Fire and rescue from Station 23 · Moore and Harnett Counties · Since 1977
Your neighbors, on the truck since 1977.
Crains Creek Fire‑Rescue is a combination department, career and volunteer, answering structure fires, emergency medical calls, woods fires, rescue calls and vehicle accidents in Moore and Harnett Counties from Station 23 in Vass. How to reach us, how to join, burn-permit rules, events, and ways to support the department are all here.
Right now
Current notices
Now hiring: full-time Firefighter/Engineer
Crains Creek Fire Rescue is hiring a full-time Firefighter/Engineer on a 48/96 schedule: 48 hours on duty at the station, then 96 off. Email crainscreekvfd@pinehurst.net or stop by the station for an application.
How to applyEventCar Show and Trunk or Treat, Saturday, October 24
All day at Station 23, 4525 Lobelia Rd: car show 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. ($20 entry, one BBQ plate included, top 10 trophies), BBQ plates $11 from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., live music 5 to 8 p.m., bounce houses all day, Trunk or Treat 7 to 9 p.m. with a plaque for the best decorated, and 50/50 tickets for $1.
Event detailsClass 3 since December 2022
ISO Class 3, and what it means.
In August 2022 the state rated Crains Creek a Class 3 for homes within five road miles of Station 23, and 9E for homes five to six road miles out, effective that December. The department put it down to “the continuous hard work of our members and Board of Directors.”
Rural departments average a 9S, the Sandhills Sentinel reported at the time. By the state rate bureau's factors, a frame house paying $2,400 a year at Class 3 would pay about $3,430 at 9E.
Members keep it up with Tuesday-night training, county drills at the Sandhills Community College training center, and the static water points their tankers draw from where hydrants don't reach. Volunteers take their certification classes free.
- within five road miles of Station 23 / five to six miles out
- 3 / 9E
- a year more for the same house at 9E, on a $2,400 Class 3 policy
- $1,029
- chartered; 50 years in 2027
- 1977
Sources: Sandhills Sentinel, Aug. 26, 2022, N.C. Rate Bureau factors, the department's Facebook page, 2026
Recent responses
Latest calls
- Sep 13Motor vehicle accident · Hilmongrove Road at Charity Drive
- Jun 3Woods fire · Marks Road
- May 17Woods fire · Mutual aid to Cypress Pointe
Coming up
Events
- Oct 24Car Show and Trunk or Treat · Station 23, 4525 Lobelia Rd., Vass · 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
On the floor
The trucks on the floor
Fall fire season in the Sandhills
Dry leaves, pine straw and wind. Check before you burn.
Fall is woods-fire season in Moore County. Near woods, open burning needs a free N.C. Forest Service permit between midnight and 4 p.m., only natural vegetation may be burned, and nothing should be lit on a windy day. Keep a hose or bucket within reach and stay with the fire until it is out.
The district
Two counties, one department
The Crains Creek fire district covers the Crains Creek community around Lobelia Road, in Moore County and across the line in western Harnett County.
Cypress Pointe, Spout Springs, Benhaven and other neighbors call on us, and we call on them. Station 23 is at 4525 Lobelia Rd, Vass.
Station 23 on Lobelia Road, Vass. Directions · Not sure you’re in the district? Call the station.
Support
Support the department.
Gifts to the department, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, are tax-deductible to the extent the law allows.
Follow us
The department on Facebook
News, photos and notices from the department.