Mount Desert Fire Department

10/29/2025

If you’re in the area…stop by! D-shift would love to see ya!👻

10/23/2025

MDFD will be conducting a hands-on training Saturday and Sunday October 25th & 26th on Beech Hill Rd in a home generously donated to us to use for practice.

If you see a handful of fire trucks and a bunch of firefighters, give a wave and know everything is ok, we’re just practicing to make sure we’re ready to respond when our public calls for us!

09/18/2025

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE...

The National Weather Service in Caribou has issued a Fire Weather
Watch for all of northern and eastern Maine, which is in effect
from Friday morning through Friday evening.

* AFFECTED AREA...Quebec-Maine Borderlands, North Woods and St.
John Valley, Eastern Aroostook, Central Highlands, Central
Maine North of Bangor, Interior Downeast, Coastal Downeast,
Bangor Region and Eastern Penobscot Bay Coast.

* TIMING...Friday morning through Friday evening.

* WINDS...Northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 35 percent.

* TEMPERATURES...Up to 68.

* IMPACTS...Dry and windy weather combined with dry surface fuels
could lead to extensive fire occurrence or rapid fire growth
during the daylight hours.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.

* IMPACTS...Dry and windy weather combined with dry surface fuels
could lead to extensive fire occurrence or rapid fire growth
during the daylight hours.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.

09/11/2025

08/14/2025

Have you ever wondered what exactly goes on in our firehouse on a typical shift?

Curious about the firefighter Emt’s who are there 24/7 365 in case you need them?

Want to come see our trucks and take a little tour?

We’re hosting an open house! August 31st at our Northeast Harbor station.

See the flyer below and reach out with any questions, we hope to see you there. Please share this post ⭐️

08/12/2025

Cooling Station Somesville Meeting House

August 12, 2025

The Somesville Meeting House is open as a cooling station today at 11am.
1136 Main St, Mt Desert, ME 04660
(207) 244-9260

Should anyone need a place to cool down in the expected high humidity and temperatures today.

08/07/2025

Thanks to the kind couple who dropped these off to the duty crew today to "just make our day a little brighter".

06/16/2025

The Mount Derest Fire Department and Maine Forest Rangers and will be training with the forest service helicopter at MDI Highschool this evening.

05/19/2025

Congratulating to Mount Desert Firefighters Ted Cake and Mitchell Burr for their graduation for the 2025 Hancock County Fire Academy!