Oakham, Massachusetts
When Oakham calls, Oakham answers.
The Oakham Fire Department is the neighbors down the road who turn out for fires, storms, crashes and medical calls. Every year the town needs a few more hands. One of them could be yours.
One department for fire and emergency medical calls, serving a small farm town in the Worcester County hills.
A small-town department, built on neighbors
Oakham is a farm town in the Worcester County hills, chartered in 1762. Its fire department is small by design and close by necessity.
The people who answer the tones live here, shop at the same store and raise their families down the same roads they protect. When the pager goes off at two in the morning, it is a neighbor climbing onto the truck.
Chief Timothy Howe leads the department from the station on Barre Road, running fire response, emergency medical care and community fire-safety programs for the town.
Chief Timothy Howe
Fire Chief, Oakham Fire Department
timothy.howe@oakham-ma.govOne department, ready for whatever the day brings
A rural crew wears every hat. Here is the work Oakham counts on us for.
Fire suppression
Structure, brush and vehicle fires across Oakham, with mutual aid to neighboring towns when the call is big.
Emergency medical
First-response emergency medical care when minutes matter, day or night, for every household in town.
Rescue and storm response
Crashes, downed trees, flooding and the hard weather New England sends our way through every season.
Community safety
Open-burn permits, the SAFE Senior program and fire-safety education for Oakham families and elders.
Engine 1
The truck the town paid for
Apparatus like Engine 1 is how a department this size keeps its promise to show up. Buying and outfitting it is a job the whole town shares, and it is why the next section matters.
It takes a town
A department this size runs on more than the crew. It runs on the whole town: the people who answer the call, and the neighbors who help pay for the truck they answer it in.
The people who respond
The Department
The firefighters and emergency medical responders who turn out when the tones drop. We are always looking for a few more neighbors to train and serve alongside us.
Volunteer with usThe neighbors who fund it
Oakham Fire Department Association
The Association is the town's fundraising arm for the department. It funded the Engine 2 Project and keeps raising money for gear and apparatus. Support is welcome by check made out to the Oakham Fire Department Association, mailed or dropped at the station on Monday evenings at 7pm, 178A Barre Road.
How to supportVolunteer with us
You do not need experience to start. If you are reliable, willing to train and want to look after your own town, the department will teach you the rest.
- Training is provided, no prior experience required.
- Serve the town you already live in.
- Fire and emergency medical roles both welcome.
Reach out to Chief Howe
Call the station or send an email and we will take it from there.
Find the Oakham Fire Department
Station
178A Barre Road
Oakham, MA 01068
Non-emergency
Email the chief
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In a fire or medical emergency, call 911. The station line above is for non-emergency questions only.