A perpetual award to recognize high quality Fire Instructors
serving in Plumas County, California
This award was established in 2011 in honor of Quincy, CA Fire Chief Robbie J. Cassou and his outstanding instruction for the fire and emergency medical services community over several decades. The photo above was taken by Tomfollowing the Plumas County Fire Chiefs Association held in Meadow Valley with the presentation to Robbie. (l-r) Dan Kenny, Long Valley; Jim Hamblin, Indian Valley; Nick Dawson, Chester, Carl McDonald, Greenhorn Creek; Bill Bradfield, Meadow Valley; Lafe Alexander, Meadow Valley; Robbie Cassou, Quincy; Jeff Iversen, Bucks Lake; Gary Castagnetti, Plumas Eureka; ___________(tbd); Alan Setzer, USFS PNF; Joe Kemp, Crescent Mills; Lawrence Pederson, Sierra Valley; Joe Waterman, Cal-Fire; _______, USFS(tbd); Ron Heinbockel, USFS PNF. Sparky, Quincy's fire dog, with his back turned. Photo by Tom Forster.
In addition to this recognition from his peers in Plumas County, Robbie was named the California Fire Instructor of the Year for 2014 by the California State Firefighter's Association.
Passion, caring, devotion, and expertise are some of the great teaching qualities that Robbie demonstrates. Highly respected by others, he is the founder of the Quincy Fire Academy, the only regional fire academy in the northeastern Sierra Nevada Mountain area in California.
Born and raised in Piedmont, California in the bay area hills next to Oakland, Robbie started his career in the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACFD). He eventually worked in the LACFD Training Division and became a Paramedic. He met his wife Julie during Paramedic training - she was one of his instructors. They migrated north to Quincy to work at Plumas District Hospital in the late 1980's, recruited by Steve Tolen of Plumas District Hospital, where he served as the first paramedic in Plumas County, and she as a Mobile Intensive Care Nurse. He eventually became the Operations Chief for Quincy Fire Protection District, and promoted to Fire Chief in 2009 after Andy Anderson retired.
His contributions across the County have included helping design and implement the first county-wide radio communications system, leading regional fire drills and training, and instructing California State Fire Training & Education System classes including Driver Operator 1A/1B and Low Angle Rescue. He is one of only seven registered State Fire Training Instructors in Plumas County. He is also a talented cartoonist, mechanic, and fire service historian. Among hundreds of other contributions, he designed both the Plumas County Fire Chiefs Association logo and the Plumas Sierra County Firefighters Muster logo. He is also one of the organizers of the Plumas Sierra County Fair Firefighters Muster that started in 2016.
In addition to this recognition from his peers in Plumas County, Robbie was named the California Fire Instructor of the Year for 2014 by the California State Firefighter's Association.
Passion, caring, devotion, and expertise are some of the great teaching qualities that Robbie demonstrates. Highly respected by others, he is the founder of the Quincy Fire Academy, the only regional fire academy in the northeastern Sierra Nevada Mountain area in California.
Born and raised in Piedmont, California in the bay area hills next to Oakland, Robbie started his career in the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACFD). He eventually worked in the LACFD Training Division and became a Paramedic. He met his wife Julie during Paramedic training - she was one of his instructors. They migrated north to Quincy to work at Plumas District Hospital in the late 1980's, recruited by Steve Tolen of Plumas District Hospital, where he served as the first paramedic in Plumas County, and she as a Mobile Intensive Care Nurse. He eventually became the Operations Chief for Quincy Fire Protection District, and promoted to Fire Chief in 2009 after Andy Anderson retired.
His contributions across the County have included helping design and implement the first county-wide radio communications system, leading regional fire drills and training, and instructing California State Fire Training & Education System classes including Driver Operator 1A/1B and Low Angle Rescue. He is one of only seven registered State Fire Training Instructors in Plumas County. He is also a talented cartoonist, mechanic, and fire service historian. Among hundreds of other contributions, he designed both the Plumas County Fire Chiefs Association logo and the Plumas Sierra County Firefighters Muster logo. He is also one of the organizers of the Plumas Sierra County Fair Firefighters Muster that started in 2016.
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