AMESBURY FIRE RESCUE
17 School Street
Amesbury, MA 01913
Jonathan R. Brickett, Chief of Department
Glenn A. Fournier, Deputy Chief/Fire Prevention Officer
ph: (978) 388-1333
Fax: (978) 388-0184
Administration Office hours are: Monday - Friday 8 am - 4 pm
[See bottom of page for access to Permits] The mission of the Amesbury Fire Rescue is interrelated with the mission and services of other departments within the Town, as well as public safety agencies within and around Essex County, which is to protect the community in the utmost professional manner.
This mission includes:
- To continuously evaluate and improve the quality of fire suppression service to the Town of Amesbury.
- To Continuously reduce the actual number and severity of fire incidents through a strong commitment to fire prevention.
- To enhance the health of the community through the provision of highly responsive and effective emergency medical services.
- To protect the community through monitoring and response to hazardous materials incidents.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Amesbury Fire Department, as established under Article 5 of the Amesbury Town Charter, has
seven major functional areas of responsibility:
FIRE PREVENTION/CODE COMPLIANCE:
- To prevent fires through inspection of properties for compliance with State and Local By-Laws.
- To utilize all available means to decrease the incidence of uncontrolled fire, including:
- Engineering - Review design plans for code violations
- Education - To instruct and inform the public
- Code Enforcement - To use legal means to correct discrepancies from the codes
- Fire Investigation - To identify areas for future education legislation to assist in correction of problems.
FIRE SUPPRESSION:
- To suppress fires in order to prevent the loss of life and property.
- To provide life safety rescue services.
- To confine fire to its place of origin.
- To extinguish fires.
- To provide mutual aid to neighboring communities as needed (in return we receive the same mutual aid support).
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES:
- To provide Emergency Ambulance Service for Advanced and Basic life support.
- To transport Priority 1, 2, and 3 patients to Emergency Care Facilities located outside the Town limits.
- To respond to working fire and hazardous material incidents, to stand by for emergency medical services as needed.
- To provide a first aid station at selected Town events.
- To administer the Emergency Services Revolving Account.
- To provide non-transporting Advanced Life Support service to the Town and the Region.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENTS:
- To provide First Responders to Hazardous Materials Incidents and take appropriate action to protect lives and the environment.
- To enforce State and Local Codes regarding Hazardous Materials.
- To provide L1, L2 and L3 incident awareness and training.
- To coordinate actions and work with various State agencies in dealing with Hazardous Materials Incidents.
FIRE ADMINISTRATION:
General and specific administration of the permanent, full time Fire Department.
- To lead, plan, organize, and control Fire Department functions.
- To develop and administer the Fire Department budget.
- To conduct fire/explosion investigations.
- To administer and appropriately enforce State Statutes and Local Fire codes.
- To administer the emergency medical services, training, and safety at all incidents.
- To research and aggressively pursue Grant funding at the Local, State, and Federal levels
DEPARTMENT LIAISON:
The Fire Department works closely with the following agencies and departments:
- Amesbury Emergency Management Agency
- Amesbury Police Department
- Amesbury Public Works Department
- Amesbury Building Department
- Regional and State Agencies
FIRE ALARM DIVISION:
- Maintains the municipal cable plant
- Maintains and tests the fire alarm boxes
- Maintains all town owned traffic signals
- Maintains and tests the fire alarm and sprinkler systems in all municipal buildings.
- Maintains the radio master box program
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- Mass Department of Fire Services
At this site you can find all of the Mass Fire regulations, including those pertaining to smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Once you are on the site, scroll down to the KEY RESOURCES section on the left side of the page. Click on 527-cmr Board of Fire Prevention Regulations and a large list of regulations will become available to you. 527-CMR 31 shows the carbon monoxide information, while 527-CMR 32 is for smoke detectors.
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