Who We Are
We are the oldest volunteer fire department in Nevada County.
The department began serving the town of North San Juan in 1862, and was incorporated as a Fire Protection District in 1986. Today we cover the largest territory with the smallest budget of all fire districts in Nevada County.
We provide emergency services for 250 to 300 incidents per year. Like all fire departments, only a little over 10% of our emergency responses are related to fires. Over half of our responses involve medical emergencies, one-fourth are vehicle accidents, and the remainder are other miscellaneous emergencies. About 65% of our calls come from North San Juan or the San Juan Ridge area from Highway 49 to approximately Sages Road.
In addition to Medical Aid, Vehicle Accident, Wild Land and Structure Fire Response, the District provides services for:
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Fire Prevention First Aid Training Search and Rescue Hazardous Materials Response Swiftwater Rescue Safety and Injury Prevention Public Assistance Public Education |  |
We are a Volunteer Fire Department. Our Firefighters, Board, Auxiliary members and several District residents who help with office tasks all donate their time. The Chief is paid a small stipend for what is almost a full-time job. The District Administrator and Business Manager are paid part-time positions.
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Click to view Chain of Command Chart as of 4/4/08
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FF=Firefighter P=Paramedic
EMT=Emergency Medical Technician
FR = First Responder Capt. = Captain
ENG = Engineer
R = Reserve ** = Probationary
Firefighter Volunteers
Bill Aufiero EMT/ENG-R
Rainy Blue Cloud FF**
Keenan Browning EMT/ENG
Paul Castiglioni FR
Barney Chambers FF
Lenny Chilldres FF
Roberto Garcia EMT
Richard Gross FF
Matt Hart EMT**
Gabriel Herrera FR-R
Samantha Hinrichs FF**
Theo Killigrew
FF-R
Cullen Lewis EMT
Doug Lingen ENG-R
Damon Matson FF
Rich Mead ENG
Sean Ryan EMT-R
John Skoverski ENG-R
Catherine Stifter FF-R
Ezra Storm ENG
Tim Tschantz FF
Administrative Volunteers
Smith Anderson
Ed Beckenbach
Tracy Corris
Suzanne Ilgun
Scott Jones
Paul Moore
Officers
Boyd Johnson, Chief EMT
Jason Flores, Ass't. Chief, Operations EMT
Al Hoffmeyer, Ass't. Chief, Prevention FF
Orion Clemens, Capt., Special Projects EMT
K. Shawn McClain, Capt., Veh. Maint.,
Sta. 1 FF
David Frazee, Capt. (Act.), Sta. 2 EMT/ENG
Angela Flores, Capt. (Act.), Sta. 3 EMT/ENG
Administration
Sharon Beckenbach, District Admin.
Bill Aufiero, District Business Mgr.
Board of Directors
Ed Beckenbach, Chair
(530) 292-0207
edsb@oro.net
Tracy Corris, Vice-Chair
(530) 292-4383
wtracy@cintrac.net
Bruce Boyd, Treasurer
(530) 292-3367
beboyd@mac.com
Durinda Kelley
(530) 292-9223
durkel@softcom.net
Pat Leach
(530) 292-3133 x17
pat@rcdengineering.com
Fire Auxiliary
President
Nancy Lorenz
(530) 265-9178
