Alliance between Belgrade and Mt. Vernon Fire Departments

announced by Chief Dana Dunn

Both fire departments have agreed to automatically respond to each other’s mutual aide calls for structure fires, chimney fires and ice rescues. This alliance is helpful to Mt. Vernon because of Belgrade’s two 3,000-gallon tankers (Mt. Vernon’s tankers have 1,000-gallon capacity). Belgrade benefits with Mt Vernon’s foam tanker. The extra firefighters responding to calls are of mutual benefit.

Lakes Region Mutual Aide and Belgrade Fire Department (which is not part of Lakes Region Mutual Aide) have helped each other in training and fighting fires for many years.

Because of our good relationship and being adjacent towns, it made sense to form this alliance said Chief Dunn.