Fire response
When the tone drops, volunteers leave work and home to answer fire calls across Tisbury and Vineyard Haven, day or night.
Since 1885, the island's fire calls have been answered by volunteers.
The Tisbury Fire Department is an all-volunteer company serving Vineyard Haven and the Town of Tisbury. When the call comes, the people who answer are your neighbors.
Volunteers proudly providing fire and rescue services to the Town of Tisbury since 1885. Town of Tisbury
1885Established
All volunteerThen and now
215 Spring StVineyard Haven
The Department
An island institution, on call for the town.
For generations, Tisbury has been protected by residents who train, respond, and stand ready without pay. The work is quiet until it is not, and then it is everything.
The department operates from the station at 215 Spring Street in Vineyard Haven, covering the town's homes, harbor, and businesses. It has been staffed by volunteers since 1885, which makes it one of the oldest continuous institutions on this part of the island.
Fire Chief Patrick B. Rolston and Deputy Chief Marques C. Rivers lead a company built on a simple idea: neighbors looking out for neighbors.
Service to the Town
Fire and rescue, and the quiet work in between.
Everything the department does comes back to one job: keeping the people of Tisbury safe, on their worst day and on every ordinary one.
Rescue
Fire and rescue service for the town, its harbor, and everyone who passes through on the way to the island.
Prevention and permits
Fire code questions, burn permits, open-burning guidance, and pre-inspection checklists for residents and builders.
Ways the island counts on us
Four things this town has never had to wonder about.
Plotted like soundings on the harbor chart, held steady by the same volunteers since 1885.
Fire
Structure and brush fires, answered by trained volunteers who know these roads.
Rescue
Help on the worst day, from people who live down the same street you do.
Concept mark created for this demonstration. Not the department's official logo.
Community
A century and a half of showing up, in uniform and out of it, for the Town of Tisbury.
Readiness
Neighbors who train on their own time so the town never has to hope someone will come.
Join the Company
Tisbury protects its own. There is room for you.
The department welcomes residents who want to serve. You do not need experience to ask. Training, gear, and a place on the roster follow for those who commit.
If you live in or near Tisbury and want to answer the call, start with a conversation.
Or stop by the station at 215 Spring Street, Vineyard Haven. Non-emergency line: (508) 696-4246.
Contact
Reach the station.
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Station215 Spring Street, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568
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MailingP.O. Box 1239, Tisbury, MA 02568
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Non-emergency phone
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Fire Chief
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For fire code questions, permits, or non-urgent matters, use the phone or email above during business hours.
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