Established in 1926, the Cotuit Fire Department is run as a selectman style government separate from the town municipality. It serves 6.6 square miles within the village and provides a variety of services including water, response to spills, leaks, electrical problems and down wires, rescue services and accident response, well being checks, lockouts and lock ins and educational programming plus its firefighting duties.
Barnstable Fire Departments also provide emergency medical services at the advanced life support level.
In addition to these services, the Cotuit Fire Department also sponsors a kids day with the other four fire districts and the Barnstable police.
Rapid Ambulance Service is an ambulance service in Canton. The company specializes in services such as emergency and non-emergency transportation to emergency rooms and health care facilities, transporting wheelchair- or bed-bound individuals to events such as graduations, birthdays, weddings and other special occasions.
The Northborough Fire Department provides fire safety, prevention and code enforcement with a fulltime staff of seventeen and an on-call staff of more than twenty. The Department has two ambulances with employees who are licensed EMTs and paramedics. The Department also coordinates disaster-response management and public safety education. The Fire Chief is David M. Durgin.
Cataldo's Atlantic Ambulance Service division is committed to providing high quality routine and emergency medical services. It specializes in both advanced life support and basic life support levels of care and also continually introduces new programs to the evolving needs of the community.
Cataldo Ambulance Service is based in Somerville and serves the surrounding metropolitan Boston areas. Cataldo responds to more than 50,000 requests for emergency medical services each year and provide services to over 25 hospitals and to more than 80 nursing homes and clinics throughout the area. All of Cataldo's training is performed in-house to ensure top quality and safety. Cataldo is actively looking for prospective dispatchers, paramedics and EMTs. For more information, be sure to call the telephone number or visit the web address provided.
The all-volunteer Edgartown Fire Department is located adjacent to the Edgartown Police Department, near the town center. A second, smaller station is located on Chappaquiddick. The force boasts approximately 40 firefighters, five full-time EMS personnel and 18 volunteer EMTs. Peter Shemeth serves as chief. The Edgartown Fire Museum, which houses historical memorabilia and antique trucks, is located behind the firehouse.
