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Sat. Dec 5th 2009
New Office Building
What do you get when you
combine 6 trips to Lowes,
8 firefighters, 3 weeks,
and a weekend? A new
office building.
Unfortunate...
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Thu. Sep 24th 2009
New fire engine comes to Potosi.
Abilene Fire Department
retired two fire engines
this summer and gave them
to Taylor County to
distribute to the
volunteer fi...
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Sat. Sep 5th 2009
House Fire on Vinson Rd South
Firefighters responded to
a house fire on Vinson Rd
South. Challenges related
to fire hydrant access
and available responders...
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Potosi Volunteer Fire Department Inc.
PO Box 6988
Abilene, TX 79608
Non-Emergency:
325 692-2662
Emergency:
911
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About the Potosi Volunteer Fire Department
Potosi is located less than 10 miles south of Abilene, TX. This community is growing rapidly and will soon be home to over 10,000 Big Country residents. The fire department operates out of one station for the time being and consists of no paid staff. Our station is located at 1949 FM 1750. Meetings are held every Tuesday at 6:30 P.M. and everyone is welcome. Potosi Volunteer Fire Department, Inc is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation under federal law. Donations are always appreciated. Potosi VFD has an ISO PPC rating of 5/9. Want to become part of our online community and learn more about your first responders? Join the Cause or Donate through Facebook. You can also Join the Cause through MySpace.
Want to learn more about the current position of
volunteer fire departments in Taylor County?
See this well written article by the Reporter-News about all Taylor County VFDs.
Did You Know?
75% percent of US landmass and 50% of the US population are protected by volunteer first responders. Volunteer firefighters are community residents who provide fire, rescue, and medical care free of charge because of their pride in the community. In Potosi, your volunteer fire department takes great pride in providing professional fire service without spending your precious donations on salaries and administrative costs.
About Volunteer Fire Service
The word volunteer has become a stigma in some circles of the fire service. Some still claim that volunteer fire service equates to sub-standard care. We set the record straight by providing the highest quality emergency services with no salaries. Furthermore, you can rest assured that the first responder who arrives at your home does so because of a passion to serve the greater good, regardless of compensation. Volunteer Fire Service is just as it says: a group of individuals providing emergency services with no financial compensation.
If you need information about fire hydrant loctation for insurance purposes please contact the Potosi Water Supply Corporation at (325) 529-3269.
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| | | New Office Building | | Sat. Dec 5th 2009 | What do you get when you combine 6 trips to Lowes, 8 firefighters, 3 weeks, and a weekend? A new office building. Unfortunately, the current fire station offices are over crowded. With winter fast approaching, the new outbuilding on the current fire station property will serve a dual purpose of offi...
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| | New fire engine comes to Potosi. | | Thu. Sep 24th 2009 | Abilene Fire Department retired two fire engines this summer and gave them to Taylor County to distribute to the volunteer fire departments. Potosi VFD was fortunate to recieve one of these engines. This engine will be Engine 142 for PVFD and will be used to respond to motor vehicle coll...
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| | House Fire on Vinson Rd South | | Sat. Sep 5th 2009 | Firefighters responded to a house fire on Vinson Rd South. Challenges related to fire hydrant access and available responders were exacerbated by high winds, driving rain, and a smoke blanket that dropped over firefighters during the call. Visibility was extremely low and communications were dampere...
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| | New Brush Truck Updates | | Sun. Apr 12th 2009 | The new brush truck is coming along nicely. It should be in service in the next couple of weeks. It will have a 325 gallon water tank, 18hp Hale pump, class A foam system, and plenty of storage room. It is being built by TLH Welding in Eula, TX. We were able to use quite a bi...
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| | New Foam Systems | | Sat. Mar 21st 2009 | Thanks to a design suggestion from the Mulberry Canyon VFD in Western Taylor County, we were able to add a class A foam system to each of our brush trucks for several hundred dollars less than a traditional class A foam system.
A class A foam system mixes class A fire figh...
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