STATION 1 36 Main Street Bowmansville, NY 14026 (716) 683-9811 www.bvfa.com STATION 2 58 Seitz Avenue Lancaster, NY 14086 Home Events History Officers Members Apparatus Auxiliary Explorers Fire Police EMS Photos Fire Prev Drum Corp BVFA MISSION STATEMENT The Bowmansville Volunteer Fire Association was organized and chartered in 1912. The purpose of the Bowmansville Volunteer Fire Association is to include love of country, good citizenship, civic virtue, and self-sacrifice; and to perpetuate the spirit which from the earliest days and actuated volunteer firemen in the rendition of service of the highest type in the protection of life and property from fire, without hope of fee or reward. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ HISTORY OF OUR NICKNAME The Rainmakers The Bowmansville Volunteer Fire Association was organized and chartered in 1912. From the Young Men's Club to the Bowmansville Fire Department, until 1962 the main source of funding was the Field Days held each August. For many of those years "RAIN DATES" were set just in case, and more often than not used. One year the regular date was used as well as two or three rain dates (11 rain outs in 9 years). It was during this time we received the name "RAINMAKERS". One year Walter Scrace and a few others manned a banner BOWMANSVILLE RAINMAKERS and the department paraded at the Erie Co. fair with this banner and umbrellas. Our Rain Maker Logo has gone thru a few changes; from an umbrella, to a fireman holding an umbrella, to our present Indian, representing fire, rescue, and cadence corps. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Bowmansville 2018 Alarm Totals Month Fires Misc. Fires EMS House MVA Totals Jan. 6 35 45 4 90 Feb. 3 14 49 5 71 March 2 29 51 2 84 Apr. 4 21 34 6 65 May 1 21 54 5 81 June 1 29 46 9 85 July 10 20 68 9 107 Aug. 4 24 46 11 85 Sept. 4 19 39 11 73 Oct. 3 11 41 10 65 Nov. Dec. TOTALS 38 223 479 66 806 2018 YTD Firefighter Man Hours Category Man Hours Fires 3,404.23 EMS 5,188.94 Training 8,516.00 Misc. Activity 10,509.95 Totals 27,619.12 Bowmansville 2017 Alarm Totals Month Fires Misc. Fires EMS House MVA Totals Jan. 2 14 35 2 53 Feb. 0 13 47 3 63 March 4 22 37 8 71 Apr. 4 16 45 3 68 May 1 23 50 10 84 June 2 18 40 4 64 July 4 21 47 5 77 Aug. 3 29 54 6 92 Sept. 1 20 47 6 74 Oct. 1 14 43 1 59 Nov. 4 14 41 5 64 Dec. 3 23 52 8 86 TOTALS 29 227 538 61 855 2017 YTD Firefighter Man Hours Category Man Hours Fires 1,985.65 EMS 4,883.29 Training 8,316.75 Misc. Activity 12,012.00 Totals 27,197.69 Bowmansville 2016 Alarm Totals Month Fires Misc. Fires EMS House MVA Totals Jan. 2 21 40 4 67 Feb. 3 15 28 0 46 March 2 12 52 6 72 Apr. 4 16 38 2 60 May 2 8 47 9 66 June 1 18 44 6 69 July 4 17 57 10 88 Aug. 7 14 47 5 73 Sept. 4 15 43 5 67 Oct. 1 17 41 4 63 Nov. 0 17 37 4 58 Dec. 5 16 41 3 65 TOTALS 35 186 515 58 794 2016 YTD Firefighter Man Hours Category Man Hours Fires 2,227.74 EMS 5,056.57 Training 8,099.00 Misc. Activity 11,222.25 Totals 26,655.56 Bowmansville 2015 Alarm Totals Month Fires Misc. Fires EMS House MVA Totals Jan. 2 13 52 7 74 Feb. 5 16 43 4 68 March 2 22 42 19 74 Apr. 2 19 19 5 45 May 3 16 43 2 64 June 2 15 35 3 55 July 12 28 37 3 80 Aug. 17 9 36 5 67 Sept. 4 19 38 6 67 Oct. 5 21 45 7 78 Nov. 2 20 42 4 68 Dec. 1 20 46 2 69 TOTALS 57 478 56 809 2015 YTD Firefighter Man Hours Category Man Hours Fires 2,964.42 EMS 3,879.93 Training 8,245.50 Misc. Activity 8,542.00 Totals 23,631.85 Bowmansville 2014 Alarm Totals Month Fires Misc. Fires EMS House MVA Totals Jan. 2 17 