Durham Volunteer Fire Company

11/17/2024

Congratulations to the CRHS Girls Soccer team for winning the state championship! If you hear sirens it’s because DVFC and MVFC will be escorting them from Guidas back to CRHS around 4pm. Please come out and cheer for them as they pass by! ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️

11/13/2024

It’s time for Santa to plan his visit for Christmas. Please follow the link below to schedule your special visit.

For Emergencies DIAL 911

11/08/2024

Important notice to all Durham residents:

A reminder that due to the extreme fire danger, residents should not be engaging in any type of outdoor fires. Burning permits that may have been previously issued are suspended and we ask that all residents use extreme caution with any type of outdoor power equipment or other activity that may produce high heat. Please be mindful of leaf piles and do not park your vehicles (including lawnmowers) over large piles as the exhaust systems can produce enough heat to ignite the very dry leaves. If you come across any outdoor burning please report it via 911 as there have been numerous brush fires across the state which have spread rapidly due to the extremely dry conditions, especially on a windy day. The video below is from an incident today. Thank you all for your cooperation in keeping our community safe.

10/03/2024

We would like to take a moment to express our gratitude to everyone who came out and parked with the Durham Volunteer Fire Company during the Fair this year. Despite the weather not being ideal it was wonderful to see our returning supporters. Your support and participation mean a lot to us, and we appreciate your continued involvement with our organization. Thank you again for being a part of this event and for helping to make it a success.

09/17/2024

Good evening folks, just wanted to give a heads up that we will be conducting a drill this evening with our friends from Lifestar. There will likely be a helicopter landing behind the fire house and we wanted to make you aware as not to cause alarm. Thank you.

08/30/2024

It has been a few years since Paulies Push has made his way through Durham. Paulie pushes a flight attendant food service cart from Boston to destination in relation to September 11th. We are expecting Paulie to come through Durham sometime this evening or early tomorrow morning as he makes his way to Ground Zero.
Track Paulie Here:
pauliespush.com/map

To Donate:
https://www.pauliespush.com/

08/05/2024

For the month of July the Durham Volunteer Fire Company responded to 34 calls for assistance for a year to date total of 225 Calls. We responded to 15 medicals, 6 motor vehicle accidents, 10 false alarms, 1 gas leak or Hazardous conditions, and 3 other miscellaneous calls. The 42 members have spent an average of 12 hours at the 34 incidents for the month along with 8 hours of training.

07/25/2024

Here are some photos to recap our extrication drill on Tuesday evening. Thank you to the neighbors on Hellgate Rd for your patience and cooperation during our drill, especially Nick Xenelis for allowing us to use his property. Additional thanks to our neighbors from Middlefield Fire that provided rope rescue service, Middlesex Ambulance for your participation, and the Durham Public Works Crew for staging and removing the vehicles for us.

07/10/2024

June was a busy month for the Durham Volunteer Fire Company as we responded to 46 calls for assistance for a year to date total of 191 Calls. We responded to 13 medicals, 6 motor vehicle accidents, 8 false alarms, 6 Carbon Monoxide or Hazardous conditions, 4 electrical pole fires, 2 possible fire in a building, 1 vehicle fire, 1 mutual aid given to another town or city and 5 other miscellaneous calls. The 42 members have spent an average of 20 hours at the 46 incidents for the month along with 12 hours of training.

06/12/2024

In the month of May the Durham Volunteer Fire Company responded to 25 calls for assistance for a year to date total of 145 Calls. We responded to 10 medicals, 3 motor vehicle accidents, 5 false alarms, 3 possible fire in a building, 1 structure fire and 3 mutual aid given to another town or city. The 45 members have spent an average of 8 hours at the 25 incidents for the month along with 10 hours of training.

05/06/2024

The Durham Volunteer Fire Company responded to 30 calls for assistance in the month of April for a year to date total of 120 Calls. We responded to 12 medicals, 8 motor vehicle accidents, 8 false alarms, 1 structure fire and 1 brush fire. The 46 members have spent an average of 13 hours at the 30 incidents for the month along with 12 hours of training. We look forward to seeing you all at the Memorial Day Parade on May 27th with a step off of 915AM.

04/26/2024

Please join us in congratulating Chief Wall on his retirement from Tilcon after 44 years. We wish you the best in your retirement Chief! Chief Wall will continue to serve the town of Durham as the Chief of the Durham Volunteer Fire Company! Congratulations Again on your well deserved retirement!

