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Briceland Fire would like to thank the Southern Humboldt Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center and hosts The Benbow Historic Inn, plus all the community members who attended the 2nd annual Fireman’s Ball, a fundraiser for local volunteer fire departments held … Continue reading →

California’s 2nd district representative Jared Huffman paid a visit to the Briceland station this afternoon to meet members of the department and discuss various fire related topics. Briceland VFD recently secured a $205,000 federal grant to address overgrown and hazardous … Continue reading →

This March, Briceland Fire hosted a multi-day medical first aid training for over 60 participants, qualifying many new firefighters and first responders. Our new fire station offers ample space and facilities to gather and is centrally located for volunteers from … Continue reading →

With a ribbon-cutting ceremony this Tuesday afternoon, March 21st 2023, BVFD officially opened our new fire station. A small gathering of community members sheltered from the showers outside in the spacious garage with attendees including the family of former Briceland … Continue reading →

Nancy was involved in firefighting since the early ‘70s. Throughout her life she contributed approximately 49 years of service to her community as a fire fighter. In addition to direct firefighting she wore many hats including medical aid, communications, grant … Continue reading →

Briceland Volunteer Fire recently helped organize a multi-agency effort, dubbed “Operation Hay Drop” to bring food to cattle that were in danger of starving due to the extraordinary amounts of higher elevation snowfall in our area. Cal OES, CalFire HUU, … Continue reading →

Residents of Elk Ridge and Seely Creek are currently receiving notification letters from Humboldt County Planning and Building Department informing them of new address assignments, old address deletions, and new road names in some instances. This project was initiated by … Continue reading →

Thursdays in September, 2-6 pm, for a good ol-fashioned bake-sale to fund the fire department. We’ll have our new selection of Briceland VFD T-shirts and Hoodies! and will be taking orders for engraved Bricks for the new fire station.  We … Continue reading →

Regrettably, Briceland VFD is cancelling this year’s fundraiser BBQ due to the ongoing concerns and increased prevalence of Covid-19 in our community.  However, as we are, at this time, in the middle of our long-awaited and expensive undertaking of fire … Continue reading →

At our May 18 Annual General Membership Meeting, Chief Jim Fulton stepped down and Aurora Studebaker was voted in as the next Briceland Volunteer Fire Department Fire Chief. Jim served as Chief from 1981-1999 and stepped up again from 2015-2021 … Continue reading →