Captain Marc Proulx heads the 40 members of the Ever Ready Engine Co. on waterfront Thames Street. Although the station was founded in 1881, this engine company was founded in 1924.
This group of volunteer firefighters holds annual events, including a clambake, surf-and-turf dinner and banquet.
Ever Ready serves the Bristol Fire Department with the Dreadnaught Hook, Ladder & Hose Co. No. 4 to cover fire calls in Bristol from Chestnut Street to the Mount Hope Bridge.