Meadowood County Area Fire Department & Fire Training Center

Fire/Rescue
The Meadowood County Area Fire Department and Fire Training Center was established in 1953 by Chief Donald Holbrook. Chief Holbrook realized an increased need for specialized equipment and additional manpower as well as the increased need for specialized training to the area’s volunteers.
The Department, commanded by Chief Robert Crowell, is a private fire department, located on Bowkerville Road in Fitzwilliam, NH. Meadowood has approximately 70 members, including one Chief, two Assistant Chiefs, one Operations Captain, one Maintenance Captain, four Lieutenants and approximately 61 firefighters, all of whom are volunteers.

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Meadowood does not have a first-due response district, but rather offers mutual aid fire suppression, ALS emergency medical services first response, vehicle extrication, search and rescue, swift water rescue, underwater rescue/recovery, and answers other special requests. Meadowood responds to any reported structure fires in the immediate area, including automatic mutual aid to Troy, Fitzwilliam, Marlborough, Dublin, Winchester, Swanzey, Rindge, and Richmond, NH as well as Templeton, MA on a First Alarm assignment. Meadowood has one of the only gas meters and thermal imaging cameras in the area and is often Special Called for this equipment. Meadowood has one of the only tower ladders in the area, which serves as the first-due truck company to many of the towns listed above. Meadowood is also requested for their specialized heavy rescue, which carries rehab supplies and an 18 bottle cascade system capable of filling several hundred SCBA’s at an extended incident. The heavy rescue is also either automatic or Special Called to respond to many motor vehicle accidents in the area for their extrication tools.

The Meadowood County Area Fire Department is dispatched by Southwestern New Hampshire District Fire Mutual Aid located in Keene, NH. They are dispatched on high band 154.430 MHz with a PL of 136.5 and use 154.385 MHz as an operational frequency (Tac 1). Meadowood is recognized within the mutual aid system as “11”, which precedes the type of apparatus and the apparatus number (i.e.: 11 Rescue 1). One the right hand column is a image link to listen to SWNH Fire Mutual Aid live over your computer.

Jaffrey Courthouse Fire

Every spring and fall, the Meadowood Fire Training Center hosts a major fire school, offering NH State certified classes to firefighters from all around the area. Such classes as SCBA/PPE, Basic Vehicle Rescue, Basic Pumps, Portable Extinguishers, EMT RTP, RIT, Liquid Propane Emergencies, Rescue from Heights, and other fire related courses are offered. Meadowood Fire Training Center also offers full firefighter certification courses such as NH Firefighter Level 1 and Level 2 throughout the year. Meadowood owns and maintains a large training ground located just down the road from the station. This facility is available for use by any interested department.

Future plans for the Meadowood County Area Fire Department and Fire Training Center include improving the fire school, offering more classes and props, and obtaining additional specialized equipment. We are proud to cary on this tradition that Chief Holbrook established. Meadowood is a completely volunteer organization that takes pride in the service to the community that we provide.

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