Reading VT Volunteer Fire & Rescue

05/18/2026

This is National EMS Week, thank your EMS providers!

05/18/2026

On Thursday, May 14, Reading Fire & Rescue hosted a “Firefighters Appreciation Supper” at the Elks Club in Windsor. Guests included officers from the Windsor, West Windsor, and Weathersfield Fire Departments, as well as members of the Reading Selectboard. Chief Vittum also handed out “length of service” awards to Reading Fire & Rescue personnel.
We would like to thank the Elks for the great supper!

04/27/2026

04/26/2026

At 1600 hours on 4/25/26, Reading Fire & Rescue was dispatched to Tattle Street for a fire in a brush pile that had gotten out of control. Reading responded with Engine 2, Tanker 1, Utility1, Forestry trailer and 9 personnel.

On arrival, Command found that embers from the brush pile had been blown into trees and some trees were on fire. Hose lines were stretched and the fire in the trees were extinguished, except for 1. This one tree had to be cut down in order to reach the fire. Some embers were blown across the road and were smoldering on the forest floor. These were all located and extinguished.

Command was terminated at 1735.

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04/23/2026

Reading Fire & Rescue was toned on Thursday, April 23 @ 1523 for mutual aid to West Windsor for a brush fire just off of Route 44 on a hillside. A branch had fallen on a powerline sparking the fire.

Reading responded with 5 personnel along with Engine 2, Tanker 1, Utility 1 and forestry trailer.

At the scene, Reading sent a crew up to fight the fire.

Engine 2 supplied water to the firefighting crew through a 1-1/2" line. As the water in Engine 2 got low, Tanker 2 supplied it with water. In all, Reading supplied about 1200 gallons of water to the fire line.

All Reading units were back in quarters @ 1820.

04/18/2026

At 12:18 a.m. on April 18, Reading Fire & Rescue was dispatched to an MVC on Route 106 north of Flatiron Road. We responded with Engine 2 and Rescue Truck and 7 personnel. On arrival we found the vehicle had gone off the left side of the road and into a power pole. Investigation revealed that there were no occupants at the scene. We checked for hazards (power lines, fluid leaking, etc.) and determined that there were none. We remained on scene and provided scene lighting and traffic control for VSP and Windsor County S.O... After the vehicle was removed, we cleaned the debris from the highway. All units were cleared at 2:25 a.m.

04/16/2026

On Wednesday, April 15, Reading Fire & Rescue hosted a training presentation on street drugs presented by Lt. King of Windsor County Sheriffs Department. Lt. King is a certified Drug Recognition Expert (DRE). Personnel from W. Windsor and Cavendish also joined us. Thanks to Lt. King and WCSD for the presentation.

04/05/2026

Calls for March, 2026

Medical .... 3
MVA .... 2 (1 M.A. to Cavendish)
Carbon Monoxide Alarm .... 1
Line Down .... 1
Fire .... 1 (mutual aid to W. Windsor)