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\"lat-la-me-eiler-fire-wre0019343521-20140804\"<\/a>August 2014: This was the Hat Creek store next to their fire station. It was so hot the hose they were using burned up before they could save the store.<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n
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August 2014: This is a picture of the lava fields that BBVFC 70 firefighters were working in early August, as several other fires flared up in North State.<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Current and Former BBVFC Fire Chiefs:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Christopher Gida  (Chief from 1987 to 1991)
Robert MacMillan (Chief from 19?? to 19??)
<\/span><\/strong>Michelle Hazeltine (Chief from 20?? to 2013)
<\/span><\/strong>David Green (Chief from 2013 to 2021)<\/strong>
Geoff Unangst (Chief from 2021 to Present)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

*Info. Needed: Who else was chief and what were the dates?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>Don Hazeltine extinguishing explosive inferno at  <\/span>Glenburn Rd. Fall River Mills, Summer 2009.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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Triple Fire in woods July 2024 (past Summit Lake Road turn off, above Kosk Creek)<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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“Our VFC #70 has some great people on it with lots of experience.  I respect the dedication it takes to stay on the team for so long, like some of these guys have!”<\/strong><\/em>
<\/span>                                             -Kelley Theisen, BBVFC Volunteer, 2017<\/p>\n\n\n

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Geoff skillfully sprays the crowd and gets pelted by water balloons in the Big Bend 4th of July Parade 2026<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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*We need more history content and more pictures of the BBVFC 70 former and current firefighters (especially in their turnout gear and\u00a0action shots), so if you have any stories and\/or pictures for this web site, please send them to us. \u00a0THANKS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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August 2014: This was the Hat Creek store next to their fire station. It was so hot the hose they were using burned up before they could save the store. August 2014: This is a picture of the lava fields that BBVFC 70 firefighters were working in early August, as several other fires flared up in North […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bbvfc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bbvfc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bbvfc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bbvfc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bbvfc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.bbvfc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224,"href":"http:\/\/www.bbvfc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bbvfc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}