Manchester's volunteers answer fires, rescues on the roads, on the water and in the wilderness, and mutual aid across the area. Fundraising pays for much of their equipment.
2024
The fiscal year's calls include 70 rescues and 34 mutual aid requests.
319 calls that year
Calls
Most calls are fire-related, including false alarms and standbys.
Manchester in Bennington County. Every fire station in the county is marked —
2 here, 21 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.
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.
Read in October 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
Not recorded yet
Nothing is written up here for joining, burn permits, 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.