Salisbury's is one of the few remaining all-volunteer incorporated departments in Vermont. Its area takes in mountains, national forest, two lakes and a stretch of highway. The firehouse stands on land donated by founding member Lionel Cloutier.
1972
The department is founded and the firehouse built.
2023
A new tanker arrives, bought with federal recovery funds. Fundraising pays for LED lights and a new furnace at the station. Two former cadets begin Firefighter I and two more become firefighters at 18.
68 calls that year
Salisbury in Addison 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 department asks the town for its funding each year.
Fiscal year 2024 (requested)
Loan payments
$15,362
Insurance
$11,360
Station utilities
$6,495
Dress uniforms
$5,200
Truck and equipment maintenance
$4,743
The largest lines of $59,069.85 requested.
Breathing apparatus
Air pack replacement
$3,299
Part of the request.
Working here
A cadet program lets young people start training before they turn 18, and many stay on.
Members include business owners, farmers, teachers, electricians and truck drivers
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.
Read in October 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
Not recorded yet
Nothing is written up here for 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.