Fire/EMS Operations

Salem Fire Department operates three fire stations staffed by a total of fifteen (15) personnel per shift. Line personnel work twenty-four hour shifts that over an eight week cycle averages 42 hours per week. Station locations and apparatus assignments are as follows:

Station #1 (Headquarters) - 152 Main Street

	Engine Company 1	-	2010 Pierce Arrow XT Class A Pumper
	Rescue 1	-	2009 International/Horton, Type 1, Med-Duty
	Medic 1	-	2007 Chevy Tahoe Rapid Response Vehicle
	Command (C-5)	-	2009 Chevy Tahoe Command Vehicle
	Squad Company 1	-	1994 Freightliner FL70/Amtech Heavy Rescue
	Engine Company 4	-	1995 Pierce Lance Class A Pumper
	Rescue 4	-	2008 International/Horton, Type 1, Med-Duty
	Forestry 1	-	2004 Ford F-350 Pickup with removable skid unit
	Forestry 3	-	1976 Dodge/Pierce Mini-pumper

Station #2 (North Salem) - 279 North Main Street

	Engine Company 2	-	2006 Pierce Arrow XT Class A Pumper
	Rescue 2	-	2005 International/Horton, Type 1, Med-Duty
	Forestry 2	-	1985 GMC/Hewes Brush unit
	Marine Unit	-	1998 Zodiac/Honda 20 HP Four-stroke
	Engine 5	-	1985 Pierce/Mack CF600

Station #3 (South Salem) - 170 Lawrence Road

	Ladder Company 1	-	1999 Pierce Lance, 105 foot Aerial
	Rescue 3	-	2007 International/Horton, Type 1, Med-Duty
	Engine Company 3	-	2000 Pierce Dash Class A Pumper

Shift Commander
(Captain)

Fire Alarm
1 Dispatcher

Station #1
1 Lieutenant
5 Firefighters
2 Firefighter Paramedics

Station #2
1 Lieutenant
2 Firefighters

Station #3
1 Lieutenant
2 Firefighters

Salem Fire Department offers highly professional, Advanced Life Support pre-hospital care to our residents and visitors. We operate four (4) ambulances (two from Station #1 -Headquarters and one out of each district station) and one paramedic intercept vehicle (responding from Headquarters town-wide). We currently have ten paramedic firefighters. In addition, there are several fire officers that have maintained their certification as paramedics and we also have more than one dozen EMT-Intermediates. All remaining firefighting personnel are certified at the Emergency Medical Technician-Basic Level.

Our medical resource hospital is Parkland Medical Center in Derry, New Hampshire. We also transport patients to other receiving hospitals including Caritas Holy Family Hospital in Methuen, MA; Lawrence General Hospital in Lawrence, MA; and Merrimac Valley Hospital in Haverhill, MA.