Charlotte Volunteer Fire & Rescue Services, Inc., a nonprofit
Ambulance
Two-person paid crew around the clock; paramedic level since 2011
Rescue calls
Over 500 a year
Chief
Jamie Valyou, Director of Emergency Services
Charlotte's line runs out into the water, and 9.11 of the
50.38 square miles inside it are water. The land figure is the
Census count; the total is the boundary VCGI draws.
The station
170 Ferry Rd
Photograph by T. Garvey, 2020-08-18
Engine 1, a 2004 Seagrave, and Engine 2, a 2019 KME, both 2,000 gpm with compressed-air foam; Engine 4, a 2008 GMC; a 1993 International tanker (1,500 gallons); Rescue 3, a 2012 Spartan heavy rescue; ambulances A-1 (2014 Ford F450) and A-2 (2020 Ford F-550); two boats and a Kawasaki Mule. Source
Charlotte's fire and rescue services are run by a private, not-for-profit corporation with two agencies, the Charlotte Volunteer Fire Department and the Charlotte Volunteer Rescue Squad. The town provides most of its money; private gifts pay for extras the town budget doesn't.
1950
Charlotte Volunteer Fire & Rescue Services is founded.
2011
In March, Charlotte Rescue begins paramedic coverage.
Charlotte in Chittenden County. Every fire station in the county is marked —
1 here, 26 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.
Working here
The rescue squad keeps a two-person crew at the station 24 hours a day, about 17,472 shift hours a year, with permanent staff, 12 per-diem providers and volunteers. Firefighters train every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
Openings: full-time and part-time AEMT or paramedic crew chief, part-time firefighter, per-diem crew chief
Volunteer EMS providers and volunteer firefighters are welcome
Send a cover letter and application to admin@cvfrs.org
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.
For residents
Station toursStop by to see the station and meet the members.
Ambulance billingHandled by ECP Services, the squad's billing partner.
Form 990The corporation's public inspection copy of its tax return.
Read in October 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
Not recorded yet
Nothing is written up here for 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.