35 8 62 Feb. 2 20 34 8 64 March 2 15 33 5 55 Apr. 2 8 37 5 52 May 6 17 45 3 71 June 1 10 47 10 68 July 1 18 40 4 63 Aug. 3 12 34 6 55 Sept. 3 10 37 3 53 Oct. 3 17 43 7 70 Nov. 3 24 32 7 66 Dec. 4 13 43 5 65 TOTALS 32 181 463 71 744 2013 Firefighter Man Hours Category Man Hours Fires 2,843.05 EMS 4,885.33 Training 6,750.75 Misc. Activity 7,076.75 Totals 21,555.88 Bowmansville 2013 Alarm Totals Month Fires Misc. Fires EMS House MVA Totals Jan. 0 19 34 7 60 Feb. 0 8 32 8 48 March 4 14 39 2 59 Apr. 2 16 33 9 60 May 4 14 35 3 56 June 1 6 44 2 53 July 3 13 39 5 60 Aug. 6 14 34 4 58 Sept. 0 12 35 7 54 Oct. 1 21 32 8 62 Nov. 2 16 35 8 61 Dec. 8 36 27 3 74 TOTALS 31 189 419 66 705 2013 Firefighter Man Hours Category Man Hours Fires 1,975.35 EMS 3,743.37 Training 6,107.50 Misc. Activity 8,818.72 Totals 20,635.94 Bowmansville 2012 Alarm Totals Month Fires Misc. Fires EMS House MVA Totals Jan. 2 19 31 2 54 Feb. 3 9 30 3 45 March 4 10 33 3 50 Apr. 2 16 43 3 65 May 3 11 38 5 57 June 3 18 32 6 59 July 7 18 40 9 74 Aug. 5 15 41 5 66 Sept. 5 18 37 7 67 Oct. 1 22 35 6 76 Nov. 1 10 37 4 52 Dec. 0 9 30 4 43 TOTALS 37 175 441 58 711 2012 Firefighter Man Hours Category Man Hours Fires 2,339.86 EMS 3,920.48 Training 7,189.00 Misc. Activity 10,081.60 Totals 24,081.94 Bowmansville 2011 Alarm Totals Month Fires Misc. Fires EMS House MVA Totals Jan. 2 4 36 1 43 Feb. 5 23 24 4 56 March 2 11 24 5 42 Apr. 3 12 34 5 54 May 3 13 23 4 43 June 6 16 24 8 54 July 5 14 43 9 71 Aug. 2 7 37 6 52 Sept. 2 14 40 9 65 Oct. 2 19 42 7 70 Nov. 4 11 36 5 56 Dec. 5 18 42 6 71 TOTALS 41 162 405 69 667 2011 Firefighter Man Hours Category Man Hours Fires 2,019.25 EMS 2,991.88 Training 6,309.50 Misc. Activity 8,143.25 Totals 19,463.88 Bowmansville 2010 Alarm Totals Month Fires Misc. Fires EMS House MVA Totals Jan. 3 6 40 5 54 Feb. 1 8 34 5 48 March 2 9 38 5 54 Apr. 3 6 32 4 45 May 4 13 35 2 54 June 2 10 49 8 69 July 4 11 45 6 66 Aug. 6 13 24 8 51 Sept. 2 19 37 5 63 Oct. 4 20 35 7 66 Nov. 4 10 37 6 57 Dec. 1 12 43 8 64 TOTALS 36 137 450 69 692 2010 Firefighter Man Hours Category Man Hours Fires 1,885.42 EMS 3,524.23 Training 6,334.00 Misc. Activity 5,363.50 Totals 17,107.15 Bowmansville 2009 Alarm Totals Month Fires Misc. Fires EMS House MVA Totals Jan. 1 5 33 5 44 Feb. 4 9 27 7 47 March 5 10 34 4 53 Apr. 5 8 28 6 47 May 0 15 46 4 65 June 4 10 27 8 49 July 3 15 36 8 62 Aug. 3 16 36 2 57 Sept. 3 14 34 4 55 Oct. 2 12 40 11 65 Nov. 4 4 38 4 50 Dec. 4 25 52 8 89 TOTALS 38 143 431 71 683 2009 Firefighter Man Hours Category Man Hours Fires 2,576.20 EMS 3,852.21 Training 6,946.05 Misc. Activity 6,320.05 Totals 19,694.46 Bowmansville 2008 Alarm Totals Month Fires Misc. Fires EMS House MVA Totals Jan. 1 13 30 9 53 Feb. 4 17 20 7 48 March 2 8 33 5 48 Apr. 6 12 26 6 50 May 5 9 31 6 51 June 6 9 36 10 61 July 2 18 31 7 58 Aug. 3 10 21 5 39 Sept. 2 17 27 5 51 Oct. 2 7 25 12 46 Nov. 4 9 36 4 53 Dec. 6 23 34 3 66 TOTALS 43 152 350 79 624 2008 Firefighter Man Hours Category Man Hours Fires 2,318.66 EMS 3,429.02 Training 6,124.00 Misc. Activity 5,980.75 Totals 17,852.43 Bowmansville 2007 Alarm Totals Month Fires Misc. Fires EMS House MVA Totals Jan. 2 8 36 10 56 Feb. 3 14 22 7 46 March 1 17 28 6 52 Apr. 1 8 28 5 42 May 8 8 33 8 57 June 3 24 30 4 61 July 5 12 30 8 55 Aug. 4 13 22 6 45 Sept. 3 15 30 10 58 Oct. 0 10 38 11 59 Nov. 1 12 37 3 54 Dec. 8 11 32 9 60 TOTALS 39 152 366 87 644 2007 Firefighter Man Hours Category Man Hours Fires 2,593.80 EMS 3.968.22 Training 5,050.00 Misc. 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