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Halifax, Windham County

Halifax Fire Company

Stations
1
Photographed
0 of 1
Land area
25,419 acres · 39.72 sq mi
Firefighters
20
Department type
Volunteer
FDID
13276
Run by
Halifax Fire Company, Inc.
Calls
97 in 2023; 103 in 2022
Chief
Dennis M. Annear, since January 2023
Meets
1st and 3rd Monday evenings, at the station

The station

118 Branch Rd

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Street address
118 Branch Rd
Town
Halifax
County
Windham County
ZIP
05358
Coordinates
42.78590, -72.77017
E911 site ID
118047
E911 first mapped
1998-01-01
E911 last updated
2023-01-27

Location from the Vermont E911 site file (VCGI). Spotted something wrong? Send a correction.

History

The company raises most of its own money through donations, a monthly 50/50 raffle, an annual auction and a clambake. It is not a licensed first-response agency, but its members answer medical calls "because you are our neighbors", and help Whitingham Rescue and Deerfield Valley Ambulance find houses.

  1. 2021

    Over 70 calls, 43 of them assisting Rescue and 16 mutual aid. The auction and clambake go well.

    About 70 calls that year

  2. 2022

    64 calls assist ambulances; mutual aid is given 18 times and received 7. A bad year for brush fires.

    103 calls that year

  3. 2023

    Wayne Courser retires after more than 50 years as chief and stays a member. The company elects Dennis Annear, with over 45 years in the fire service, 23 of them as full-time chief in Orange, Massachusetts. The company begins replacing protective gear at two sets a year.

    97 calls that year

Calls

Medical emergencies were the largest share of calls in 2023, followed by mutual aid.

Calls by year

As reported by the company each year; 2021 is "over 70".

Calls by type, 2023
  • Medical emergencies 44
  • Mutual aid13 to fire scenes, 2 covering a town 15
  • Motor vehicle crashes 10
  • Wires and trees down 5
  • Fire alarms 4

The types the company names; they account for 78 of the 97 calls.

LondonderryGraftonWindhamJamaicaTownshendWestminsterStrattonBrooklineWardsboroSomersetPutneyNewfaneDoverDummerstonWilmingtonMarlboroBrattleboroWhitinghamGuilfordVernonRockinghamAthens Bellows Falls Fire Station — 170 Rockingham St, Bellows FallsBrattleboro Fire Station — 103 Elliot St, BrattleboroBrattleboro Fire Station — 16 South St, BrattleboroDover Fire Station — 22 Dover Hill Rd, DoverDover Fire Station — 253 VT Route 100, DoverDummerston Fire Station — 1049 East West Rd, DummerstonDummerston Fire Station — 226 West St, DummerstonGrafton Fire Station — 711 Route 121 E, GraftonGuilford Fire Station — 108 Guilford Center Rd, GuilfordJamaica Fire Department — 4017 VT Route 30, JamaicaLondonderry Fire Station — 5862 VT Route 100, LondonderryLondonderry Fire Station — 60 Main St, LondonderryMarlboro Fire Station — 779 South Rd, MarlboroNewfane Fire Station — 24 Dover Rd, NewfaneNewfane Fire Station — 698 VT Route 30, NewfanePutney Fire Station — 21 Carl Snyder Dr, PutneyRockingham Fire Station — 5 Transport Park, RockinghamSaxtons River Fire Station — 44 Main St, Saxtons RiverStratton Fire Station — 5 Brazers Way, StrattonStratton Fire Station — 8 Town Garage Rd, StrattonTownshend Fire Station — 208 Grafton Rd, TownshendVernon Fire Station — 2842 Fort Bridgman Rd, VernonWardsboro Fire Station — 49 Main St, WardsboroWestminster Fire Station — 103 Grout Ave, WestminsterWestminster Fire Station — 33 Wright Way, WestminsterWhitingham Fire Station — 2964 VT Route 100, WhitinghamWhitingham Fire Station — 32 Brook St, WhitinghamWhitingham Fire Station — 333 Maple Dr, WhitinghamWindham Fire Department — 290 White Rd, Windham Halifax Fire Station — 118 Branch Rd, Halifax Halifax 10 miles
Halifax in Windham County. Every fire station in the county is marked — 1 here, 29 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 town budget pays dispatching and ambulance service and gives the company money for equipment and gear.

Fiscal year 2026 (proposed)
Contracted ambulance $21,137
Dispatching $17,474

Part of the town's $55,211 line for the fire company and ambulance, up 11.35%.

Protective gear
One full set of turnout gear, about $5,000

Gear must be replaced every 10 years; the company buys at least two sets a year.

Contact

Chief
Dennis M. Annear

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

Sources

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