the arlington fire district is one of 3 fire departments that provides fire and ems services to the residents of the town of poughkeepsie. arlington has four fire stations located at numerous ends of the town. the fire district is staffed with 70 career and 35 volunteer members. the fire district is one of only two in dutchess county that have career ff/paramedics. career firefighters and officers belong to the iaff. arlington's dutchess county department id number is "32". firefighters are dispatched via radio paging by the dutchess county department of emergency response who are based in poughkeepsie.