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Roxbury Town Hall
29 North Street
P. O. Box 203
Roxbury, CT 06783
(860)354-9938



Roxbury Volunteer Fire Department

 

Chief
 
                     Timothy Ring
 
                     203-948-2565


Fire House phone

Fire House fax
                      860-354-5921

                     860-354-7641


This coming February 2008 will mark the sixtieth anniversary of the Roxbury Volunteer Fire Department. Incorporated as a volunteer organization in 1948, the Department provides twenty-four hour emergency response to the Town of Roxbury and its neighboring communities.


The Roxbury Volunteer Fire Department has thirty-one active members in addition to a Junior Corps, twenty-one inactive members, four honorary members, and a Women’s Auxiliary. The Department consists of two fire engines, a tanker, a rescue truck and a brush truck. Both engines hold one thousand gallons of water each and the tanker holds three thousand gallons. The rescue truck is a mobile power unit carrying the Jaws of Life, a fifteen-kilowatt generator, and numerous rescue resources and tools. The brush truck holds two hundred and twenty-five gallons of water and is used as a utility vehicle and to fight off-road fires. We also have an all-terrain vehicle, a Hazmat trailer, and a Command vehicle. All trucks and equipment are housed at our fire station at 27 North Street in the center of town. As there are no pressurized hydrants in town, all water supplies are taken from static sources being ponds and cisterns. Using previous call data, response times average approximately four minutes for an officer on scene and eleven minutes for an apparatus. We presently have an insurance rating of nine.

Anyone who is eighteen years or older is eligible for regular active membership and there is a junior membership for those under eighteen. If you have interest in joining or if you would like to tour the Department, stop by the firehouse any Thursday evening between 7:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M.

 

NOTICES and EVENTS

Thanks to all who came out to the 2008 Pickin' 'n' Fiddlin' contest. We greatly appreciate your support in continuing a time honored tradition in the Northwest Hills of Connecticut.

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