Orange Rural Fire Department

We'll be happy to check your blood pressure. Come by the fire station on Churton Street anytime during regular hours. For emergencies, call 911.

We block traffic lanes for the safety of our personnel and our patients. Blocking extra lanes keeps our personnel safe when they go back to our apparatus to get more equipment and helps protect the victims we are trying to stabilize. Over 25 firefighters are killed or injured each year while working at incidents on streets and highways.

We can arrange Public Education events. Contact the station at 919-732-7911 Monday-Friday 8 AM-5 PM or email us at admin@orfd.net.

Burn Permits can be issued for anyone living outside of Hillsborough town limits by visiting Station 1 (206 S Churton Street). Burn permits for outside of the town limits can also be obtained online through the North Carolina Forest Service.

Burn permits are issued inside the Town of Hillsborough on a very limited basis and they must come from the Orange County Fire Marshal's Office.

Most modern smoke detectors will chirp to alert you that the batteries are low. You should replace the batteries and test your smoke detector. Smoke detectors can be purchased at any hardware or large commercial department store. Test your detectors monthly and replace batteries at least once a year.

Insurance premiums for both residential and commercial structures can be impacted by multiple variables, including installation of sprinkler systems, construction material, square footage, number of stories/floors, distance from a fire station, etc. Insurance costs are also impacted by the ISO (Insurance Services Office) rating of the primary fire department covering a home or business. Our current ISO rating is Class 3 and the next evaluation is scheduled for 2029.

Contact the Orange County Fire Marshal's Office for all code enforcement and fire inspection concerns. They handle all commercial and residential fire safety inspections.

Orange Rural Fire Department operates from multiple stations throughout our coverage area. Our main station is located at 206 South Churton Street, Hillsborough, NC 27278. For specific station locations and coverage areas, please contact us at 919-732-7911.

Unfortunately, Orange Rural Fire Department currently does not have volunteers. We will refer you to one of our mutual aid partners: Efland, Eno, New Hope, Orange Grove, Cedar Grove, Caldwell or White Cross Fire Departments.

We serve the Orange Rural Fire District (approximately 62 square miles in central Orange County) as well as the Town of Hillsborough through a service contract. Our coverage area spans from New Hope Church Road south of Hillsborough to Carr Store Road north of Hillsborough, and from the Eno River on the west to Palmer's Grove Church Road on the east.