Richford, Franklin County
48 Main St
This station is not in the Vermont E911 site file; we added it by hand, from the town's own records or a photograph of the building. Spotted something wrong? Send a correction.
Richford's volunteer department dates from 1889. Its members also run community traditions: Breakfast with Santa, the Christmas parade, the Harvest Festival and the Easter egg hunt.
The Richford Fire Department is founded.
142 calls. At Town Meeting the department sets up a special fund to save for future equipment. More than 1,500 feet of hose, most of it over 20 years old, is replaced, and the tower truck gets hydraulic repairs. About 180 children come to Breakfast with Santa. Two members start Firefighter 1 training.
142 calls that year
The department welcomes new members, and has a cadet application for those under 18.
In an emergency dial 911. These are business lines.
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 Spotted something out of date?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.
Nothing is written up here for 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.