The Groom Creek Fire District has registered with Fire Corps, a national volunteer program created after the September 11th incident. Under this program, the President urged Americans to get involved locally with their emergency service providers.
This initiative has taken on many forms throughout the United States and has evolved into a format that we can now adopt for the Groom Creek area. Beginning in July, the Groom Creek Fire Corps will be established to provide non-emergency support to the residents within the Groom Creek Fire District. We will have positions for volunteers to respond to assist with smoke detector installation, provide traffic control on emergency incidents, help with administrative tasks, perform Firewise Community public education and operate fund-raising events for the Groom Creek Firefighter’s Association. Volunteers will be scheduled one four-hour shift per week.
The Groom Creek Firefighter’s Association is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization created to provide assistance to the career and volunteer
firefighters, their families and the community. We will be using this auxiliary organization to provide assistance to those in our community who are in need with things like transportation needs during winter storms, ensuring our neighbors have fuelwood for heat, continuing to improve our community park and ultimately making Groom Creek a better place to live.
Training will be provided to all volunteers and you will only be asked to perform in those tasks that you are trained and are comfortable performing. Anyone with administrative experience will be able to assist in many ways providing office support. We have plenty of opportunities available.
Assistant Chief Manzanedo will be supervising the Groom Creek Fire Corps program. Please contact him at 928-778-6519 for details.