CENTER POINT, Texas — Although everyone was safely evacuated in Center Point during the 2025 floods, the local volunteer fire department’s building along the Guadalupe River flooded. Unfortunately, it happened again last week.
Inside the Center Point firehouse, where a lot of the mucking and cleaning up has been done, one office was just renovated after the July 4 floods last year. And once again, it’s back down to the studs.
In 2025, the floodwaters rose about 6 feet in the firehouse. Last week, that record was beaten as the flooding rose to 7 feet inside the building.
So, these volunteer firefighters are having to rebuild their station once again. Approximately $150,000 in equipment was damaged in last year’s flooding, but a $300,000 grant from the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country helped them get new gear and equipment. Also gifted to the department were two amphibious SHERP ATVs. They can help with those water rescues.
In this most recent flood, they were able to save some things, but not everything could be moved with the rising water. The Center Point Volunteer Fire Department has already spent $900,000 to purchase land for a new station on higher ground, but more is needed.
“Higher ground, out of the flood plain, up off 27,” said Razor Dobbs with the Center Point Volunteer Fire Department. “We have an architect that drew the plans, got everything going. We are ready to roll on that; we’re just trying to raise enough money now to build the facility, which is not just a firehouse, it’s a community center in the sense of there’s plenty of room for evacuation.”
Daily operations are still happening at the firehouse. They’ve also been assisting with evacuations in other flood impacted areas.
But in the meantime, other firefighters from San Antonio, El Paso and across the state were in the Hill Country to assist them with responding to emergencies and a second rebuild.
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