TFD is made up of a full-time group of 1 full-time chief and 4 full-time firefighters (currently 1 Captain, 1 Lieutenant, and 2 Firefighters) along with 22 call firefighters. We are staffed from 6 AM to 6 PM every day of the week including holidays and weekends. At night time, the department functions on a combination of part time staffing and callback. Callback means that before members respond to the location of an emergency, they first leave their homes and respond to the fire station to retrieve equipment. After getting dressed in their turnout gear and getting in the appropriate emergency vehicle for the call, they respond to the scene. The Topsfield FD is a progressive department that is a licensed ambulance service at the paramedic level. Our ranks include 8 paramedics with the rest of the membership being certified at the EMT-Basic level. Also among our ranks our firefighters vary in different levels of skills to provide a better service to those that call upon us such as Fire Instructors, EMT Instructors, Fire & Life Safety Educators, Hazardous Material Operations Level responders, Engineer level operators, Child Safety Seat Technicians, as well as a multitude of other backgrounds and levels of training.
