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LoCO Staff / Friday, July 14 @ 6:56 a.m. / Obits William Arthur Rush passed away peacefully on April 17, 2023 in Eureka. He was 86 years old. He was well cared for and comfortable when he died. He loved life with passion, enthusiasm, and vigor in his early life. He...
City News Service A juvenile was rescued from an inaccessible area of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway on Sunday. Firefighters from the Riverside County Fire Department responded to a report of a juvenile with a medical emergency at around 12:45 p.m. Sunday. They hiked...
SAN DIEGO — San Marcos and Escondido firefighters participated in an extrication training course on Saturday. Since electric vehicles pose new risks and challenges compared to gas-powered vehicles, new training was needed.
“Anytime a firefighter can break something, it makes their day,” said Battalion Chief Jeff Sargis.
Manhattan Beach firefighters have a new employment contract — and union officials say they’re happier with it than they were with the last one.
The City Council this week unanimously approved a three-year labor agreement with the Manhattan Beach Firefighters’ Association that includes an incremental 10% cost-of-living salary increase, among other benefits.
The new contract, OK’d at the council’s Tuesday, June 20, meeting, will take effect on July 1 and end on June 30, 2026.
WILLOWS, Calif. – Crews arrived to find a 20-foot trailer with approximately 20 to 30 hay bales on fire, the fire department said.
Crews were able to achieve knockdown on the fire in 15 minutes.
County Road 48 was shut down for approximately 45 minutes just west of County Road D while crews were on scene. The roadway is now reopened.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The first call came in around 3:31 p.m.
An Orange County Fire Authority crew found themselves in a precarious spot while carrying out a very delicate search and rescue mission in Buena Park. Michele Gile reports.
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.
