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About Quincy Fire Department |
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The Quincy Fire Department protects the historic city of
Quincy, Massachusetts from disasters both natural and
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Settled in 1634 and
established as the town of Quincy in 1792, the City of
Quincy was founded in 1888.
Bordering the City of
Boston on the south, Quincy has an area of 17 square
miles, and a population of 89,000 + per census 2000.
There are 26
miles of coastline and three peninsulas within the
City’s borders. These geometrical features necessitate the deployment of
eight fire engines, three ladder trucks and a heavy
rescue unit. The apparatus is situated in strategic
locations throughout the City to best provide the
citizens with fire protection and emergency medical
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- For detailed
Boston Globe report on the response
times in Quincy
click here
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The Department is a full time professional department,
fully staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Although we
embrace the tradition that built this department, we are
always eager to adapt to the new concepts of fire
fighting, fire prevention, emergency medical service and
public education to accommodate the ever-evolving duties
of today’s fire service.
The Quincy Fire
Department is comprised of four separate, yet important
divisions:
Fire Suppression
Fire Prevention Bureau
Training
Fire Alarm
Maintenance.
Each division,
although separate, is an integral part of the every day
operations of the Quincy Fire Department. The individual
divisions work in conjunction on a daily basis to
provide the citizens of Quincy with the essential
services they require from their fire department.
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What We Do
Roles and
Responsibilities of your Fire Department
Fire Suppression:
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Structure fires of all kinds;
residential homes and high rise buildings,
industrial occupancies, businesses, and
restaurants as well as a hospitals, daycares
and nursing homes, yacht clubs and
boatyards.
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Protection of structures
adjacent to fire.
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Vehicle fires from simple
commuter cars to gasoline tankers.
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Outside fires in the marshes
of Houghs Neck to the woods of the Blue
Hills.
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Electrical pole fires and
transformer fires.
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Flammable liquid or flammable
gas fires.
Extrication and Rescue:
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Persons trapped by fire,
entanglement from structural collapse, and
severe motor vehicle accidents. Anything
you can imagine a person or child can get a
body part stuck in, we can get them out of.
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Water and ice rescue.
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Motor vehicle or home lock
outs which create hazardous conditions (food
cooking on the stove, vehicle running,
children locked in)
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Confined space rescue.
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Trench and tunnel collapse
rescue.
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High angle rescue.
Medical Emergencies and Trauma:
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Life and or limb threatening
medical emergencies such as cardiac
disorders, respiratory disorders, strokes,
metabolic disorders (such as diabetic coma
or seizures), drug and medication overdoses,
suicide attempts, and poisonings.
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All fire apparatus carry
medical equipment including Automatic
External Defibrillators. Early CPR and
defibrillation is the single most effective
measure to counter cardiac arrest and
increase survival rates.
The
American Heart Association reports:
- In cities
where CPR training is widespread and EMS
response is rapid, the survival rate
increased from 7 percent to 26 percent
when AEDs were available to first
responders.
- In cities
where defibrillation is provided within
5 to 7 minutes, the survival rate from
cardiac arrest is as high as 49 percent.
- In cities in
which EMS response times are prolonged,
longer-term survival outcome is 1-2
percent.
- For more
information visit the
AHA website
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Traumatic emergencies such as
motor vehicle accidents, motorcycle
accidents, MBTA train accidents, falls,
shootings, stabbings, assaults, pedestrians
struck by motor vehicles, impalements, or
any blunt or penetrating trauma.
Hazardous Materials Incidents:
Structural Collapses:
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Stabilization and victim
rescue from building, bridges, or other
structures that collapse due to explosion,
implosion, earthquake, accident, or
catastrophic structural failure.
Training:
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Keeping up-to-date with
changes in building construction, fire
attack, vehicle extrication, Hazardous
Material Incident response, Emergency
Medical Services, rescue, equipment updates,
and many other field related topic is a
daunting task for our training department.
Fire Prevention and Code Enforcement:
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Help us help you reduce the
number of fires.
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Residential sale smoke
detector inspections.
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In service inspections of
Nursing Facilities, Schools, and Daycares.
General Services:
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You can stop by the fire
station for all kinds of things from
directions around the city, tours of the
fire house, cutting off rings that become
too tight, as well as many other things.
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Secure water problems as a
result of ruptured pipes.
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Fill-the-boot drives for the
Muscular
Dystrophy Association. For 50 years
fire departments around the country have
raised nearly $200 million for the MDA and
continue to be the largest supporter.
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Help us
Help You
- Install smoke detectors and test them
periodically. Smoke detectors save lives.
- Replace smoke detector batteries twice a
year when the clocks are reset.
- Have an escape plan for your family that
includes a meeting place safely outside.
- Do not block a fire hydrant when parking
your vehicle
- Do not park too close to street corners.
Fire apparatus need lots of room to get
around corners.
- Do not park illegally. Parking is a
problem in Quincy, yet it is important that
adequate room be given for the fire
apparatus, especially on narrow residential
streets.
- Always pull over to the right-hand curb
to let the fire apparatus pass safely.
- Remain at least 300 feet behind any fire
apparatus that is responding to a fire or an
emergency.
- Stay at least 800 feet away from fire
fighting operations. It is difficult to
insure the safety of bystanders.
- Other ways to help
- Never pile snow on a fire hydrant
- Shovel out the hydrant near your
home
- Never block a hydrant with rubbish
barrels
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