{"id":116,"date":"2021-04-27T19:19:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T19:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comfortvfd.org\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2026-07-02T04:57:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T04:57:04","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comfortvfd.org\/staging\/1744\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"116\" class=\"elementor elementor-116\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a92e32 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2a92e32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a242851 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"a242851\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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.hist-tl{padding-left:32px;}\n  .hist-photo-pair{grid-template-columns:1fr;}\n  .hist-flood-grid{grid-template-columns:1fr;}\n  .hist-flood-grid figure.wide{grid-column:auto;}\n  .hist-close{padding:32px 20px;}\n  .hist-close-stats{flex-direction:column;gap:20px;}\n  .hist-close-stat{border-right:none;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(200,162,74,0.12);padding-bottom:20px;}\n  .hist-close-stat:last-child{border-bottom:none;}\n  .hist-kicker{font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.15em;}\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"hist\">\n<div class=\"hist-inner\">\n\n  <div class=\"hist-kicker\">HISTORY<\/div>\n  <h1 class=\"hist-title\">113 years of answering the call.<\/h1>\n  <p class=\"hist-lead\">From a hand-drawn pumper wagon and a handful of Comfort citizens to thirteen apparatus, twenty-six volunteers, and a siren that saved an entire town \u2014 this is our story.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- COMFORT TOWN CONTEXT \u2014 CREAM -->\n<div class=\"hist-town\">\n  <div class=\"hist-town-inner\">\n    <div>\n      <div class=\"hist-town-kicker\">THE TOWN WE PROTECT<\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"hist-town-title\">Comfort, Texas. Founded 1854.<\/h2>\n      <div class=\"hist-town-body\">\n        <p>Comfort was founded by German immigrants \u2014 Freethinkers who left their homeland seeking religious freedom, political independence, and a better life. Ernst Hermann Altgelt surveyed the land at the junction of the Guadalupe River and Cypress Creek in 1854 and saw no reason to go further.<\/p>\n        <p>These settlers built one of the most well-preserved historic business districts in Texas. Most of the original stone structures downtown still stand. The Treue der Union monument \u2014 erected in 1866 to honor 35 men killed by Confederate forces for refusing to abandon their Union loyalties \u2014 remains one of the few Civil War monuments to the Union in the former Confederacy.<\/p>\n        <p>When this department was founded in 1912, Comfort was already 58 years old. The same families who built the town were the ones who organized to protect it.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div>\n      <div class=\"hist-town-kicker\">COMFORT BY THE NUMBERS<\/div>\n      <ul class=\"hist-town-facts\">\n        <li>Founded 1854 by German Freethinkers<\/li>\n        <li>Population: approximately 2,200 residents<\/li>\n        <li>Located in Kendall County, Hill Country Texas<\/li>\n        <li>48 miles northwest of San Antonio<\/li>\n        <li>Sits at the junction of the Guadalupe River and Cypress Creek<\/li>\n        <li>One of the most well-preserved historic districts in Texas<\/li>\n        <li>CVFD has protected this town for 113 of its 172 years<\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hist\" style=\"padding-top:0;\">\n<div class=\"hist-inner\">\n\n  <div class=\"hist-tl\">\n\n    <!-- 1912 -->\n    <div class=\"hist-entry\">\n      <div class=\"hist-dot\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-year\">OCTOBER 3, 1912<\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-entry-title\">A town decides to protect itself.<\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-entry-body\">\n        <p>A group of Comfort citizens gathered and voted to establish the Comfort Volunteer Fire Department. No paid positions, no county contracts, no budget \u2014 only a shared conviction that a town is responsible for its own people.<\/p>\n        <p>Their first piece of equipment was a hand-drawn pumper wagon \u2014 no engine, no horses, pulled by hand to every call. That wagon is now on display at the <strong>San Antonio Fire Museum<\/strong> at 801 E. Houston Street, next door to the Alamo.<\/p>\n\n        <div class=\"hist-photo-pair\">\n          <figure>\n            <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comfortvfd.org\/staging\/1744\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/old-hand-cart.jpg?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Comfort volunteers pulling the original hand-drawn pumper wagon\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n            <figcaption>Volunteers pull the original hand-drawn pumper wagon \u2014 the department's first apparatus.<\/figcaption>\n          <\/figure>\n          <figure>\n            <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comfortvfd.org\/staging\/1744\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/old-fleet-bw.jpg?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Early CVFD apparatus fleet\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n            <figcaption>An early CVFD fleet in front of the original station.<\/figcaption>\n          <\/figure>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div style=\"background:rgba(200,162,74,0.06);border:1px solid rgba(200,162,74,0.12);border-radius:4px;padding:20px;margin-top:16px;\">\n          <div style=\"font-size:9px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.25em;color:#C8A24A;margin-bottom:8px;\">THE ORIGINAL PUMPER \u00b7 ON DISPLAY<\/div>\n          <div style=\"font-size:13px;color:rgba(244,239,227,0.6);line-height:1.7;\">CVFD's 1912 hand-drawn pumper wagon can be seen at the San Antonio Fire Museum, 801 E. Houston St. \u2014 open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 AM to 4 PM.