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The Cove Acres Volunteer Fire Department is a volunteer fire department located west of Elgin in Comanche County, Oklahoma, North of Lawton. The department was originally founded in 1989.

Stations
Station 1 - Located on North Drive and Ellsworth Drive in the Cove Acres Sub-Division.

Response Capabilities
CAVFD responds to all Fire Calls (Structure or Wildland), Rescue (Medical, Injury or other) and Motor Vehicle Accidents in our service area. Each stations Rescue Unit carries a full array of Medical Gear (Wound Care, Stabilization, Oxygen, Defibrillator, Etc). All Firefighters are Certified 1st Responders or are in training to become Certified 1st Responders in the State of Oklahoma. We all carry voice pagers or radios to be dispatched in a moment's notice from our homes or the stations whenever we are in the area. Many of us live all over the CAVFD service area and can have a trained firefighter/medic at your address in a matter of minutes while the equipment begins the response. CAVFD has approximately eight (8) Registered- Emergency Medical Technicians 1st Responders (EMT-1R's) to provide Basic Life Support Services in most any situation. CAVFD also has a trained Water Rescue crew.

Apparatus
Station 1

Brush 1 - Wildland Fire Vehicle, Structure Fire Support Medical Rescue Brush 2 - Wildland Fire Vehicle, Structure Fire Support Brush 3 - Wildland Fire Vehicle, Structure Fire Support Rescue 1 - Medical Rescue, Accident and Fire Support Tanker 2 - 1,600 Gallon Water Tanker Supply Truck

Radio Frequencies
153.77000

NIMS
In 2007 Cove Acres VFD formally adopted the National Incident Management System, also known as NIMS. NIMS provides a consistent, flexible and adjustable national framework within which government and private entities at all levels can work together to manage domestic incidents, regardless of their cause, size, location or complexity. Every year, CAVFD adopts the new stadards and as of January 2009, the Cove Acres VFD is fully compliant.

Mutual Aid
Cove Acres Volunteer Fire Department also provides assistance to neighboring fire departments (and vice-versa) for Elgin FD, Fletcher VFD, Sterling VFD, Apache VFD, Cyril VFD, Porter Hill VFD, and Edgewater Park VFD upon request for additional manpower and equipment.

Mailing Address and Contact Information
PO BOX 911 Elgin, OK 73538 Business Phone: 580-704-6478 Email: firechief@coveacresvfd.us