Valencia County Fire Department

06/05/2026

I got the opportunity to meet Gracen at his lemonade stand this morning, and heard a bit about his story.
He and his brother are some strong young men going through some medical struggles.
If you're in the area of south Belen, swing by and grab a cup of lemonade!
He's trying to raise money to buy some model cars to assemble while he is at treatment (something tells me our amazing community is going to make that very real for him)!

06/04/2026

VCFD units responded to a recreational vehicle fire on the West Mesa this afternoon.
Fire was contained and did not damage surrounding properties.
No injuries were reported.
Thank you to Rio Communities Fire for their assistance.

06/01/2026

VCFD units are on scene of a UTV collision in the Rio Puerco area on the West Mesa.
One patient was flown to the hospital with critical injuries, a second was transported by ground with serious injuries.
This is the second serious accident involving an ATV/UTV today. Units responded to an ATV accident earlier in the day that sent two juveniles to the hospital with multiple traumatic injuries.
Summer break leads to an increase in recreational vehicle accidents. Riders should wear helmets, stay off roadways and children should not operate them unsupervised.
Let's stay safe this summer!

05/25/2026

Thank you to all that have served and sacrificed for our Country~

05/24/2026

VCFD is assisting Peralta with a structure fire on Camino De Flores.
One patient is being transported to UNMH.
Scene is still active, please avoid the area.

05/23/2026

Take a moment to help us update the County's Hazard Mitigation Plan!

The Valencia County Office of Emergency Management is updating the county’s multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan, and is asking the community for feedback. The plan is a regional project underway since fall 2025 that identifies the natural hazards facing our communities, assesses our greatest risks and outlines actions to reduce future losses over the next five years.
A community survey of about 45 questions is being made available to the public so the county can gather information about whether residents have been directly affected by a natural disaster, how they prefer to receive emergency information and how concerned they are about disasters such as severe heat, flooding, wildfire or bosque fires, winter storms and more.
The survey can be found at the following link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/KuayMshMfg
Maintaining a current FEMA-approved plan keeps all participating jurisdictions eligible for federal disaster assistance, mitigation grans and recovery funding. Those jurisdictions locally are Valencia County, city of Belen, village of Bosque Farms, village of Los Lunas, town of Peralta, city of Rio Communities, the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District and Valencia Soil and Water Conservation District.

05/21/2026

VCFD stands with the Torrance County Fire Department and the Mountainair Fire Department who had multiple members of their departments transported to the hospital after a HazMat response in Mountainair.
We hope for a quick recovery, and offer any support we can as they recover from this incident.

05/16/2026

This afternoon units from VCFD, Belen Fire, Rio Communities Fire, Los Lunas Fire and AMR were honored to participate in the procession for the four members of TransAero MedEvac who were tragically lost in a plane crash in Lincoln County.
We stand in support of our colleagues, and continue to keep them in our thoughts~

05/14/2026

*Fire Update-
Fire is approximately 1/2 acre in size. Crews have kept the fire from crowning in the treetops. We have had multiple spot fires that crews have quickly addressed.
There is still not threat to structures and no evacuations have been ordered.
Resources on scene are VCFD and State Forestry.

VCFD and Los Lunas Fire are responding to a Bosque Fire on the East side of the River, North of Los Lunas Bridge.
No structures are threatened at this time, and no evacuations have been ordered.
Please stay clear of the area as we have multiple units responding.
We will provide an update at 5:30 pm.

05/13/2026

VCFD is deploying one of our tactical tenders to the Six Mile Fire in Socorro County.
Our unit will be supporting operations as needed. The fire is currently around 350 acres.

We also have E-321 on a preposition assignment in Socorro County, ready to respond as an initial attack resource if needed to any other fires.