Founded in 1935, the Barnstable Fire Department serves a 9.9 square mile fire district.
Like its counterparts, it has a selectman style governance separate from the town municipality, provides many of the same services including water, response to spills, leaks, electrical problems and downed wires, rescue services and accident response, well being checks, lockouts, lock ins and educational programming plus its firefighting duties.
It also provides water and ice rescue.