Ferrisburgh's line runs out into the water, and 13.72 of the
61.24 square miles inside it are water. The land figure is the
Census count; the total is the boundary VCGI draws.
Ferrisburgh's department has run as a private corporation serving the town, with the City of Vergennes' department providing dual coverage under contract. In 2025 it asked to become a town department, which would let it qualify for grants it can't get now.
2025
Engine II arrives: it carries a crew of four, reaches places with limited access and fights fires with foam. Donations, fundraising and federal recovery grants paid for all of it. Five members and four cadets join, and federal grants fund a high-efficiency heating system and insulation for the station.
Ferrisburgh in Addison County. Every fire station in the county is marked —
1 here, 22 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
The department presents its budget to the town each year.
2026 (requested)
Stipends
$35,000
Equipment
$34,850
Insurance
$21,000
Communication
$14,400
Trucks
$12,000
Facilities
$11,050
The largest lines of $144,155 requested.
Fire protection from Vergennes
Contract with the City of Vergennes, latest year in the town budget
$135,000
Under a fire protection agreement running 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2027.
Working here
The department welcomes new members and cadets.
Stop by the station on Route 7 any Wednesday at 7 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.
For residents
Burn permitsCall Shelburne Dispatch at 802-985-8051. The fire warden issued 212 permits in 2025.
Read in October 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
Not recorded yet
Nothing is written up here for burn permits, call volume.
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.