we have probably covered this before - but lets write it up from memory one more time - (we confirmed some of the bfd dates) Boston FD - shortwave for fireboats and chiefs - around 1 Mhz - 1937 Boston FD - 37.74 for fireboats - 1940 Boston FD - changed from 37.74 to 33.74 - 1948 Boston FD - 153.89 for portable radios (HTs) - 1952 Boston FD - 154.265 for 2nd fireground (FG) channel - 1971 Boston FD - 4 channels at 483 mhz - 1982 approx - also 453.65 for station alerting maybe Boston FD - 700 / 800 - some usage maybe started around 2001 MetroFire - 154.22 for dispatchers - 1965 - some mobiles added in 1970s MetroFire - moved to UHF in 1980s other FDs started on shared channels or on police channels or on shared dpw channels shared fire channels - 153.95 - quincy + milton + dedham + needham - 154.13 - waltham + belmont - 154.34 - lexington + burlington + bedford + wilmington - 46.06 - stoneham + reading + wakefield + melrose + lynnfield + middleton - 154.37 - saugus + nahant + marblehead + swampscott lexington fd might have started on 158.82 with dpw winchester fd started on dpw channel at 45 mhz arlington fd started on 158.76 with pd and dpw - arlngton fd went to 460.60 R around 1972 cambridge fd started on 33.94 then 154.355 then ?uhf? then 800T somerville started on 33.86 and then went to uhf newton fd started on 33.82 and then went to uhf waltham fd went from 154.13 to 154.40 weston fd maybe went from 45.16 to 154.16 to 154.16R to uhf quincy fd went from 153.95 to 153.785 to uhf - (did they have 153.785 R at one time ?) milton fd and braintree fd shared 483.5125 for a few years brookline fd went from 33.78 to uhf and maybe had 460.625 for mo3 when on 33.78 in 1970s watertown fd went from 46 mhz to uhf wobrun fd went from 46.38 to uhf chelsea fd went from 154.325 to 154.325r to uhf - they had 153.83 HTs also winthrop fd was on 156.00 with dpw and then went to uhf revere fd was on 154.175 then 154.175 r then uhf everett fd was on 154.31 then 154.31R then uhf malden fd went from 154.25 to uhf - maybe they had 154.25 R at one time melrose fd went from 46.06 to ? 159.405 R ? saugus fd went from 154.37 to 159.765 R or similar then to uhf stoneham fd went from 46.06 to 460.625 R reading fd went from 46.06 to uhf wakefield fd went from 46.06 to uhf medford fd went from 46.20 to 153.89 to maybe 153.89R to uhf belmont fd went from 154.13 to uhf wellesley fd went from 46.10 to uhf weymouth fd went from 154.19 to 154.235 to maybe 154.235r to uhf milton fd went from 153.95 to 483.5125 r to ? 482.775 r ? dedham fd went from 153.95 to uhf needham fd went from 153.95 to 153.95 R to uhf all info is approximate more or less burlington fd went from 154.34 to uhf lexington fd went from 154.34 to maybe 154.34 R - yes with 150.805 as input iirc - then to uhf for a while 154.22 was patched to 483.3125R - sometimes Burlington County NJ and ? windham maine ? would be heard on 483.3125 r coming thru the patch saugus was on 154.37 with nahant and marblehead and swampscott - then saugus went to uhf was lynn fd ever on 154.37 ? lynn fd was on 154.415 then maybe 154.415 R then uhf braintree was on 46.14 then uhf hanscom afb fd was on 173.5875 then 166.225 r then 380T massport fd was on maybe 156.015 then maybe 453.55 then 800T ez8 at hanscom was on 155.82 with lincoln fd for many years - they had 1 daily radio check - maybe just for coord lincoln fd was on 155.82 then 154.145 then maybe 154.145 R then uhf ge fd in lynn was on 462.20 r iirc watertown arsenal fd was on maybe 165.0125 or close boston navy yard fd was maybe on 34.33 - wild guess - some lowband channel in the federal band maybe - maybe late 1960s to early 1970s weymouth Naval Air Station FD was on 140.10 iirc state forestry was on 31 mhz then a 159 mhz repeeter then 151 mhz then state trs boston medflight (medevac helos) was maybe on 155.16 then maybe 155.235 then 460.80 then 461.45 recently - circa 2020 to 2026 - many FDs are adding 2ndary channels on UHF
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