Gilead Maine Volunteer Fire Department

11/02/2026

Forest Service News Release

Contact: White Mountain National Forest, Public Information Officer
[email protected]

White Mountain National Forest Responds

to Wild River Fire

Gorham, NH, November 2, 2026 At approximately 1:00 p.m. on Sunday November 1st,
USDA Forest Service, White Mountain National Forest, fire personnel responded to the Wild
River Fire, in Coos County, New Hampshire. The fire is located approximately 7 miles southeast
of Gorham, New Hampshire. The Wild River Fire is currently estimated to be roughly 300 acres
in size.
Drought persists, and dry conditions are present throughout the fire area. The Wild River Fire is
actively burning in timber, snags, and leaf litter. Firefighters are responding with the goal of
confining the perimeter as quickly as possible, while providing for firefighter and public safety.
Gaining access to the fire is difficult due to steep and rugged terrain. Over forty personnel are
currently assigned to the Wild River Fire. Use of unauthorized unmanned aerial systems (UAS),
or drones, in a fire area endangers the lives of pilots and firefighters. Never fly unmanned aircraft
over or near a fire.
The Wild River Fire was first reported on Sunday afternoon, November 1, 2026, and the cause is
under investigation. There are presently no significant threats to life or property.

11/02/2026

Town residents, there is an active forest fire 🔥 in Batcheldars Grant off of 113! The US Forest service is on scene this will be a multi day event. We will post more as information comes available. Please avoid the area of possible there are lots of vehicles at the wild river intersection.

10/26/2026

Huge thank you for the mutual aid from Bethel Rescue, Gorham NH Fire, Greenwood Fire and Bethel Fire today at our chimney fire on Depot St. today. Amazing mutual aid teamwork. We greatly appreciate all of those that responded today. As a reminder get your chimney cleaned this the chimney fire season!

10/17/2026

You might as well turn this sucker off!
all the fire departments in the county need help. We’ve heard all the excuses. I can’t commit to (fill in the blank), I’m not always available, I’m too young/old, I don’t know anything about it. They are just excuses. We are all volunteers. We can when we can and we can’t when we can’t.
This is an incredible job you get paid for in ways that aren’t money. If you’ve ever thought about it, contact the VFD in your area. The hardest part, is walking through that station door the first time.
We all live in the communities we serve. How can you make a difference?
Every fire department across the country needs help.
We don’t own the rights to this, we copied it from the Fire brother hood as we could not share it. We felt a need as this hits so close to home!

10/14/2026

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10/04/2026

What an amazing day at the Fryeburg Fair fiemans muster today!

We placed third in the keg roll event and second in the ball sq**rt. We have never made it past the first round of elimination in the ball sq**rt and to just make it to the end today was an amazing achievement!

So proud of our team members today.

Thank you to our friends and families that came out to root all of the teams on today.

09/16/2026

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