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There are many ways you can help your family and neighbors. The Volunteer Fire Service is the best value in government and an incredibly fulfilling way to give back to our community
On The Front Lines. A significant commitment, but the most rewarding.
Our Concept of Operations calls on all Emergency Responders to meet minimum training and attendance requirements and to be proficient in 16 core skills that we have developed as a baseline for emergency scene safety and efficiency.
Interior firefighters. Train with us and the SC Fire Academy to become certified as an interior firefighter. Wear bunker gear, wear SCBA, operate tools and equipment, search and rescue, extinguish fires, extricate victims.
Help People.
Medical First Response is more than 60% of our call volume and requires specific skills. We'll help you learn to be at your best when others need you the most.
It's not just a water truck.
The Driver/Operator/Engineer is critical to success, especially on high risk - low frequency incidents. You'll train in-house and with the SC Fire Academy and learn to operate our impressive fleet of specialized equipment in support of the firefighters.
A great place to start.
It's also critical to the mission. Emergency scene support services and functions like traffic control, rehab/staging setup, scene lighting, and many other tasks are what make us efficient and successful in mitigating hazards and protecting lives and property. Start here while you learn how much more you're capable of.
A baseline time commitment is still required, but it's minimal compared to Emergency Responders.
Auxiliary members don't typically respond to emergencies, but they perform vital functions at the station that make operations effective: facility and apparatus maintenance, planning, cleaning, organizing, and community risk reduction (like smoke alarm installs and public education) are just some of the ways Auxiliary Members can lighten the load on the Emergency Responders in a meaningful way.
Would you want to spend thousands of hours serving your community for free only to have that service criticized? Neither do we.
As a primarily volunteer organization, your support is crucial. That may be by joining us as explained above, but it's also by understanding how we operate and what it takes to do what's necessary to protect us all, now, and in the future.
Look around this page and our social media for ways to engage with our active membership as much as possible, we're not hard to find. In that way you can learn and understand who the leaders are, how the operations work, what it costs and how it's funded. In doing so you'll be prepared to speak with pride about your community and the service of the Grassy Pond Volunteer Fire Department.
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