Bennington County
Bennington Rural Fire Department · Bennington Village Fire Department
130 River St
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The Village Fire Department's central station, home to all four companies. Source
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276 Orchard Rd
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63 Gore Rd
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900 West Rd
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Two volunteer departments protect Bennington: the Village Fire Department in the centre, and the Rural Fire Department, a separate fire district, across the rest of the town and, by contract, Woodford. North Bennington has its own department and fire warden.
On 18 March the village trustees establish the Bennington Fire Department, with two firehouses: Spartan Engine Company No. 1 on Pleasant Street and Protection Engine Company No. 2 on East Main Street.
The W.H. Bradford Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 is established.
Spartan Engine Company becomes the General Stark Steamer Company, ancestor of today's Stark Hose Company No. 1.
The H.W. Putnam Company No. 3 is organised; the Eagle Hose Company No. 4 follows in 1894. All four companies are now at the central station on River Street.
The Bennington Pomona Grange founds the Bennington Rural Fire District, with T. Howard Mattison as chief; by the end of its first year 35 volunteers answer every call. It later reorganises as Bennington Fire District No. 1.
Rural firefighters build their first firehouse on Willow Road, enlarged in 1976 and 1992; more follow on Beech Street (1966) and at Fairdale Farms (1969, rebuilt 1985).
The Vermont State Firefighters' Association names Rural Chief Walt Sweet its Chief of the Year; Rural members serve as the association's president in 1985 and 2000.
The General Assembly congratulates the Rural Fire Department on its 70th anniversary; it now has five companies, each with its own officers.
The General Assembly commemorates the Village Fire Department's 175th anniversary.
In an emergency dial 911. These are business lines.
Vermont requires a Permit to Kindle Fire from the town’s Forest Fire Warden for anything larger than a campfire — except where snow covers the ground at the burn site, or the fire is at least 200 feet from anything that will carry flame. Wardens can suspend burning outright when fire danger is high. Who to ask locally is recorded department by department; where it is blank below, the fire department itself is the place to start.
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