West Pawlet Volunteer Fire Department • Route 153, Main Street, West Pawlet, Vermont 05775 • (802) 645-0276
October 2020: The West Pawlet Volunteer Fire Department has installed a dry hydrant/tank storage system at Loomis Trucking on Route 149.
The dry hydrant system will supply over 1000 gallons of water per minute to residential/commercial property in this area.
This brook/tank regeneration system is the first in our district. It is a 1600-gallon tank with 6” permanent suction line. The tank system uses brook water from Bullfrog Hollow.
Funding for this project was provided by a grant from Vermont Rural Fire Protection Task Force under the Vermont Association of Conservation District.
October 2020 – Officers Elected: By vote of our members at our annual meeting, the following Fire Officers lead the West Pawlet Volunteer Fire Department for 2020-2021: Chief – David Ricard, Sr., 1st Assistant Chief – Joey Mullen, 2nd Assistant Chief – David Hosley, Captain – David Ricard Jr., Lieutenant – Morgan Williams. Our Business Officers are: President – Gary Hadeka , Vice President – Harley Stearns, Treasurer – John Lee, Trustee – Roger Gould, and Secretary – Craig Watrous, Sr. We thank all of our members for their outstanding work in the past year, and for their continued dedication to our community.
Please note that our pancake breakfasts are temporarily suspended due to the pandemic; we hope to be back soon!
The breakfast crew for the West Pawlet Volunteer Fire Department.
Top, left to right- David Hosley, Antonio Landon, Jay Wilson, Ken Norman, Tom Collard, Gary Hadeka.
Bottom left to right- Ron Taylor Sr, Morgan Hosley, Ron Taylor Jr, Leon Corey.