Narragansett Fire Department

The Narragansett Fire Department is responsible for fire suppression and property conservation, pre-hospital emergency medical care and transportation, fire prevention and education, and the mitigation of other incidents which potentially could cause harm to the public and the environment.

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Staffing levels within the operations division consist of four shifts (groups) of ten firefighters assigned to each shift (40 operational firefighters in total), operating out of three fire stations: Station-1 is located within the center of town, Station-2 is located at our south-end, and Station-3 is in the north-end of town.  Each of the four shifts work one 24-hour period followed by two consecutive days off, then work another 24-hour period followed by four consecutive days off.  The shifts that are on their days off are subject to recall for emergencies such as multi-alarm fires, natural disasters/storms, minimum staffing requirements, and civic details.

Three rescues (ambulances) are staffed from the existing compliment of firefighters assigned to each of the four operational shifts in accordance with the Narragansett Firefighters’ collective bargaining agreement.  Each rescue is staffed with one officer and one firefighter and equipped to provide Advanced Life Support (ALS) capabilities and assigned to one of the three district fire stations.  All our firefighters are required to be licensed to the level of RIDOH Advanced EMT-Cardiac as a condition of continued employment and official appointment as a member of the Narragansett Fire Department.  Our members continually strive to deliver high quality Advanced Life Support services within our community.

Full Time Sworn Personnel: 43

Civilian Staff: 1

The supervisory rank structure consists of a Fire Chief, 1 Administrative Captain, 1 Fire Marshal, 4 Captains, 16 Lieutenants, 20 Firefighters.

The Narragansett Fire Department responds to approximately 4,000 annual calls for services of all types with 65% of these calls related to emergency medical incidents or requests for services.

Headquarters: 40 Caswell Street

Station 2: 900 Point Judith Road

Station 3: 1170 Boston Neck Road

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Mission Statement

The primary objective of the Narragansett Fire Department is the protection of human life and property from fire, the prevention and suppression of fire, and to provide emergency medical service to the Town of Narragansett.  In addition, it shall be the prompt duty of the Fire Department to remove or cause the removal of all persons from danger whatever the cause whenever humanly possible.

About Our Community

The Town of Narragansett, Rhode Island, has a rich history, evolving from a quiet farming and fishing community to a popular seaside resort and eventually a small suburban area.  The Town is located on the Southeastern coast of Rhode Island and according to the 2020 Census has a population is 14,532.  Narragansett is a historically popular beachfront tourist destination throughout the summer and early fall months. The town's three state beaches and one town beach collectively average over 14,000 visitors per day.  Coupled with the influx of visitors and tourists who attend our other attractions and special events, seasonal populations during these months can easily increase to 50,000 people.  The town of Narragansett occupies a narrow strip of land running along the eastern bank of the Pettaquamscutt River (aka Narrow River) to the shore of Narragansett Bay on the Atlantic Ocean. 

The Town of Narragansett was separated from South Kingstown in 1888 and incorporated as a town in 1901.  The town has a total area of 37.8 square miles, of which 14.1 square miles is land and 23.6 square miles (62.56%) is water.  At the southern end of the town is the Port of Galilee, the 4th largest commercial fishing port in the northeast. Home to over 250 fishing vessels, Galilee is also the location of Interstate Navigation, a ferry service that transports nearly a quarter of a million people to and from Block Island, the town of New Shoreham, every year on their fleet of 6 ferries. In the North end of Narragansett is the University of Rhode Island's (URI) Bay Campus. The overall campus currently consists of 25 URI buildings; with construction of a large scale Ocean Robotics Laboratory planned, which contain a mix of offices, research laboratories, classrooms, and meeting spaces, as well as a two-megawatt nuclear reactor.  In addition, the URI Department of Ocean Engineering is located on the campus, with the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) laboratories bordering on the north.  From September through May our town is home to between 6,000 - 8,000 students from the University of Rhode Island's main campus located in nearby Kingston.