Welcome to the Ashburnham Fire Department web site.

The town of Ashburnham is located in North Central Massachusetts, about 35 miles north of Worcester and 55 miles northwest of Boston. We service a community of approximately 7500 citizens and cover 35 square miles of terrain.

The town has many lakes and streams and is populated with houses along the lakes, access to the lakes is private.

The fire department was originally formed in 1855, using traditional horse drawn wagons and leather buckets.

Some years later the town purchased the Undine handtub to make fire fighting a bit easier. The handtub is still in use today but is privately owned and still participates in traditional musters.

Today the department is lead by Chief Paul Zbikowski. a Deputy chief, 2 Battalion chiefs, a Captain, and 2 Lieutenants.

We have 30 call members and run an ALS service ambulance since 2003. We have 4 fulltime members including the Chief.

Call volume averages between 600 & 800 calls a year with fire & EMS combined.

Training is held every Wednesday evening with some Weekend training classes as well.

Sorry if we woke you

In the middle of the night

But someone in your neighborhood

Is fighting for his life

Sorry we blocked the road

and made you turn around

But there's a bad wreck

With injured people on the ground

When you see us coming

I hope you'll understand

Let us have the right of way

Someone needs a helping hand

Sometimes a child is choking

Sometimes a leg is broken

Sometimes a heart stops beating

If we don't arrive it may be too late

So if you see us crying

When we think we are alone

You'll know we had a bad one

And we're feeling mighty down

We don't do it for the money

You know we don't get paid

We don't do it for the glory

But for the life that might be saved

Somewhere deep within us

Our souls are crying out

We're here to help our neighbors

In their hour of pain and doubt

God gave us something special

To help see us through

We do it cause we love you

And we care about you too!