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Addison, Addison County

Addison Volunteer Fire Department

Stations
1
Photographed
1 of 1
Land area
26,616 acres · 41.59 sq mi
Inside the town line
31,327 acres · 48.95 sq mi
Firefighters
29
Department type
Volunteer
FDID
1003
Established
1961
Calls
126 in 2024, the most in the department's history
Members
32, with an average of 23 years of service
Meets
Second Monday of the month, 7 pm, at the fire house

Addison's line runs out into the water, and 7.4 of the 48.95 square miles inside it are water. The land figure is the Census count; the total is the boundary VCGI draws.

The station

44 VT Route 17 W

Photograph by Tom Garvey, 2026-09-27
Street address
44 VT Route 17 W
Town
Addison
County
Addison County
ZIP
05491
Coordinates
44.08925, -73.30331
E911 site ID
542
E911 first mapped
1998-01-01
E911 last updated
2023-01-27

Location from the Vermont E911 site file (VCGI). Spotted something wrong? Send a correction.

History

Addison's volunteers stay a long time: the chief has 42 years in, and a charter member nearly 64. The department raises money through pancake breakfasts and an annual fundraising letter.

  1. 1961

    The department is established.

  2. 2024

    A record year. Charter member Buster Grant has the Addison County Firefighters Association's Senior Firefighter award named for him. Five junior members join, the most in years. Fifteen new MSA air packs go into service, bought with a $114,000 FEMA grant and about $6,000 from the department; some of those they replace were over 20 years old. Larry Blacklock, a 53-year member and former first assistant chief, dies in October.

    126 calls that year

Calls

The department's apparatus at the end of 2024.

Apparatus, by model year
  • Tanker 1Marmon, 3,500 gal 1,986
  • Hose Reel 1International mini-pumper, 1,600 ft of 4-inch hose 1,987
  • Tanker 2Ford, 2,600 gal 1,991
  • Engine 1Freightliner/Smeal, 1,500 gpm 2,002
  • Water Rescue 122 ft Glassmaster boat 2,008
  • Utility 1Freightliner/Hackney 2,014

From the chief's report.

Apparatus

Addison Hose Reel Photograph by Tom Garvey, 2026-09-27
Addison Tanker 1 Photograph by Tom Garvey, 2026-09-27
Addison Tanker 2 Photograph by Tom Garvey, 2026-09-27
Addison Utility 1 Photograph by Tom Garvey, 2026-09-27
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Addison 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 town pays the department an assessment and saves toward a new pumper; the department's own budget covers operations and gear.

2025 (town budget)
Fire department assessment $41,000
Firehouse maintenance $15,000
Fire department fund (pumper) $12,000
Insurance $9,000
Dispatching $1,400
Fire alarm annual fee $1,000

$79,900 in all, up from $69,900 in 2024, mostly for firehouse maintenance.

FEMA air pack grant, 2024
SCBA purchase (actual) $120,663

Paid for with a $114,000 Assistance to Firefighters grant and a 5% department match.

Working here

Addison is always looking for people to help protect their neighbours, juniors included.

Jobs at the Addison Volunteer Fire Department →

Contact

Chief
Brad Clark
Website
www.addisonfd.org/

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

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.

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