East Fork Fire and Paramedic District Logo
  P. O. Box 218
  District Office:
  1594 Esmeralda
  Minden, NV 89423
  775-782-9040

 

“East Fork Fire & Paramedic Districts is a team of compassionate, honest, and dedicated professionals committed to serving the fire and life safety needs of our community.”

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About Our Districts: History, Organization, Map
Membership: Ten Step Process, Volunteering
Stations: Our People and Firehouses
Training: Schedule, Sign-Up, Courses
Benefits: Incentives, PPE, NSFA
Administration: Staff, Permits, Documents
Career Opportunities: Job Openings, Requirements
Fire Prevention: Fire Starter Program, Cadets
Fire Chiefs' Advisory Board: Meeting Agendas and Minutes
Staff Reports, Locations & Pictures
New!!! East Fork Professional Firefighters Local 3726 Website Link
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East Fork Fire & Paramedic Districts
In The News

A fire cracker FIREWORKS
ARE
PROHIBITED
WITHIN
DOUGLAS
COUNTY

Douglas County Code and International Fire Code Adopted by Douglas County

PROHIBITS the sale, discharge, storage or possession of ANY fireworks!

Fire crackers Parents of juvenile offenders will be held directly responsible for child’s actions and both juvenile and parents will be jointly cited for offense.

Fire Marshal
Steve Eisele,
East Fork Fire District

Sheriff Ron Pierini, Douglas County Sheriff

Click on the logo for a page where the Living with Fire and Be Ember Aware brochures can be downloaded. Living with Fire logo.

Our Seasonal Personnel

Group photo on the last day of the academy.
Click here to go to a new page about our Seasonal Personnel and their duty stations.

Click here to open a window of some pictures from the
May 23rd Spring Valley Fire

Go to the Training Calendar to see
the 6/27 or 7/08 Wildland Refresher Make-up Class details.

New District Office

Open a window that shows the lastest photos from the District Office Construction Project. Main Entrance.

Plan Check Review Fees

Click here to go to our Fire Prevention page for the new plan check fee schedule downloadable in PDF or Word format.

Staring July 1, 2009 all fees for plan check review will be required to be paid in full at the time the plans are submitted. Partial payments will no longer be accepted.

Sierra Saver

It's time to renewed or joined East Fork Fire & Paramedic Districts ambulance subscription program for citizens within its ambulance coverage area.

The new subcription period started July 1, so join now! Click here to learn more about this program and how your entire family can apply.

Local Emergency Planning Committee

Click here to go to the new page that contains agendas, minutes, contacts and other important information about the Douglas County Local Emergency Planning Committee.

Safety Committee

Our safety committee's work including meeting dates, agendas, minutes, 24 hours accident reports and links to any training alerts issued because of these incidents.

For the Week Ending June 29, 2009
The Duty Chief is Deputy Chief Eisele

For the Week Ending July 6, 2009
The Duty Chief is Deputy Chief Fogerson. Chief Fogerson is Duty Chief for the 4th of July holiday.

Everybody Goes Home Link Link to Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Program Learning Center

6 Minutes for Safety Link National Weather Service Link

Ready.Gov Logo Link to Ready.Gov, a website that provides the tools for the public to prepare for emergencies.
  The East Fork Fire and Paramedic Districts are an all risk fire and EMS service provider and are one of Nevada's largest combination fire and emergency medical services agencies. Our career staff consists of one District Chief, three Deputy Chiefs, three Training Captains, two Fire Inspectors, three Battalion Chiefs, twelve Fire Captains, twenty one Paramedic/FFs, and fifteen EMT-II/FFs who work hand in hand with over 140 volunteer fire and medical personnel to meet the service demands of our rapidly growing community.

  The districts support thirteen fire stations that respond seven (7) all volunteer departments, three (3) combination departments and 3 career departments to provide structural firefighting, emergency medical services, wildland firefighting, and operations based hazardous materials response.


Responses

In 2007, we responded to 4969 calls. In 2008, we responded to 4,895. Click here to download the breakdown of calls in 2008 by type in PDF format.

As of June 24th, EFFPD has responded to 2212 incidents in 2009.

  New to Our Website
Bullet 24 Hour Accident Report
The June 26, 2009 24 Hour Accident Report. 6/27/09
Bullet July In Service Files
The July In Service lesson plans and PPT files have been posted. 06\26\09
Bullet USFA Page Update
Focus On Safety: Fireworks 6/25/09

Previous USFA Articles

Bullet Pictures
The Fire Investigation 210: Wildland, 2009 FF Appreciation Dinner and other previous EFFPD event Pictures can be viewed from the About Our Districts page. 06/25/09.
Bullet July Newsletter
The July District Newsletter to read on line or download in PDF format. 6\24\09
Bullet 24 Hour Accident Report
The June 20, 2009 24 Hour Accident Report. 6/22/09
Bullet LEPC Page Update
Added the July 14th At-Risk Population Emergency Preparedness Summit Flyer & Registration Form and a link to the Chemical Safety Board website. 6/22/09

The June 30, 2009 Point of Dispensing (POD) Workshop meeting details. 06\15\09

Bullet New Plan Check Fee Schedule
The new Plan Check Fee Schedule can be downloaded in PDF or Word format. 06\19\09
Bullet Office Staff Picture Update
The pictures of our Office staff have been updated and all administrative personnel's emails have changed to eastforkfire.org. 06\17\09
Bullet Benefit Flyers
Open a window with the July 11th Ruhenstroth VFD BBQ Flyer in PDF format.

Open a window with the July 18th Ranchos Fire Rescue Dinner Dance Flyer in PDF format 06\16\09

Bullet Training Alert
1983 Mound House Fatality Review 6/15/09

Green Sheet for the Jesusita Fire in CA 6/02/09

Link to Previous Training Alerts

Bullet Training Calendar Update
The East Fork classes for July, August and September have been added to the Google calendar. The monthly East Fork trainings have been combined in all of these months so check for your station's date. 06\12\09
Bullet FCAB Agenda
The agenda for the June 17, 2009 Fire Chiefs' Advisory Board meeting to be held at Station 7. 06/12/09.
Bullet Staff Station Assignments
Click on the station on the Staff page to see who is assigned there for each shift. 06/08/09.
Bullet FCAB Minutes
The minutes from the April 15, 2009 Fire Chiefs' Advisory Board meeting to read on-line or download in PDF format. 06\03\09
Bullet Mineral County Job Posting
Job posting for an Operator/Engineer in Mineral County, NV. 6\02\09
Bullet VFD Benefit Dates
Open the PDF file which lists all the VFD benefit information for 2009. 5/28/09
Bullet Our Strategic Plan
Our Strategic Plan has been coverted to PDF format and can be download from our Administration page. 05\26\09
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