Peacham Volunteer Fire Department

Helping Neighbors

The members of the Peacham Volunteer Fire Department proudly protect approximately 665 people living in an area of 36 square miles in northeastern Vermont. The department operates out of one fire station in a primarily residential and rural agricultural area. Services provided include fire suppression, fire prevention, medical first response (EMS) and all hazards response. The department is a public fire department whose members are all volunteers.

NOTICE: The fire department is currently RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS!

If you are interested in learning about becoming a fire fighter or EMS medical first responder in Peacham, please stop by the fire station any Monday night at 7:30 PM and ask. It's that easy!!! We'd love to speak with you.

Volunteers
Members receive no pay for being firefighters and medical first responders but they receive the satisfaction of helping their neighbors and others in the community in times of crisis. Click here to learn how you can become a volunteer member of the Peacham Fire Department.

HEADLINES - The latest news involving the Peacham Fire Department.

Get ready for Independence Day! Tractor and fire truck parade begins at 11:30 AM on Saturday, July 3rd. Fire and rescue vehicles line up on South Main Street at 11:00 AM. Firefighter Games follow after the parade. Click HERE to download more information and game rules (PDF). The public is invited to play too!

Only YOU can prevent forest fires. Call Fire Warden Monteith for your outdoor burning permits. Home: 802-684-2165; Work: 802-751-0118

The members of the Peacham Fire Department are saddened by the loss of Past Chief Stephen C. White. Steve was a volunteer member of the department who held the rank of Fire Chief from 1977-1978. Steve passed away on May 17th, 2010

Chief Berwick appoints line officers for 2010.

Fire Department members elect Executive Officers for 2010.

View the department's Training Calendar.

Vial of Life Program If you need medical help, let us know how we can best help you! Click here.

Click HERE to read News Archives.

Moo Photo by Dave Macrae

We can't help you if we can find you! Please make your street number visible from the road.

Responding to an Emergency. In Peacham, when an emergency call is dispatched, fire fighters receive a brief description of the emergency call on their radio pagers. Fire fighters then respond to the fire station in their personal vehicles. From there they dress in their bunker gear and bring the fire and rescue apparatus to the location of the emergency. Any additional equipment that can not fit on the apparatus is stored at the fire house. That equipment can be brought to the fire, accident or medical scene in a support vehicle or a fire fighter's personal vehicle. Fire department members who provide medical first response service respond to medical emergencies with Rescue 1 and their own personal vehicles. Many Peacham firefighters are trained as EMTs and will be first on-scene to assist with a medical emergency before the ambulance arrives from Danville to take you to the hospital. To learn more about Peacham Fire's apparatus, click on the Apparatus link at the top of this page.