-TRUNKED RADIO OPERATIONS
-AIRPORT RADIO OPERATIONS
The Manchester Fire Department is one of the busiest fire departments in Northern New England. The members of MFD see many different types of emergencies along with a high fire duty for New Hampshire. The department is managed by a Chief of Department, Assistant Chief of Operations, two Deputy Chief (Operations and Support Services/Prevention) and other staff providing fire-rescue protection to the residents and employees working within the confines of the city. Fire-Rescue services are provided by 10-Engine Companies, 6-Trucks(Ladder) and 1-Heavy Rescue under the command of two District Chiefs.. In addition, Air Supply and other support equipment is staffed by Engine or Rescue Company personnel. Manchester Fire boasts the largest 1st Alarm response in New Hampshire to any reported fire with 3-Engines, 2-Trucks, the Rescue and a District Chief with an additional FAST (Firefighter Assist and Search Team) Engine assigned on a Working Fire. Support services include Fire Prevention/Investigation staffed by a supervisor and two inspectors, Fire Communications managed by one supervisor and has two dispatchers on at all times, Fire Alarm/Communications staffed for firebox/wireline and radio repair functions. In addition, the Communications Division has been tasked with the maintenance of the city's 800Mhz Trunked system.
FIREHOUSE LOCATIONS:
100 Merrimack St: Engine-1 Engine-11 Truck-1 Rescue-1 Car-1 & Car-2 (Dist Chiefs)
South Main St: Engine-2 Truck-2
Harvey Road: Engine-3 Fire Communications
Hackett Hill Rd: Engine/Truck-4 (Quint dispatched as Engine-4)
Webster St: Engine-5 Truck-5
Amory St: Engine-6 Truck-6
Somerville/Hall Sts Engine-7 Truck-7
(Cohas Av) (Engine-8) (New Station being planned/built near Raytheon Plant of I-93)
Calef Rd: Engine-9
Mammoth Rd: Engine-10 Truck-3 Air Unit
Bridge St Ext: Maintenance Shops
Engine-8, 12, 13 are Spare Engines housed as various houses in the city.
ADMINISTRATIVE / SUPPORT CALLSIGNS:
O-1 Chief of Department O-5 through O-13 are District Chiefs Off Duty
O-2 Asst Chief of Department A-1 Admin Assistant
O-3 Deputy Chief A-# Commissioners
O-4 Deputy Chief
K-1 Fire Prevention Supervisor M-1 Chief Mechanic
K-2 Fire Inspector/Investigator M-2 Mechanic
K-3 Fire Inspector/Investigator T-1 Training Officer
S-1 Dispatch Supervisor W-1 Fire Alarm Superintendent
S-# Dispatchers W-# Fire Alarm / Communications Personel
The Manchester Police Department operates from a single headquarters with substations in target areas including the Mall of New Hampshire. They are separated into three divisions with about three to four sectors per division. In addition, certain target areas or situations have officers specially assigned including a Domestic Abuse Response Team(DART-1,etc), Elderly & City Housing units, Motorcycle and Mounted (horse) patrols(M-1, M-2). Patrol cars are identified by a two digit callsign determined by which of the three divisions they're in. Division-1 is the West Side (Units 1-1, 1-2, etc). Division-2 is the Downtown & Southern parts of the East Side (Units 2-1, 2-2, etc). Division-3 is the Northern part of the city including northernmost downtown (Units 3-1, 3-2, etc). Two officers assigned downtown are almost always (yearround) found on bicycles and when together are identified as 2-3-4. Separately they are 2-3 & 2-4. Administrative units are Identified as "Adam" units, Detectives are "Delta" units, "Mary" units are the Meter/Parking Enforcement Officers. "Traffic" units are officers specially designated to respond to motor vehicle accidents and incidents. They are sworn officers and also backup other units as needed. "Lincoln" units are Lieutenants and "Zebra" units are sargents. The Elderly and city housing officers take and ID from the division they are in and add a higher number, usually 1-7, or 2-8, etc.
Emergency Medical Services are provided through contract with Rockingham Regional Ambulance. Rockingham provides Advanced Life Support (ALS) to all patients in the city of Manchester. They are dispatched on all EMS runs by Manchester Fire Alarm on a separate VHF-High frequency. Units identify themselves as ALS-1, ALS-2, etc and rotate through the primay ambulances assigned to the city. The Ambulance Base is located at the corner of Auburn and Wilson Streets. When necessary, additional transport ambulances or ambulances running out of Rockingham's Nashua Base will relocate to Manchester for Emergency Response and usually are higher number such as ALS-5, ALS-8, etc. Manchester uses the E-911 call coding system for response and depending on the determination of the E-911 telecommunictor along with procedures and insight from the Fire Department dispatcher, Fire Companies may be assigned on a run along with the ALS. In addition to the VHF-High EMS frequency, Rockingham utilizes a UHF LTR-Trunked system for transport and coordination operations. One site is in Goffstown (Mt.Uncanoonic) and the other in Hollis (For Nashua Base). During larger scale incident, the Goffstown site may become more active with coordination of Ambulances. I list the primary frequency and LTR talkgroup used by Rockingham in the conventional frequency section.
