falmouth mass response to the working fire

[agent yo'range]

per broadcastify calls - keep in mind this is a fully paud FD with
over 100 fulltime staff

1841 hours - first page for the fire on north falmouth highway - Feb
15 2026 sunday

1844 - Eng 6 signed on with 4

dispatcher says that neighbor sees and smells smoke from the bld

" OPs 1 is available " - Eng 6 says they are switching to Ops 1 - Ops
1 is the primary countywide fireground channel

1845 - Car 2 on and switching to Ops 1

1845 - Eng 4 on and switching to Ops 1

1845 - Car 3 on

2 closest or close hydrants given by dispatcher

1845 - Ladder 1 on with 4

1846 - Eng 23 / Eng 3 on with 2

1852 - Bourne Eng 4 signs on to cover Falmouth Sta 6

1852 - Joint Base Eng 10 on to the fire with 4 people

1854 - Cotuit Eng 1 on to cover Sta 1 - Sandwich A2 on to cover Sta 1 or a3

1856 - Station 1 signs on wih 3

1859 - Eng 1 sent to the fire

we really need to check the Ops channel to see who really responded to
the fire and when

maybe it took them all 4 minutes to get on the road because they had
to take their PPE off the ambulance and put it on the fire truck -
doesnt seem possible - but maybe its true