Dartmouth’s three fire districts are autonomous local units, serving the Town of Dartmouth, but entirely separate from the Town. Voters within each district elect their own Prudential Committee. The position of Fire Chief is appointed by the Prudential Committee.

Annual meetings allow voters to approve general policy, budget, and capital outlay. The District is financed by property taxes levied by the Fire District meetings.

Dartmouth Fire District 3 operates from three stations and is responsible for North Dartmouth, beginning at the New Bedford line two hundred feet south of Allen Street, running westerly in a line parallel to Allen Street and two hundred feet southerly from the south line of Allen Street to Tucker Road and westerly in the same course to the Town of Westport line.

The Fire Department is comprised of forty-nine Firefighters paid on-call, one full-time Fire Inspector, one full-time Secretary, and a full-time Fire Chief.

District 2

facts of District 3

population:

Approximately 17,500

Demographics:

32 square miles

Firefighters:

50

District 1

District 3