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The Fork Civic Club was
started in the early 1950's by a group of men whose major goal was to
form a fire department for the community. After several meetings in the
old schoolhouse building, it was decided to tear it down and use the
material for a civic club building.
Upon completion of the
project, the group got down to the task of constructing a building to
house the first fire truck, a 1955 Chevrolet with a 950 gallon capacity
tank, which was purchased in October of 1954. Fork Volunteer Fire
Department was officially incorporated on October 25, 1954. With
approximately 15 men serving as volunteer firefighters, they began the
task of fund raising with barbeques and door-to-door canvassing.
Hundreds of manhours went into the initial building and organizing of
this department. John Bailey was elected the first chief and served
until 1963.
In 1960, a second truck was purchased, a 1960 Ford
with a 750 gallon capacity tank. Tom Rice was elected chief in 1963 and
served through 1976. In 1974, a fourth bay was added to the building
which approximated 900 more square feet. It was to house our third
truck, a 1975 Ford (Howe pumper). It has a 750 gallon capacity with
pump.
In 1977, Wiley Potts was elected chief and served through
1982. In 1983, Gene Jones was elected chief and served until 1989. Nathan Walker was elected chief for 1990. In 1991, Tony Moore was elected chief and held that position until 1999. Our current chief, Nathan Walker has held that position since 1999.
Our current station has 5 bay and houses two pumper tankers, one tanker, one brush truck, and a brush/medical truck. Offsite, we also house a rehab truck that is run by the Auxiliary and is dispatched throughout the county when rehab services are needed.
In 2005 the Board of Directors purchased a house and 2 acres of land across Fork Bixby Road from the current station to eventually build a new fire station for the community. We are currently in the design process and are raising funds to build the new station.
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