Fire District Tax Sale: 6/21/2023 11 a.m.
3502 Mendon Rd

Registration onsite prior to event.

Fire District Tax Information

Visit tax.vgsi.com/etax to make a payment, view or print an account history, or see up-to-date balance detail.

2023 Tax Rate: $1.614 per thousand (assessed value as of 12/31/2022, new revaluation)

2022 Tax Rate: $2.015 per thousand (assessed value as of 12/31/2021)
Cumberland Fire District uses one tax rate for all property and assets regardless of classification.

All bills issued in June are for the fiscal year beginning July 1 of the same calendar year through June 30 of the following year.

Checks that are made payable to former fire districts, the Town of Cumberland, or any entity other than Cumberland Fire District WILL BE RETURNED to the tax payer.

Cumberland Fire District reserves the right to send delinquent fire tax accounts to sale at public auction or other collections option after delinquency of no less than six months.

If any installment of taxes is not paid by the last date of the respective unpaid balance period or periods as they occur, your whole tax, or remaining unpaid balance of taxes, shall immediately become due and payable AND will carry, until collected in full, delinquent penalty at the rate of fourteen percent (14%) per annum (12% on years prior to 2018). Each installment (quarterly payment as scheduled) paid on or before the last day of each installment period shall be free of any charge of interest.

Fire District Headquarters

Office Hours & Contact

Mon-Fri 9:00 am- 3:00 pm
(401) 658-1921

Send general tax inquiries to: tax@cumberlandfire.org 

Sending Payment

Payments can be mailed to:

Cumberland Fire District
Office of Tax Collection
PO Box 10
Manville, RI 02838

Tax Lien Certificates, Using Fedex/UPS & Other Business

Cumberland Fire District
Office of Tax Collection
3502 Mendon Rd
Cumberland, RI 02864

Patrick Baranski, Tax Collection Supervisor
pbaranski@cumberlandfire.org

Documents:

Change of Address Form

Tax Lien Certificate Request

Send us an Email

Email addresses provided will stay on file until removed or replaced by written request. Office of Tax Collection will never provide personal information to any party. By providing your email you are authorizing our office to use that method of contact for tax related correspondence.

How to pay Fire District Taxes:

The Cumberland Fire District does not condone or affiliate with bill payment services such as Doxo or Melio. Taxpayers use these services at their own discretion and are subject to payment or subscription fees not related to fire taxes.

Contact Tax Office or check on-line for information regarding balances. Place a check in the drop box outside our office or mail to PO Box address.

  • Cash, check, money order, credit card (Visa and MasterCard) payments are accepted.
  • Checks must be made payable to Cumberland Fire District and can be mailed to Cumberland Fire District, PO Box 10, Manville, RI, 02838.
  • A drive-up drop box is located at our office entrance, at the rear of the fire station, for payment by check or money order at any time.
    • Headquarters address: 3502 Mendon Rd. 
  • Payment by credit card accepted on-line at www.RIeGov.com. Tax payers will be required to provide their full account number for log in. Credit card payments will NOT be accepted over the phone.
    • Service provider Govolution (VelocityPayment) charges a 3% fee on all Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or AMEX payments. 
    • Contact the Office if you have questions regarding your balance before you make a payment.
    • Current account status can be seen online under Transaction History at the top of account page. 

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