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2002 – Fire Station 3 Opens ESD 100 commissioned a new fire station (Station 3) located just east of Mason Road on FM 1093 (now the feeder road of the Westpark Tollway). This facility represents the continued westward development of the area with expansion beyond FM 1464 in Ft. Bend County. (Pictured: Station 3 dedication ceremony, 2002) Left to Right: Asst Chief John Russell, Rafael Estate, Joe Tortorice, Chris Armatta, Edmundo DeHoyos, Paul Garrot, David Smith, Johnny Mitchell, Keith Holloway, Kristina Arguedas, Milton Dutch, Rhueben Towne. ​ Top of engine L to R: Ky Flock, Charles Sedita.

April 2nd 1985 – Alief is Dropped from Department Name The Community Protection Agency, Inc. changed the name of the fire department from the Alief Community Volunteer Fire Department to Community Volunteer Fire Department. It was felt this was more appropriate in since the department was providing an increasing amount of service to the geographic areas well beyond neighborhoods generally considered to be in Alief.

January 2020 – Stephen R. Fowler Training Facility Opens Since the 1970’s, CVFD has utilized the Fort Bend County Fire Field for all cadet and current firefighter training. While this facility served the department well, its distance prevented CVFD firefighters from receiving the amount training required to maintain proficiency in necessary skills. With the approval of Chief Fowler, Assistant Chief Clark and Training Captain Mitchell proposed to ESD100 that the department needed its own facility, which they unanimously approved. Between design and construction, this project lasted nearly five years until it finally opened in January of 2020. To honor Chief Fowler’s many years of dedicated service, it was announced during his retirement party that the new training facility would bear his name. Photo taken, December 2017. L to R: Deputy Chief Andrew Hawthorn, Captain Randall Kenny, Fire Chief Steve Fowler, Asst Chief Bobby Clark, Captain Johnny Mitchell, Deputy Chief Kathi Williams, Captain Brian Gazaway.

January 1st 2018 – CPA Appoints New Fire Chief In late 2017, major news erupted as the department’s long time Fire Chief, Steve Fowler announced his retirement. Chief Fowler began his service with CVFD in the 70’s and served as the Chief of Department for over 30 years. Soon after this announcement, Assistant Fire Chief Bobby Clark was approved as the new Chief by the Board of Directors of the Community Protection Agency. Chief Clark began his new position at midnight on January 1st, 2018. Pictured: Steve Fowler Retirement Party. L: Steve Fowler. R: Asst Chief Bobby Clark.

1977 – Alief is Annexed, New Headquarters Opens The City of Houston continued its westward expansion and annexed the eastern end of the Alief area between Gessner and Wilcrest. Houston Fire Department Station 73 was commissioned and operated out of the Alief Community Volunteer Fire department station located at Bissonnet and Boone Road, the very station built by the volunteers in 1971. This arrangement lasted for several months while the City built the current home of HFD Station 73 on Wilcrest south of Bissonnet. In the late 1970s and early 1980s. the suburban sprawl that Houston would become famous for continued westward into the Mission Bend subdivision. The Alief Community Volunteer Fire Department moved west as well. Again, with a land donation / deal with the Alief Independent School District, the Department built a new fire station on Alief-Clodine Road west of State Highway 6, adjacent to Albright Middle School. Headquarters, including dispatch, and the Chief’s quarters were moved to the new station from C Street. The Station was designated as Station 1. Pictured around 2000/2001. Original station was only the three rights bays. Left two bays and second floor were added in the late 1980's.

2006 – New Fire Station 1 Opens Due to the construction of the Westpark Tollway along Alief-Clodine Road in front of Station 1, the facility would no longer be able to function as a fire station. The Commissioners of ESD 100 approved funding for a new Station 1 located on Bellaire Blvd, west of Addicks–Clodine Road in the heart of Mission Bend. This new station became the headquarters building for the Chief of the Department as well as the central dispatch center.

November 17th 1972 – Alief Vol Fire Dept and Community Vol Fire Dept Merge The Secretary of State of the State of Texas issued a Certificate of Dissolution of the Alief Volunteer Fire Department. The assets were distributed by outright donation to the Community Protection Agency, Inc. This action resulted in the merger of the Alief Volunteer Fire Department and the Community Volunteer Fire Department. The combined entities were now known as the Alief Community Volunteer Fire Department.

April 1998 – ESD #100 Contracts Community Volunteer Fire Department Harris Fort Bend County ESD No.100 entered into a contract with Community Protection Agency, Inc. for fire suppression, rescue, and emergency medical services to its area. Significant capital improvements were made possible due to the dramatic improvement in financial support. Since the formation of the ESD, the area’s population has grown consistently, and the financial stability has kept pace with the increased demand for services.

1976 – ACVFD Hires First Paid Crew The Alief Community Volunteer Fire Department took another progressive step in its evolution. With the continued growth of Alief, it became apparent that there were not enough volunteers in the area during the day to adequately provide services. It was at this point that the Community Protection Agency hired its first paid crew to staff the fire station at C Street and Alief-Clodine Road. The paid staff, made up mostly from the ranks of the city of Houston Fire Department, would cover the station from 6:00am to 6:00pm Monday through Friday. Funding for this came from the donations collected on local water bills as well as the fees collected from the ambulance service.

July 1st 1973 – ACVFD Adds Emergency Medical Services Recognizing the need for additional services, emergency ambulance service was added to the Alief Community Volunteer Fire Department. Ambulance personnel were derived from the existing ranks of the fire department. (Pictured: CVFD's First Ambulance)

1984 – Houston Annexes Remaining Portions of Alief The City of Houston annexed additional territory which included the remaining areas of greater Alief westward to Synott Road south of Beechnut and west to Eldridge Road north of Beechnut. The Alief Community Volunteer Fire Department Station 2 located on C Street was now contained in the boundaries of the City of Houston. However, the C Street location was still staffed for the next 25 years until a new fire station was built and commissioned for Station 2 in 2009. ​ (Pictured: Station 2 on Alief-Clodine Rd @ C St. Same location as the original Alief VFD, but a newer building. Left picture taken in late 1980's. Right picture is how it looked when closed in 2009)

August 1997 – Emergency Services District is Formed Still dependent on the $3.00 donation on residential water bills and income from the department’s ambulance service, Community Protection Agency, Inc. acknowledged the declining pattern of financial contributions necessary to support operations. Call volume was increasing, equipment was aging, and income was rapidly declining. To better assure stable revenue, the board acknowledged the desirability of an Emergency Services District. A petition containing the signature of 100 qualified signers was necessary from each of the two counties. Little resistance was encountered during the petition signing process and during public hearings. With enough signers, an election was held, and the initiative passed with strong voter support. Harris / Ft. Bend County Emergency Services District 100 was born.