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Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia County

St. Johnsbury Fire Department

Stations
1
Photographed
0 of 1
Land area
23,329 acres · 36.45 sq mi
Firefighters
18
Department type
Mostly career
FDID
3608
Founded
1843
Staffing
12 full-time, 6 paid on call
Area
All 37 square miles of St. Johnsbury
Services
Fire, EMS first response, extrication, hazmat, technical rescue, prevention

The station

1187 Main St

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The single downtown firehouse that replaced five volunteer companies spread around town. Source

Street address
1187 Main St
Town
Saint Johnsbury
County
Caledonia County
ZIP
05819
Coordinates
44.41868, -72.02147

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History

St. Johnsbury's department dates from 1843 and is known for large, destructive fires that have taken out parts of downtown and cost lives; the tightly packed 19th-century brick blocks make fire protection hard. Two interstates, two US routes and a freight railroad run through town.

  1. 1843

    On 31 October the department is established with its first hose company, "The Torrent", in Fairbanks Village.

NewarkSuttonSheffieldBurkeWheelockHardwickStannardKirbyLyndonWaldenWaterfordBarnetPeachamGrotonDanvilleRyegate Barnet Fire Station — 151 Bimson Dr, BarnetBurke Fire Station — 195 VT Route 114, BurkeBurke Fire Station — 42 VT Route 5a, BurkeDanville Fire Station — 24 Mcreynolds Rd, DanvilleDanville Fire Station — 296 Peacham Rd, DanvilleGroton Fire Station — 1456 Scott Hwy, GrotonHardwick Fire Station — 333 Wolcott St, HardwickLyndon Fire Station — 316 Main St, LyndonNewark Fire Station — 1558 Newark St, NewarkPeacham Fire Station — 64 Macks Mountain Rd, PeachamRyegate Fire Station — 1429 Creamery Rd, RyegateRyegate Fire Station — 57 Witherspoon Rd, RyegateSutton Fire Station — 691 Burke Rd, SuttonWaterford Fire Station — 2661 Duck Pond Rd, Waterford Saint Johnsbury Fire Station — 1187 Main St, Saint Johnsbury Saint Johnsbury 10 miles
Saint Johnsbury in Caledonia County. Every fire station in the county is marked — 1 here, 14 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.

Contact

Telephone
802-748-8925
Website
www.stjvt.com/st-johnsbury-vt-fire-department

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

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Not recorded yet

Nothing is written up here for joining, burn permits, call volume, 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.

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