July 14, 2010- Candia Fire Rescue will be placing updated run cards into service by August 31. Drafts are being sent to early alarm departments for final review. If there are any questions or concerns contact the station (483-2202) or email webmaster@candiavfd.org.

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FREE SMOKE DETECTORS

AVAILABLE NOW!

The Candia Fire Rescue Department is recommending that all residents test their smoke alarms.  If you do not have a smoke alarm, you can pick up an alarm at the Fire Department free of charge (courtesy of Candia Lumber).  If you are unable to get to the Fire Station, a member of the Fire Department will deliver and install the smoke alarm for you if necessary.  Should you have any questions or concerns, please call the Fire Department at 483-2202.

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April 19^th 2010  -  Smoke detectors save Candia home

Candia units were toned to a possible structure fire at approximately 11am. Candia PD arrived on scene to find smoke showing from the roofline and a second alarm was struck by 50-C1. Units from Candia and Raymond were able to make an aggressive attack and knock the fire down minimizing damage. The fire was confined to the bathroom mainly due to the Smoke detectors alerting the occupants early. Smoke detectors are still available by calling the fire station at 483-2202 free of charge.

Special thanks to our mutual aid departments as daytime fires are a tax on manpower as the majority of the all volunteer Candia Firefighters work out of town. Thank you Auburn Fire, Chester Fire, Deerfield Fire, Hooksett Fire Rescue, Raymond Fire, Rockingham Ambulance for your much needed assistance.

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Click HERE for pictures from the Candia Fire Rescue open house
(July 25th 2009)

The Town of Candia Fire-Rescue Department protects the people and property of Candia, New Hampshire.  Candia is a suburban/rural town of approximately 4200 people located in the southeastern part of the state.  It covers an area of 30 square miles, occupied mostly by residential buildings with some light commercial and light industrial properties.  Major attractions in Candia include the Candia Woods Golf Links, Liquid Planet Water Park, and Charmingfare Farm.  The major East-West divided highway through Southern New Hampshire (State Route 101) passes through Candia, along with two other major roads, State Route 43 and State Route 27.  Candia is bordered on the West by the town of Hooksett, on the North by Deerfield, on the East by Raymond, and on the South by Chester and Auburn.

Candia Fire-Rescue is an all-volunteer department established in 1925.  Currently, the department runs with eight pieces of apparatus, including one structural pumper (50E1), one rescue pumper (50E2), one water supply pumper (50E3), one light-duty rescue (50R1), one tanker (50T1), two forestry pieces  (50F1 and 50U1), and one command/personnel car (50CAR1) operating out of one station.  Ambulance service is currently contracted out to Rockingham Regional Ambulance.  The department is dispatched through the Rockingham County Sheriff's Department in Brentwood, NH.

Candia Fire-Rescue provides many emergency services to the community, including firefighting, provision of first-response emergency medical services, hazardous materials mediation, search and rescue, and vehicle extrication.  Nearly 80 percent of the members are certified firefighters in the State of New Hampshire and approximately that many are also licensed Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers.  Members have various levels of Nationally-Registered EMS training, ranging from First Responder through Paramedic.  Other members fill crucial support roles within the department, either on water supply companies, performing administrative duties, or dispatching.  Candia Fire-Rescue is also a member of the Interstate Emergency Unit, an affiliation that allows nearly limitless mutual aid resources to be deployed to and from the Town of Candia.  Hazardous Materials incident support and technical expertise is provided by the Southeastern New Hampshire Regional Hazmat Team.

During the year of 2009, Candia Fire-Rescue responded to 345 calls.  Approximately 50 percent of these responses were emergency medical services calls.  The remainder include motor vehicle collisions, structure fires, chimney fires, car fires, and other incidents.

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