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NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS |
Population: 100,000 | Area: 24 Sq Miles | Ambulance Provider: New Bedford EMS |
Call Volume: 9,900 | Members: 216 Full Time Fire Suppression works 24hr shifts | ![]() ![]() |
Official Website | Frequency: 1- 470.5125 2- 471.0375 | Dispatched by FF's at Police HQ |
Shift & Apparatus Staffing: Shift Strength: 38- 2 District Chiefs, 9 Officers, 27 Firefighters Each company is staffed with 1 officer and 3 firefighters w/ a 4th firefighter assigned. If all members of a company are present for a shift, 1 firefighter is floated to a company that is short that day. Each company has 1 captain working 1 shift with 3 lieutenants working the other shifts. District Chiefs do not have aides. Dispatch has 1 lieutenant and 9 firefighters assigned. Dispatchers work 10 hr days/14 hr nights with 2 dispatchers working at a time. The lieutenant works days and the 9th dispatcher is a floater that can cover dispatch or fire supression shifts. Fire Prevention has 1 captain, 1 lieutenant and 3 firefighters assigned. Trainging has 1 captain and 1 firefighter assigned. The Marine Safety Unit has 1 captain that works days with other members working shifts on companies. 1 District Chief is assigned as the Support Services chief. |
RETIRED APPARATUS / FORMER STATIONS |