Harrisville Fire Department - Mutual Aide Associations
BURRILLVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENTS
The Harrisville Fire Department is very involved in providing local mutual aid, and also is the beneficiary of reciprocal assistance. Engine 22 and Ladder 2 respond on the initial dispatch to all structure fires in the Pascaog and Oakland-Mapleville Fire Districts. Engine 22 is a key piece of apparatus in the RI Fire Chiefs Foam Task Force, helping to protect several communities in northwestern Rhode Island. Rescue 2 and Fire-Medic 2 are active in providing EMS mutual aid for our neighbors.
There are four fire districts in the Town of Burrillville, each of which maintains its own fire department. The departments work in conjuction to protect the residents of the town. A fifth department protects the Eleanor Slater Hospital, Zambarano Unit, which is state operated. The station designations within the town are:
Oakland-Mapleville Fire Department
Chief Joseph Bertholic
Harrisville Fire Department
Chief Mark A. St. Pierre
Nasonville Fire Department
Chief Augustine Eddy
Pascoag Fire Department
Chief John Defusco
Wallum Lake Fire Department
Chief Robert Bishop
Northern Rhode Island Firemen's League
ROLL CALL OF DEPARTMENTS
MEETINGS AND OFFICERSHIP OF THE NRIFL
Meetings of the league are held on the third Monday in the months of January, February, March, April, May, June, September and November. The host company is determined by a rotating list. Each department annually elects two delegates and two alternates. The officers of the league are chosen from these delegates. The President and Vice President are elected to one year terms, with the Vice President assuming the duties of the President the following year. Again, each department is represented in the presidency on a rotating basis, according to the roll call of companies. The office of Secretary / Treasurer is also voted upon each year, but does not follow the rotation.
