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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.  Accident on Highway 70, 2011. Photo by Maureen Forster.
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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.  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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