[HFDlist] Paxton Fire Update

[Sean Smith]

Good Afternoon-

As you may have heard, the Town of Paxton failed two override votes, 
which forced the Town to make some difficult cuts to staffing and 
operating budgets. We have spoken with Chief Pingitore and can provide 
the following plans moving forward:

- The current staffing plan does not cut any full time staff, but did 
make cuts to the call/ per- diem members. Additionally, changes to 
recalls and response procedures were modified.

*What does this mean for Holden*- Paxton has committed to continue to 
send resources for both fire and EMS requests. On the fire side, we will 
not be changing our alarm card, and will continue to request resources 
from Paxton accordingly. If Paxton is unable to fulfill the request, the 
Officer in Charge will make the determination to back fill the apparatus 
from the next alarm IF NEEDED. Regarding EMS- As the cuts have not 
impacted the full time personnel, the staffing levels are unchanged and 
should be able to provide an ambulance mutual aid as usual.

*What does this mean for incidents in Paxton*- Paxton has implemented a 
few changes for incidents in their Town. Effective today, Paxton has 
established an automatic aid request for reported fires, similar to our 
system. So we can expect to be started sooner for fires, please monitor 
and respond accordingly. Paxton has identified 2 properties that will 
bring in auto aid for any ALARM ACTIVATION'S- /The Hills/ located at 260 
Grove Street and /Anna Maria College/ located at 50 Sunset Lane will 
request our TOWER to respond to the scene. Please make yourself familiar 
with the location of these properties. For 260 Grove, you will need to 
enter from Grove Street, not through the emergency exit on Holden 
Street. See attached map.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns with this, please dont 
hesitate to reach out.

Sean

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Sean M. Smith
Deputy Chief
Holden Fire Department
1370 Main Street
Holden, MA 01520
Phone: 508)210-5650
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