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Putney, Windham County

Putney Fire Department

Stations
1
Photographed
0 of 1
Land area
17,061 acres · 26.66 sq mi
Firefighters
27
Department type
Mostly volunteer
FDID
13504
Serving Putney
Since 1903
Run by
The Town of Putney: a municipal fire and EMS department
Responders
35, plus 3 junior members (fiscal 2026 plan)
Station
21 Carl Snyder Drive, built 2006
Requests for service
An average of 529 a year

The station

21 Carl Snyder Dr

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Street address
21 Carl Snyder Dr
Town
Putney
County
Windham County
ZIP
05346
Coordinates
42.96644, -72.52307
E911 site ID
195720
E911 first mapped
1998-01-01
E911 last updated
2023-01-28

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

History

Putney's department answers fires, alarms, storms and medical calls; its first responders handle medical emergencies and Rescue Inc. provides the ambulance. The department was reorganised in 2024 under an interim chief, and a town advisory committee has been studying its long-term model.

  1. 1903

    The department's own page dates its service to Putney from 1903.

  2. 2006

    The present fire station is built on Carl Snyder Drive.

  3. 2024

    Requests for service from July 2023 to 3 April 2024, a shortened year: members also logged over 5,114 hours of training, maintenance and public education. Brian Harlow becomes interim chief; fire service resumes on 25 May and EMS on 24 July.

    564 calls that year

  4. 2025

    A new cardiac monitor and defibrillator, helped by a $10,000 gift from the Putney Volunteer Firefighters Association. Plans for fiscal 2026 include finishing the fire house's second floor and planning Engine 1's replacement.

Calls

Medical calls were nearly half of all requests in 2023–24.

Requests for service by type, July 2023 – April 2024
  • Emergency medical 265
  • Alarm activation 77
  • Public assist 67
  • Fire 40
  • Mutual aid given 35
  • Hazardous materials 29
  • Good intent 28
  • Storm event 14
  • Special incident 9

1 July 2023 to 3 April 2024; the types add up to the 564 requests reported.

Apparatus, by model year
  • Engine 3E-One 1,999
  • Engine 1E-One pumper 2,006
  • Ladder truck 1,994
  • RescueFord 2,004
  • Squad 1Fire rescue vehicle 2,019

Model years from the town's capital asset schedule, which also lists three pickups (2009 Ford F350, 2016 and 2019 Chevrolet Silverado) and a 2017 Polaris ATV.

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Putney 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

Fire and EMS are paid for in the town budget. For fiscal 2026 the town split EMS into its own section.

Fiscal year 2026 (proposed)
Fire on-call pay $32,500
Fire training $15,000
Equipment and supplies $5,500
Radio $5,000
Medical exams $3,500
Special detail $3,500
Fire prevention $2,500

Firefighting, $67,500 in all. Fire station maintenance is a further $42,200.

EMS, fiscal year 2026 (proposed)
EMS on-call pay $42,500
EMS training $20,000
EMS equipment $10,000

$72,500 in all. The Rescue Inc. ambulance contract is $64,771.

Contact

Chief
Brian Harlow (interim)
Telephone
802-387-4372
Website
www.putneyvt.org/firedepartment

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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