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The Leggett Valley Volunteer Fire Department in northern Mendocino County has six firefighters to cover 250 square miles of some of the most rugged and remote territory in the state of California.
The small, unincorporated town of Santa Margarita has one of the last volunteer fire stations in San Luis Obispo County. It’s an important training ground for local firefighters, but it’s also facing challenges like storm damage and low funding.
Nearly 50 Kern County firefighters were requested to assist in the Dry Creek Complex wildfire in Tulare County.
Currently, the wildfire has burned 378 acres and is 15% contained, according to Cal Fire.
Volunteering is a wonderful way to give back and get involved in your community. Fortunately for folks in the Suisun City area, there’s no shortage of organizations nearby that would love to have your help.
Here are five outstanding volunteer organizations in the Suisun City area.
KCRA 3 has teamed up with the American Red Cross to help victims of wildfires in Hawaii. The fires have devastated the historic town of Lahaina on the island of Maui.
It was a different sort of ride for this horse who needed rescuing after it slipped on a trail in San Juan Capistrano, California. The Orange County Fire Authority team was called to save 25-year-old Sobe from where it was wedged in a confined area. Their crew worked with a veterinarian to free the horse, but they eventually realized a helicopter extraction was needed. Inside Edition Digital has more.
Calaveras County consists of 10 volunteer fire departments:
The CCFCA fire agencies are located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, 188 miles east of San Francisco and 135 miles west of Lake Tahoe in California. Found midway on State Highway 49, between Sacramento and Yosemite, Calaveras County links the two towns of the California Gold Country. With an average of 6,000 fire and emergency service calls a year, our 11 fire districts serve a rural area of 45,578 people. We provide fire protection and rescue service to 1,020 square miles of rural area. Our 11 volunteer agencies respond to structure fires, wild land fires, medical emergencies, water rescue, technical rope rescue, hazardous materials spills, public service assistance calls and other emergencies. The Calaveras County Fire Agencies protects an area that is 66% rural wild land, 21% residential, and 3% commercial, including Calaveras Big Trees State Park, a preserve of Giant Sequoia trees, located in the county several miles east of the town of Arnold.
Below is a list of the selection criteria each department requires in order to consider an application for volunteer firefighter. Read the criteria and make sure that you qualify, then click the Apply button to complete your application online.
Although local governments and departments establish different selection criteria, many departments require that volunteers:
Time requirements vary by department. Time commitment will depend on several factors, such as the number of calls the department receives, training requirements, shift versus on-call structure, and community activities in which the department requires volunteers to participate.
Volunteer departments prefer that volunteers have the ability to respond to calls 24 hours a day, although most departments still accept volunteers who are unable to leave work or other obligations to respond to a call.
Typically, departments pay for training and firefighting equipment. Volunteer firefighting is an unpaid position; however, some departments may provide stipends or reimburse volunteers for certain expenses.