<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <span class=\"hist-tag tag-founding\">FOUNDING<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"hist-divider\"><\/div>\n\n    <!-- 1978 -->\n    <div class=\"hist-entry\">\n      <div class=\"hist-dot\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-year\">1978<\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-entry-title\">The Guadalupe takes fifteen lives in Comfort.<\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-entry-body\">\n        <p>Flash flooding struck the Guadalupe River corridor, killing 33 people across the Hill Country \u2014 including 15 in Comfort itself. Among those lost was the grandfather of Daniel Morales, who would go on to serve CVFD for over 50 years and eventually become Assistant Chief.<\/p>\n        <p>The 1978 flood shaped a generation of Comfort residents. It was never forgotten. And it drove the decisions that would matter most on July 4, 2025.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <span class=\"hist-tag tag-tragedy\">1978 FLOOD<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"hist-divider\"><\/div>\n\n    <!-- 1987 -->\n    <div class=\"hist-entry hl\">\n      <div class=\"hist-dot\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-year\">JULY 17, 1987<\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-entry-title\">The Guadalupe rises again. Ten teenagers lost.<\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-entry-body\">\n        <p>More than 300 children from several churches were attending Pot O' Gold Christian Camp near Comfort when massive flooding struck the Guadalupe. A bus and van became trapped at a flooded low-water crossing. Thirty-nine teenagers and four adults were swept into the floodwaters. Ten of the teenagers drowned.<\/p>\n        <p>The remaining 33 were rescued \u2014 some by Texas DPS and U.S. Army helicopters pulling children from the tops of 75-foot trees, with only 15 feet of tree remaining above the waterline.<\/p>\n        <div class=\"hist-quote\">\n          \"I expected to see a bus half in, half out. There was nothing. Then as we got really close, we could see five kids clinging to a tree top. These are 75-foot trees, but there is only 15 feet of tree sticking out of the water.\"\n          <cite>\u2014 Mike Rice, news helicopter pilot, KENS-5 San Antonio<\/cite>\n        <\/div>\n        <p>CVFD responded alongside other agencies. The call left a permanent mark on the department \u2014 a reminder that the Hill Country's rivers demand preparation, not improvisation.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <span class=\"hist-tag tag-tragedy\">1987 FLOOD<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"hist-divider\"><\/div>\n\n    <!-- 2001 -->\n    <div class=\"hist-entry\">\n      <div class=\"hist-dot\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-year\">1996<\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-entry-title\">A new station. A new structure.<\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-entry-body\">\n        <p>The department constructed a new station at 224 W Highway 473 in 1996 \u2014 the same station that serves the community today. The department later reorganized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, establishing the fundraising structure that sustains operations to this day.<\/p>\n\n        <figure class=\"hist-photo\">\n          <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comfortvfd.org\/staging\/1744\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/old-newfire-cropped.jpg?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Then and now \u2014 original hand-pump wagon and modern apparatus\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n          <figcaption>Then and now. The original hand-pump wagon outside the station, and CVFD's modern fleet in the same bay doors.<\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n      <\/div>\n      <span class=\"hist-tag tag-milestone\">NEW STATION<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"hist-divider\"><\/div>\n\n    <!-- 2023 -->\n    <div class=\"hist-entry\">\n      <div class=\"hist-dot\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-year\">2023<\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-entry-title\">Engine 52 joins the fleet.<\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-entry-body\">\n        <p>CVFD took delivery of a 2023 Spartan pumper \u2014 Engine 52. With a 1,250 GPM pump and 1,000 gallon tank, it is one of the most capable engines in the Hill Country. The acquisition was the product of years of community fundraising.<\/p>\n\n        <figure class=\"hist-photo\">\n          <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comfortvfd.org\/staging\/1744\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image14-rotated.jpeg?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"CVFD Engine 52\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"object-position:center center;\" \/>\n          <figcaption>Engine 52 \u2014 the 2023 Spartan pumper that anchors CVFD's suppression capability.<\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n      <\/div>\n      <span class=\"hist-tag tag-milestone\">FLEET<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"hist-divider\"><\/div>\n\n    <!-- 2024 -->\n    <div class=\"hist-entry\">\n      <div class=\"hist-dot\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-year\">2024<\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-entry-title\">The siren gets an upgrade.<\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-entry-body\">\n        <p>Assistant Chief Daniel Morales \u2014 who had been with CVFD for nearly 50 years and who lost his own grandfather in the 1978 flood \u2014 secured $70,000 in funding to expand Comfort's emergency warning system. Bandera Electric donated the siren poles. The original station siren was refurbished and relocated to Comfort Park, connecting it to a USGS sensor at Cypress Creek.