What we do?
The Bethel Volunteer Fire Department responds to fire, motor vehicle accidents, ambulance and other emergency calls in the Town of Bethel. Its primary response area is the section of town south of Rockwell Road. This means that the department responds to all emergency calls in that area. The area of town north of Rockwell Road is the Stony Hill Volunteer Fire Department's primary response area. However, each department responds to calls in the other department's primary response area when needed. And for certain types of calls, such as reports of building fires, both departments are dispatched regardless of whose district the call is in.
In addition to responding to emergency calls, the Bethel Volunteer Fire Department takes part in various community service activities. These include participating in parades, offering an annual open house during National Fire Prevention Week in October, making educational presentations in the Bethel schools and standing by with an ambulance and crew at sporting events like high school football games.