Otero County Fire District 5 Mayhill

Otero County Fire District 5 Mayhill To join our department call us at (575) 687-3416 or attend one of our monthly business meetings held the first Monday of each month starting at 6PM

Mayhill Volunteer Fire/EMS Department is staffed by a highly professional volunteer group of men and women dedicated to the safety of our community and consists of a main station and three substations, serves an area of 150 square miles of high mountain and mountain valley terrain in the Sacramento Mountains of southern New Mexico. We have a resident population of 1701 people and are growing at a

staggering rate of 5% per year. Mayhill Fire District is surrounded by National Forest, Bureau of Land Management, state land, and Mescalero Apache land, bringing a large tourist population of 50,000 to 100,000 each year, taxing the fire personnel and resources of Mayhill VFD. Within 35 miles of our main station, there are seventeen public campgrounds and five private campgrounds with 821 campsites available on any given day. Our district also has three large church/private retreat camps, as well as three others in adjacent mutual aid districts. Mayhill VFD provides automatic mutual aid for structure and wildland fire calls for six contiguous fire districts, adding 802 square miles to our response district. We are also placed on automatic standby for another 1916 square miles directly to the southeast of us. Mayhill’s first response fire district protects critical infrastructure, in particular three propane storage yards, radio repeaters on the mountains, state and county highway equipment yards, regional weather station, and a U.S. Forest service facility with their communication and weather gathering systems.

09/13/2025

Mayhill Fire Departmen and Sac/W**d Fire Department has consolidated and will be renamed Otero County Fire District 5.
https://www.facebook.com/SWVFD?mibextid=ZbWKwL

The Sac/W**d Volunteer Firefighters are dedicated to the protection of life and property in the rural areas of the Sacramento Mountains.

07/17/2025
After many years of service to the Mayhill Community, Joe Dan Hamilton has retired as Captain of the Mayhill Dark Canyon...
02/04/2025

After many years of service to the Mayhill Community, Joe Dan Hamilton has retired as Captain of the Mayhill Dark Canyon firestation. I have been on countless fires with Captain Joe Dan. He is still an active member of the department.
If you see him and his wife Anne out in public give them a big thank you for their many hours of service to the mountain community.
-Chief Cody

Mayhill Fire Department is the best.More pictures come.Thank you for allowing me to be your Chief.Chief Cody
02/04/2025

Mayhill Fire Department is the best.
More pictures come.
Thank you for allowing me to be your Chief.
Chief Cody

12/12/2024

Highway 82 at MP 29 is closed down for a little while. Semi truck rollover.

11/06/2024

New event: Winter Weather Advisory for Mayhill Alerts
Sent via SMS at 613 am MST, Nov 6th 2024
West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-Sacramento
Mountains Above 7500 Feet-East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below
7500 Feet-
Including the cities of Timberon, Pinon, Sacramento, Cloudcroft,
Apache Summit, Mayhill, Sunspot, Mescalero, and Mountain Park
613 AM MST Wed Nov 6 2024
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11
AM MST FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations 3 to 6 inches 7500
feet and above.

* WHERE...Sacramento Mountains.

* WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 11 AM MST Friday.

* IMPACTS...Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will
likely become slick and hazardous. Plan on slippery road
conditions.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Heaviest snowfall will occur Thursday morning
and afternoon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Slow down and use caution while traveling. The latest road
conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by
calling 5 1 1.

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09/11/2024

🚑 Join your local Fire Department 🚒

No experience necessary. All you need is a good attitude, and willingness to learn. Each Department will provide and/or pay for training, locally or at the Fire Academy in Socorro. No matter what you can or can't do, we can use the help. Even if you are affraid of heights, we do not care. If you don't want to do Firefighter stuff, you can drive a truck and transport water. We just need people. It is wearing out the same handfull of responders that always respond.
WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED, TO HELP YOU AND/OR TO HELP YOUR NEIGHBORS. Ask yourself this, do you only want 1 truck with 2 Firefighters to show up if your home is on fire, or do you want 10 Firefighters and 5 or 6 trucks showing up.

Come attend a meeting to visit with members of your Fire Station and see if it is a fit.
If you are unsure about which district you are in feel free to call me, and I will get you in contact with the right person, Cody Whelchel 575-551-6171.
Monthly Meeting Times and locations for each District Below:

🔴 Cloudcroft: 2nd Wednesday
Main Station: 1100 James Canyon Hwy
Dinner at 6PM, meeting starts at 7PM.

🔴 Highrolls: 1st Tuesday, 7PM

🔴 James Canyon/Upper Cox Canyon: 3rd Tuesday
Potluck Dinner at 6 PM, meeting at 7PM.
James Canyon Main Station: 2346 US Highway 82
Upper Cox Main Station: 31 Valley Drive (Near MP 6, Hwy 130.)
Meeting location alternates monthly between the James Canyon and Cox Canyon Main Stations. Starting with the James Canyon Main Station for January, and Upper Cox Main Station in February.

🔴 Mayhill: 1st Monday, meeting at 6PM
(unless it falls on a holiday, then it will be the 2nd Monday.)
Main Station: 11 Civic Center Dr, Mayhill

🔴 Sac/W**d: 1st Tuesday, meeting 6PM
Maim Station: 34 NM 64, W**d

🔴 Sixteen Springs: 1st Saturday, Potluck 5PM, Meeting 6PM
Main Station: 764 16 Springs Canyon Rd

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07/01/2024

NOAA logo Interactive NWS Alert
New event: Flash Flood Watch for Mayhill Alerts
Sent via SMS at 103 am MDT, Jul 1st 2024
alert map
Radar valid at 641 am MDT, Jul 1st 2024
alert legend
NMZ414>416-012100-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.A.0002.240701T1700Z-240702T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-Sacramento
Mountains Above 7500 Feet-East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below
7500 Feet-
Including the cities of Mescalero, Pinon, Cloudcroft, Timberon,
Mountain Park, Apache Summit, Sunspot, Sacramento, and Mayhill
103 AM MDT Mon Jul 1 2024
..FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SOUTH FORK AND SALT FIRES BURN SCAR IN
EFFECT FROM 11 AM MDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Flash flooding and debris flows caused by excessive
rainfall are possible over the South Fork and Salt Fires burn scar.

* WHERE...A portion of south central New Mexico, including the
following areas, East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet,
Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet and West Slopes Sacramento
Mountains Below 7500 Feet.

* WHEN...From 11 AM MDT this morning through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Heavy rainfall over the South Fork and Salt Fires burn
scar is expected up to and during the period of the watch.
Residents near the South Fork and Salt Fires burn scar should
prepare for potential flooding impacts. Be sure to stay up to date
with information from local authorities. Heavy rainfall could
trigger flash flooding of low-lying areas, urbanized street
flooding, and debris flows in and near recent wildfire burn scars.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- National Weather Service Meteorologists are forecasting heavy
rainfall over the burn scar, which may lead to flash flooding
and debris flows.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

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