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What is the commitment?
Volunteer Firefighters protect the city from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. throughout the week and 24 hours a day on weekends and holidays. Volunteer firefighters staff 6 fire engines, 2 ladder trucks, 5 ambulances, and a heavy rescue truck. Career firefighters supplement the volunteer response on evenings and weekends with 2 ALS medic units and one 24-hour squad. Volunteer personnel perform a number of emergency response duties including:
- Fire suppression and investigations
- Emergency Medical Services
- Auto extrication
- Hazardous materials incident mitigation
- Natural gas & CO investigations
- Fire code enforcement
- Confined Space Rescue
Do I have what it takes?
Firefighting takes courage, compassion, determination, and commitment. What type of commitment? Well, in the first year you must complete both your EMT-Basic class and state Firefighter level I certification. Upon completing each of these classes you’ll have to additionally complete an orientation class for each of these classes. Typically once completed with the EMS or fire certifications you’ll be enrolled in an orientation class within 4 weeks. Successful completions of these classes are required before you are considered operational. However, this does not end your training. Each week you will be required to attend training for one night a week. Typically this training starts at 7 p.m. and is over by 10 p.m. but some classes start earlier and end later. In addition to your training you will be asked to dedicate time periods for you to be “in-service”. This means that you will have to stay within your stations district and be ready to respond in the event of an emergency requiring your station’s response. These time periods vary by station depending on their response models. For instance at Station 36, located at the intersections of David and Bigger Roads, individuals are typically requested to be in-service one (1) 14 hours shift a week, Monday through Thursday and one (1) 12 hours shift on the weekends Friday through Sunday. So here is an example of the typical time commitment required of a recruit within their first year at station 36.
So what’s next?
If you’re still reading you may have the determination and commitment necesary to take the next step. Below you’ll find the application for the City of Kettering volunteer firefighter. Download, print and complete this application. Turn it into Fire headquarters at 2329 Wilmington Pike, Kettering Ohio, 45420. While completing this package, ensure that every appropriate block is completed. Also, sign the background/credit check release forms. Contact information contained within the Volunteer Firefighter Application Packet below.
Volunteer Firefighter Application
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