Pomfret-Teago's volunteers work from two stations and roll an average of six people and almost three trucks to each call. Five members are EMTs who also respond with the Pomfret FAST Squad.
2012
In November the members of the Pomfret Volunteer Fire Department and the Teago Fire Department vote to merge.
2023
Average response falls to 9.43 minutes, from 10.79 the year before.
40 calls that year
2024
Average response 8.86 minutes. Fundraising pays for a wildland truck, a rescue UTV and a trailer. Kevin Rice retires as chief after 16 years, staying on as a member.
43 calls that year
Pomfret in Windsor County. Every fire station in the county is marked —
2 here, 26 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
Most of the town's fire budget goes into a reserve for replacing fire trucks.
Fiscal year 2026, as proposed
Fire vehicle reserve
$60,000
Insurance
$20,055
Non-vehicle reserve
$7,600
Equipment
$6,900
The largest lines in the town's Fire Department budget.
Fire Department budget, by year
FY2026, proposed
$129,435
FY2025, budget
$138,957
FY2024, actual
$137,454
Earlier years' figures leave out the reserve transfers, so they are not comparable.
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
JoinStop by either station on a Tuesday night. Volunteers who can respond from North Pomfret are especially wanted.
Read in October 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
Not recorded yet
Nothing is written up here for joining, burn permits.
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.