | Norfolk | Saturday @ ~09:00 hrs. (weekly roll call) | |
| Winchester Fire | 13 | Middlesex | Daily @ 09:00 & 19:00 hrs. (roll call) | |
| Winthrop Fire | 13 | Suffolk | Daily @ 08:00 hrs. (roll call) | |
| Woburn Fire | 13 | Middlesex | Daily @ 09:00 & 19:00 hrs. (roll call) | |
| Worcester Fire | 7 | Worcester | Daily @ 08:00 and 18:00 (Klaxon) | |
| Woonsocket RI Fire | Providence | Daily @ 08:30 and 18:30 | ||
| Wrentham Fire | 4 | Norfolk | Daily @ 18:15 hrs. (tones/call sign) |
District Tests
| District | Frequency Page | State | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford, CT Area Intercity | CT Interagency | CT | Wednesday 1900 hrs & Sunday 1200 hrs. |
| Fire District 2 (Plymouth) | Plymouth | MA | Daily @ 09:30 hrs. |
| Fire District 3 (Bristol) | Bristol | MA | Sunday & Wednesday @ 10:00 hrs. |
| Fire District 4 (Norfolk) | Norfolk | MA | Daily @ 09:00 hrs. |
| Fire District 5 (S.Essex) | S.Essex | MA | Daily @ 18:15 hrs. |
| Fire District 6 (N.Middlesex) | N.Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 09:30 hrs. |
| Fire District 7 (S.Worcester) | S.Worcester | MA | Tuesday @ 19:30 hrs. & Saturday @ 11:30 hrs. |
| Fire District 8 (N.Worcester) | N.Worcester | MA | Mon-Fri 09:00 hrs. |
| Fire District 10 (Hampshire) | Hampshire | MA | Wednesday 1100 hrs. |
| Fire District 11 (Hampden) | Hampden | MA | Wednesday 1000 hrs. |
| Fire District 12 (Berkshire) | Berkshire | MA | Daily @ 18:00 hrs. & Sat @ 12:00 hrs. (Siren) |
| Fire District 13 (MetroFire) | MetroFireMetroFire | MA | Daily @ 10:00 hrs. |
| Fire District 13 MetroFire - MBHSR Central District | MetroFire, MBHSRMetroFire, MBHSR | MA | Sun, Tue & Thu @ 0930 hrs. |
| Fire District 13 MetroFire - MBHSR North District | MetroFire, MBHSRMetroFire, MBHSR | MA | Mon and Fri @ 0930 hrs. |
| Fire District 14 (S.Middlesex) | S.Middlesex | MA | Daily @ 8:30 hrs. |
| Fire District 15 (N.Essex) | N.Essex | MA | Daily @ 09:30 hrs. |
| RI Fire Intercity | RISCON RI Fire Intercity | RI | Daily @ 08:15 hrs. Includes Massachusetts and Connecticut neighboring agencies |
| BAPERN | BAPERN | MA | Monday @ 10:30 hrs Towns called by District on a Rotational basis coordinated by Brookline PD |
| BAPERN North | BAPERN North District | MA | Random Times for Towns on the North District/Tactical coordinated by Hamilton PD |
| BAPERN South | BAPERN South District | MA | Random Times for Towns on the South District/Tactical coordinated by Cohasset PD |
| Barnstable County Intercity Police | Barnstable | MA | Daily @ 10:00 hrs. |
| Plymouth County Intercity Police | Plymouth | MA | Mondays @ 11:00 hrs. |
| Bristol County Intercity Police Net | Bristol County | MA | Friday @ 08:30 hrs. |
