Capps-Batavia Fire Department

04/26/2026

So you're probably wondering why we used the color orange for this hydrant. The National Fire Protection Association has guidelines for hydrant colors based on gallons per minute. So you'll be seeing red, orange, green and blue hydrants through the district. If you would like to help out the fire department, take a couple of minutes, w**d eat or mow around the hydrants.
Thanks

04/26/2026

We will be flushing and painting hydrants over the next few weeks, please slow down and give us extra space when you see us on the side of the road. Our goal is to protect the community, please do your part to make our work area safe
Thanks

04/24/2026

Something we don’t do everyday…
Today we received a call to rescue a kitten out of a tree. It turned out there were four kittens less than two weeks old stuck in the middle of a hollow tree about 6 feet down the middle of a fork in the tree. We rescued 3 but the fourth one was in a hole were we could hear him but not see him. We cut a wedge shape out of the tree to finally reach the last one. All four kittens are now happily resting with momma kitty.

03/22/2026

Boone County is under a burn ban until further notice.

03/22/2026

There is HIGH FOR DANGER today and there are many out of control grass fires. Every fire department in the county is out fighting these fires.

While there is currently no burn ban, please consider delaying any plans to burn.

02/18/2026

02/03/2026

2025 was a really busy year for the fire department, some of the terms you may not be familiar with are listed below.

MVA: Motor Vehicle Accidents
We are continuing to see an increase in these calls, Most of these MVA's on Hwy 65 occur between Ridgeway Loop and the Arkansas Welcome Ctr. ARDOT 2024 statistics state that approx 27,000 vehicles pass thru this section of hwy daily. Please pay close attention to vehicles entering along this section of highway. Hwy 392 is next with ARDOT 2024 statistics stating that 4500 to 7100 vehicles pass thru this section of highway daily. I provided these numbers so you can understand why traffic is delayed when we have MVA's on these roads. Working closely with the Arkansas State Police, we always make sure that we can move traffic safely thru the accident scene as soon as possible. The # 1 thing at any emergency scene is to reduce speed, this allows us time to stop traffic for ambulances, wrecker services while allowing the first responders to operate safely while standing in traffic

Mutual aide : these are calls where we assist neighboring departments with structure fires, brush fires, or water tanker support,

LZ : setting up a safe landing zone for emergency transport helicopters

Public service: power poles on fire or lines down, etc

01/22/2026

1/21/26 Paged to a car fire on Hwy 412 West just past the off ramp of Hwy 65

Arrived on scene 4:29 pm
smoke under hood, disconnected battery

Cleared scene 4:53

Thanks to Arkansas State Police and Boone County Sheriff for their assistance

01/22/2026

1/21/26 Paged 3:15 pm illegal burn on Hazy CT

On scene 3:20 pm to find burn barrel extinguished

Cleared scene 3:28 pm

Any outside burning is prohibited during a burn ban

01/20/2026

Capps had the first training meeting last night for 2026, we had a great turnout
Topics of discussion

On scene arrival information

MVA traffic control Hwy 65

Brush Truck/Tanker driver training

All the subjects we train on are to enhance our ability to save lives and property with the main priority being Safety for our firemen along with other first responders. Please be patient when we are working an accident scene, our first priority is the safety of the patients and medical personnel, we always try to get traffic moving as soon as possible.
Thanks for supporting Capps Batavia Fire

01/20/2026

1/19/26 2:22 pm
Due to the county wide BURN BAN, we were paged to an illegal burn on Cox lane

2:30 pm arrived on scene to a small trash fire , extinguished with the brush truck

2:39 all units clear scene
3 brush trucks
1 engine
6 personnel