Fairfax has a full-time fire chief leading an on-call department from one station.
1991
The four-bay James Field Fairfax Fire Station is built on Goodall Street.
2024
The town's fire page says the station is to get a fifth bay this year.
Fairfax in Franklin County. Every fire station in the county is marked —
1 here, 13 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
On-call firefighters work under the full-time chief.
Ask Chief Genzlinger about joining on 802-849-6075, or email fire@fairfax-vt.gov
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
Burn permitsFree, needed for brush and leaf piles but not small campfires; call 802-849-6075, and a permit can often be given over the phone. Natural wood only.
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 Spotted something out of date?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.