2010 Opportunities

Lateral Firefighter/Paramedic

For more inforamtion please view pdf file attached.

Qualified applicants should submit the required documents to Assistant Chief of Operations George Brown by 5:00 pm on July 2, 2010.

Master Application

Employment Eliqibility Verification

VOLUNTEER APPLICATIONS

Volunteer applications are accepted year-round. The VIFR Firefighter Recruit Academy is from September to December, with the application deadline in July.

EMT classes are conducted twice per year by King County EMS, with application deadlines in January and July. Applicants with current EMT certification are inducted quarterly. Applicants with prior firefighter training are evaluated on a case-by-case basis to determine if the VIFR Recruit Academy will be required.

Questions regarding the application process should be directed to District Secretary Susan Wolf by e-mail at swolf@vifr.org or by phone at (206) 463-2724.

The rewards of being a Volunteer Firefighter include receiving professional training in fire suppression and emergency response.

Applicants must be willing to attend training one or two evenings a week and a full-day on Saturdays.

Interested? Please Print the following forms

Volunteer Application

Application Check List

Requirement & Condition Letter

Release Information Waiver

Employment Eliqibility Verification

List of Acceptable Documents

Emergency Contact Information

Confidential Disclosure Notice

Disclosure Form

Driving Record Request

UPDATES

By Chief Lipe

Vashon Island Fire & Rescue takes very

seriously our responsibility to make our workplace an environment where all feel welcome. Under my new leadership, we wanted to report our progress to date.

The Board of Commissioners has directed the staff to a renewed commitment for respect in the workplace.

The Board has also supported me in hiring an outside firm, Sound Employment Solutions of Mukilteo to engage us in a series of activities. This firm has extensive background in Human Resource issues for local governmental agencies such as police and fire. Some of the activities include; staff training on discrimination issues, investigations into complaints, and a review of our policies and files to make sure we comply with all current state and federal regulations.

We have also enrolled our new District Secretary in general and basic Human Resources Management training. With Board support and the commitment of our staff to address attitudes and behaviors, plus the experienced technical expertise of those in Human Relations to develop better procedures, policies and working documents, we are confident that we can bring about the changes which are needed.

VIFR has hired a Vashon CPA firm, Peter Lake who has been working very diligently with staff drafting new Administrative Procedures regarding internal controls and best practices for handling accounting matters.

The Board has approved our joint new Administrative Procedures which are being implemented and perfected. Staff is being trained, accounting software is being evaluated and improvements are being made.

Our fall Recruit Academy graduated six new firefighters and a Fire Support academy for six new Vashon volunteers is now underway. We are continuing to process new applications for new EMTs and for Fire recruits each week. In the past six months we have had our challenges. We have met those challenges and continue to re-evaluate the organization. We take your trust in us as the foundation underlying our mission, values and vision.

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