DEERHORN FIRE STATION: OPEN HOUSE & COMMUNITY REUNION!

SUNDAY, JUNE 26

11AM - 2 PM     (Program Begins at 11:30

(Lunch provided by the Fire Department)
CSZ BOARD ELECTIONS

     Join with your backcountry neighbors and celebrate our local firefighters in their newly remodeled station.
36 years ago the Deerhorn Valley Volunteer Fire Dept. and its Ladies Auxiliary began. There was no fire station or equipment, just a lot of good folks who were willing to serve their neighbors and community. The only equipment was an old triple action pumper, and Emily and Floyd Bennett volunteered their garage for its home for the next four years. Then it moved (temporarily) to Paul and Dianne Jacob's old brown barn off of Honey Springs Rd. and DV residents donated enough money to by an attack pumper to keep it company.
     In 1987 the Jacobs stepped forward and donated a plot of land for a permanent fire station/community center. The era of DV potlucks, pancake breakfasts, swap meets and chicken-plop contests began! Along with everyone's waistline, the pot of money grew. $40,000 was raised, and then DV did something that stands in the record books to this day:
     The DVVFD Board placed a proposition on the November 1990 ballot to pay off the remaining debt and provide ongoing support for the Volunteers: The results were stunning – over 80% of Deerhorn Valley’s registered voters turned out to vote, AND 76% supported the proposition in the highest voter turn-out ever in a San Diego Special Election!

     To all our past/present firefighters and their families: we honor and support your selfless giving of time and effort to bring about a safer and more vibrant community.

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