News

Heat Exhaustion or Heat Stroke? How do you know?

June 22, 2025 by Chief Ed Warren

Not sure? Call 911

Please take care of yourself and your pets.

Check on your neighbors.

EAST KINGSTON FIRE & RESCUE IS HIRING

May 6, 2025 by Chief Ed Warren

We are hiring call and per diem members.

Maximum scheduled hours per week is 30.

Our hourly pay scale is:

Base $16.00

EMR $18.00

EMT $20.00

AEMT $24.00

PARAMEDIC $28.00

FIRE 1 $20.00

FIRE 1 & 2 $22.00

FIRE 1 & EMR $22.00

FIRE 1 & EMT $24.00

FIRE 1 & AEMT $26.00

FIRE 1 & MEDIC $30.00

FIRE 2 & EMT $25.00

FIRE 2 & AEMT $27.00

FIRE 2 & MEDIC $32.00

We also offer night stipends i.e. comment to being available 1800-0600 (conditions apply) and you earn the $100 stipend.

If you have a call during the stipend shift you will receive your hourly rate for the incident.

Stop in the station or call 603-642-3141 for an application and more details.

Information on Temporary Closing of Route 107 UPDATE

March 31, 2025 by Tom Zuppa

A section of Depot Road (Route 107) will be closed for several days starting April 5th due to railroad track repairs.

CSX Transportation is repairing 124 miles of track along the Downeast Corridor from the Massachusetts line to Brunswick, Maine, beginning April 1. Crews will work in eight-day increments, with six-day breaks, through mid-July.

The Town has been informed that work in East Kingston will begin on April 5th and will continue through at least April 8.

Mutual aid partners have agreed to provide support to maintain response times. Should calls be received west of the tracks, East Kingston Fire will request an engine from the Newton Fire Department and an ambulance from the Kingston Fire Department.

Motorists should plan alternate routes in advance.