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Combination Volunteer/Per-Diem Fire-Rescue Department in Kingfield, Maine. Here to serve the community.

10/07/2026

📣 This week marks one full year of our per-diem program at your Kingfield Fire Department. Our on-call crew members may be less available during the work week, as many of them are at work at their regular jobs and can take longer to respond. By staffing the station Monday through Friday, our per-diem crew helps us maintain our rapid response times and provide our community with the best care and service possible.

Thank you to our Kingfield Fire crew for an excellent year of service, and to the Town of Kingfield and our residents for supporting our mission and allowing us to serve you.

As always: we will be here when you need us.

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09/16/2026

This day and this man will be forever remembered. May you continue resting in peace, Captain Bell.

09/10/2026

📣 Community Awareness ⚠️

Tomorrow, September 11, 2026, Kingfield residents can expect to hear fire apparatus sirens throughout the morning from approximately 0830 to 1030. There is no cause for concern.

Twenty-five years ago, on September 11, 2001, 2,977 people lost their lives in the deadliest foreign terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. Included in that count are 343 firefighters who lost their lives responding to the Twin Towers in New York and countless others who lost their lives in the years following due to 9/11 related illnesses and injuries.

Their loss is still felt today. To mark the 25 years, and to honor their sacrifice, your Kingfield Fire duty crew will sound the sirens at each of the critical points throughout the day on September 11, 2026. This commemorative event will not delay or interfere with an emergency response should the need arise.

While this is not a public ceremony, we invite our community, when you hear those sirens, to take a moment to pause and reflect with us.

May we never forget.

The times are provided below for informational purposes.

• 0846 hrs: American Airlines Flight 11 hits 1 World Trade Center (North Tower)

• 0903 hrs: United Airlines Flight 175 hits 2 World Trade Center (South Tower)

• 0937 hrs: American Airlines Flight 77 hits United States Pentagon

• 0959 hrs: 2 World Trade Center collapses

• 1000 hrs: Evacuation of fire personnel in 1 World Trade Center ordered.

• 1003 hrs: United Flight 93 crashes into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania thanks to the passengers who fought the hijackers.

• 1028 hrs: 1 World Trade Center collapses

08/28/2026

Your Kingfield Fire Department is proud to share that Captain Joshua Stewart has been awarded the EMS Excellence Award from Maine EMS. The awards ceremony was held in the State House in Augusta yesterday, where awardees gathered with friends, family, coworkers, and stakeholders at the local, regional, and state levels.

The EMS Excellence Award recognizes significant contributions to the EMS system at the regional or state level in one or more areas such as education, administration, or quality improvement.

Captain Stewart was nominated for this award because of his leadership and his significant contributions to the EMS program at the Kingfield Fire Department. Kingfield Fire is the first fire department in Franklin County to take the leap to advanced life support first response, and Captain Stewart has invested countless hours into the process, including training and supporting new EMT and AEMT providers, navigating the Maine EMS grant process, and training all our firefighters and EMS providers in the use of our cardiac monitor/defibrillator and LUCAS device.

One significant consideration through this process has been collaborating with our mutual aid partners. Not only is Kingfield Fire the first ALS-capable non-transport agency in the county, but our LUCAS mechanical CPR device is the first in Franklin County. Working in remote locations with limited resources and long transport times, the LUCAS device can help open doors for better patient outcomes. Not only are we able to provide a higher level of care to our home community, but because of strong regional support and collaboration we have been able to assist in mutual aid medical emergencies with better outcomes for the patients involved.

Even after the training has concluded, the call is complete, the report is written, and the truck bay lights are turned off, Captain Stewart continues to invest in and support the crew. It's common to receive a phone call or text message after a long or intense incident: "Just checking on my people."

While Captain Stewart would rather not be in the spotlight, this award is well earned and well deserved.

Congratulations, Captain, and thank you.

08/18/2026

Update: Training completed.
This is what we call "threading the needle". Weaving the ladder around obstacles that would have otherwise hindered operations, but a trick-shot through the trees gets you to the roof 👊

Per diem staff will be out in town drilling on ladder truck placement and operations for a few hours. If you see us set to a building it is likely not an emergency.

08/12/2026

KFD Drinks Good Coffee ☕️ 🚒
Carrabassett Coffee Company

08/02/2026

Your Kingfield Fire Department recently received a donation of DripDrop electrolyte mix packets, which pair perfectly with the bottled water we carry on our apparatus to provide our firefighters and EMS providers with necessary hydration during trainings and incidents. We would like to thank and for the generous donation as part of the 2026 DripDrop Hydration Giveback Campaign. This will help us fight dehydration, promote recovery during long incidents, and keep our crews at their best!

As always, we are here if you need us.

07/24/2026

We were so engrossed in the education that we didn't get any pictures....BUT!
Last month the town of Kingfield voted to approve the fire department's budget which included medical direction to practice emergency medicine at the Advanced EMT level. Tonight, we were excited to host our medical director as the instructor for our monthly EMS training. Dr. Conrad brought a wealth of knowledge regarding Intraosseous procedures, a higher acuity/lower frequency procedure that AEMTs are able to do when IV access isn't a viable option and medication delivery or fluid administration is needed.
Thank you, Dr. Conrad. We look forward to the next training!

07/23/2026

Please see the attached statement from the Town of Kingfield officials regarding emergency response during the Ira Mountain Bridge weight restriction.

07/08/2026

Press Release from Maine State Fire Marshal's Office:

FMO Investigating Fire in Kingfield

On Tuesday, July 7, 2026, at approximately 3:40 pm, the Office of the State Fire Marshal was notified of a fire with reported explosions at the Carrabassett Valley Veterinary Clinic in Kingfield. Fire Marshal Investigators responded to the scene while fire suppression operations were still in progress. The building, a large two-story structure with a metal roof and metal siding, sustained extensive damage and is considered a total loss. At the time of the fire, the building was occupied. All employees and animals inside the veterinary clinic were safely evacuated. A resident in an upstairs apartment was also able to get out safely however two cats in the apartment perished as a result of the fire. Preliminary investigation indicates the fire was first discovered on the exterior rear of the building in the area of the facility's trash storage. A bystander attempted to extinguish the fire using a portable fire extinguisher and sustained minor burns during the effort. The individual was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Investigators are continuing to examine the scene to determine the origin and cause of the fire. The cause remains under investigation. Additional information will be released as it becomes available.

Address

18 Commercial Street
Kingfield, ME
04947

Website

http://www.kingfieldme.org/fire-department/

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