Medical calls are most of the work: the department's EMS crew is usually first on scene and starts care before the ambulance arrives. Calls are up 50% since 2020 and more than double 2015's.
2025
A $107,000 FEMA grant buys 14 new radios. The 1999 Rescue I catches fire on the way to a call; the crew treats the patient and puts out the truck. A 2003 replacement is bought for $30,000.
202 calls that year
Calls
Two in three calls in 2025 were medical.
Calls by type, 2025
EMS133
Fireincluding 10 building fires69
The department also attended 20 auto accidents.
West Fairlee in Orange County. Every fire station in the county is marked —
1 here, 24 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 reports its spending to the town and asks voters for its appropriation.
2025 (actual)
Capital reserve, equipment
$20,000
Insurance
$10,144
Capital reserve, truck
$10,000
Air pack, mask and bottles (one set)
$9,255
Truck loan
$7,594
The largest lines of $89,020.32 spent in 2025. The department estimates $93,900 for 2026.
Reserves, end of 2025
Equipment
$40,000
Truck
$31,200
After matching the radio grant and buying a generator and the replacement rescue truck.
Working here
Monthly meetings and trainings keep members ready, and firefighters train further at regional and state academies, including swiftwater and ice rescue.
EMS crew in 2025: one EMT, three Vermont First Responders and one paramedic
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 Spotted something out of date?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.