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      • Mike Grant Plumas County Sheriff's Office
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​Mike Grant
Plumas County Sheriff's Office
​Special Recognition from PCFCA, December 9, 2017 photo by Julie Cassou

by Chief Robbie Cassou, Quincy Fire Protection District,

Mike has spent nearly four decades in emergency services as a uniformed officer for the Plumas County Sheriff’s Department, and leading
Plumas County Search and Rescue.  One of Mike’s many talents has been his uncanny ability to find creative ways to overcoming technical challenges. He uses his skills in radio programming, installation, testing, and maintenance to help keep not only the Sheriff’s Office equipment functioning properly, but other partner agencies communications equipment as well.  

The Fire and EMS communications network started in 2002 in Plumas County, with the installation of  four mountaintop radio signal repeaters on Dyer, Hough, Bucks Lake and Beckworth Peak.  Back-up repeaters were later installed to proved redundancy and extended coverage on Red Hill, Stover Mountain, Mills Peak, and Claremont Peak.  Though the county initially helped fund the installation of the fire and EMS communications system, no long term funding stream was secured to maintain and replace these systems as needed.

Several years back, Nor Cal EMS shed it’s MEDCOM UHF repeater system for EMS, and gave the systems to local government agencies to operate and maintain. This antiquated system has been a logistical nightmare at times, considering how old the equipment is, and the high cost of maintaining, replacing and securing vault space for the equipment.

​Mike has found numerous pieces of surplus equipment to help keep the Fire Net and the MEDCOM up and running.  He has performed numerous repairs on County Sheriff, fire, and EMS communications systems, saving all of us thousands of dollars on repairs and replacement.  Mike has successfully approached Plumas County Hospitals for help funding the maintenance of the MEDCOM system.  He is also working with the California Highway Patrol, Chico State University,  the U.S. Forest Service, Digitalpath Inc., and other stakeholders to help us maintain our storage space in agency radio vaults, with out incurring overwhelming costs.

Mike has replaced equipment for multiple agencies through grants, begging and borrowing.  He has kept us informed or the hardware and financial problems, and has helped us find solutions. What impresses me the most about Mike is how he is always looking at the "big picture." Many governmental agencies and private entities tend to see their world through their own limited lens, focused on individual problems. Mike understands that as emergency services agencies, we are most effective when we are all working together to accomplish the shared goal of providing the best emergency response to protect our citizens, while ensuring  overall safety for our responders, the majority of whom are volunteers.

​The Plumas County Fire Chiefs Association presented Mike with special recognition at our 
December 9, 2017 meeting in Graeagle. The plaque reads "The Bailing Wire, Band-Aid, and Duct Tape Award, presented with great appreciation and respect to Mike Grant, Plumas County Sheriff's Office, for his outstanding service and support to the Plumas County Fire Chiefs Association in birthing and maintaining our two-way radio and paging system."
Picture
Mike shown helping teach a State Fire Training course on Low Angle Rescue, led by Chief Robbie Cassou in December of 2016. Mike heads up Plumas County Search and Rescue for the Sheriff's Office. Photo by Tom Forster
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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