The Wareham Fire District Annual Meeting is set for today, April 9, at 7 p.m. in the Wareham High School auditorium. All registered voters living in the Wareham Fire District may participate.

Officials will ask voters for a hefty budget increase this coming fiscal year for the fire and water departments. The $12.3 million combined budget for the district, which is governed independently from the town, is up $1.6 million from last year, marking a 16 percent increase.

Also on the agenda will be funding requests from fire department officials for a $1.3 million ladder truck, $76,000 pickup truck to support fire response and $85,000 to upgrade the department’s radio infrastructure.

For more information on the meeting, click on the link below.