Emmitsburg’s Volunteer Fire, Rescue & EMS — Since 1884
The Vigilant Hose Company (Company 6) is the principal Fire/Rescue service for Emmitsburg, the National Fire Academy, the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial and Mount St. Mary’s University — all volunteer, community owned, community strong.
Our Activities Building at 17701 Creamery Road is available to non-profit groups and members in good standing — rentals are limited and company events take priority.
Six of Hearts tickets are only available from the station. Doors are open daily 6AM - 8PM. You are welcome to bring additional blank tickets back home or to your place of business to sell to friends and family for easy drop off! Six of Hearts winners and regular updates are posted to our Facebook page. Tip Jar winners are posted in the link below and also next to where they are sold. Unclaimed winners are posted on the bulletin board in the back of the museum area. Jars must be claimed within 30 days of being sold off.
The support of the Greater Emmitsburg community and the entire national fire service has kept the Vigilant Hose Company strong since our founding in 1884. We are proud to have volunteer purchased and owned apparatus, protective clothing and all the tools and equipment to serve you. We are the principal Fire/Rescue service for the thousands of visitors and students to the National Fire Academy, Emergency Management Institute and the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. We are the proud home to Mount St. Mary's University and Seminary and the National Shrine Grotto Lady of Lourdes. Please consider supporting our mission by donating to the Vigilant Hose Company.
2026 Sportsman's Calendars are sold out! Questions?
2027 Sportsman's Calendars are scheduled for delivery to VHC by October 14. We'll post on our Facebook & Website when they're available.
Please allow 15 days from the end of each month for winners to be updated. Letters to winners are sent out by the end of the winning month. Due to substantial delays with the USPS letters are taking longer than normal to reach mailboxes.
Call Volume
4272026 Fire Calls
1,0992026 EMS Calls
1,921Total Calls in 2025
1884Serving Since
2026 Incidents by Month
Month
Fire
EMS
JAN
52
100
FEB
51
141
MAR
65
131
APR
65
134
MAY
40
109
JUN
32
139
JUL
43
116
AUG
47
115
SEP
32
114
Jan–Sep Total
427
1099
Incidents by Year
Year
Fire
EMS
Total
2026
427
1,099
1,526
2025
511
1,410
1,921
2024
497
1,363
1,860
2023
387
1,306
1,693
2022
455
1,271
1,726
2021
403
1,115
1,518
2020
437
900
1,337
2019
387
979
1,366
2018
423
1,182
1,605
Incident figures are the company’s own published statistics from vhc6.com.
