Volunteers

Name of the Department

This is the Lookingglass Volunteer Fire Department (LVFD).

Mission Statement

The LVFD meets the needs of our community by providing well-trained firefighters for response to fire, rescue, medical and public service incidents. We protect lives, property, and the environment with compassion and a dedication to excellence. We meet or exceed the requirements of local, state and national statutes and standards related to the Fire Service. Our conduct will reflect our commitment to safety, honesty, personal responsibility, fairness, respectfulness and integrity. We recognize that the most effective way to protect lives and property is to prevent fires from occurring through fire prevention and education.

Lookingglass Rural Fire District is manned entirely by well-trained, dedicated volunteers and we can always use more. Volunteers must be 18 or older and live within the district. Volunteers attend drill one night per week (currently Thursdays at 7pm). Firefighter certification requires completing an 81 hour class on structural fire suppression. Interested volunteers can take additional training to get certification for various levels of medical responder.

Current Training Schedule:

This schedule is subject to change.

• May 21 – Company Evolutions (by position on apparatus).
• May 23 – Wildland Look-up, Look down, look all around.
• May 28 – TPE skills review-practice-evolutions; Engine Ops/ Tender – drop tank H2O supply.
• May 30 – Extra Burn-to Learn with Tenmile?
• June 4 – Safety Committee Meeting/Inspection,
  Apparatus Checks, and Officers Meeting.
• June 6 – Extra: Open House Social/Red Cross Smoke Detectors?
• June 11 – Wildland RT 130 refresher.
• June 13 – Extra: Hose Testing.
• June 18 – Wildland Pump Ops – Progressive lays; Live Fire?
• June 20 – Extra: Hose Testing.
• June 25 – EMS/EMR: Trauma.
• June 27 – Extra: Hose Testing.

We currently have 19 active volunteers, of which 6 are officers, 7 are firefighters and/or medical first responders, and 6 are firefighter trainees.

To learn more, or to add your name to our list of volunteers, please call the fire station.