PLEASE CONSIDER BECOMING A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER!
Volunteer Firefighters and First Responders Needed to Keep Big Bend’s Company 70 Well-Staffed For Emergency Response!
“As a volunteer department, we always need more recruits. It’s easy to join and you get some of the best training in the nation for free!”
-Kelley Theisen , BBVFC Volunteer
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For additional information on your local Volunteer Fire Company or how to become a member, please contact Shasta County Fire Department, at (530) 225-2418. If you are interested in downloading an application please click here . Mail completed application to:
Shasta County Fire Department (Attn: Mary Keith)
875 Cypress Avenue, Redding, CA 96001
Shasta Fire: Who are we?
We are a community-based volunteer organization of 250+ members located in 18 Shasta County locations, including Big Bend. We are men and women just like you making a difference by supporting our community. PLEASE CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING!! 
Shasta County Fire contracts with CAL FIRE to administer and integrate localized fire companies into one cohesive group. This provides a greater force of firefighters and equipment to respond to all types of emergencies throughout Shasta County.
SCFD Volunteer Firefighters respond to various types of calls:
•Structure Fires
•Wildland Fires
•Vehicle Fires
•Medical Aids
•Traffic Accidents
•Hazardous Materials Spills
Training for Excellence:
Training is an integral part and foundation for an efficient and effective organization. Various skills are both learned and improved upon through continued education.
YOU can become a capable trained:
~Firefighter
~First Responder
~Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
~Fire Engine Operator
~Search and Rescue Responder
~Fire Company Officer
Community Involvement:
These programs provide a partnership between volunteers and their own neighborhoods:
•Fire Prevention education for children
•Home Fire Safety programs
•Community activities participation
•Fund raising for necessary equipment and supplies
•Victim support
PLEASE CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING!! When you make the commitment to be a Volunteer Firefighter, you will be helping yourself, your family, your community, and your forests!
Here are some of the other benefits and details:
PLEASE CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING!!
*Training takes about 140 hours of instruction (some is on the internet) to be a Full First Responder.
Shasta County’s First Responder training program consists of some introductory courses followed by ongoing training.
Some of the courses are:
•EMR First -Aid with CPR
•Fire Control 1, 2 & 3
•Emergency Management
•Haz Mat: Safely Managing Hazardous Materials
•Automobile Extraction
•Driving Rescue Unit
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BB VFC 70 Needs More Drivers! (Class B License)
*To Drive Fire Truck and Ambulance:
1. Clean driving record
2. Take two driving classes
3. Driving instructor signs off on proficiency
4. Written test
5. Cone driving test
6. Full driving test
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PLEASE CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING!!
More and more community members are becoming volunteer firefighters and WE NEED YOU TOO!
Downtown Burney During Eiler Fire, August 2014…
Fire was 12 miles southeast of Burney near Old Station (32,416 acres burned)
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**This BBVFC web site needs more content about volunteering and details about the training involved, and more pictures of the BBVFC 70 former and current firefighters (especially in their turnout gear and action shots), so if you have any information and/or pictures for this page, please send them to us… THANKS!