Fort McKavett Volunteer Fire Department

08/21/2026

Join us for our annual fundraiser on October 17th!!

08/10/2026

The Commissioner's Court voted to reinstate the burn ban this morning based on current conditions and the forecast of high heat and wind this week.

08/03/2026

Don’t forget to join us for our next meeting a week from today at 6:00 PM

07/28/2026

Volunteers make it happen! We are so grateful for ours. All the little things add up to BIG things! ❤️💛🚒👩🏼‍🚒🔥💛❤️

07/21/2026

Thank you to all of our volunteers who assisted!

ON JULY 17, 2026, THE MENARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE RECEIVED A 911 AT CALL AT 10:23 PM FROM A MAN STATING THE HE WAS IN THE WATER ON FM 864. THE MAN SAID THE WATER WAS UP TO HIS WINDOWS AND HE WAS GETTING ON TOP OF HIS VEHICLE.
MENARD COUNTY DEPUTY ARMANDO OSORNIO, MENARD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, FORT MCKAVETT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, MENARD EMS AND THE SEARCH AND RESCUE CREWS THAT HAD BEEN STATIONED IN MENARD COUNTY FOR THE FLOODING FROM ALL THE RAINS IN THE AREA.
THE MAN THAT CALLED 911 WAS SUCCESSFULLY RESCUED WITHOUT INJURY TO ALL INVOLVED. THE MAN, IDENTIFIED AS MAXWELL STEVENSON OF SUMERDUCK VIRGINIA WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH DISOBEY WARNING SIGNS/BARRICADES OVER ROADS 472.022(a)TRC MB.
THE MENARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WANTS TO THANK ALL FIRST RESPONDERS FOR THE GREAT WORK THEY DO.

07/18/2026

At 10:20 PM firefighters were called out to 864 at the San Saba River where a man was stuck on the top of his vehicle in the water.

The man has been successfully saved.

Please stay away from 864 as the road is still closed and the San Saba River which is still over 19 ft!

07/17/2026

Our department along with Menard, Eldorado, Sonora, and TX Task Force 1 are responding to a vehicle washed off the road on 864 south of Fort McKavett!

Please stay off of 864!

Update: There was no vehicle or people present. We believe there may have been a mix up in communication. No one is in danger or harmed that we are aware of.

07/17/2026

Highway 864 is officially closed!!!

Please stay off the road!

07/17/2026

LCRA’s Hydromet is a system of more than 280 automated river and weather gauges throughout the lower Colorado River basin in Texas. The Hydromet provides near-real-time data* on streamflow, river stage, rainfall totals, temperature and humidity.

07/17/2026

The river is rising please avoid 864!