The "Heart" of the District lies with its Volunteers, who make up the District’s emergency service providers. The District maintains a roster of approximately 197 Fire Fighters.  These dedicated Volunteers provide the District patrons with an invaluable service.  The commitment and dedication of these remarkable public servants, makes life in rural Fremont County possible for many District’s patrons.

 

A Fire Fighter with the District Volunteers to join! That is when the real work begins. A new member with the District is required to obtain their Wyoming Fire Fighter I certification (which includes training in Hazardous Materials, Incident Command, Basic First Aid, and CPR), training in Wildland Firefighting, a Wyoming Class B drivers license.  New Volunteers have to meet Battalion training, business meeting, and fire call attendance requirements within their first 18 months of joining.

 

Fremont County Fire Protection District Volunteers are committed to providing the best emergency response services available to the patrons and visitors of the District. There pride, dedication, and commitment is obvious through the time and energy that they invest into their training and attendance to calls for assistance.

 

The District is operated by an Administrative Board consisting of three Commissioners, who are elected by the patrons living within the District’s boundaries. They serve four-year terms. The Commissioners hire the District Fire Chief who oversees the daily operations of the District. The District employees a part-time Deputy Chief , a full time Deputy Chief/Trainer, a full time Firewise Coordinator to oversee the Wildland Urban Interface (Firewise) Grant, an Office Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Shop Supervisor, 2 Mechanics and a part time Shop Assistant. 

 

This website is dedicated to the Volunteers of the District who provide essential services to the residents and visitors of Fremont County; a tradition that is founded in pride, dedication, and commitment to providing emergency services to their friends, neighbors and communities. 

 

During the 2010 calendar year Fremont County Fire Protection District received 730 Battalion pages.  Those pages were for a total of 451 incidents.  District Volunteers responded to 28 structure fires, 49 Wildland fires, 109 vehicle fires and accidents, 89 Rescue/EMS calls, 70 other incidents, and there were 106 cancelled calls.  Our Volunteers spent a total of 8,161 hours on incidents; an average of 42 hours per firefighter during 2010.  

The 197 Volunteer Firefighters with the Fremont County Fire District have a total of 2,556 Years of Service and Experience!  During 2010 our Volunteers attended 310 meetings for a total of 6,031 hours.  Those same Volunteers attended 170 Training sessions for 8,321 hours of training.  That is an average of 42.24 hours spent in training for every Volunteer in the District.

All totaled during 2010 Fremont County Fire District Volunteer Firefighters volunteered over 22,513 hours of their time for thier communities.  That is an average of 114.25 hours of Volunteerism per Firefighter.