Carmine, on US Highway 290
The whole town shows up for its volunteer fire department.
Carmine's fire calls are answered by an all-volunteer department, one of ten serving Fayette County. When the town needs a hand raising money for gear and trucks, it turns out for the crew, plate by plate.
In an emergency, call 911.
Design concept emblem. Not the department's official badge.
All volunteer. On call for Carmine.
No shift changes, no paid roster. The people who answer the fire calls in Carmine are neighbors who signed up to go when the pager sounds. Their fundraising keeps the trucks rolling.
The Firemen's Feast
Fried-chicken plates, drive-thru at Carmine Hall. It is the crew's biggest fundraiser of the year, and the day the whole town turns out for its volunteers.
Concept illustration for the Feast.
How Carmine shows up
Pick a way to back the crew. Each one points to the department's real channels for the details.
Drive up and grab a plate
Roll through the line at Carmine Hall, pick up your fried-chicken plates, and your dollars go straight to the volunteers' gear and trucks. Watch the department's Facebook page for this year's date and time.
Give a hand, or join up
An all-volunteer department is always glad for helping hands, at the Feast and beyond. If you want to pitch in or ask about volunteering, send the crew a note and they will point you the right way.
Who answers the call in Carmine
Carmine is a small German-heritage town on US Highway 290 in central Texas bluebonnet country, sitting between Brenham and Giddings. Its fire protection runs on volunteers.
- 118 Augsburg AvenueCarmine, TX 78932. The station sits right in town off Highway 290.
- One of ten in the countyAn all-volunteer department, one of ten volunteer fire departments serving Fayette County.
- Volunteers, not shiftsNeighbors who train, keep the trucks ready, and go when the pager sounds.
Reach the crew
The department does not run a formal website, so the surest ways to reach the volunteers are email and their Facebook page.
Emergency
Fire, medical, or rescue, right now:
Call 911
Station
In the town of Carmine:
118 Augsburg Avenue
Carmine, TX 78932
Concept only: this page is an independent design concept, so it carries no contact form and collects nothing. Every link above points to the department's own real email, Facebook page, or the 911 emergency line.