massachusetts fire districts info

rough draft

massachusetts has 2 types of 'fire districts'

one type is the local fire district ... west barnstable fire district
... cotuit fire district ... hyannis fire district ... etc ... these
are usually subsections of 1 community

the other type of fire districts in massachusetts are the countywide
or half countywide fire mutual aid mobilization districts / civil
defense districts ... ie .. District 1 Barnstable County ... District
1 A Nantucket ... District 2 plymouth County ... D3 Bristol ... D4
norfolk ... D5 southern essex ... D6 northern middlesex ... d7
southern worcester ... d8 northern worcester ... d9 franklin .. d10
hamshire ... d11 hamden ... d12 berkshire ... d13 metrofire ... d14
southern middlesex / eastern worcester

see census 2007 'census of governments' info for description of local
fire districts

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notes from google search for 'Massachusetts fire district' ... misc hits

Worthington Fire District might be a water dept only

Buckland is served by Buckland Fire District and Shelburne Falls Fire District

Montague is served by Montague Center and Turners Falls ... secretary
of state shows turners falls fire with an s but some other orgs in the
area are turners fall with no s on the end of falls iirc

south deerfield has a fire district

south hadley district 2 cover areas in south hadley and granby

williamstown might have a forest fire dept ... unsure if it is a fire district



there is probably a state law allowing fire districts or each one is
enacted by a separate law or vote of the legislature

west wareham fire district seems to be just a water agency now ....
they ave info on their website whe they were formed iirc ... britton
crosby might have that info also

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communitys with fire districts ... rough list from memory

barnstable 5 + dartmouth 3 + ?adams ?1 + palmer (palmer + bondsville +
?] + montague 2 + williamstown ? + newbury recently merged both +
georgetown ? erie ? + south hadley 2 + ? hadley +

devens ? + otis ? ... actually econ development zones ?

cummington ?

dighton ?



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notes from search at secretary of state corp lookup for fire or fire
district or name etc

Massachusetts Fire District 8 Mutual Aid Association Inc ... 10/199?4?
... was Friends of Mid State Fire until 2016

D14 had a Friends of entry also .. older ... expired

Massachusetts Fire District 7 Mutual Aid Association Inc .... 5/2017

protection fire company no 1 Byfield Mass ... 1929 to 1986 and 1987 to present

protection fire company number 2 newbuty ... morgan ave ... 1942

? acushnet fire district ... maybe just water