Comptche Volunteer Fire Department

09/10/2026

🚨 Important Safety Reminder for Comptche Residents 🚨

The Comptche Volunteer Fire Department has recently responded to multiple calls involving trees and lines down. During one recent call, 911 was contacted, but by the time the Fire Department arrived, a local resident had already cut the tree down.

Please DO NOT attempt to cut, or remove a tree that is in contact with any type of utility line. Even if the lines appear to be down or the power is out, they can be extremely dangerous.

⚡ Power lines and telecommunications lines can look very similar. There is no safe way to determine what type of line you are dealing with just by looking at it.

Treat ALL lines that are down on the ground as energized power lines.

Thankfully, no one was hurt during this recent incident, but it could have ended very differently.

⚡ If you come across a tree or utility line down:

• Call 911 immediately
• Stay at least 100 feet away and keep others away
• Do not cut, move, touch, or attempt to remove the tree or line
• Do not drive over or around a downed line
• Keep children and pets away from the area
• Do not attempt to put out a fire if you are in or near an electrical hazard area
• Wait for emergency personnel and the utility company to determine when the area is safe

🚗 If a power or utility line comes down on your vehicle:

Stay inside the vehicle and call 911. Do not allow anyone to approach the vehicle or attempt to touch the vehicle.

If you are involved in a vehicle accident and a line is down or has come into contact with your vehicle, stay inside unless there is an immediate danger such as fire or smoke.

If you must escape because of an immediate emergency, do not step out normally. Jump clear of the vehicle without touching the vehicle and the ground at the same time, then shuffle away from the vehicle with your feet together.

Please don't put yourself or someone else in danger trying to help. Your first priority should be to get to a safe distance and call 911.

When in doubt, stay back and call 911

— Comptche Volunteer Fire Department

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07/27/2026

🚒Exciting News for the Comptche Volunteer Fire Department🚒

We're excited to share that construction has officially begun on our new rescue rig!

This project is only possible because of the incredible generosity of our donors and community members. Your contributions to this critical need have made a lasting investment in the safety of our community. Without your private donations and continued support, this project simply would not have been possible.

Our new rescue vehicle is being built by Braun Northwest, Inc. in Chehalis, Washington, and we anticipate delivery this coming spring.

We look forward to sharing updates as the build progresses and can't wait to bring this much-needed apparatus home to serve the Comptche community for years to come.

06/21/2026

🐓🐓Tomorrow is the big day! 🔥🚒

Our firefighters and their families have been working hard to prepare for the Comptche Volunteer Fire Department’s annual Father’s Day Chicken Barbecue, and we can’t wait to share it with our community.

Bring Dad, bring the family, and come enjoy a day of sunshine, great music, delicious chicken, and good company. Your support helps our volunteer fire department continue serving and protecting our community.

We hope to see you tomorrow for a great meal, a great time, and a chance to support your local firefighters!

Happy Father’s Day, and thank you for supporting the Comptche Volunteer Fire Department!

06/03/2026

This Year’s Beautiful Quilt!

Created by Comptche’s incredibly talented quilters, this year’s raffle quilt is truly stunning.

🎟️ Raffle tickets are available at the Comptche Store and at the Father’s Day BBQ.
Tickets are just $1 each.

We also have lots of great prizes to be won this year!

A heartfelt thank you to all of the quilters and donors whose hard work and generosity make this event possible. Your support helps make our community so special.

Good luck, and we hope to see you at the Father’s Day BBQ!

05/22/2026

🥧Calling All Local Bakers & Dessert Lovers! 🧁
Help make our Annual Father’s Day BBQ even sweeter by donating desserts for the community to enjoy!

05/19/2026

The Father’s Day BBQ Chicken Dinner benefitting the Comptche Volunteer Fire Department will be back in action Sunday June 21 from noon to 4 p.m. at Firehouse Park, right next to the fire station, a quarter mile south of the Comptche Store on Flynn Creek Road. A great meal is available for $27 for ages 13 and up, $12 for kids ages 7-12. Kids under six eat free.

The chicken will be hitting the BBQ grill served with salad, garlic bread, macaroni salad, beans and homemade pies and desserts. There will be liquid refreshments, a country store, a kids play zone and a raffle. Comptche quilters have hand made award winning quilts for decades and this year the quilt is the Grand Prize finishing the raffle.

Music will be provided by 2nd Hand Grass and New Nashville West.

The Comptche Volunteer Fire Department has been a valued part of the community for 62 years. This event helps ensure the financial stability of the organization.

PLEASE LEAVE YOUR PETS AT HOME!

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12/21/2025

CVFD has received some requests for a digital donation option for the Rescue Vehicle Project. We are working toward the goal of $75,000. Please use this link to donate with a credit card and feel free to share with family and friends.

https://square.link/u/aTUcyCz3

11/09/2025

The Comptche Volunteer Fire Department (CVFD) is excited to announce our Rescue Vehicle Replacement Project. Our goal is to purchase a new primary response rescue vehicle for medical emergencies in our community and surrounding areas. We have already received a generous anonymous donation to help CVFD with the purchase of this new vehicle. These funds along with the tax monies that have been saved by the Community Services District will cover a substantial portion of the cost, but we need to raise an additional $75,000 in order to fully fund this critical purchase.

We are working with the manufacturer and have designed a rescue apparatus truck that will service the specific needs of our rural community. It will be capable of providing safe emergency transport to the nearest responding air or ground ambulance while also carrying critical emergency medical and rescue equipment. This vehicle will replace our current rescue vehicle which was purchased by our community in 2002. It is a Ford truck that has a used equipment service body that was built in 1989 and has been repaired and retrofitted many times. This vehicle has served the department well. Unfortunately, it has reached the end of its serviceable life. This new rescue vehicle will be built to current required national safety standards and will have improved compartment space for firefighter and patient safety, which is always our highest priority. It will also have an abundance of easy to use equipment storage areas. The design has taken into consideration the remote nature of our Comptche community and is expected to serve CVFD for the next 30 years.

Any donation to this project would be greatly appreciated and will enable our all-volunteer fire department to better protect the Comptche community and to provide critical life saving patient rescue and care while emergency personnel transport patients to the appropriate air or ground rendezvous locations.

The Comptche Volunteer Fire Department is a 501c3 nonprofit organization, so all donations are tax deductible. Please send donations to CVFD, PO Box 164, Comptche, CA 95427.

For additional information please contact the department representative, Steven Tunzi, by emailing: [email protected]

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