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Station 2 - Smith Lane
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| Station 2 - Smith Lane Station primary response area |
Station 2 is located on Smith Lane in the Exit 8 Independence Mall /
Route 44 / MBTA Commuter rail area.
Station 2 , Smith Lane primary response area includes all of Route
3, to the north shopping areas (Kingsbury Square. to the Duxbury line,) west to the Carver Line and South to the Plymouth
line.
Apparatus assigned to this station are Engine 2, Reserve Engine 3, Forest Fire Truck - #74
and one Advanced Life Support Ambulance. .
Station 2 - Smith Lane is staffed by 2 Firefighter/Paramedics, at all times.
Important target protection sites within this area include:
- 5 public and private schools , three of which have no public water supply for fire protection.
- An extensive waterfront area with two public and private beaches
- Over one million square feet of commercial and retail shopping space.
- Several thousand acres of heavily wooded, highly flammable pitch pine and oak forest .
- Rocky Nook neighborhoods, which are the most densley populated areas in Kingston.
- Lower Main Street with many old apartment buildings and homes that date back to the early 1800's.
- New residential subdivisions with homes valued up to $2 million.
- All major transportation routes; the MBTA
commuter line station and train layover facility, all of Route 3, Route 3A from the intersection of Route 80 south to
Plymouth, Route 80 west to Plympton and Carver, and all of Route 44 either originate, terminate or
lie entirely within the Smith Lane Fire Station primary response
area.
Apparatus assigned to Station 2 - Smith Lane
Truck 75 - 2000 Brushbreaker. 250 gallon per minute pump; 400 gallon water tank; 20 gallon foam tank.
Primary mission is forest fire suppression.
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