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Plainfield, Washington County

Plainfield Fire Department

Stations
1
Photographed
0 of 1
Land area
13,442 acres · 21 sq mi
Firefighters
23
Department type
Volunteer
FDID
12483
Service
113 years, as of 2025
Members
20
Station
169 Main Street

The station

169 Main St

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Street address
169 Main St
Town
Plainfield
County
Washington County
ZIP
05667
Coordinates
44.27787, -72.42243
E911 site ID
189340
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

Plainfield's department answers fire and rescue calls in town and helps its neighbours.

  1. 2025

    A new rescue truck goes into service, the firemen's club buys six handheld radios, and about 100 people are certified in CPR through classes the department arranged.

WoodburyWorcesterCalaisMiddlesexDuxburyWaterburyMarshfieldEast MontpelierMoretownMontpelierFaystonBerlinBarre TownBarre CityCabotNorthfieldWaitsfieldRoxburyWarren Barre City Fire Station — 15 Fourth St, Barre CityBarre Town Fire Station — 119 Mill St, Barre TownBarre Town Fire Station — 528 S Barre Rd, Barre TownBerlin Volunteer Fire Department — 2095 VT Route 12, BerlinBerlin Fire Station — 338 Paine Tpke N, BerlinCabot Fire Station — 137 S Walden Rd, CabotEast Montpelier Fire Station — 365 Templeton Rd, East MontpelierEast Montpelier Fire Station — 54 Village Acres, East MontpelierMarshfield Fire Station — 1333 US Route 2, MarshfieldMiddlesex Fire Station — 473 Shady Rill Rd, MiddlesexMiddlesex Fire Station — 67 Welch Park Dr, MiddlesexMontpelier Fire Department — 61 Main St, MontpelierMoretown Fire Station — 1049 VT Route 100b, MoretownNorthfield Fire Station — 128 Wall St, NorthfieldRoxbury Fire Station — 1726 Roxbury Rd, RoxburyWaitsfield Fire Station — 4103 Main St, WaitsfieldWarren Fire Station — 140 Village Rd, WarrenWarren Fire Station — 351 Main St, WarrenWaterbury Fire Department Maple Street — 158 Maple St, WaterburyWaterbury Fire Station — 43 S Main St, WaterburyWoodbury Fire Station — 3665 VT Route 14, WoodburyWorcester Fire Station — 20 Worcester Village Rd, Worcester Plainfield Fire Station — 169 Main St, Plainfield Plainfield 10 miles
Plainfield in Washington 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 fire department is a line in the town's selectboard budget.

2026–27 (proposed)
Dispatch $25,100
Protective equipment fund $12,500
Equipment fund $10,000
Building fund $10,000
Heating $7,000

Lines of the $100,100 proposed, up from $98,150. Firefighter and EMT stipends are $6,150 each.

Loans, 2026–27
Fire truck note $20,000

Plus $2,960 interest. Ambulance service is a separate line.

Working here

The department pays for all the training to get certified, on the fire side or the rescue side; you don't have to do both.

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Contact

Chief
Johnathan Matthew
Website
www.plainfieldvt.us/fire--rescue-department.html

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

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.

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