Newbury Fire Department Insurance Underwiting Information

The Newbury Fire Department frequently receives requests for information on the Town of Newbury and the Newbury Fire Department from insurance companies and insurance agents who provide property insurance for homes and businesses in Newbury. The following information is intended to answer underwriting questions raised on Insurance Services Office (ISO) and other rating forms. Additional information may be requested by e-mailing the Newbury Fire Department at: newburyfire@gmail.com


The Town of Newbury Insurance Service office (ISO) Public Protection Class is: 9/10


The Newbury Fire Department is a paid on-call fire department.

The location of the fire headquarters is 952 Route 103, Newbury NH 03255 at the intersection of Routes 103 and 103A. To determine the distance from the fire station to a property in Newbury,go to Google Maps and enter the property address and the fire station location at Rt 103 & Rt 103A, Newbury NH 03255


The Town of Newbury does not have a public water supply and there are no fire hydrants in the town. Lake Sunapee, Lake Todd and a number of other water sources in the town provide an adequate water supply for firefighting. Newbury Fire Department apparatus is equipped to draft water from these water sources and the department tanker as well as mutual aid tankers provide adequate water for firefighting. The Newbury Fire Department fire boat equipped with a 550 gpm pump protects shorefront property (except during winter months when the lake is frozen) with an unlimited water source. The boat can pump directly to land based apparatus and is also used to refill tankers that are used for water shuttle to fire locations that are away from Lake Sunapee.


The Newbury Fire Department is a member of the Kearsage Mutual Aid Fire Distrct and receives automatic mutual aid for structure fires from the towns of New London, Sunapee, Bradford, and Sutton. Additional aid is provided, as needed from Newport, Wilmont, Springfield, Goshen, Henneker and other members of the Kearsage, Capital Area or Southwestern Mutual Aid Districts.


Newbury Fire apparatus pumping capacity is as follows:

  • Engine 2: 1,000 gpm pump, 1,000 gallon tank
  • Engine 3: 1,500 gpm pump, 1,500 gallon tank
  • Engine 4: 250 gpm compressed air foam system (CAFS) pump, 300 gallon tank
  • Tanker 1: 500 gallon pump, 2,000 gallon tank
  • Boat 1: 550 gallon pump


    Tanker capacity

  • Tanker 1 2,000 gallons
  • Engine 3 1,500 gallons (can be used as a tanker)

    (Tankers automatically respond on mutual aid to structure fires from New London, Bradford & Sunapee)