Because of rapid growth on the west side of Dover, the town took over the West Dover Fire Department. East Dover's company stayed independent, with yearly allocations from the town. West Dover's search and rescue team finds lost and injured people in remote recreation areas.
1948
The East Dover Volunteer Fire Company begins protecting the community.
1995
West Dover's new firehouse is completed across Route 100 from the original, which becomes the police station.
2013
West Dover celebrates its 50th anniversary with an open house, a parade on Route 100 and the dedication of an antique 1927 Seagrave truck.
Dover in Windham County. Every fire station in the county is marked —
2 here, 28 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.
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.
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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.