Georgetown Fire Department members Mike McManus and Brian Coolidge participated in this years Boston Marathon, held on Monday, April 15. Mike ran and completed his second Boston Marathon and Brian is the station leader for Medical Station 26, located in Kenmore Square.
Left: Mike McManus proudly wearing his 2019 Boston Marathon medal. Right: Brian Coolidge and his medical station team
Due to today’s elevated fire risk, burning is not allowed today (Monday, April 1, 2019)
Due to today’s high winds (Saturday March 23), burning will not be allowed.
The town of Georgetown is seeking qualified applicants for the position of full-time firefighter. Applications must be received by 5:00PM on January 30, 2019. Please see attached job announcement for more details.
Our open burning activation page is now working correctly (Friday 1/18 11:12am). We recommend that you use our activation page on a daily basis to activate your burning permit. We thank you for your patience while we got it back up and running.
We are currently experiencing an issue with online burning permit activation. We are working with our vendor to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. In the meantime, if you are looking to burn today (Friday, January 18th) and want to activate your permit, please contact the station at 978-352-5757 (until 12pm).
During the week of December 23 – December 29th, the Georgetown Fire Department responded to a total of 19 incidents. These included:
Alarm Activation – 2
Emergency Medical Services – 13
Animal Rescue – 1
Public Assistance – 2
Canceled in route/no services – 1
Chief Fred Mitchell and the Georgetown Fire Department would like to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas, and a safe and healthy New Year!
Chief Fred Mitchell, and the members of the Georgetown Fire Department would like to extend a huge thank you to Stephen Giamberadino of Conte and Giamberadino Funeral Home for the delicious holiday dinner they provided to the department on Wednesday, December 19th. The thoughtful gesture was truly appreciated by the membership.
The Georgetown Fire Department sends its condolences to the men and women of the Worcester Fire Department as they grieve the loss of one of their own today. Firefighter Christopher Roy died early this morning as a result of his injuries after becoming trapped while battling a five-alarm fire. Please keep the City of Worcester and the members of their fire department in your thoughts in prayers.
Department Headquarters
47 Central Street
Georgetown, MA 01833
