About us
The Chugiak Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company provides fire protection and EMS. Response to an area of approximately 50 square miles and a population around 14,000. Established by several local homesteaders in 1952, the CVFD presently has a fire service area that extends from the Knik River bridge on the New Glenn Highway in the north, to the North Eagle River overpass and access road to the south, and is bordered by the Cook Inlet to the west and the Chugach State Park and Chugach Mountains to the east. The Chugiak Volunteer Fire and Rescue
This page was last updated: 10/14/2008
Company service area provides for a mix of suburban and rural fire protection needs. Residential property makes up the majority of structures within this service area. However, also included in the response area are light industrial and commercial occupancies, a light aircraft airport, a large senior center, three elementary schools, one middle school, high school and several long-term care facilities for the elderly.
Many lakes, streams and outdoor recreational areas, along with all forms of vegetation found in Southcentral Alaska, provide for a unique setting for fire protection and EMS response.
CVFD responds to nearly eight hundred emergency calls per year. Sixty to seventy percent of emergency responses are of a medical nature. True structure fires are infrequent due to the relative young age of structures within the community and an active fire prevention program.
The CVFD is comprised of members from all walks of life and is purely volunteer. There are several classifications of members within the department including; responders, dispatchers, juniors, auxiliaries, and affiliates. Presently there are about to sixty volunteers with a total membership rising every year.
The fire department is divided into four crews, each with a captain and lieutenant. Each crew is assigned to respond for one entire week during a four-week rotation, from 1830 to 0630 hours on the weekdays and all 48 hours of the weekend. The weekdays have no assigned crews. Department members who are able to respond to these calls as well as affiliates who staff one of the stations respond during these hours.
