How did the Brookfield Volunteer Fire Company originate?
The Brookfield Volunteer Fire Company (BVFC) was started in 1934 by a group of concerned citizens after St. Pauls Church burned to the ground. There was no fire suppression organization, or water supply in Town. A call had to be made to Danbury to send trucks and bring water. By the time they got here it usually was too late for the building. The group incorporated in 1936 as The Brookfield Volunteer Fire Company, Incorporated, a non-profit. They raised money, obtained an old tobacco barn on Route 25, Whisconier Road, and converted it to a Fire House, and bought a 1936 Ford fire truck. The original building is now an apartment house. The firemen had to pay their own way with donated funds because the taxpayers in the 1930s could not. Town money was tight. The Firemen also raised the money to build the Fire Station in Brookfield Center in 1954 on a half-acre of donated land. The Company owns this building and now runs the Ambulance service from this location. When the Fire Company neede
