Fire

The Dillingham Volunteer Fire Department & Rescue Squad is made up a group of dedicated volunteers, including a volunteer fire chief, and is supported by two full-time employees. The Department has a total of 35 members both permanent and probationary. There are three categories of members, 23 are both fire and rescue, 6 are firefighters and 6 rescuers.

The Department maintains three ambulances, four pumpers, two tank trucks, and a utility truck.

Rescue Squad members are trained as Ambulance Drivers, Emergency Trauma Technicians (ETTs), or Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs)  I, II and III. All available personnel responds to fire calls. The on-call, teams respond to rescue calls. Volunteers commit to being on call from 6 pm to 6 am for a week at a time. Work and family commitments can make it difficult to find EMTs willing to make the commitment to be on an on-call team.

Want to be a Volunteer? 
The department is always looking for additional volunteers willing to make the time commitment to become either ETTs or EMTs. An ETT class requires being forty and sixty hours of training. EMT certification takes from one hundred thirty to one hundred sixty hours. One of our ongoing goals is to increase the number of rescue volunteers who are willing to commit to both the training and the on-call teams.

Five (5) Year Protection Plan. 
The Five (5) Year Protection Plan includes the replacement of vehicles and equipment including radios, pagers, tools, fire hoses, nozzles, fittings, fire turnout gear & EMS equipment. Today's pumping capacity and technology totally surpass that of 25 years ago. Replacement of several fire trucks will necessitate a new downtown fire hall big enough to house new larger fire trucks. Replacement of the downtown fire hall is included on the City's Capital Improvement Projects list.

Training.
There is an ongoing effort to improve the quality and amount of training available to the members. When funds are available, experts in the field are brought in, but a majority of the training is currently done by the more experienced fire personnel.