FORT FAIRFIELD, Maine — The town of Fort Fairfield, Maine, now officially has its own fire rescue and ambulance service.
The department opened to serve its community on Monday, August 17, 2020.
The town manager, Andrea Powers, says this full-time service has taken over a year to complete.
Fort Fairfield Fire Rescue has two, new, state-of-the-art ambulances that will be staffed with Emergency Medical Technicians, Advanced-EMT’s, and paramedics.
Fort Fairfield Fire Rescue was certified by the State of Maine, Maine-EMS on Friday, August 14, 2020.
Powers also says Fort Fairfield Fire Rescue has six full-time staff members and seventeen paid-on-call and per-diem staff members.
The public in the Fort Fairfield area should continue to call 911 for emergency calls and may call 207-472-3809 for non-emergency services.