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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.
They put their lives on the line for our communities and they do it without getting paid. Most of us have no idea how crucial volunteer firefighters are in keeping us safe and how dangerous their jobs can be.
When there’s a fire in Oregon, it’s often a volunteer firefighter who shows up. 94% of all fire departments in Oregon are either all-volunteer or a combination of paid and volunteer firefighters. But the number of people willing answer the call is dwindling. It’s becoming harder and harder to recruit and keep volunteer firefighters.
Firefighters rushed to help a tractor trailer stranded on the side of an Overland Park highway.
The driver pulled to the side of US 69 Highway, just north of 151st Street after the truck stopped working.
In north St. Louis County, three Black Jack firefighters were injured when the fire truck they were riding in crashed while trying to avoid colliding with another vehicle Tuesday night.
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.
