I know that the towns of Calais, ME (where my father was born, incidentally) and St. Stephen, NB, have for years used mutual aid for fire protection.

Bill

At 01:29 PM 8/6/01, you wrote:

Sorry to keep questioning these statements, but the part about the fire department being unable to respond to a fire in the Haskell Library sounds like a belief tale. I think there are a pair of towns in Maine that actually share a volunteer fire department. Unforntunately I cannot substantiate this yet but I will do some more looking. In the mean time, take a look at this link from the Limestone Maine Fire Department. It talks about mutual aid from surrounding towns including Grand Falls, which is in New Brunswick. http://www.limestonemaine.com/~fire_dept/ Regards, BJB