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A man was saved by technology late Friday evening after he drove off a cliff in the Mt. Wilson area, plummeting nearly 400 feet before his car finally came to a stop. According to deputies with the Crescenta Valley Station of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, they...
KNAU News Talk - Arizona Public Radio | By KNAU STAFF Published July 26, 2023 at 2:03 PM MST Advocates for wildland firefighters are urging Congress to pass a bill that would prevent across-the-board pay cuts. The group called Grassroots Wildland Firefighters say a...
Firefighters and fire departments perform a critical service in our communities. Not only do they prevent and extinguish structural fires, but they also respond to medical emergencies and help mitigate the effects of natural disasters. That's why it may come as a...
IMPD officers spotted the woman's hand sticking through a manhole cover, but it's not clear why she was in the sewer to begin with. INDIANAPOLIS — Firefighters rescued a woman from a sewer Tuesday after seeing her hand poking up through the grates. IMPD bike patrol...
ASH FORK, Ariz. - A firefighter in northern Arizona is being accused of committing arson eight times in the past month, and deputies say some of his reasons ranged from retaliation against an employer to "boredom." According to the Yavapai County Sheriff's...
NEWS PROVIDED BY Anheuser-Busch 21 Jul, 2023, 09:00 ET ST. LOUIS, July 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Anheuser-Busch and its wholesaler partners are teaming up with the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) for the fifth consecutive year to donate emergency drinking...
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.
