Vigilant Hose Company — Company 6
★ Featured Volunteer Fire / Rescue / EMS, est. 1884
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The Vigilant Hose Company — Frederick County Company 6 — has protected Emmitsburg since 1884, when town water and the first hydrants arrived. It became a legal entity in 1910 and bought the site of the present fire house on West Main Street in 1920.
It is an all-volunteer Fire / Rescue / EMS department: on January 1, 2018 the Emmitsburg Volunteer Ambulance Company merged into VHC, and every fire, rescue and EMS service in Emmitsburg has been provided from VHC since. The company owns its apparatus and equipment outright through community support, runs the Activities Building on Creamery Road, and is the principal fire/rescue service for Mount St. Mary's University and Seminary, the National Shrine Grotto, and the NETC campus community.
Contact: station (301) 447-2728 · info@vhc6.com · Recruitment: recruitment@vhc6.com. New members are actively recruited — firefighting, EMS and behind-the-scenes support roles. Weekly bingo runs Wednesday and Friday nights at the Activities Building.
In an emergency always call 911.