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Orwell, Addison County

Orwell Fire Department

Stations
1
Photographed
0 of 1
Land area
30,221 acres · 47.22 sq mi
Inside the town line
31,824 acres · 49.72 sq mi
Firefighters
22
Department type
Volunteer
FDID
1459
Calls
55 in 2025
Largest share
Motor vehicle crashes, 20
Chief
Alex Kansky

Orwell's line runs out into the water, and 2.5 of the 49.72 square miles inside it are water. The land figure is the Census count; the total is the boundary VCGI draws.

The station

604 Main St

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Street address
604 Main St
Town
Orwell
County
Addison County
ZIP
05760
Coordinates
43.80384, -73.29175
E911 site ID
184296
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

Orwell's volunteers answer fires, crashes, rescues and mutual aid calls, often in bad weather and remote parts of town. The department also holds the fund for the Champlain Large Animal Technical Rescue team.

  1. 2025

    55 calls. The department buys battery-powered extrication tools and two thermal imaging cameras, and puts up new signs at the firehouse and the roadside.

    55 calls that year

Calls

A year with many crashes and seasonal brush fires.

Calls by type, 2025
  • Motor vehicle crashes 20
  • Brush fires 8
  • Structure fires, incl. mutual aid 5
  • Utility emergencies 4
  • Rescue assists 3
  • Vehicle fires 3
  • Fire alarms 3
  • Other fires 3
  • Public assists 2
  • Cancelled 2
  • Chimney fire 1
  • Odour investigation 1

55 calls in all.

StarksboroMonktonFerrisburghBristolNew HavenPantonWalthamLincolnAddisonWeybridgeMiddleburyRiptonBridportCornwallHancockSalisburyShorehamGranvilleGoshenWhitingLeicester Addison Fire Department — 44 VT Route 17 W, AddisonBridport Fire Station — 82 Crown Point Rd, BridportBristol Fire Station — 79 West St, BristolCornwall Fire Station — 1952 VT Route 30, CornwallCornwall Fire Station — 63 N Bingham St, CornwallFerrisburgh Fire Department — 3909 US Route 7, FerrisburghGranville Fire Station — 5051 VT Route 100, GranvilleHancock Fire Station — 50 Taylor Mdw, HancockLincoln Fire Station — 34 Gove Hill Rd, LincolnMiddlebury Fire Station — 373 E Main St, MiddleburyMiddlebury Fire Station — 5 Seymour St, MiddleburyMonkton Fire Department — 3747 States Prison Hollow Rd, MonktonNew Haven Fire Station — 1839 Main St, New HavenRipton Fire Station — 25 Dugway Rd, RiptonSalisbury Fire Station — 2399 US Route 7, SalisburyShoreham Fire Station — 53 Firehouse Rd, ShorehamStarksboro Volunteer Fire Department Station 1 — 3902 VT Route 116, StarksboroStarksboro Volunteer Fire Department Station 2 — 397 Jerusalem Rd, StarksboroStarksboro First Response — 3011 VT Route 116, StarksboroVergennes Fire Department — 50 Green St, VergennesWeybridge Fire Station — 460 Quaker Village Rd, WeybridgeWhiting Fire Station — 75 S Main St, Whiting Orwell Fire Station — 604 Main St, Orwell Orwell 10 miles
Orwell 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.

Working here

New volunteers are welcome: no experience is needed, and training is provided.

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Contact

Chief
Alex Kansky
Website
townoforwellvt.org

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.

Sources

Read in October 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

Not recorded yet

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