The Washington Volunteer Fire Department was organized in 1926 with one truck, one building and forty-three charter members.

Today the department has grown to nine pieces of apparatus working out of two stations and sixty active members. Working under a Chief, two Assistant Chiefs, Captain, and two Lieutenants, we are an all-volunteer department providing fire protection and first responder capabilities for the 4,000 residents of Washington, Washington Depot, Marbledale, New Preston, and Woodville, an area of 38.7 square miles.