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Waitsfield, Washington County

Waitsfield/Fayston Fire Department

Stations
1
Photographed
0 of 1
Land area
16,479 acres · 25.75 sq mi
Firefighters
22
Department type
Volunteer
FDID
12675
Covers
Waitsfield and Fayston
Cost split
Waitsfield 60%, Fayston 40%, by historical share of calls
Calls
126 in 2023: 73 in Waitsfield, 44 in Fayston, 9 mutual aid
Town budget
$191,648 for fiscal 2025 (proposed), 7% of Waitsfield's general fund

The station

4103 Main St

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Street address
4103 Main St
Town
Waitsfield
County
Washington County
ZIP
05673
Coordinates
44.19308, -72.82035
E911 site ID
267728
E911 first mapped
1998-01-01
E911 last updated
2023-01-27

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History

A volunteer department shared by two towns, with mutual aid agreements with its neighbours. Its main goal for 2024 was a decontamination space in the fire house, with a gear extractor, to protect firefighters from cancer.

  1. 2023

    23 training sessions. Five members attend the Franklin Fire School and one completes Firefighter One; about six more plan to take the 220-hour course in 2024.

    126 calls that year

Calls

Alarms with no fire were over a third of 2023's calls; crashes came next.

Calls by type, 2023
  • Smoke or fire alarm, no fire 45
  • Motor vehicle accidents 22
  • Good intent 9
  • Chemical or propane smell 7
  • Power lines or trees down 6
  • Medical assists 5
  • Structure fires 4
  • CO alarm, no CO 4
  • Vehicle fires 3
  • Appliance fires 3
  • CO in building 3
  • Wildland fires 3
  • Service calls 3
  • OtherUnpermitted burns, rekindle, pole fire and others 9

The types add up to the 126 calls reported.

WoodburyWorcesterCalaisMiddlesexDuxburyWaterburyMarshfieldEast MontpelierMoretownMontpelierPlainfieldFaystonBerlinBarre TownBarre CityCabotNorthfieldRoxburyWarren Barre City Fire Station — 15 Fourth St, Barre CityBarre Town Fire Station — 119 Mill St, Barre TownBarre Town Fire Station — 528 S Barre Rd, Barre TownBerlin Volunteer Fire Department — 2095 VT Route 12, BerlinBerlin Fire Station — 338 Paine Tpke N, BerlinCabot Fire Station — 137 S Walden Rd, CabotEast Montpelier Fire Station — 365 Templeton Rd, East MontpelierEast Montpelier Fire Station — 54 Village Acres, East MontpelierMarshfield Fire Station — 1333 US Route 2, MarshfieldMiddlesex Fire Station — 473 Shady Rill Rd, MiddlesexMiddlesex Fire Station — 67 Welch Park Dr, MiddlesexMontpelier Fire Department — 61 Main St, MontpelierMoretown Fire Station — 1049 VT Route 100b, MoretownNorthfield Fire Station — 128 Wall St, NorthfieldPlainfield Fire Station — 169 Main St, PlainfieldRoxbury Fire Station — 1726 Roxbury Rd, RoxburyWarren Fire Station — 140 Village Rd, WarrenWarren Fire Station — 351 Main St, WarrenWaterbury Fire Department Maple Street — 158 Maple St, WaterburyWaterbury Fire Station — 43 S Main St, WaterburyWoodbury Fire Station — 3665 VT Route 14, WoodburyWorcester Fire Station — 20 Worcester Village Rd, Worcester Waitsfield Fire Station — 4103 Main St, Waitsfield Waitsfield 10 miles
Waitsfield in Washington 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

Waitsfield carries the department in its budget and bills Fayston for 40%.

Fiscal year 2025 (proposed)
Fire department, Waitsfield budget $191,648
Fayston's 40% share (revenue) $76,659

Up $16,814 (9.6%) from fiscal 2024, partly for new tires for every vehicle.

Reserves
Vehicle reserve (estimated, start of fiscal 2025) $172,085
Building and equipment reserve $34,963

From the town's reserve fund schedules.

Contact

Chief
Jared Young
Telephone
802-496-2404
Website
www.waitsfieldvt.gov/departments/public-safety/fire

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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