<\/p>\n        <p>The system has two distinct tones \u2014 one for tornadoes, a long flat tone for floods. The sirens were tested daily at noon \u2014 so that when the real tone came, everyone would recognize it. Four women in their 80s, including Betty Murphy, rallied community support to make it happen.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <span class=\"hist-tag tag-milestone\">SIREN UPGRADE<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"hist-divider\"><\/div>\n\n    <!-- JULY 4, 2025 -->\n    <div class=\"hist-entry hl\">\n      <div class=\"hist-dot\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-year\">JULY 4, 2025<\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-entry-title\">The siren saves a town.<\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-entry-body\">\n        <p>Catastrophic flash flooding struck the Hill Country in the early morning hours of July 4th. The Guadalupe River rose with terrifying speed. CVFD was already monitoring the river before most of Comfort was awake.<\/p>\n        <p>Police and fire vehicles went street to street with lights flashing. Emergency alerts went to every cell phone. At 10:52 AM, CVFD sounded the flood siren \u2014 the first time the upgraded system had ever been activated. The long flat tone rang out across town.<\/p>\n\n        <figure class=\"hist-photo\">\n          <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comfortvfd.org\/staging\/1744\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flood-radar.jpg?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Flash Flood Emergency radar showing 12.06 inches over Kerrville\/Comfort area\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n          <figcaption>Flash Flood Emergency \u2014 12.06 inches, Catastrophic threat. The radar on every screen in Comfort that morning.<\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n\n        <div class=\"hist-quote\">\n          \"We made the decision to hit the siren around 10 a.m. It's a sound people know. When they hear it, they move.\"\n          <cite>\u2014 Danny Morales, Assistant Chief, Comfort Volunteer Fire Department<\/cite>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <p>The Guadalupe rose from hip-height to three stories tall in just over two hours \u2014 among the highest crests ever recorded in Comfort. CVFD's three-prong approach \u2014 sirens, street-to-street evacuation, and wireless alerts \u2014 made all the difference.<\/p>\n\n        <div class=\"hist-flood-grid\">\n\n          <figure>\n            <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comfortvfd.org\/staging\/1744\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BE4D35AF-8ACD-4C2B-B1EE-880A4165A02C.jpg?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Floodwaters over roadway\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n            <figcaption>Roadways submerged as the Guadalupe crested.<\/figcaption>\n          <\/figure>\n          <figure>\n            <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comfortvfd.org\/staging\/1744\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1D80E2B8-1DB7-436E-8690-006ABFEB8F92-1-scaled.jpg?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"CVFD responders on scene\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n            <figcaption>CVFD on scene during the July 4 response.<\/figcaption>\n          <\/figure>\n          <figure class=\"wide\">\n            <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comfortvfd.org\/staging\/1744\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/36FCBA8C-7DD2-4D1B-BF22-72E9DA889DF5.jpg?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bridge and flood response staging, July 4 2025\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"object-position:center 70%;\" \/>\n            <figcaption>Bridge level during peak crest \u2014 July 4, 2025.<\/figcaption>\n          <\/figure>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"hist-quote\">\n          \"We had a three-prong approach to this \u2014 the sirens, the street-to-street evacuation, and the wireless alerts \u2014 and I think that was a very significant factor.\"\n          <cite>\u2014 Kendall County Emergency Management<\/cite>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <p>The story drew national and international coverage \u2014 AP, NBC, CBS, CNN, Euronews. CVFD has already been contacted about adding a third siren.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <span class=\"hist-tag tag-hero\">JULY 4, 2025<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- CLOSING -->\n  <div class=\"hist-close\">\n    <h2 class=\"hist-close-title\">The siren has not missed a day.<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"hist-close-body\">Every day at noon, the siren at the Comfort Volunteer Fire Department sounds across town. Residents set their watches by it. It is a test \u2014 and a promise \u2014 that the department keeps every single day.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"hist-close-stats\">\n      <div class=\"hist-close-stat\">\n        <div class=\"hist-close-num\">113<\/div>\n        <div class=\"hist-close-label\">YEARS IN SERVICE<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-close-stat\">\n        <div class=\"hist-close-num\">26<\/div>\n        <div class=\"hist-close-label\">ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"hist-close-stat\">\n        <div class=\"hist-close-num\">13<\/div>\n        <div class=\"hist-close-label\">APPARATUS IN SERVICE<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HISTORY 113 years of answering the call. From a hand-drawn pumper wagon and a handful of Comfort citizens to thirteen apparatus, twenty-six volunteers, and a siren that saved an entire town \u2014 this is our story. THE TOWN WE PROTECT Comfort, Texas. Founded 1854. 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