128 in 2025, fire department and FAST Squad together
Newest engine
Engine 6, a 2025 International HV built by E-ONE
Meets
First Thursday, 7:30 pm; drill third Thursday, 6 pm
Fairlee's line runs out into the water, and 1.08 of the
21.02 square miles inside it are water. The land figure is the
Census count; the total is the boundary VCGI draws.
The station
5445 Lake Morey Rd
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Fairlee's firefighters and FAST Squad answer fires, crashes and medical calls, and help neighbouring departments at structure, silo and brush fires.
1995
A donation of stock sets up the Firemen's Stock Fund.
2025
Engine 6 arrives in October and is in service just over a month later, with a bigger pump and 75 gallons more water. Mike Moore retires after 35 years on the department.
128 calls that year
Fairlee in Orange County. Every fire station in the county is marked —
1 here, 24 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.
Money
Fire and rescue is a department of the town's general fund.
2026 (proposed)
Dispatch
$14,500
Salaries and wages
$13,000
New equipment
$12,000
Insurance
$10,500
Vehicle operation and maintenance
$10,000
Computer, internet and software
$10,000
The largest lines of $82,740 proposed for 2026. The 2025 budget was $87,771; $69,404 was spent.
Engine and equipment, 2026 (proposed)
Fire engine debt service
$54,789
Emergency equipment reserve
$27,500
Separate from the department budget.
Working here
The department and FAST Squad are always looking for help, even from people who can't make every call.
Regular meeting first Thursday at 7:30 pm; drill third Thursday at 6 pm
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.
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Not recorded yet
Nothing is written up here for burn permits.
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.