02/27/2024

Let’s help find this dog

🌟🌟REUNiTED!!!!🌟🌟
Chase has been found! He was on the orange/blue trail of Mattabassett off Old Blue Hills Rd with his leash stuck and him barking. Team Chase members had been on this trail 3 other times during the week while he was lost. This was the 4 th travel through and his owner heard him bark and was able to get to him It took a few moments but Chase then recognized his fur dad Vinny. Vinny called CTDGRV Carol when he heard barking and Carol and drone pilot Eric from Zencat Visual Inc were on their way. Team Chase search member Helen had been on the trail previously and headed to assist at the location. So many people were involved in this rescue. Tracker Kelly came out and found a location where Chase had hunkered down for at least a night. At that spot where there were dog prints and fur which provided us a direction of travel and a point of interest. Thank you to homeowner Gail for allowing us to put up cameras and a trap. Thank you to other homeowners, farms, and businesses that put up posters, monitored their security cameras and searched their areas for other hiding places. Thank you for the tremendous amount of support we got from multiple people in the Durham and surrounding communities and Animal
Control officers from surrounding towns that shared and assisted on the search. Chase’s fur parents Vinny and Amy, Chris and their friends and co workers who shared the post and helped put up posters and walked the trails. Vinny and Amy never gave up. Thank you to our drone Pilot Eric, Tracker Kelly, and CTDGRV Carol, Kim, and Donna. Chase is at Piepers getting a check up but looks great given this was day 7 without his meds. Welcome home sweet boy. In comments we have a couple pictures of Chase at Piepers vet clinic and Eric with his new drone on this search.

💲💲REWARD💲💲
For safe return, No questions asked ‼️
UPDATE: We are asking homeowners in the area to please check under your decks, sheds, or other openings under structures where this boy can be hiding. He is familiar with horses and farms and may hunker down in a farm area. We are asking farm property owners to keep a look out for him hiding on your property and check areas where he may hide. Together let’s bring this boy home to his family. We need your help. Please share this update with your neighbors.

Missing in Durham. He is a friendly boy but may be scared and may be dragging a leash. He has seizures and needs his medication. If you see him please call the number immediately with his exact location. Unless stuck, do not approach, chase, call out, or follow. He will run We do not want him to run from a known location or into traffic. If you do see him, without approaching in his direction, you can try sitting on the ground sideways to him and see if he will approach you. If he leaves. Do not chase after him, call the number on the flyer immediately. Please do not post sightings on social media. We do not want to draw people to the area to look for him This will be frightening to him. We need to get his people to the area, not strangers. Please help and share this link to get the word out

01/17/2024

As many of you are aware the Durham Volunteer Fire Company responded to an automatic fire alarm on Saturday evening in a industrial building located on Airline Drive. First arriving firefighter reported that he had heavy fire showing from the roof. At that time the Chief requested Valley Shore Emergency Communications to dispatch a working structure fire which would bring in our mutual aid fire companies. After several hours the fire was brought under control and our mutual aid was released. The fire is still under investigation and no one was injured. Middlefield Volunteer Fire Company South Fire District Firefighters IAFF Local 3918 South Fire District MiddletownCity of Middletown Professional Firefighters Local 1073 Wallingford Fire Department Killingworth Volunteer Fire Co. Haddam Volunteer Fire Company North Madison Volunteer Fire Company North Branford Fire Department Westfield Fire Department and Meriden Fire Department

https://www.wtnh.com/news/fire-broke-out-at-manufacturing-building-in-durham/?fbclid=IwAR117Hx21E-7tR74vNY3edWdwEoKFoQZDy4RX-5G2fg_6TJ9j1FQ-3KZ6Io

01/04/2024

The Durham Volunteer Fire Company ended 2023 with 452 calls for service totaling over 180 hours per firefighter on scene. Wishing everyone a safe 2024. If you are interested in becoming a Volunteer please stop by the firehouse Sunday mornings or Tuesday evenings.

12/16/2023

Today the Durham Volunteer Fire Company will be hosting a fire apparatus driving test for area departments. You may encounter slow moving fire trucks around town and the area of the firehouse. Thank you

11/29/2023

It’s that time… Santa is coming, see the flyer below and our website for more info. Thank you for your support! www.durhamfirect.org.