Fire district seeks volunteers

 

Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District relies on trained and skilled volunteers.photo provided

Even as the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District is in the midst of two live-fire training sessions, the District is putting out the call for more volunteers.

The fire department is currently accepting applications from members in the community who are interested in becoming fire and EMS volunteers. The district has continued to see a rise in the amount of emergency response calls. In 2021, the fire department responded on a total of 1,222 emergency incidents. Volunteers help run many of these calls and are an integral part of the work of the department. Volunteers are trained and highly skilled in EMS, structural firefighting, wildland firefighting, low angle rescue operations, hazmat operations, and more.

Selected participants will complete the in-house structural Firefighter 1 Academy. The 2022 spring academy will be starting in April, so applications are being accepted and processed now. Generally, the training is on Monday nights with assignments and reading assigned throughout the week. There are also a couple of Saturdays involved where training is grouped together for scenario-based and full simulation-style training.

Academy volunteers will receive instruction in several areas including, but not limited to: building construction, communications, fire dynamics, ground ladders, search & rescue, forcible entry, fire suppression, first aid, hazmat operations, wildland fire training, and more. The academy will be led by a group of experienced volunteer officers with the support of our career staff and volunteer corps at the fire department.

Applications can be found at http://www.sistersfire.com/volunteer-program-2/.

Call 549-0771 or email [email protected]

 

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