Townsend Fire-EMS Department

Townsend Fire-EMS Department Townsend Fire-EMS Department, the combined municipal department that strives to protect the lives and property of the residents of our town.

Townsend Fire-EMS has a long, proud history of service to our community. With four full-time members, we are primarily a paid, on-call department. Our members, in general, respond from their homes to answer calls for emergency fire and EMS service. The Townsend Fire Department was formed in 1875 with three companies - Squannacook Hook and Ladder (Center), Eclipse (West Townsend) and Harbor Hose (T

ownsend Harbor). These three companies continue to serve our community today, with the Center and West companies still occupying their original 1870s buildings. In 1980, Townsend Municipal Ambulance Service was founded, moving emergency medical services into its own town department, separating its operation from the Townsend Police Department. The service grew and matured into a two-ambulance BLS service until the late 1990s, when it received its paramedic-level license from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Office of Emergency Medical Services. In 2000, TMAS launched "Medic-1," the first municipally-operated, paramedic-level, non-transporting ambulance in the Commonwealth. At Medic-1's height, it served six area towns as the sole paramedic-level response vehicle in the area. In 2005, the Townsend Fire Department merged with the Townsend Municipal Ambulance Service to form Townsend Fire-EMS. Today, the department operates five separate buildings housing four engines, a ladder, a tanker, three forestry units, special operations vehicle, bucket truck, lighting plant and two paramedic-level ambulances. Our primary ambulance is staffed with two crew members at the paramedic level 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

05/27/2026

Townsend Crews are working a brush fire in the area of 100 Fitchburg Road. Townsend Police Dept Patriot Regional Emergency Communications

Throwback Thursday , from the collection of the late Donald Keefe. Harbor Hose Company #3.
05/21/2026

Throwback Thursday , from the collection of the late Donald Keefe. Harbor Hose Company #3.

05/17/2026

Townsend Fire-EMS is currently working a motor vehicle accident on 119 in the area of Willard Brook. Lifeflight will be landing at Spaulding School. Please use caution in both locations. Townsend Police Dept Patriot Regional Emergency Communications

05/15/2026

Townsend Fire-EMS are working an motor vehicle accident in the area of 91 Main Street. Use caution in the area.

This is the third call currently on going in town, we are being assisted by Lunenburg Firefighters Local 5369 and Pepperell Fire Department.

Townsend Fire-EMS is currently working on a Motor Vehicle Accident in the area of 438 Main Street. Use caution in the a...
05/09/2026

Townsend Fire-EMS is currently working on a Motor Vehicle Accident in the area of 438 Main Street. Use caution in the area. Townsend Police Dept Patriot Regional Emergency Communications

Townsend UTV has been requested by the Hollis NH Fire Department to assist at their 2nd alarm brush fire.
05/05/2026

Townsend UTV has been requested by the Hollis NH Fire Department to assist at their 2nd alarm brush fire.

04/26/2026

Townsend Tanker 1 is currently assisting Ashby FIRE EMS Association Inc. at a brush fire on West Road.

Yesterday, the Townsend Fire-EMS Department, along with many of our mutual aid partners, laid to rest Retired Chief John...
04/21/2026

Yesterday, the Townsend Fire-EMS Department, along with many of our mutual aid partners, laid to rest Retired Chief John "Jack" Collins. Chief, thank you for your service to this Country and the Fire Service. Rest easy; we have it from here.

Townsend Engine 3, along with Harvard Fire-EMS Engine 4, are covering Groton Fire Department while they operate at a 2nd...
04/19/2026

Townsend Engine 3, along with Harvard Fire-EMS Engine 4, are covering Groton Fire Department while they operate at a 2nd Alarm Fire on Martins Pond Road.

Chief of Department regrets to announce the passing of retired Chief John F. (“Jack”) Collins.
04/17/2026

Chief of Department regrets to announce the passing of retired Chief John F. (“Jack”) Collins.

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13 Elm Street
Townsend, MA
01469

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