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2022 Pool Fill Season

Thursday, April 14, 2022
Need your pool filled or perhaps just a top-off? With the first day of Spring right around the corner, it's time for people to start considering opening their swimming pools. Pool fills are a significant fundraising source for us.

March 2022 Top Responders

Friday, April 1, 2022
Bruce Neal, Renny Grapes, Christopher Spray & Keith Vanzant


February 2022 Top Responders

Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Christopher Spray, Keith Vanzant, and Bruce Neal

Dwelling Fire - Washington Avenue, Chestertown

Saturday, February 19, 2022
On Saturday, February 19, 2022, at 7:31 pm, the Chestertown Volunteer Fire Company, along with multiple mutual aid companies was dispatched for the Structure Fire in the 800 block of Washington Avenue (Maryland 213). This is across from Washington Square Shopping Center. The caller was reporting visible fire on the left side of the house, as viewed from the road.

Tour of the New Y.M.C.A.

Thursday, February 10, 2022


January 2022 Top Responders

Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Keith Vanzant, Christopher Spray, and Doug Wilson


Motor Vehicle Collision - Worton Road, Chestertown

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
On Wednesday, January 19, 2022, at 6:59 am, the Chestertown Volunteer Fire Company, along with multiple other “first due” companies, was dispatched to the 9800 block of Worton Road (Maryland 297) for the Motor Vehicle Crash – High Mechanism. The incident was located between Augustine Herman Highway (Maryland 213) and Mary Morris Road, near the S-Bend.




2021 Statistical Report

Saturday, January 1, 2022
In 2021, the Chestertown VFC responded to 577 calls for service with 664 individual unit responses. While we responded to 577 calls, not every call is a ‘Fire.’ We respond to a wide range of emergencies including motor vehicle collisions, unintentional fire alarm activations, and wires down, and yes, we respond to the occasional cat stuck in a tree. We are a 100% volunteer staffed department and our dedicated members spent countless hours of training to ensure your safety and provide the highest level of care and skill in any emergency situation to the citizens of our community. We have made it our duty to provide service for others and to act in the most professional way possible. With that, we hope for another successful year, and we thank you, our community members, for your continued support.

Top Responders for December

Saturday, January 1, 2022
Keith Vanzant, Doug Wilson, and Christopher Spray

Motor Vehicle Collision - Chestertown Road, Chestertown

Friday, December 24, 2021
At approximately 10:50 am on Friday, December 24, 2021, the Chestertown Volunteer Fire Company, Kent & Queen Annes Rescue Squad, Kent County EMS, along with other mutual aid companies (see below) were dispatched for the Motor Vehicle Collision – High Velocity to the 24400 block of Chestertown Road (Maryland 20), which is located near Bell Rose Lane / Earl Nicholson Road. First arriving found a single vehicle crash into a tree with two patients, one of whom was pinned behind the steering wheel. Both patients were conscious and talking, with the second patient self-extricated.

Entrapment - Worton Road, Chestertown

Sunday, December 12, 2021
At 7:36 pm on Sunday, December 12, 2021, the Chestertown Volunteer Fire Company, Kent & Queen Annes Rescue Squad, Kent County EMS, and multiple mutual aid companies was dispatched to Creafill Fibers, 10200 Worton Road for the Entrapment / Rescue. First arriving found a male patient entangled in a press machine

Motor Vehicle Collision with Fire - Quaker Neck Landing Road, Chestertown

Wednesday, December 8, 2021
At 7:33 pm on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, the Chestertown VFC, Kent & Queen Annes Rescue Squad, Kent County EMS, and multiple mutual aid companies was dispatched for the Motor Vehicle Collision with Entrapment and Fire, at Quaker Neck Road and Quaker Neck Landing Road. The actual location proved to be on Quaker Neck Landing Road approximately one-quarter mile in off Quaker Neck Road.

Top Responders for November

Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Christopher Spray, Keith Vanzant and JD Nuckels


Top responders for October

Monday, November 1, 2021
Christopher Spray, Keith Vanzant, and Doug Wilson

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Jan - 48 Jul - 59
Feb - 45 Aug - 60
Mar - 47 Sep - 66
Apr - 43 Oct - 81
May - 50 Nov - 0
Jun - 65 Dec - 0
Yearly Totals:
2024 - 564 2023 - 592
2022 - 658 2021 - 577

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