The Dunken Volunteer Fire Department is located in the Southwestern part of Chaves County in the rugged Sacramento Mountains. This department was established under the leadership of Chief Sonny Watts in May of 1960 after the department had co-signed a loan for a 1946 International Pumper with a 500 gallon tank to get the department started, after operating one year, it was finally established. The original station was built in 1963 and added onto in 1984. In 1969 the International Pumper was replaced with a 1969 Ford Pumper. Dunken maintained a sub-station at Flying H from 1973 until 1980 when the department was split and formed the Rio Felix Volunteer Fire Department. The Dunken Vol. Fire

Department has 23 personnel, and fire apparatus consisting of:

One Pumper consisting of:
2 Water tankers, and 2 Initial Attack vehicles.

Two Mobile Water Supplies consisting of:
1993 Mack 1,000gpm pump with a 1,000-gallon tank.
1994 Multifuel 6x6

Two Initial Attack Vehicles consisting of:
1997 Ford 200gpm pump and a 300-gallon tank
19—GMC 200gpm pump and a 200-gallon tank

Other Vehicles:
This department just received a new Ford F550 cab and chassis that is scheduled to be outfitted with a CAFS.

This department has an ISO rating of 7 and they received a State Fire fund Allotment of $73,375.00 to operate on this year. The current Chief of this Department is Chief Tim Jennings.
They have just entered into a shared well agreement with Sam Elkins, a local rancher in their district, and have installed a water storage tank that holds 30,000 gallons of water for fire fighting purposes. They have also just awarded a bid for the construction of their new Fire Station Building and with these changes they are planning on requesting a new ISO inspection in an attempt to lower their ISO rating and increase their funding allotment. 

500 Dunken Pinon Road 5106 S. Lea
Pinon 88344