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                          Poulsbo
Fire Department There are thirty-five volunteers currently active with the department. They are assigned to the fire station nearest their home. Several volunteers also live at Station 72 as part of the Department's Resident Firefighter Program. Each station is under the supervision of a volunteer captain and a lieutenant who coordinate the station activities. They in turn report to the volunteer battalion chief.
At the present time there are no positions in Kitsap County for volunteer paramedics, due in part to the high level of on-going training necessary to maintain proficiency. For more information click on the links below. To obtain a volunteer application please email John Melrose at jmelrose@poulsbofire.org, stop by Station 71 at 911 NE Liberty Road or download an Adobe Acrobat version (65 KB) from this web site (note - you can fill in the form on-line but you will need to print the completed version and mail it to the address above).
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Volunteers are encouraged to spend one eight-hour shift per month with the duty crew at either station. The volunteer is assigned to a duty position by the career shift officer according to the number of people, both volunteer and career, who are on duty. Qualified volunteers may staff an engine, an aid car, or other response apparatus as needed. Volunteers while on duty are required to participate in shift activities such as fire inspections, public education presentations, physical training, hose drills, medical training and other duties in addition to responding on alarms. Qualified volunteers who are not on duty at Station 71 or 72 may respond to their assigned fire station when alerted by the 911 paging system. Volunteers must also maintain a minimum of 50% drill attendance. Department drills are conducted every Wednesday evening beginning at 1845 hours and ending at 2100 hours. The third Wednesday drill each month is a medical drill, part of the Kitsap County OTEP (On-going Training and Evaluation) Program for EMTs and First Responders. Members who have received specialized training in wildland firefighting may volunteer to be sent anywhere in Washington State when requested by the Department of Natural Resources or the Department of Forestry. Poulsbo crews have fought wildfires in Chelan, Leavenworth, Spokane, Wenatchee, Shelton and several other western states. Many hours of additional training are required to qualify and maintain certification for Wildland crews. Qualified personnel available for deployment to other western states are frequently needed during the wildland fire season. |
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