The Noroton Fire Department provides an array of fire-rescue services. In addition, to the traditional fire department responsibilities of structural firefighting, Noroton responds to marine emergencies on Long Island sound, motor vehicle accidents, gas leaks, and numerous other types of emergencies.

Noroton consists of approximately 45 active volunteers and a fleet of six apparatus.

The Noroton Fire Department fleet consists of

• Ladder Truck
  • Ladder 30
• Engines
  • Engine 31
  • Engine 32
• Medium Duty Rescue
  • Rescue 33
• Fire/Rescue Boat
  • Marine 34
• F-350 Utility Truck
  • Truck 35

Officers

Chief: Mike Vitti
1st Assistant Chief: Alan Hyatt
2nd Assistant Chief: Jim O'Brien
Captain Trucks: Bob Buch
Captain Engines: Randy R. Fitzpatrick
Captain Boats: George Rozanovich
Engineer: Pete Ham                                                                            Lieutenant Ladder 30: Peter Burt
Lieutenant Engine 31: James Hunter
Lieutenant Engine 32: Richard T. Conway
Lieutenant Rescue 33: Raymond Buxton
Lieutenant Marine 34:Phil Andrianus
Assistant Engineer: Mickey Vitti

President: Brooks Hrusa                                                                                    Vice President: Patrick Rogers
Treasurer: Doug Lawerence
Financial Secretary: Ron Bennett
Recording Secretary: Craig Ackerman
Superintendent of Alarms: Fraser Head
Fire Police: Richard T. Keane

 

Funding

The goal of the Noroton Fire Department is to provide the highest quality emergency services possible while efficiently using the resources granted to it by the town of Darien and through the generous contributions of the community.

The Noroton Fire Department is a private 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization that is partially supported by taxes collected by the town of Darien to provide fire-rescue services. However, funding from the town of Darien is insufficient to support the operations of the department requiring the Noroton Fire Department to rely heavily on the generous contributions of the Darien community for portions of both the department operational and capital budgets. Through this mix of municipal and community funding, Noroton is best able, in a fiscally responsible way, support its continued operation.

Fire/Rescue Services in the Town of Darien

The Town of Darien has three volunteer fire departments including Noroton. Each department is responsible for its individual district in addition to being able to provide mutual aid to the other two departments.

In addition, to assure that an adequate response is available during the daytime on weekdays when the least number of volunteers are available, all three departments are dispatched together to any structural calls.