Pomquet Fire & Emergency Services

The Pomquet Volunteer Fire Department was founded in 1969. The leadership our department has been fortunate to have since our inception has enabled us to grow and evolve into the current Pomquet Fire & Emergency Services. In the beginning Bernie Benoit assumed the role of Chief of the department. After the fire department was up and running, Joe Br... oussard was elected chief. Chief Broussard remained as Chief from 1970 to 1983, serving a full 13 years. In 1984 Tom Melanson was elected Chief and led the department for 7 years until Ronnie Doiron was elected Chief in January of 1992. In September 1998 Chief Doiron stepped down and Pierre Venedam was elected by the membership. Chief Venedam remains as our current Chief. Over the years advances in safety apparatus and fire fighting equipment has quickly evolved. Safety of our members continues to remain priority one while performing tasks in very hazardous environments. Our first firefighting apparatus was a 1950's converted oil tanker. With an ample amount of water and a limited pump it served very well to get our department up and running. In 1975 a GMC tanker and a GMC 4X4 rescue truck was introduced into service. The tanker carried 900 gallons of water and there was 300 gallons on the rescue truck. In 1999 we replaced the aging tanker with a new GMC cab over design. 2002 introduced a custom superior pumper, to replace our 1976 Ford pumper. In 2005 we replaced our utility van with a 2005 international mobile command-center/rescue. 2009 saw the acquisition of an international 4X4 heavy rescue unit which now carries most of our vehicle extrication equipment. In 1982 a set of HK Porter air/hydraulic extrication rescue tools were purchased for motor vehicle accidents. This was the departments first step into providing community support that did not necessarily involve fire. These rescue tools were later replaced with a new set of hydraulic tools powered by a gas engine in 19XX. As our vehicles have evolved and grown so have our halls and equipment. As we were ...Read More