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​"Blog: a regularly updated website or web page, typically run by an individual or small group, written in an informal or conversational style."
Group photo above was taken following the memorial service for Steve Tolen held in October at the Plumas Sierra County Fairgrounds. Photographers were Kim Eliason and Julie Cassou.

On helping your community understand your Fire Department...

1/21/2016

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This week we are featuring the Inside the Fire House Column that is published through PCFCA and Plumas News. The original intent of this series was to help the layperson understand what we in the fire service do and why. Our profession has been around in America for over 300 years, and has developed it's own culture and language that we often take for granted. We throw around words and acronyms like SCBA's and AED's and fully expect others just to 'get it'.

We then wonder why and how we are misunderstood at times. Why can't you respond without lights and sirens to my need? Why can't I just get an ambulance? Why does it cost so much for the fire department? Why do you need those really big trucks? Why don't you just hook right into the fire hydrant? Why would I need home fire sprinklers? Why do I need a carbon monoxide detector, and isn't this just another example of government intrusion into our lives?

Our first posting is from the 2015 series that ran last year on Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Why is the fire department even involved in field EMS, and how did we get to where we are today? FD members should consider asking their board members to review this series, and then openly discuss other questions they may have on this topic  - EMS has become such a large part of our operations over the last few decades. Read the series under the Inside the Fire House menu.
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Accident on Highway 70, 2011. Photo by Maureen Forster.
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And so it begins...

1/3/2016

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The Plumas County Fire Chiefs Association has agreed to move forward with a website for our organization. Until now we have only used an internal web-based service for communication within the group. While that will continue, this website is intended to be focused on information for our communities and customers.

​We will have a page for each fire department, and partner agencies if this is a wish. Sometimes the page will simply link the reader to the department website, but more often it will serve as one of or the only primary web presence for the FD. Most of our fire departments are volunteer, and doing a web site is a time commitment that some cannot afford.

We will also be posting educational articles for you to help understand the fire service. We have an occasional column in the weekly Plumas News editions that serve our county, and these will be 're-purposed' and sometimes expanded upon. That feature will be coming soon. Thank you for your patience as we start this new site.
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The group photo from our year-end meeting with awards and BBQ held in Sloat in November of 2013. Thanks to Long Valley VFD for hosting.
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  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Fire Departments
    • Beckwourth FPD
    • Bucks Lake FD
    • Chester FD
    • Crescent Mills Fire Protection District
    • Eastern Plumas Rural FPD (& C Road)
    • Graeagle FPD
    • Greenhorn Creek FD
    • Hamilton Branch Fire Protection District
    • Indian Valley FD
    • La Porte FPD
    • Long Valley VFD
    • Meadow Valley FPD
    • Peninsula Fire Protection District
    • Plumas County OES
    • Plumas Eureka FD
    • Portola FD
    • Quincy FPD
    • Sierra Valley FPD
    • U.S. Forest Service, Plumas NF
    • West Almanor FPD (& Prattville)
  • Join Us - We are Recruiting!
  • Members Only Section
  • Awards & Recognition
    • Chief Robbie Cassou Instructor of the Year Award >
      • 2012 Tom Forster, Asst. Chief Plumas Eureka FD
      • 2013 John Gay, Captain Quincy FPD
      • 2014 Ed Ward, Chief Graeagle FPD
      • 2015 Frank Carey, Assistant Fire Chief Quincy FPD
      • 2016 Dony Sawchuk, Captain, Quincy FPD
      • 2017 David Schmid Quincy FPD
    • Steve Tolen Leadership in EMS Perpetual Award >
      • 2015 Peter Beck, Plumas District Hospital, retired
      • 2016 Ed Ward, Chief Graeagle FPD
      • 2017 Matt Brown & Sam Blesse, Care Flight REMSA
    • Chief Ronny J. Coleman, Honorary Member PCFCA
    • Recognition of Retiring Fire Chiefs
    • Special Recognition >
      • Mike Grant Plumas County Sheriff's Office
  • Biographies
  • Emergency Medical Care Committee
  • Firewise Communities
  • Former Fire Departments
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Group Calendar
  • Major Fires & Incidents
    • 2013 Pizza Factory Fire, Quincy CA
    • 2015 Ponderosa Bowling Alley, Portola CA
    • 2017 Minerva 5 Incident, Quincy
  • Memorials
    • Chief Tom Forster, Plumas Eureka FD
    • Chief Andy Anderson, Quincy FD
    • Richard Bruce "Dick" "Specs" Matheny, USFS
    • Sparky Cassou, Quincy FPD
    • William "Bill" Floyd Hopman Quincy FPD
    • Steve Tolen, Quincy FPD, PDH, EMCC
  • Partner Law and Related Agencies
    • Plumas County Sheriff's Office
  • Plumas Sierra County Fair Firefighters Muster
    • 2016 Plumas Sierra County Fair Firefighters Muster
    • 2017 Plumas Sierra County Fair Firefighters Muster
  • Quincy Fire Academy
  • The Quincy FPD Support Team
  • Related Links