Plympton Town Property Committee presents fire station demand data at phase-one session

PLYMPTON — February 9, 2026 — Plympton's Town Property Committee held its second phase-one information session on a potential fire station project, presenting four years of emergency response data with no votes taken and no sites selected. Committee members Caitlin Johnson, Keelan Smith, and Pierre Boyer outlined call volume growth from 750 total responses in 2021 to 808 in 2024, with 67 to 69 percent of calls classified as EMS-related and mutual aid received from neighboring towns nearly doubling, from 89 calls to 172, pushing mutual aid's share of all activity from 14 percent to 22.5 percent. Boyer told attendees that an operational model for the department must be defined before any station design or location decision can be made, drawing a pointed exchange from resident Andrew Norton, who asked directly who has the expertise to build those models. Boyer said the committee plans to draw on Fire Chief Duddy, regional peer departments, and owners-project-managers with fire station experience, while also reviewing the ambulance fund — which currently offsets roughly $300,000 in annual operating costs — as a potential financial lever. The committee confirmed it is examining four possible locations, including the existing station, town-owned land on Maple Street, and the Center and Palmer streets intersection, with all materials to be posted to the town website after a platform upgrade around February 19.