Incorporates Updated Curriculum covering tactics and strategy in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) for the Task Force/Strike Team LeaderThis course incorporates the Updated Curriculum covering tactics and strategy in the […]
LEDS and Behavioral Health training is provided at no cost to CSFA members and volunteers. Volunteers are eligible for travel reimbursement. Two-day workshop promoting the recruitment and retention of volunteers. […]
Provides local and state level emergency responders with robust understanding of the duties, responsibilities, and capabilities.This course provides local and state level emergency responders with a robust understanding of the duties, responsibilities, and capabilities of an effective Liaison Officer (LOFR) on an All-Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT).This course support learning through discussion, lecture and active […]
2-day live fire training courses geared towards NFPA standardsThis FREE training is funded by CSFA through a SAFER grant. The only equipment needed for these training events is individual PPE and SCBA gear. All apparatus, water, air re-fill station, and required apparatus will be coordinated by CSFA and the host department. You must bring documentation […]
Get ready to feel the heat! No cost LIVE FIRE TRAINING March 25 – 26, 2023 at North Bay Fire 4500 Hessel Road, Sebastopol, CA 95472 To register contact Engineer Dan Molo [email protected] Questions? Call CSFA at 800-451-2732 This training is provided at no cost by CSFA through a Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency […]
The Fire Control 3: Structural Firefighting course provides the student the opportunity to learn the basics of fire dynamics, chemistry and physics, structural fire behavior, structural fire attack tactics, and providing the knowledge and the opportunity for demonstrating their skills in locating, controlling, and extinguishing an interior structure fire. This course also provides future instructors an opportunity for learning the knowledge and demonstrating the skills for instructing fire fighters in these same fireground skills.
EVENT TIME
9/12-14 (1700-2000 each day) & 9/16-17th (0900-1700 each day)
GREAT LEADERSHIP IS THE KEY TO RETAINING GREAT PEOPLE
The best way to strengthen your volunteer fire department is through excellent leadership! Learn the skills to help, recruit and retain the best people in your community. The highly interactive course will explore the dynamics of leadership and what the current fire service demands.
The Fire Control 3: Structural Firefighting course provides the student the opportunity for learning the basics of fire dynamics, chemistry and physics, structural fire behavior, structural fire attack tactics, and providing the knowledge and the opportunity for demonstrating their skills in locating, controlling, and extinguishing an interior structure fire. This course also provides future instructors an opportunity for learning the knowledge and demonstrating the skills for instructing fire fighters in these same fireground skills.
GREAT LEADERSHIP IS THE KEY TO RETAINING GREAT PEOPLE
The best way to strengthen your volunteer fire department is through excellent leadership! Learn the skills to help, recruit and retain the best people in your community. The highly interactive course will explore the dynamics of leadership and what the current fire service demands.
RETENTION THROUGH LEADERSHIP
Instructor:
CAPTAIN CURTIS THOMPSON
Captain Curtis Thompson started his fire service career in 2000 with CDF/CALFIRE. He was then hired by Oakland Fire Department in 2002. Currently Curtis is assigned to Station 22/C at the Oakland International Airport as an ARFF Captain.
Who should attend:
Free for CSFA Members & Volunteer Firefighters
Questions? Call 800-451-2732
Live Fire Training, Forcible Entry and Ventilation Props available; Identifying best practices for entry into working structure fire environments
Hands On Live Fire Training on Suppression, Vertical Ventilation, and Fire Behavior hosted by Red Bluff Fire Department
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.
