SECTION Personnel
POLICY No. 2.1
SUBJECT MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS - VOLUNTEERS
DATE 8-26-02
1.0 PURPOSE
To set forth minimum standards for volunteer firefighter membership with the Fire District and create
a base standard for all members.
2.0 POLICY
They shall be able bodied citizens who are either residents of or work in Grant County Fire Protection
District No 5 or reside in the City of Moses Lake and are at least sixteen years old
All members must have a valid Washington state drivers license.
All new members will be under a six month probation period, during which time they will not be
allowed to drive a fire vehicle to an emergency unless authorized by the officer in charge.
All firefighters shall obtain a valid certificate of First Aid and C.P.R.
All firefighters shall complete annual certification. By doing so, you are helping the District maintain a
better insurance rating for the public.
In general, all firefighters shall be trained to handle fire fighting equipment and apparatus provided to
successfully mitigate emergency incidents to which they respond. They shall remain at their posts of
duty until excused by a superior officer.
All firefighters, upon receiving an alarm, may report to duty immediately with all possible speed,
consistent with safety, and obeying all traffic laws.
Each member is responsible for equipment assigned to him/her and when membership in the District
is terminated, shall return said equipment to the Main Station. It shall be the duty of the Assistant Fire
Chief to see that all items are returned and accounted for.
It shall be the duty of every member of the Fire District to attend at least nine (9) drills per year.
Members so dropped from the roster will have the right to appeal at the next Commissioners meeting.
No member of the Fire District shall drive any Fire District apparatus until successful completion of an
Emergency Vehicle Accident Prevention program and shall not operate apparatus in emergency mode
until they have successfully passed a qualifying examination by an officer or designated examiner of
the Fire District to determine their driving ability and mechanical understanding of the apparatus
classification.
Drivers shall observe speed limits which are consistent with safety, considering traffic, weather and
road conditions. Special care shall be taken when approaching all intersections, the apparatus being
kept under control at all times.
Returning from fires, all traffic rules shall be obeyed.
All members should assist in the work of the District whether it may be their assigned duties or not,
and in the absence of any specific orders or apparent work to be done, they should report to the
person in charge.
All members shall give strict obedience to the orders of their appointed or elected officers.
Any person not a member of the District, unless authorized by an officer, shall not be allowed to ride
on the apparatus or to handle equipment.
Work at fires and drills shall be done in a quick, orderly and quiet manner.
No member shall appear at any meeting of the District or on duty under the influence of drugs or in a
state of intoxication, or shall be guilty of conduct unbecoming a firefighter, or otherwise bring disgrace
on the District under penalty of suspension or expulsion at the discretion of the Fire Chief.
R.C.W. 46.37.185, green light on firefighter's private vehicles. Firefighters, when approved by the
Chief of their respective service, may use a green light on their personal vehicle that complies with
Washington State law.
Personnel that are not 18 years of age will not participate in interior structural firefighting or drive fire
district apparatus.
3.0 DEFINITIONS
Emergency Mode
4.0 RESPONSIBILITY
The Fire Chief will be responsible to insure that membership requirements are met by all volunteer
firefighters of the Fire District.
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