Annual Karl E. Kenyon SMOKEY BEAR PARADE

Thursday, July 20th at 5:00 PM

The parade will kick off sharply on Thursday, July 20th at 5:00 PM from the Dunn's Corners Fire Department located at 1 Langworthy Road, Westerly RI. Residents from all towns are invited to join us along the parade route, shown below.

Why attend?
One of our communities’ annual traditions is to hold this parade to remember Karl ... (Full Story & Photos)

Thank you to all our hard working dispatchers, over the past couple of days they have been working hard and doing a great job dispatching huge brush fires!! Thank you guys and keep up the good work!... (Full Story & Photos)

Yesterday at roughly 13:30 DCFD was dispatched to Hope Valley Station 1 while they worked a brush fire, while responding DCFD was rerouted to West Greenwich to assist at a large brush fire. Our units assisted in operations for well over 6 hours. Brush 7 and ATV 1 responded. Strong work by all agencies that responded.... (Full Story & Photos)

Each year we hold a banquet to show appreciation to our members for their hard work and dedication, this year our members decided to show our appreciation for Chief Kenyon. Chief Kenyon has been an asset to DCFD since he joined in 1994. Thank you Chief Kenyon for your continued dedication to the department and support to your members... (Full Story & Photos)

DCFD responded on Friday evening to a chimney fire on Klondike Road in Charlestown. Engine 5 was first on scene, confirming a working chimney fire. DCFD quickly extinguished the fire with the support from our friends at Ashaway Fire Department. A special thank you to Charlestown Ambulance Rescue Service and Charlestown Police Department for for keeping our firefighters and the scene safe. #chimneyfire ... (Full Story & Photos)

Another busy Sunday at DCFD. Members participated in a cone obstacle course (EVOC) along with taking time afterwards to wash some of the apparatus and clean our tools. This course is part of our drivers training program to ensure drivers can operate in some of the smaller/tighter roads in our district. Great work by all members who participated!... (Full Story & Photos)

DCFD was dispatched to an alarm activation this morning on Post Road in Westerly. Upon arrival Engine 4 met up with the Easter Bunny and Westerly PD to check all units in the commercial building and investigate the cause. Thankfully the issue was due to burnt food. DCFD cleared the call and the Easter Bunny went back to all his preparation work for his big holiday in 8 days!... (Full Story & Photos)

Last weeks members trained on brush fire operations. On Wednesday night members attended a classroom session talking about tactics and apparatus positioning. On Saturday members attended a practical training where we trained on digging fire lines and using portable pumps to extinguish the fire.... (Full Story & Photos)