The Association of the Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department

Being a rural community presents challenges for the Fire Department within their response area. Approximately ninety percent of the town is on well water. This means there is no municipal water supply system and the department must bring the water with them or develop water sources with in the town. Currently the department has approximately 6200 gallons of water on "wheels".

The Fire Department does have access to approximately 32 fire hydrants but they are only located in the Main Street area, which covers approximately 4 square miles. We have 9 fire ponds located around town and approximately 150,000 gallons in under ground cisterns.

At present, Woodbury requires developers of all new subdivisions (3 homes or more) to install a minimum of one 20,000 gallon cistern within each development to provide water supply in case of fire. This helps the department strategically place water in areas of new development and in turn getting water to areas that may not have a water source close in the past.