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20 Stone St, Walpole, MA 02081

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Welcome to the Walpole Fire Department information web site

The Walpole Fire Department serves the citizens of Walpole,  24 hrs a day, 7 days a week with its 34 Full time Firefighters, Paramedics, and Chief Officers with  Full time Advanced Life Support EMS and fire prevention/suppression staff from our 1 station

 

Walpole Fire Activity for 2010.

2010 was the busiest year so far with 5,118 calls for service in the Town of Walpole.  For the past year the Walpole Fire Department responded to 3,084 emergency calls.  In this same year personnel managed to do an additional 2,034 inspections and fire drills.

The 2010 summary of activity is now available on our Activities page.

 

 

Open Burning Season for 2012 will start January 15, 2012 and continue until May 1, 2012. A permit is required to burn brush and storm branches. Permits may be purchased at the Fire Station, 20 Stone St. The permit is not for burning grass or leaves, these items are prohibited by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. All leaves and grass trimmings may be brought to the Robbins Road compost facility; a separate permit is required please click here for more information.

 

 

! New Regulations for Bar/Club owners starting June 1, 2011 !

If you own or run a bar or club and are not sure if the new requirements for a crowd manger apply to you. CLICK HERE to read the new requirments and take the free on-line training presented by the Mass Departement of Fire Serivces.

Special reminder to residents about Carbon Monoxide (Click Here!)

 

Winter Storm Fire Safety  

Fireplaces and Home Safety  

 

 

Notices

Effective July 1, 2009, responsibility for administering the tank registration and compliance inspection provisions of the Massachusetts Underground Storage Tank (UST) Program (527 CMR 9.00) will be transferred from the Department of Fire Services (DFS) to the Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP). Click the link to go directly to the DEP web site for information, forms and MassDEP contacts.

 

 

 

A notice to homeowners and realtors selling a home.

Effective April 5, 2010 there will be changes in the law regulating the installation of smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. CLICK HERE to go to the fire prevention page for residents for a summary of the changes and a link to the guide on smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

 

 

A reminder to all residents of Walpole: You must have your house number displayed on your home so that is it clearly visible from the street.

 

 

 

Add/Remove/Update Your Contact InformationIn our efforts to provide more reliable communications with Residents (and Businesses) in the town, we have implemented Swiftreach Networks, Inc. as our Emergency Notification service provider.

Swift911™ in its simplest form is a system that makes phone calls to specific people or areas in the event of an emergency or for sharing important information. All the calls you receive will have the Caller ID of 'Town of Walpole' or 'Walpole Police Department'. 

If you are not receiving these calls, please click the link above to go to the towns sign up page and add or update your contact information.  You may also remove yourself from our lists.

 

 

extinguisherNew fire safety information sheets available under the Fire Safety Tips section.