Wilmington Vermont Fire Department

11/02/2025

The custom around here when a sports championship is won, it’s followed by a noisy, loud parade with lots of firetrucks, ambulances and police cars. Given the time of last night‘s game and the arrival of our champions back into town, the noisy part just couldn’t happen…

Noisy, loud parades are cool, but an 11pm silent parade has just as much meaning, it is kind of cool and its own sense. The amount of people out at 11 PM in the evening (see video) to es**rt these gentlemen back into town was absolutely amazing. 

So, congratulations to the Twin Valley Wildcats Boys on an undefeated season, and bringing home the Division #4 championship .

10/31/2025

Although the weather is not the best, make sure you stop by the fire station for trick-or-treating tonight when you’re in downtown Wilmington. Come say Hi!!

10/25/2025

Trunk or treat today, 5-7PM at the Wilmington flea market… Come on down! 

09/25/2025

We are happy to report that we have been selected to receive a $170,000 grant from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG), to go toward the purchase of new Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus!! This was the 4th year we have submitted the request for this, and fortunately we have been awarded this year!! We will be able to replace our current equipment with new, up to date technology/equipment that will be used to protect us in the IDLH (immediately dangerous to life or health) environments, most notably where the products of combustion or incomplete combustion are present.

Stay tuned as we go through this process of identifying manufacturers and comparing products to allow us to make the best choice for our members

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09/22/2025

Absolutely NO outside burning…..please!!!

09/10/2025

We were honored to play a part in Coach Buddy Hayford’s celebration last night commemorating his 500th win (Twin Valley 10-1 win against Green Mountain). With a record of 500-163-27, Buddy is the winningest coach in Vermont history! Thanks Buddy for your commitment to the schools and kids of the valley, and we look forward to a possible parade in November!!!

07/04/2025

07/03/2025

A department cookout to watch the fireworks, isn’t complete without a call happening. Engine 2 responding….

07/01/2025

Another addition of a valuable piece of equipment!! We have placed into service a 2024 Seadoo Switch as our new boat. After weighing our options and a lot of research, we decided on this platform for our new boat. This is basically a pontoon boat (tri-hull) that operates like a Jet-Ski. It is 13 feet long, can “seat” 5 and features a 170hp Rotax engine, and has been outfitted to our specifications, including a radio for communications, lights to allow to operate day or night and a GPS/Depth finder to allow to navigate and see what’s below us for safe operation. Asst. Chief Spirka and Captain Maynard traveled to Doug Russell Marine in Worcester on Friday to take delivery, and the first of many training sessions occurred last night.

The best part about this is it did not cost the taxpayers a dime. The Wilmington Firefighters Association had allocated money to purchase the watercraft, coupled with a donation that occurred a few years ago from Transcanada (now Great River Hydro). However, Asst Chief Spirka put in an application to the Gary Sinise Foundation (you guys ever seen Forrest Gump and the character Lt. Dan?? That’s Gary!!) and we were awarded $30,000 towards the purchase of the boat. The Wilmington Firefighters Association contributed money for the rest of the upgrades and the boat will be gifted to the Town of Wilmington Fire Department.

Thank you to those on the department that made this happen and to the Gary Sinise Foundation. But a special thank you to Mike and the crew at Doug Russell Marine for customizing this to our needs and making a very positive buying experience!

We will be doing a lot of training so watch out for us on Harriman, and even Raponda and Somerset too!!

06/11/2025

IN WITH THE NEW!!! The new Engine 1, a 2024 Pierce Sabre. 1500 GPM Pump, 1500 Gallons of water, 20 gallons of Class A Foam, 3- 1 3/4” speedlays, 1- 2 1/2” Crosslay with 1 1/8” smoothbore tip, Pre-connected Akron Mercury Quick Attack LE, Hosebed with capacity fir 1500 feet of 5” and 500 ft of 3”, Seating for 6 (SCBA seats for 5) and all the tools and equipment an engine would carry.

The committee spent hundreds of hours to design us a truck that will fulfill our needs for the next 25+ years, a large thank you to them for their commitment and designing this piece of apparatus.

It’s almost 100% in service so watch for it responding on calls and rolling down the road… Or if you want to see it, stop by the firehouse during the day when the chief is in the office (not Thursdays) or we have training on the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 6:30 PM at the station…. come on down! 

06/07/2025

OUT WITH THE OLD…..Yesteday we said good bye to Engine 1. Purchased and placed in service in 1997, this International/Central States served us for almost 28 years. It was a trail-breaking truck for us, our first piece of apparatus that allowed the entire crew to be seated inside (except for our “rescue’s” or “utility’s” in the past) and upon arriving at the scene, the entire crew (crew of 5) was able to fight fire or take care of whatever emergency we were faced with. Prior to that, only personnel could ride in the cab as “tailing” was no longer allowed. This truck was also our first with Class A and B foam systems (those not in the fire service, thst helps us suppress certain classifications of fire). It served first due as our attack truck for 14 years, fighting alot of fire in Wilmington and around the Valley. Upon the arrival the current Engine 2, it was moved to 2nd due in town, but first due out of town on mutual aid calls still fighting alot of fire and responding on lots of calls, and always the reliable backup to the current first due engine. It last saw fire on March 24th, responding to Marlboro and actually arrived 1st due, initiating the attack and putting out a fully-involved garage fire (with the help of our great mutual aid system of course!). In its later years, it was deemed “The GOAT” by a couple members because of its contributions to our department, an acronym not shared by all….😜.

It is now headed to Scranton Arkansas where it will continue its service. We know it will be a great piece of apparatus for them and serve them well, as it did us for almost 28 years!!!!

04/01/2025

Thanks to everyone’s support, we were able to purchase this beauty!!!!! This is a game changer for a lot of the calls we go on. It will allow us to deliver personnel and equipment pretty much anywhere, and allow us to do water drops of 2000 gallons on wildland fires and even house fires!! We are excited for what is to come with this addition!! Stay tuned for more……