Bethel's department answers fires, crashes, alarms and service calls, and assists the ambulance on medical calls. A new Fire Advisory Board was formed under the previous interim chief, Geary Coogler, who served the department for ten years.
2025
Members earn Firefighter I and first responder certifications, and the department updates its training program.
2026
Voters are asked for up to $80,000 for an air-bottle filling unit and up to $65,000 to outfit the new engine, both from the town's fund balance with no tax increase.
Bethel in Windsor County. Every fire station in the county is marked —
1 here, 27 in neighbouring towns, which is
who turns out on a mutual aid call.
Boundaries and water from VCGI; fire district lines are not town lines, and
village districts and contracted coverage cross them. A town line runs out into
the lake, so the shoreline here is the water drawn over the boundary, not the
boundary itself.
In an emergency dial 911. These are business lines.
Burning
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.
Read in October 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
Not recorded yet
Nothing is written up here for joining, burn permits, call volume, budget.
Not because it does not exist — because nobody has typed it in. If you know this
department, tell us and it goes on the record with its
source named.