History[]
“The seventh fire department to form in the county was "Community Fire Department" (Allen Volunteer Fire Department) on January 26th 1962. The Town of Allen was founded on August 21st 1854 and was known then as The Mouth of Beaver because of its location as where Beaver Creek flows out into the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River. It saw a large growth between 1904 and 1905 after the C&O Railroad established a railroad station in the town. In 1905 the town was renamed Allen after local resident T.J. Allen. In 1913 the Town of Allen was officially incorporated by the State Generally Assembly. In 1937 a bridge was built to span the Levisa Fork River and the area of "New Allen" was born. On January 26th 1962 a meeting was held to start a fire department. With donations from the community and it's members, the department was able to purchase a truck, equipment and build a station. The new department was formed not only for the Community of Allen but to help our whole county. Today Allen Volunteer Fire Department operates as volunteer Fire Dept with its members being reimbursed for their gas and time to runs. They run 6 engines (one of which is a pumper tanker), an ATV and many other support vehicles, out of three stations. Station one is located in New Allen, Station two is located at Dana on Prater Creek and Station 3 is located at the junction of Ky 1428 and Finance Hollow Rd.”- Floyd County Firefighters Association
Apparatus Roster[]
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
Fire Station - 142 Court Street, New Allen[]
- Engine 1 - 1993 International 4900 / Pierce (1250/1000) (SN#E7642)
- Rescue 1 - 1990 GMC C7000 / E-One pumper (750/500) (Ex-Island Creek Volunteer Fire Department)
- Engine 2 - 2003 International 4400 / Pierce (1250/1500) (SN#13858)
- Engine 3 - 2015 Peterbilt 4x4 / Rosenbauer (1250/750)
- Engine 5 - 1988 Grumman Panther II (1250/750) (Ex--Kilmarnock Volunteer Fire Department)
- Engine 6 - 1989 Pierce Lance (1250/2500) (Ex-Rio Rancho Fire Rescue)
- Chief - 200? Dodge Ram 1500
- 200? Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4
- 200? Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4
- 200? Ford Crown Victoria
Retired Apparatus[]
- 1991 Grumman Panther pumper (1250/1000) (Ex-Engine 4) (Ex-Clayton Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 (New Jersey)) (Sold to Magoffin County Rescue Squad)
- 1985 Ford F-350 4x4 / EEI / Slagle's mini-pumper (250/300) (Ex-Rescue 1)
- 197? Chevorlet C60 / Local tanker (Ex- Tanker 802)
- 197? Ford C-8000 / Howe pumper (Ex- Engine 806)
- 1972 Dodge D30 (Ex-Unit 805)
LODD[]
Chief Billy Ray Jarvis
Last Alarm:03/10/2015
Badge #: 1205
Cause of Death: Heart Attack
Chief Jarvis and his son were responding to a call of a power line down when he suffered a heart attack. His son took over driving the department owned vehicle and rushed him to Pikeville Medical Center where he passed away a short time later.
He is buried in The Powers Cemetery in Prestonsburg.
