Butte Creek Canyon Volunteer Fire Company needs your help!
BCCVFC's goal is to replace Engine 27 that is now 27 years old. It is no longer reliable and the equipment is outdated. Butte County wants BCCVFC to have at least 2 operational engines in the Canyon and will help in acquiring a new vehicle. However, at the cost of approximately $100,000 for a newer used engine, we hope Canyon residents will again contribute generously to help provide for their own safety.
Make your checks payable to BCCVFC and mail to:
P.O.Box 3171
Chico, CA. 95927
All contributions are tax-deductible
FIRE SAFETY REMINDERS
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Create 100 feet of defensible space around your home.
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Clear dead grass,dry leaves, brush and low branches away. Don't let your house be a 'loser' in case of a fire.
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No outdoor burning of any kind until fire ban is lifted in the fall/winter
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Order your reflective address signs, $15 one-sided, $20 for two-sided, by calling 530345-4111
BUTTE CREEK CANYON VOLUNTEER FIRE CO. TURNS 25!!
Not that long ago, early in 1988, emergency response service in our Canyon was up to 14 miles away. Critical 25-30 minute response times for medical and fire calls were normal to reach many of our homes.
Then our chief, Tom McAdams, arranged for Butte County Fire to consider forming a local volunteer company to improve service to our area. The call went out, and many people who call this place home responded to a special meeting held at the Centerville Schoolhouse. The strong community interest resulted in signing up 25-30 people who would agree to start preliminary training to become a firefighter/medical first responder.
Our neighbors, from many walks of life put in countless extra hours to the new start-up company. The diversity of career experience of our members-from medical, to construction, to business, and life’s hard work – insured our success and was here to stay. The community also responded with strong support donating money and land that (in 1992) resulted in our valued first Fire Station 26 on Honey Run Road. Later, a strategically important second Station 27 on Centerville Road.
Those two stations and apparatus quickly became critical first-in engines to many fire emergencies, including saving homes in the terrible Maidu and DoeMill fires of the 90’s, as well as the New Year’s day flood of 1997. Along the way, river rescues and many medical aid calls and many threatening fires were stopped short by quick actions of our ever improved fire company. The Humboldt fire of 2008 that saw the loss of 70 homes in lower Paradise, swept through our canyon first. After days of integrating with the expanding system we are a part of, not one home was lost in Butte Creek Canyon, in large part due to the efforts and knowledge of our local volunteers.
Even during the devastating Camp Fire, our volunteers were hard at work, making a difference and saving lives and property. Your continured support will allow these brave and ambitious fire fighters to continue to make our community a safer place to live.
Butte Creek Canyon Volunteer Fire Company is a registered 501 (c) 3 Non-Profit (EIN: 68-0182552) and all contributions are tax deductible.
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