About us
Chugiak has five stations within the service area, and each station has a history behind it.
Station 31 (Latimer): Named after Max Latimer, who was original chief of the department founded in 1952. The building originally was a wooden shed with a balky door. More than once, unable to get the door raised when the alarm sounded, apparatus drivers went right through the door. The original front-line engine was a 1942 Ford pumper. The building eventually was remodeled into a four-bay station sometime before 1969. .
This page was last updated: 5/26/2011
The second floor classroom, kitchen, office and bathrooms were added in the early 1980s. The new four-bay wing was added in the mid 1990s.
Station 32 (Gilmore): Named after Cliff Gilmore, who was chief in the late 1980s and early 1990s. As of 2008 he remained active with more than 35 years of service.
The original structure was only two bays, built in the early 1970s on land belonging to the Birchwood Community Club. It had a more modern 1947 Ford pumper. Two larger bays and a bathroom were added in the late 1970s.
Station 33 (Hill): Named after Linda Hill, an EMT killed in a car accident on her way to an EMT class in the early 1970s. The building was erected in the mid-1970s on land donated by the Wallace brothers, Art and Til.
Station 34 (Wallace): Named after the Wallace brothers, Art and Til. Art was active in the fire department for more than 30 years and was a character known far and wide for his love of spraying water and his distaste for anything connected to Anchorage. The building was constructed in the late 1970s with a legislative grant that decreed we share the building with the state Department of Transportation.
Station 35 (Lowe): Named after O.W. "Bill" Lowe who served more than 20 years on the Board of Supervisors before he was killed in a car crash to which CVFD responded. The building formerly housed GEM Auto Body and was purchased in 2004. One bay is rented by the local Parks and Recreation Department.
