Groton Fire Services (Connecticut)

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== Overview ==
The Town of Groton is located in southeastern Connecticut on Long Island Sound, between the Thames and Mystic Rivers. The Town of Groton provides most of the services for the community of 40,000 residents, including schools, public works, library, police protection and planning development. The major exception is fire services; there is no single Town Fire Department. Instead, the town is divided in eight special districts. Each district assesses taxes and provides fire services; those districts can provide additional services if their community desires. Two of the districts are independent Political Subdivisions and provide a full spectrum of services, including police and public works. 
=== Groton Fire Districts ===
The City of Groton (changed from the Borough of Groton in 1964) was incorporated in 1903 to provide utilities, sewers, highways, fire and police protection. 
The Groton Long Point Association was incorporated in 1921 to provide road maintenance and fire and police protection. 
The Mystic Fire District was incorporated by the legislature in 1879 to provide fire protection. This is one of two special districts that is situated in two towns - Groton and Stonington. 
The Noank Fire District was established in 1929 to provide fire protection. 
The Poquonnock Bridge Fire District was established in 1943 and expanded in area in 1962, to provide fire protection. 
The Center Groton Fire District was organized in 1960 to provide fire protection. 
The Old Mystic Fire District was established in 1961 and provides fire protection. This is the second special district that includes areas of two towns, Groton and Stonington. 
The West Pleasant Valley Fire District, established in 1961 and fire service is contracted from the City of Groton.
===Other Fire Departments===
In addition to fire districts, there are several other departments that operate in the Town of Groton. They include:
*Electric Boat Fire Department
*Pfizer Fire Department
*Naval Submarine Base New London Fire Department
*Groton / New London Airport Fire Department
These departments also operate with the districts for automatic and mutual aid.
==Operations ==
All the fire departments in Groton are dispatched by Groton Fire Alarm and work on common radio frequencies with automatic aid agreements. The departments and equipment are identified using an ID system used throughout southeastern Connecticut. The system uses a letter to identify the Town or organization, i.e. "G" for Groton, "D" for Electric Boat and the USN Sub Base had used "C", but is transitioning to "N." Following the letter designation, there is a two or three digit identifier to identify the company/station and equipment type. 
:1 - Groton City Fire Department Company 1
:2 - Groton City Fire Department Company 2
:3 - Poquonnock Bridge Fire Department
:4 - Noank Fire Department
:5 - Mystic Fire Department
:6 - Old Mystic Fire Department
:7 - Center Groton Fire Department
:8 - Groton Long Point Fire Department
:9 - Pfizer Fire Department
The second digit identifies the apparatus type. Typically, Engines are 1, 2 or 3, Ladders are 5, Service units are 6 and Rescues are 7. Zero, 8 and 9 are typically company chief officers, while a single number (i.e. G-4) denotes the department's Chief. Examples would be G-15 is Groton City’s Ladder 1 or G-71 would be Center Groton’s Engine 1.
Ambulances are designated with a 3 digit number (i.e. Groton ambulances are G-300, G-301, etc.; Mystic River Ambulances are G-500, G-501, etc.).
==Station Map==
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