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Monday, December 20, 2010

Local Volunteer Firefighters Recognized for their Service

At a Christmas dinner Saturday evening held at Saddle Creek Lodge, CFPD recognized and honored the outstanding achievements of their volunteer staff. Each volunteer within the department must attend and pass courses on wild land fire, safety, structure fire, confined space awareness and first responder, to name a few, before they can be called a Copperopolis Fire Protection District Volunteer Firefighter.
Don Rollings, a volunteer since August 2008 and Volunteer Association President, received the coveted “Volunteer of the Year” award recognizing his commitment to the department, his professionalism, and his high rate of response to calls.
Ricky Molina, a volunteer since May 2010, received “Rookie of the Year” pointing out his constant drive to excel at his chosen profession. Ricky recently completed his EMT course.
Stacey Nolan, a volunteer since January 2002, received the “Service Award” recognizing her contribution to the community through Fire Prevention public education, eagerly and efficiently spear heading any project that brings fire safety awareness to the public.
Upon completion of required courses volunteers are: outfitted with structure gear and wild land fire gear; issued a pager which they keep on their person at all times in order to respond to an emergency situation quickly; required to attend mandatory training meetings to keep up with the latest fire fighting technology and equipment use; and are required to pass a physical agility and endurance test yearly. With CFPD being a “combination fire department” it relies heavily on the response and service of the local volunteer firefighters. CFPD has a volunteer roster of 18 volunteer firefighters making it well staffed volunteer wise to handle any incident. One of the many duties of a volunteer besides responding to fire and medical calls, is to cover a fire station when the paid staff is on a call far from the central part of town, ie; Poole Station, allowing for quick response from the station if another call comes out.
Stacey Nolan holding her "Service Award" Plaque

Don Rollings accepting his "Volunteer of the Year" Plaque

To be a volunteer firefighter pick up an application at Station #1 or download an application from the CFPD website at http://www.copperfiredist.com/

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