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The Chatham Fire Department was  established in 1911.....................Chatham FD provides fire and ems service to 7,098 residents within a 15.88 square mile area......................Chatham is a combination career / call department with 4 shifts of 5 per shift, a minimum of 4 on duty.....................Chatham has 2 fire stations, 1 staffed 24 hours and 1 call station.....................Chatham responded to 2,237 incidents in 2002...............567 fire incidents and 1670 ems calls.................................

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Chief Michael Ambriscoe  (2005)

  Chatham Fire Department Website

Career Personnel: 27
(1) Fire Chief,
(1) Deputy Chief,
(1) Fire Prev,
(4) Shift Captains,
(4) Lieutenants
(16) Firefighters,
(1) Admin Sec

Including:
(17 ) Paramedics,
(    ) EMT-I,
(8) EMTs,
(   ) First Responders

IAFF: Local 2712. Personnel are civilian

Staffing:
There are 4 groups of (6) personnel, with a minimum of (5) per shift.
Each group works an 8 day 42 hour week comprised of (2) 24 hour shifts 0800-0800. 
The work week is (24) on, (24) off, (24) on, (5) days off......(1-1-1-5)
Station staffing is as follows: (6) Station 1, (0) Station 2  
The minimum staffing is (5) Station 1, (0) Station 2   

Dispatch by:
Dispatch by Chatham Firefighters on rotating basis.

Stations:  
Station 1 staffing is (1) Captain, (1) Lieut, (4) FFs, (1 of firefighters may be dispatching)
Station 2 staffing is (0)

Officers
Fire Chief Michael Ambriscoe (Car 181)
Deputy Chief Peter Connick (Car 391)  2011
Fire Insp John Proudfoot  (C-392)
Group 1: Captain Nelson Wirtz (P)    (C381)   Lieut Violet Fellman (P)         
Group 2: Captain Kate Hansen (P)     (C382)   Lieut Dave Ready (P)                
Group 3: Captain David DePasquale  (C383)   Lieut Mark Higgins  (P)      
Group 4: Captain Matt Flynn (P)       (C384)    Lieut Gerard Smith

Call Personnel: 4
(4) Call personnel   
  
Including:
(0) Paramedics, 
(  ) EMT-I, 
(2) EMTs, 
(   ) First Responders

01/9/12

Chatham Police Department

Chatham Police Department
249 George Ryder Road
Chatham, MA 02633
Emergency 911   Emergency 508-945-1212
Business  508-945-1213  Fax  508-945-2791

Police Chief Mark R Pawlina  (101)  

Chatham Information

Chatham Incorporated as a town 1712
Chatham Fire Department Established in 1916

Town of Chatham Website

Massachusetts Municipal Association

DHCD Community Profile

Added Jan 6, 2002
Updated Feb 14, 2002

Fire Department History

Major Fires & Emergencies
1988 - June 2 - Rescue workers responded to a stone wall collapse at the site of a water main installation trench on Pleasant Street.  One worker was trapped until freed by rescuers.
1990 - Sept 29 - Two men were killed when the P-51 they were flying crashed into the woods near the Chatham Airport.
1991 - Feb 9 - A 3 alarm fire destroyed the Acme Laundry complex on Route 28 in Chatham.  The 75 year old 3 story wooden building was completely destroyed in the 0100 hours fire.  60 firefighters from several towns using 7 engines and 2 ladder trucks fought the fire.
1993 - June 14 - One man was killed and another escaped when a plane crashed into the waters off the Chatham Lighthouse.

Incident History
Year            Fire         EMS           Total
1950
1960
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990          421           962             1,383
1992          466        1,055             1,521
1993          402        1,086             1,488
1994          446        1,250             1,696
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1996
1997
1998
1999
2000                                              2,158
2001                                              2,184
2002          567       1,670              2,237
2003                                             
2004                                              2.420
2005                                              2,456
2006                                              2,469
2007                                              2,429
2008                                              2,531
2009                                              2,490
2010                                              2,322
2011                                              2,669
 

1975 Apparatus Roster
Engine 1
Engine 2
Engine 3
Engine 4
Engine 5
Rescue

01/07/09

Chatham Radio

Chatham Police Radio Call Sign..............KCA 368..............County Callsign
Chatham Police Dispatch ID...................KCA 368.............."Chatham Police"
Chatham Police Frequency.....................Trunking................On Trunked radio system
Chatham Police Old Freq.......................155.640 Mhz.........Old Ch.3
Chatham Police County Freq..................155.565 Mhz........ Old Ch.1
Chatham Police 800 Trunk Group...........38192...................Primary Operations
Chatham Police 800 County Group.........36496...................County Talkgroup
Chatham Police Unit IDs........................."F" Fox Cars

Chatham Water District...........................451.575
Chatham Water District.......................... 
 

Chatham Station Apparatus Assignments

01/07/09

 

The Sample Run Cards
(As listed at BCC 1-16-2002)